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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


Gen.  Sir  David  Baird, 

Son   of   Sir    William  of    Newbyth.      Created   Baronet    in    1809. 

Married,    1810,    Preston    Campbell,    of    Fern    Tower, 

County  Perth.     Died  without  issue,   1829. 


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A  GENEALOGICAL.  BIOGRAPHICAL  AND  HISTORICAL 


COLLECTION  OF  DATA 


BY 


FERMINE  BAIRD  CATCHINGS 


BAIRD  -  WARD 

PUBUSHERS 
NASHVILLE.  TENN. 

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Copyright,  1918.  by 
Fermine  B.  Catchincs. 


DEDICATION. 

I  dedicate  this  compilation  to  ihe  »pirit  of  freedom, 
civil  and  ecclesiastical,  born  in  the  sturdy,  courageous 
Scots,  who,  like  the  "eagles  of  their  craigs,'  were  kcrn- 
tighled,  strong  and  fearless.  The  spirit  of  democracy 
which  at  that  distant  lime  protested  against  autocracy 
of  church  and  state,  having  the  courage  of  its  convic- 
tion, tried  to  find  freedom  in  Ireland,  and  later  found 
it  in  the  United  States.  Many  of  these  men  as  "younger 
tons"  left  home,  friends  and  comforts  to  stand  for  what 
is  shaking  the  whole  world  today  (a  hundred  and  fifty 
\;cari   later)    to   its   foundation. 

Here  this  strong  offspring  of  liberty  today  stands 
ready  to  help  the  Old  World  take  its  stand  for  the  same 
great  principle — like  David,  having  not  the  armor  of 
Saul,  but  coming  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
not  to  kill,  but  to  protect  the  great  brotherhood  of  man. 


PREFACE. 

I  h.\\c  nrvcr  worshiped  ancestors  and  think  the  old  saying  is  often 
true:  "Ancestry  is  hkc  the  potato — the  best  part  under  the  ground." 
I  am  too  democratic  to  wish  to  tack  on  to  royalty,  except  royalty  of 
character. 

My  only  ohject  in  beginning  this  research  was  to  find  who  my 
father's  people  were  in  Scotland  and  Ireland,  and  as  much  regarding 
them  as  I  could.  I  have  a  certain  feeling  of  grateful  acknowledgment 
of  their  sturdy,  fearless  standing  for  their  principles  and  liberty,  coming 
to  such  a  new  and  distant  land,  many  of  them  in  sail  boats,  having  lost 
by  confiscation  what  money  they  had  had  trying  to  save  the  cause  they 
felt  was  right.  I  feel  a  respect  for  the  man  who  could  use  his  practical 
intelligence  in  earning  an  honest  living,  so  the  blacksmith,  the  weaver. 
as  well  as  the  professor,  warrior  or  missionary,  are  all  recorded  with 
equal  care. 

In  searching  for  my  own  people,  many  others  of  different  lines  re- 
sponded, so  the  data  grew  to  include  many  branches;  but  as  they  seem 
to  have  sprung  originally  trom  the  same  source,  I  will  record  them. 
I  do  not  claim  that  all  I  have  recorded  is  absolutely  correct,  but  after 
careful  study  I  have  grouped  some  as  possibly  belonging  to  the  same 
family,  judging  Irom  given  names,  localities,  counties  from  which  they 
emigrated,  ar.d  times  of  emigrating,  and  the  claim  in  old  letters  of  re- 
lationship. 

Not  one  person  can  hope  to  bring  order  out  of  chaos,  yet  each  can 
do  his  best,  and  I  hope  there  are  those  who,  having  data  which  I  have 
not.  may  take  the  threads  of  this  unfinished  skein  and,  with  vs'hat  they 
have,  untangle  and  make  it  into  a  complete  whole. 

My  information  has  been  gathered  from  old  colonial  records,  many 
genealogical  histories  at  New  ^'ork  Library,  old  letters,  with  copies  of 
Bible  records,  and  records  of  wills,  deeds,  marriages  and  baptisms. 

My  first  thanks  for  valuable  records  are  to  James  Powers  BaIRD, 
of  Lnionlown,  Pa.,  who  spent  many  years  gathering  data;  Mr.  R.  A. 
BaIRD.  of  Early  Grove.  Miss.;  MiSS  M.  E.  Baird.  of  Bori  Air.  Va. ; 
Mr.  Da\1D  Baird  and  Mr.  Froman.  of  New  Jersey,  and  Mr.' 
George  W.  Baird  (Rear  Admiral),  of  Washmgton.  b.  C..  anci 
Mri.  Torrey.  of  Baird.  Miss. 

Much  historical  and  geographical  information  has  been  gained  from 
"A  Chronicle  of  'he  Bards,"  by  G.  O.  Seilhamer. 

To  one  and  all   I   return  thanks. 

Fermine  B.  Catchings. 


"A  HINDRANCE  TO  GENEALOGY/' 

"Nothing  strikes  the  genealogist  of  1903-4  so  forcibly  as  the  vast  amount  of 
wasted  power  which  has  been  expended  over  the  subject  (genealogy).  I  believe 
the  curse  which  has  affected  our  genealogical  inquiry  has  been  the  desire  for 
definiteness.  Investigator  after  investigator  has  traveled  precisely  the  ',ame  road, 
but,  unlike  most  travelers,  he  has  too  often  failed  lo  vouchsafe  to  posterity  the 
results  of  his  obse'valions.  Had  he  been  content  to  print,  or  at  amy  rate  to  leave 
in  a  form  that  could  be  manipulated  by  others,  the  result  of  his  work,  genealogy 
would  stand  on  a  far  better  basis  than  it  does  today. 

