The earliest known Garland is Thomas who married Maria Beighton at Sheffield in 1561. Thomas died in 1609 and there is a memorial to him in Todwick church. Thomas and Maria had 5 children:
Maria's descendants, the Stacyes, were early settlers in Nottingham Township in New Jersey.
William Garland of Todwick married Dorothea Holt in 1593, and after Dorothea's death in 1604, married Isabella Unknown. Their children were:
John Garland married firstly Mary Revil, then Catherine Hatfield (b1604) of Ecclesfield. Their children:
Thomas Garland b 1646, of Throapham, married Mary Unknown. Their children:
Thomas Garland (1674-1711) was a churchwarden at Harthill. His children were:
John Garland b 1696, owner of The Croft at Gildingwells became a cloth dresser in Leeds. He married Mary Kaye at Hunslet in 1718. Their children:
John Garland (1722-1810) a clothier of Leeds, married Mary Benson at Throapham in 1774. He later bought Netherwood Hall near Darfield. Their children:
John Garland (1775-1807) married Sarah White at Darfield in 1796, by license after two bonds. Their children:
John Garland (1797-1856) married Bertha Birks at Darfield on 9 December 1830 by license. Witnesses were Thomas Swift and Jane Birks, Bertha's younger sister. In 1832 John was one of a number of pew holders in Darfield church who petitioned the ministers, churchwardens and parishioners to the effect that they had no objection to the new gallery proposed by architect Mr Whitworth of Barnsley. The family continued to live at Netherwood Hall, and they had 12 children:
Julia Garland (1832-1887) married George Hawson, a farmer of Wombwell, at Darfield in 1853, and they lived at Hooton Roberts. Their children:
Jessie Hawson (1865-1940) married Charles Steers, a roofing contractor of Doncaster in 1883 at Doncaster. Charles built a bungalow in Bournemouth. They had 13 children, including:
Felicia Steers (1893-1975) b in Mexborough, married George Alfred Gibson, a miner, in 1920. Their children:
Renee Gibson married George Miles Thornton (1928-1998).