William Gerard
- Born: Cheshire, England 763
- Marriage: Joan Bryn 713,727,763
- Died: Lancashire, England
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 713
William Gerard, junior, son and heir, from his father he received a moiety of Kingsley lordship, with Bradley, Catenhall and lands in Hawarden, 19 Edward III, aged 30 in 26 Edward III, and held lands in Eton near Chester in 1376. Married Joan, daughter and heiress of Peter de Bryn, lord of Bryn
~Ormerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. II, Gerard Pedigree, p. 131
• Background Information. 727
William married the daughter and heiress of Peter de Bryn or Bryhill, in Lancashire.
~Kimber & Johnson's The Baronetage of England, Vol. I, p. 32
• Background Information. 763
The family of Gerard came into Lancaster by the marriage of William Gerard of Kingsley, Cheshire, with Joan, the daughter and heir of Peter de Bryn, lord of Burnhull. Peter de Bryn was alive during the reign of Edward II.
Bryn hall, the residence of the lords of Burnhall, has been used as the designation of the senior line of Gerard since their settlement in Lancashire. The hall is located in the township of Ashton-in-Makerfeld, a manor in the barony of Newton, of which, the Gerards inherited two parts.
~The Visitation of Lancashire and a Part of Cheshire, A.D. 1533, part II, p. 182
William married Joan Bryn, daughter of Peter Bryn Lord of Bryn and Unknown 713,727.,763
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