Thomas Gerrard landed in Maryland in 1638.  In 1659 Dr. Gerrard removed to Virginia on Machodoc Creek, when he was harangued by a Jesuit Missionary.  In 1670 he arranged with his neighbors to build a banqueting house.  Dr. Gerrard wrote his will February 5, 1672, and died testate in 1673.

Annie Leacy, born October 30, 1858, died July 1, 1925, married August 4, 1886, Frank Beckwith, born July 25, 1848, attorney-at-law and Judge of the Circuit Court, Charles Town, West Virginia, the great-great-grandson of Sir Jonathan Beckwith, Baronet, of Bleak Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, oldest son of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, the first of the name to come to Virginia.