"For  example,  all  the  research  being  put  on  the  ducal  line  of  the  Gordons — 
for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  which  'was  identical  with  the  nation's  history' — and 
nothing  written  of  the  numerous  branches  who  were  content  lo  remain  on  the 
borders;  and  the  more  important  cadets  in  the  North  remained  without  historians 
at  all. 

"By  the  way  of  a  footnote  I  cannot  help  mentioning  the  enormous  activity  of 
American  genealogists.  Here  is  a  people  busy  with  the  world  of  affairs  in  a 
way  we  scarcely  understand;  and  yet  the  merest  amateurs  there  find  time  to  in- 
vestigate their  history  with  relentless  energy.  The  fact  is  a  useful  reminder  to 
those  who  regard  antiquarian  and  antediluvian  as  interchangeable  words." — (J.  M. 
Bullock's  Hiitorical  T^evieU).) 


soMi:  pre:se:nt-da\'  happenings.  i917. 

r.\rrrj.l»  from  llic  Chriili.w  Science  Monilor   (1917). 

IJcforc  taking  up  the  record  ol  the  past  I  would  like  to  call  atten- 
tion to  jome  of  the  frui'.s  ot  the  stand  our  fathers  look,  in  establishing 
democracy  in  this  country  a  hundred  years  ago.  by  excerpts  from  a 
current  newspajjer : 

■■Lililc  more  than  a  century  ago  a  Brilisli  army,  acting  under  one  of  the 
in«liciou»  •id  ien»r!rj»  order*  of  George  111.  was  t>urning  Washmglon;  iKis  year 
.\tr.  I'-^Iiour.  the  Bnluh  minister,  addressed  Congress,  and  our  President,  Mr. 
UiUon.  made  a  new  precedent  in  the  annals  of  Congress  by  allcndinx  the  House 
lo  hear  hmi."  in  this  year  11917]  when  it  was  irnpoisibic  to  remain  out  of  the 
war,  the  «;i:e»iion  w'r.cllicr  a  volunteer  or  a  regular  army  should  be  sent  to  France 
must  remind  everyone  of  the  fact  that,  in  the  crisis  ot  the  .American  Revolution. 
two  French  ReneraU  came  to  the  United  States— the  one  LafayeUe.  the  head  of 
•  body  of  volunleeri.  liie  other  Rochambeau.  in  command  of  the  French  regular 
lioopi.  At  a  dir.ner  ai  which  M.  Jusserand  was  present,  he  said.  "Its  General 
Rorhambrau'*  M'll  G-neral  I'erfhing  is  returning."  This  is  the  year  when  the 
beautiful  tiatue  oi  Lafayette  was  unveiled  by  Rrnc  Viviani,  of  the  Irench  Mis- 
non.  and  when  such  .in  ov.ilion  was  s^ivrn  Marshal  Joflre.  At  tiie  time  the  Uis- 
linjuii'iri!  British  Mi««ion  landed,  the  Sl.irs  .ind  Sltiprs  was  float;ng  beside  the 
Union  Jack   from   the   Victoria    Tower   at   Westminster   for   the  first   time. 

President   Wilson   says: 

"To  such  a  t.T^k  wr  can  dedicate  our  lives  and  our  fortunes,  everything  that 
we  are  and  everything  that  we  have,  with  the  pride  of  those  wlio  know  that  the 
day  has  come  wlirn  America  it  privileged  lo  spend  her  blood  and  her  might 
for  the  principles  that  gave  her  biilh  and  happiness,  the  peace  which  she  ha» 
treasured.      God   helping  her.  she  can  do  no  other. 

He  dedicated,  as  ih.e  Chief  Executive  of  the  nation,  the  energies 
of  this  country  to  the  prosecution  of  the  war. 

Without  a  tingle  dissenting  voice  in  either  house,  the  Congress  of  the  United 
Slalet  hat  patted  a  bill  providing  for  the  issuance  of  $7,000,000,000  in  bondt, 
the  proceedi  of  which  are  to  be  used  in  helping  to  defray  the  cost,  to  itself  and  to 
■  It  tiller  naliont,  of  carrying  on  a  defeniive  war  againit  military  autocracy  The 
people  of  the  United  Statrt  do  not  heiitale  a  moment  when  the  choice  lie*  between 
killiont  and  an  ideal,  between  anything  material  which  they  p>os3est  and  the 
realization  of  world  democracy.  Sooner  or  later  democracy  will  have  lo  realize 
the  fact  that  it  mutt  fight  out  the  battle  with  autocracy.  Neither  can  make  term* 
With  the  other,  for  the  timple,  obviout  fact  "there  it  not  room  for  both  of  them 
lo  live  at  peace  in  the  tame  world."  "He  hat  tounded  forth  the  trumpet  that  thall 
•rvcr  call   retreat." 

TKc  envoy*  of  the  Allies  went  in  the  Mayflower  to  Mt.  Vernon 
to  pay  tribute  to  Washington. 


10  SOME    PRESENT    DAY    HAPPENINGS 

h  ranee  sent  by  them  a  bronze  palm  to  be  placed  on  the  toir.b.  Mar- 
shal Jofire,  the  spokesman,  said: 

"I  respectfully  salute  the  great  soldier  and  lay  upon  his  tomb  the  palm  we 
Oiler  our  soldiers  who  have  died   for   their  country.' 

