When Joanna Minor was born on 6 June 1683, in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Captain John Minor, was 48 and her mother, Elizabeth Booth, was 41. She married William Gaylard on 12 February 1706, in Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 24 May 1741, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Gaylordsville Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.