John (ca. 1720-1787), Elias (ca. 1730-1797), and William (b. 1735/7-1801) Garard were brothers. John was married twice, in ca. 1740 to Mehetable (d. 1779/780) and after 1779 in Berrkley County, Virginia to Mary Gray/Snodgrass? (ca. 1862-after 1841). John had 14 children (11 from Mehetable and 3 from Mary). John's brother, Elias, may have been born on Long Island in New York, married Rachel and died in Columbia, Hamilton County, Ohio Territory. Elias and Rachel had seven children; all were born in either Fort Cumberland, Maryland or Frederick County, Virginia. William, the last of the three known brothers, married Joanna (Hannah) in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana. William and Hannah had three children.