Mr.    Balfour   said: 

"There  can  be  no  spot  on  ca'.th  Nvlicre  any  word  on  the  subject  of  'liberty' 
can  have  c;realer  incaning  than  at  the  tomb  of  Washinr;ton.  Great  Britain  sent 
a  bronze  wreath,  with  the  inscription,  'Dedicated  by  the  British  Mission  to  the 
immortal  memory  of  Georf^c  Washington — soldier,  statesman,  patriot — who  would 
have  rejoiced  lo  have  seen  the  country  of  which  he  was  by  birth  a  citizen,  and 
the  country  which  his  genius  called  into  existence,  fighting  side  by  side  lo  tave 
mankind    from   subjection   lo  m.ilitary   despotism.'  " 

A  '.'jlegram  from  Donald  B.  McMillan  (formerly  one  of  Peary's 
lieutenants),  leading  the  Arctic  exploration,  says: 

"Blocked  apain  al  Cnpe  Herschel,  I  found  a  way  through  the  mountains  into 
Baird's  Inlet.  Here  at  ILskird  Point  the  walls  of  three  stone  houses  and  remains 
of  a  boat  marked  the  site  of  the  first  encampment  of  Grecly's  party.  Before  turning 
bark    I    searched    the   cape   caref'illy    for    records   and   boat   of    British   expedition    of 

1876.     The  mail   found  was  legible  and   in   fairly  good   condition.      Mapped   Baird's 

Inlet  on  return. " 

"It  was  Mr.  Lloyd  George  who,  in  one  of  his  picturesque  phrases,  described  the 
military  airmen  as  the  'Bayards  of  the  clouds.'  There  is  as  a  matter  of  fact  some- 
thing peculiarly  fitting  in  the  name,  for  the  fighting  in  the  air  has  been  carried  on 
with  Ic>;s  rancor  than  anywhere  else.  In  the  air  at  all  events  there  has  been  no 
gas,  no  subma..ne,  no  violation  of  white  flarrs  and  so  the  fighters  in  the  air  have  come 
to  adopt  towards  each  other  something  of  the  chivalry  of  the  great  fighters  of  the 
past.     They  are,  m  short,  like  Bayard — 'sans  peur  et  sans  reproche.'   " 

"A  few  miles  away,  across  the  uplands,  lies  Sulgrave  Manor,  with  the  Wash- 
ington stars  and  stripes  carved  on  the  lintel  over  the  doorway.' 

"Americans  in  England  accepted  from  the  F.nglish  the  gift  of  Sulgrave  Manor, 
in  Warwickshire,  scaling  the  centennial  of  Anglo-Saxon  peace." 

"On  December  11,  1917,  General  Al'.enby  made  his  state  entry  into  Jerusalem. 
A  very  deep  impression  has  been  cavised  throughout  Palestine  by  what  the  in- 
habitants of  the  country  regard  as  the  fulfillment  of  an  ancient  prophecy. 

"The   Kaiser   made   a   spectacular   entry    into   Jerusalem    in    1898,    riding   through 
a  hole   in    the   city  wall.      At   that   lime   the    ancient   prophecy   was  unearthed    lo   the 
effect   that   the   real    deliverer   would   combine   the   terms   'Alia,     or   God,    and   'irabi,'-.?  lA 
or   prophel,    and    would    come    in    on    fool.      General    Allenby's    name    is    considered 
everywhere  in  Palestine  to  be  that  combination. 

"The  Kaiser  has  maintained  his  own  descent  from  David.  If  this  claim  were 
true,  the  real  representative  of  the  Davidic  line  would  be  the  present  Prince  of 
Wales,  who  on  his  birth  was  deliberately  christened  David." 

On  July  8th  the  Chr'ntlan  Science  Monitor  told  the  people  of  the  United 
Stales  that  its  Congress  had  passed  a  resolution  that  all  people  should  »ay  the 
Angelus  (a  Roman  Catholic  prayer)  at  twelve  o'clock,  when  the  bell  or  siren 
whittle  blew.  It  has  not  passed  the  committee  or  President  yet.  Some  of  us  are 
not  as  wideawake  as  our   forefathers  were. 


CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Chapter       I.     Ancient  History  (not  indexed) 15 

Chapter     II.     Colonial   Data    39 

Chapter    III.     Early  American  Data 48 

Chapter    IV.     Scotch-Irish  Bairds,  Beards  and  Bards 

OF  America   76 

Chapter     V.     Scotch  Bairds  of  America 156 

Chapter    VI.     English  Beards  of  America 196 

Appendix  205 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 
General  Sir  David  Baird Frontispiece 


FACING 
PACE 


Rev.   Robert  Baird 82 

Rev.  A.  J.  Baird 86 

Rear  Admiral  George  W.  Baird 122 

Professor  Spencer  F.  Baird 1 32 

Zebulon  Baird  Vance 1 86 

PACE 

Crest  of  John  Baird  of  Muckroft 65 

Coat  of  Arms  of  J.  H.  Baird  of  Griggstown,  N.  J 157 

Coat  of  Arms  of  Washington 205 


fs 


CHAPTER  I.     ANCIENT  HISTORY. 
Italian  and  French  Data. 

{From  Sciliiomcr  and   olhcn.) 

Ugone  de  Bard,  Val  dc  Aosia,  Italy,  ranked  next  to  the  Viscount  of  Aoita, 
fir»t  lord  of  the  Valley.  His  home  was  "Castle  Bard."  He  made  allegiance  to 
Tomaso  I  of  Savoy  in    1191. 

He  had  three  sons — Ugone,  Anselmo,  and  Guglielmo  (probably  Hugh,  Andrew, 
and  William). 

Ugone  the  elder  gave  his  youngest  son,  Guglielmo,  the  Signoria  di  Bard.  This 
aroused  the  jealousy  of  the  other  sons. 

Ugone  the  younger  pursued  a  life  of  brigandage,  and  the  "Pass  Bard,"  called 
also  "Rock  Bard,"  was  a  place  of  terror.  He  was  finally  overcome  by  the  Count 
of  Savoy,  renouncing  all  right  to  home  and  land  rather  than  bend  his  head  as 
a   vassal. 

Anselmo  having  also  incurred  the  wrath  of  his  sovereign,  was  likewise  deprived 
of  his  badly-novcrned  lands.  Conquered  but  not  tamed,  the  two  brothers  departed 
from  the  Valley  of  Aosla. 

It  is  probable  that  Ugone  look  with  him  his  two  younger  sons,  Rainero  and 
Rossello,  but  his  two  elder  sons,  Marco  and  Aymone,  refused  to  join  their  father 
in  his  rcvo't.  They  received  from  the  Count  the  Signona  of  Sarrc  and  the  Castle 
Argent.     The  Count  reserved    for  himself   the  Castle   Bard. 

Both  brothers  took  the  name  of  Sarriod,  and  were  known  as  Sarriod  d'Introd 
and  Sarriod  de  la  Tour.  A  will  of  G'igliclmo  Sarriod,  dated  1279,  leaves  the 
Castle  Argent  to  Domina  Leonardo,  his  wife. 

After  the  Duke  of  Savoy  acquired  Castle  Bard,  in  12^8.  he  presented  Rock 
Bard  (according  to  a  document  da'ed  1244)  to  his  brother,  Tomasso  di  Savoya. 
Count  of  Flancl<T5  ard  I  leinault,  and  it  then  became  a  state  fortress.  1  he  fort  com- 
mands the  St.  Beinard  passes  and  resisted  Napoleon's  passage  of  the  Alps  in  18(.0 
for  fourlcen  days. 

Val   de   Aosta   is   in   the  province  of  Turin,   south  of  Savoy   in    Piedmont.    Italy. 

The  village  of  Bard  is  a  long  borough  at  the  foot  of  Rock  Bard.  The  river 
Dona  Baltea  flows  on  the  south  side.  At  the  western  end  is  a  fairly  fine  palace 
belonging  to  Count   Federico  di   Bard. 

The  coat  of  arms  of  the  Signori  di  Bard  (Upone)  was:  Blue 
scattered  with  cross  stars  and  shafts  of  gold  and  on  this  two  barbi. 

The  two  elder  sons  of  Ugone — Marco  (Sarriod  d'  Introd)  and 
Aymone  (Sarriod  de  la  Tour) — remained  at  Aosta  and  took  for  coat 
of  arms:  On  silver  a  blue  band,  on  wh.ich  were  three  golden  lions 
decorated  with  blue.  Aymone  adopted  the  same,  with  a  red  and  black 
tower  in  the  left  comer. 


16  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

From  die  resemblance  of  name  and  coat  of  arms  some  hisiorians 
infer  that  Seignori  di  Bard  descended  from  the  very  ancient  family 
of  Lorraine.  The  Lords  of  Lorraine  called  themselves  "Bar."  The 
place  today  is  called  Bar-le-Duc.  Coat  of  arms  is  almost  the  same  as 
Seignori  de  Bard's.  There  was  a  family  of  Bard  in  Alvernia.  In  the 
ancient  duchy  of  Bourgogne  there  is  a  small  town  not  far  from  Dijon 
called  Mcntbard;  this  town  boasts  a  castle  with  a  title  attached  to  it. 
The  coat  of  arms  of  Montbard  was:  On  azure  two  barbi  (fish)  of 
gold. 

Tradition  says  that  in  the  sixteenth  century  one  of  the  members  of 
the  Montbard  family  was  sent  to  Aosta  to  claim  titles  and  to  prove  the 
fact  of  their  springing  from  that  family. 

[In  "Memorial  of  tlie  IIuRuenots,"  Rev.  A.  Sfa|ielton  gives  the  names  of  two 
Bairds,  I'rancois  and  William,  who  tmiKrate<i  from  Lorraine  in  1754  (possibly  to 
Ireland)   and  later  to  America.] 

Siegneur  dc  Bard  was  with  William  the  Conqueror,  1066.  Hugo  de  Bard 
was  wilnejs  to  the  "Safe  condi'ct  granted  by  King  Richard  i  lo  King  Williarn 
the  Lion.   1194." 

"Robert,    1233.      Richard    1228-40." 

Ugonc,  who  left  Aosia  in   1191,  may  have  been  Hugo  of  England,   1194. 

It  is  also  probable  Rainero  and   Rosetto  were   Richard  and   Robert  of   Scotland, 

By  some  it  is  supposed  that  Ugone'  and  his  brother  Anselmo  went  lo  Scotland, 
and  Fergus  and  others  were  their  descendants. 


Ancient  English  Data. 

The  following  interesting  items  regarding  the  name  are  given  by 
Mrs.  M.  H.  Burrell,  of  New  York  City,  a  professional  genealogist  and 
a  descendant  of  Francis  Baird,  of  WaiAvick,  N.  \'.: 

The  name  is  found  in  the  celebrated  "Landnama  Bole,"  a  work  of  exlra- 
ordinary  nnliquily,  one  of  the  earliest  of  Iceland.  It  is  without  doubt  a  character 
name  and  of  Norfe  origin.  It  was  probably  carried  to  Normandy  by  some  follower 
of  Rollo,  thence  to  England  and  Scotland.  Bardd,  a  singer,  is  Welsh.  A  Bard, 
Baird  or  Baard  might  have  been  so  mighty  a  singer  as  to  have  made  that  class 
assume  the  name.  The  Norse  meaning  is  "hard,"  that  is  "brave,"  "strong," 
"indomitable." 

The  roll  of  William  the  Conqueror's  followers  is  not  known  with  any  degree 
of  accuracy.  "Barle"  is  given  in  Bromplon's  and  Biard  in  Leiand's  (probably 
the  same  man). 

A  mullet  was  the  heraldic  representation  of  a  knight's  spur  and  is  very  similar 
to   a   star,   save   that   It   is   pierced   in   the   center,   when   properly    represented.     The 


'At  this  late  day  we  cannot  say  whether  the  history  of  Ugone  was  unbiased 
and  true.  It  would  depend  upon  which  side  (ecclesiastically  and  politically)  the  his- 
torian happened  to  be.  Those  who  planned  St.  Bartholomew's  Day  and  carried  it 
out  would  hardly  give  a  good  name  to  those  who  resisted  that  kind  of  government. 
Judging  from  the  Bairds  of  Scotland,  we  arc  inclined  to  think  the  narrator  was 
mistaken,  or  they  were  not  the  forbears — as  a  leopard  doesn't  often  change  its  spots. 


AN'CIENT    HISTORY  17 

idea   of    llip   blue   field    and   slars   of    the   /Xmerican    flag   was   supposed    lo   have   been 
taken   from  Washington's  coat  of  arms.     (See  Appendix,  page  205.) 

1  he  family  of  Washington  is  derived  from  William  de  Herlburn,  who  came 
into  possession  of  Wessyni^lon.  Durham,  prior  lo  the  compilation  of  Boldon  Book- 
1183  (Hutchinson,  Durham,  ii,  469;  5ur/ec3,  ii,  40).  The  family  soon  after 
assumed  the  name  of   Washington. 

Hertburn.  In  the  wapentake'  of  Sadbergs,  Durham,  was  granted  by  Richard  I 
to  the  See  of  Durham,  Including,  amonsist  others,  "the  service  (or  fief)  of  the  son 
of  Godfrey  Baard  for  two  parts  of  a  knight"*  fee  in  Moddleton  and  Hertburn." 
(Surtce^.  ill.  265),  and  as  late  as  1364  the  Baards  or  Bart*  had  lands  there 
(Ibid,   iii,  22). 

W^illiam  de  Hertburn  appears  lo  have  been  a  son  of  Godfrey  Baard  or  Bayard. 
The  family  of  Baird  or  Bayard  in  Scotland  is  the  same,  and  originally  the  arms 
of  that  family  were  a  fessc,  in  chief  three  mullets,  the  same  arms  as  those  of 
the  Washinglons,  to  which  the  Bairds  added  a  boar  passant,  by  way  of  difference. 
(Ccncalofical  Collections  Regarding  the  Name  of  Baird,  by  W.  Baird,  Ejq., 
2d   ed.,    1870.) 

Godfrey  Bayard,  or  BaIRD,  above  named,  held  a  barony  in  Northumberland 
in  1165  {Liber  Nisier),  and  was  descrnded  from  a  Norman  family,  mentioned 
among  the  Conqueror  s  companions  as  "Barle."  Jordan  Baard  occurs  In  Elssex 
and  Hertfordshire,  1  130  (Rot.  Pip.),' — and  from  him  descended  William  Baard, 
who  in  1165  held  two  fees  from  the  See  of  London,  and  was  the  probable  ancestor 
of  Bard,  Viscount  Bellomonl.  Another  branch  was  seated  in  Lincoln  in  1165. 
when  Richard  Baid  held  lands  there  from  Earl  Simon  de  Senlis.  Of  this  family 
Dodo  Bard  granted  his  manor  of  Folint^ham  lo  Blancheland  Abbey,  Normandy 
(A/on.  Aneli.,  ii.  1015),  and  with  Hugh  and  Hamelin  Bard  witnessed  the  charter 
of  Richard  de  la  Have  lo  the  same  house  (Ibid).  The  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 
the  family,  Raoul  Baiart,  of  Normandy,  about  1050,  granted  lands  in  Fonlenay 
to  Barberie  Abbey. —  (M.  S.  A.  N.,  vli.  144. — From  "The  Norman  People." 
ed.   1874). 

Baird. — Before  the  Conquest  (1066)  Ralph  (Raoul)  Baiart  granted  lands  at 
Fonlenay  le  Te5?on  lo  the  Abbey  of  Barberie,  Normandy  (M.  S.  A.  N.).  The 
grant  was  confirmed  by  Robert  Filz  Eerneis  a  Tesson,  and  probably  an  ancestor 
of  the  Marmions  or  Percys.  The  latter  houses  and  ihe  Tessons  bore  a  fosse,  and 
so  also  did  the  d'scrndani*  of  Ralph  Baiart.  with  a  difference  of  three  mullets. 
Thomas  Bard  and  Rohais,  his  wife,  grainted  the  Church  of  Burnonville  to  the 
Abbey  of  Bee  {Mon.,  11,  983).  Jordan  Bard  lived  in  Essex  and  Herts,  1130 
(Rot.  Pip.).  From  him  descended  William  Bard,  who  held  two  fee*  from  the 
See  of  London  (Lib.  Nig.).  He  was  probably  ancfstor  of  Bard,  Viscount  Bello- 
monl, a  faithful  follower  of  Charles  \.  Godfrey  Baiard  in  1165  held  a  barony 
in  Northumberland  and  from  this  line  descended  the  great  Washington;  and  from 
a  branch  which  passed  into  Scotland  (Chart.  Keho ;  Raine,  North  Durham,  App. 
32)  descended  the  gallant  Sir  David  Baird,  the  renowned  Peninsular  general,  and 
the  Baronet*  Baird.  Thi*  family  originally  bore  the  same  arm*  as  Bard  and 
Waihlngton,  a  fesse  with  three  mullet*. —  (Baird't  Houie  of  Baird.) 

Magi*tralu(  de  Bard  was  in  England  In  1224;  Robert  Bard  was  in  England 
in   1233;    Richard  in   1228. 


'A  wapentake   was  an  old   Fnglish   land  division  or   section  of  land. 
'Pipe    Rolls,  anc.   docts. 


18  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

In  1317  Edmund  Baird  among  others  was  pardoned  by  King  Edward  II.  Thi» 
Edmund  Baird,  it  may  be  assumed,  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Bairds  of  North 
Kelsey,  and  from  his  altitude  toward  Elizablth  Baird,  widow  of  Robert,  he  was 
probably  of  the  same  stock  as  the  Bards  of  Banff  and  Auchmedden. 

"There  is  extant  a  charter  granted  by  King  Robert  Bruce  to  Robert  Baird, 
1310,  upon  the  barony  of  Cambubncthan.  This  was  perhaps  the  Robert  BairD 
whose  name  wao  on  'the  Ragman's  Roll,'  and  who  was  executed  by  King  Edward 
II.  Mr.  Nisbet  says  the  estate  went  to  Sir  Alexander  Stuart  (afterwards  of 
Darnley),  who  married  the  heiress  Jean  Baird  about  1360. 

"When  Berwick  fell,  and  Edinburgh,  Sterling  and  Perth  opened  their  gates 
to  the  English  king,  the  Bairds  as  well  as  the  Bruce  swore  fealty  to  Edward  I." 

Robert,  son  of  Ralf,  was  captured  by  the  English  and  held  prisoner  in  Notting- 
ham Castle.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Robert,  asked  for  Edmund  Bard  to  receive 
the  dower.  Robert  had  estates  in  England,  land  in  Hertford  and  at  Bullernith  in 
Yorkshire.  (Hertford  is  near  Middlesex.)  Out  of  Yorkshire,  held  by  "William, 
son  of  Robert,  a  tenth  of  a  knight's  fee  was  given  to  the  widow.  This  William 
probably  was  one  who  was  taken  prisoner  with  Sir  William  Douglas  in  1333  on 
the   English  border.     This   Robert  was  fighting  with   Bruce  when  captured. 

In  1318  Simon  Baird  was  given  a  commission  to  levy  men  for  war  against 
Scotland. 

The  lands  of  Kilperran  belonged  to  JoHN  Baird  before  King  James  IV,  as 
appears  by  a  charter  by  that  prince  in   1 509. 

CaPT.  John   Baird  was  slain  on  the  king's  side  at  the  battle  of  Marslon   Moor. 

A  Baird,  of  Weston,  England,  died  and  left  three  daughters,  co-heiresses,  of 
whom  one   was  of  Castlehaven    (Irish   peerage). 

The  Bards  of  North  Kehc^. — Edmond  Bard,  of  Barforlh,  had  a  son,  Alexan- 
der (m.  daughter  of  John  Brigvield;  who  had  a  son  John  (m.  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Brough,  Kt.)  ;  who  had  a  son  Gosling  (m.  daughter  of  Thomas  Denby)  ;  who  had  a 
ton  .'\dam  (m.  daughter  and  heiress  of  Dampeur  of  North  Kelsey,  Lincolnshire, 
which  was  for  many  centuries  the  principal  seat  of  the  Bards  of  North  Kelsey.  Adam 
had  a  son  Adam  (m.  daughter  of  John  Derby)  ;  who  had  a  son  Thomas  (m.  daughter 
of  John  Yardborough),  who  had  a  son  John  (m.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Wm.  Dalli- 
son)  ;  who  had  a  son  John  (m.  daughter  of  John  Henage)  ;  they  had  son  Thomas  (m. 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Hansard).  Thomas  and  Eleanor  had  Ralf  (m. 
Ellen  Mussenden).  Alice  (m.  John  Trowsdale),  Robert  (d.  1537),  Thomas  (d.  1544. 
in  Alison  of  N.  Kelsie).  Ralf's  son  William  married  Ellen  Mlddleton  and  had  a 
son  Ralf  (m.  Margaret  Gllby)  and  a  daughter  Frances  (m.  William  Roches  of 
Bresby,  Lincolnshire).  Thomas,  who  died  in  1544,  had  Thomas,  Mary,  Agnes, 
Christopher,  Helen,  Margaret,  and  William.  This  Christopher  (d.  1586)  was 
owner  of  Tealby  Grange.  He  settled  the  Priory  of  Sixhills  on  his  son  Richard, 
1585.  He  married  Adrian,  and  had  issue:  George,  Christopher,  Simon,  Richard,  and 
Elizabeth  (m.  Clark).  George,  the  eldest  son  of  Christopher,  was  Vicar  of 
Staines  in  Mlddlerex  County.  He  died  1616.  He  had  married  Susan  Dudley  of 
London.  Their  children  were  William  (an  apprentice  in  1615),  Maximilian  (later 
of  Hammersmith,  County  Middlesex),  George  (living  in  1615),  Henry,  Viscount 
Bellamount;    Margaret,   and   Elizabeth. 

Richard,  youngest  son  of  Christopher,  was  born  in  1581.  He  married,  in  1621, 
Margaret  Le  Lee,  of  Whalesbury.  In  1627  they  had  two  sons,  Francis  and  Christo- 
pher Bard. 

Henry   Bard,   a  younger  son   of   Rev.   George   of  Staines    (1607-1660),  wa»   a 


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fellow  and  D.C.L.,  of  King's  College,  Cambridge.  During  the  reign  of  Charles  I 
fie  was  a  colonel  in  the  royal  army;  knighted  in  1643;  created  baronet  in  1644; 
Baron  of  Drombey  and  X'iscounl  Bellamont  in  the  peerage  of  Ireland.  1646. 
His  lordship,  proceeding  on  an  embassy  from  Charles  II,  then  in  eiile,  to  the 
court  of  F^ersia,  was  overtaken  by  a  whirlwind  and  choked  by  the  sand  in  1660. 
Lord  Bellamont  had  married  .-Xrine  Gardyncr,  daughter  of  Sir  William  C,  Knight,  of 
F'eckham.  Surrey.  They  had  one  son,  Charles  Rupert  (1647-1665).  They  had 
three  daughters,  Anne,   Frances  and  Persiana. 

Arms  of  Rev.  George  Bard  of  Staines:  Or,  three  lions  passant  az.,  within 
a  bordure  of  same. 

Arms  of  Maximilian  Bard,  Hammersmith:  Gu..  two  lions  passant,  or  within 
a   bordure   cngr.    az. 

Arms  of  Viscount  Bellamont:  Se.  on  a  chevron  between  ten  martlets  ar.,  five 
plates. 

Sec  co.Tt  (if  .inns  of  brothers  of  Ugone  of  Val   d',\osta. 

Sarah  Frances  Baird  married  Henry  Harcourt.  Their  son,  Richard  Bard 
Harcourl,   went   to   County   Antrim,    Ireland. 

In  connection  with  the  BaIRDS  of  America  this  Vme  is  very  interesting. 
Francis  and  Christopher,  sons  of  Richard,  who  married  in  1621,  are  not 
traced  in  the  English  record;  prooably  they  left  England.  They  were 
cousins  of  Henry,  Baron  of  Drombey  and  Viscount  Bellamont,  in  the 
peerage  of  Ireland,   1646. 

"In  pulling  down  the  old  house  at  Ballywee,  JoHN  BaIRD  found  a  stone  with  F. 
B.  (Francis  Baird)  on  i\,  1769.  Francis  Baird,  of  Greybo  or  Bairdsiown,  County 
Antrim,  is  supposed  to  have  gone  from  Scolland  to  England,  where  he  tarried  about 
twenty  years,  then  went   to  Ireland   about   the   Plantation  of   Ulster." 

Elizabeth  (aged  24),  who  came  on  the  Increase  in  1635,  and  Thomas  (aged 
16),  who  cnmc  in  1635.  Robert  the  same  year  came  with  Mr.  Moone.  Andrew 
Beard,  of   Massachusetts,  who  died   in    1717. 

When  we  say  the  English,  Scotch  and  Irish  Bairds,  we  should  re- 
member how  near  they  are  in  government  as  well  as  miles,  and  how 
often  a  person  owns  land  in  all  three  places.  From  the  name  Chris- 
topher we  might  surmise  that  Alexander,  Robert  and  James  had  rela- 
tives who  went  to  England  when  they  came  over  here. 

[Fr.Tnris  H.-iird.  who  settled  in  Warwick,  N.  Y..  176;.  is  supposed  to  have  come 
from    Ireland,   ])ut   may   have   originally  come   from    Kiigland. — F.   B.   C] 

Irish  Data. 

According  to  Mac  Ferbish,  in  "Irish  Genealogies,"  the  Bards  are 
Celtic  in  origin.  Bard  (Celt)  :  One  who  sang  or  recited  the  mem- 
orable deeds  of  chieftains,  kings  and  heroes,  as  minstrel  poet  (Gael 
Bard).  Dr.  O'Hart,  in  "Irish  Pedigrees,"  5th  Edition,  Vol,  I.  page 
349,  says  the  name  has  been  changed  to  MacWard,  Ward,  Bairdain, 
Baird,  Bard  and  Bardc  (Irish  bar;  Hebrew  baar,  a  linger). 


20  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

In  olden  times  harper*  wandered  all  about  the  land  with  their  harps  and  were 
welcomed  everywhere.  So  greatly  did  everyone  appreciate  the  services  of  the 
harper  that  these  men  were  safe  anywhere,  even  in  the  camp  of  an  enemy.  It  i» 
said  King  Alfred  once  went  into  the  Danish  CRmp  to  gather  information  disguised 
as  a  harper. —  {Chriilian  Science  Monitor.) 

If  it  is  true  that  the  tribe  of  Dan  settled  the  northern  part  of  Ireland 
and  Gad  Scotland,  the  Hebrew  Baar  would  not  be  out  of  place.  God- 
frey, of  England,  seems  to  have  added  a  "d." 

[Considering  how  much  of  Gaelic  the  French  claim,  it  might  not  be  far  afield  to 
say  Owen  was  the  Hard,  and  the  Bards  of  France  and  Italy  were  his  descendants.  If 
the  coats  of  arms  of  Owen,  Ugone  and  his  brothers  are  compared  with  those  of 
Godfrey,  of  Middlesex,  England,  there  is  possibly  more  than  an  accidental  coincidence. 
— F.   B.   C] 

The  following  is  an  old  pedigree  given  by  O'Hart,  and  may  indi- 
cate that  the  earliest  Bards  were  Hebrews  in  Ireland: 

EoCHA,  son  of  Sodom. 
Uar,  his  son. 
TlOUNCHADH,  his  son. 
ReachbaCH,  his  son. 
Unada  Dearc,  his  son. 
UcHAlNE.  his  son. 
GiLl.DE,  his  son. 
ILachtichearna,  his  son. 
Derwood,  his  son. 
UcHRA,  his  son. 
MuRios,  his  son. 

GiLLDE. 

Melachlin. 

UcHRA. 

MuRios. 

GiLLDE. 

Mei.achlin. 

UcHRA.  ' 

GiLLCORNDHE. 

Derwood. 

Maccraith. 

Conor. 

Shane. 

Owen  Mac-an-Bhaird,  of  Monycassan. 

Coal  of  arms:  Or,  two  bars,  gu.,  each  charged  with  as  many  martlets,  or. 

PLANTATION  OF  ULSTER. 

"During  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  the  disaffected  and  turbulent  Province 
of  Ulster  in  Ireland  suffered  the  ravages  of  civil  war.  Quieted  by  the  sword  for 
a  time,  insurrection  burst  forth  in  the  second  year  of  James  I  and  repeated  re- 
bellions were  crushed.  In  1605  almost  all  the  six  counties  fell  by  forfeiture  into 
the  hands  of  the  king.  A  London  company  colonized  this  unhappy  district  with 
settlers,  partly  English  but  principally  Scotch.  Their  descendants  are  called  Scotch- 
Irish.  Shortly  the  persecution  of  the  Stuarts  turned  their  eyes  to  America  a*  a 
place   of    refuge.      In    1647    they    settled    especially    in    Pennsylvania.      Those    who 


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21 


lelllfd     in     Blue    Ridge.    Virginia,    were    called    'Cohees"    because    of    their    constant 
use  of   'Quolh  he."  or   'Quo  he.'"— (0/</    Virginia  Hiilory.) 

"The  Scotch,  invited  by  the  king  to  inhabit  confiscated  Irish  lands,  were  in 
almost  e\ery  village,  as  their  Presbyterian  chapels  bore  witness.  But  during  the 
century  of  their  occupation  of  Ulster  their  thrift  and  energy  had  battled  with  but 
moderate  success  against  the  ravages  of  vvar  and  the  burden  of  hostile  laws.  The 
third  clement  in  the  population  was  the  ruling  class.  This  class  was  largely  English, 
supplemented  by  Scotch  and  Irish  landowners,  nearly  all  of  whom,  through  self- 
interest  or  conviction,  upheld  the  Established  Church,  and  by  virtue  of  this  allegiancs 
had  access  to  the  magistracy  and  the  army." — (/ris/i  Pioneers.  1718,  Hazelton.) 

Of  the  ministers  who  were  instrumental  in  rebuilding  Presbyterianism  in  Ulster, 
Hugh  Cunningham,  chaplain  to  Earl  Clencairn's  rcf^iment;  Thomas  Peebles,  chap- 
lain to  Eglmlon's;  John  Baird.  chaplain  to  Argyle;  James  Simpson,  chaplain  to 
Sinclair's,  settled  in  Ireland.  They  organized  a  presbytery  at  Carrickfcrgus.  June 
10,   1642.     This  was  the  first  regularly  constituted  presbytery  in   Ireland. 

In  16-16  the  Rev.  John  Baird  was  settled  at  Dervock,  in  Antrim,  twenty  or 
thirty  miles  from  Newton,  Limavady. —  (Reid  and  Killens  Hiitory;  of  the  Presty- 
Icrian  Church  in  Ireland.) 

(Tradilii)n  s.'iys  IV.Tiicis  wns  son  of  John  and  c.nmc  from  .\ntrini.  It  also  says  the 
ancestors   of  John    U.iird   of    Plal>^niouth   c.Tnic   from    .\ntrini.l 

Thomas  Baird  and  Margaiet  Barnhill  had  a  son,  Thomas,  who  was  born  in 
Chiconois  ip  1762.  He  married  Madelen  Dickson,  of  North  River,  in  1793. 
James  D.  Baird.  their  eldest  son,  married  Nancy  Miller,  of  Tours,  in  1820. 
James  lived  at  Onslow.  Rebecca,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Baird  of  Chigoaois,  mar- 
ried  Alexander    Miller. —  (Miller's   Historical  and   Genealogical  Record.) 

An  old  letter,  dated  May  27.  1829,  locates  Dickson's  sons  as  follows:  Alex 
was  in  Belfast.  William  in  South  Amcvica.  John  in  Bainbridge.  There  was  also 
a  daughter. 

John   Baird,   Dublin   merchant.    1710. 

Robert   Baird,   Gent..  St.  Johnstown.   County   Donegal.    1715. 

Tho.MAS   Baird.   Gent..   Dublin,    1664. 

\^'illiam  Baird  fought  under  General  Walker  at  the  siege  of  Londonderry. 
He  was  a  yojng  man   in    1690. 

John    Baird   belonccd    to   the   first   Presbytery    of    Ireland. 

There  was  a  RoBERT  BaIRD  who  was  a  ruling  elder  early  in  the  eighteenth 
century  in  the  Presbvterian  congregations  of  Taughboyne,  now  St.  Johnston,  in 
County  Donegal,  a  few  miles  from  the  city  of  Derry.  This  Robert  died  about' 
1714.  His  will  conveyed  his  mill  and  other  property  to  his  eldest  son.  Thomas. 
before  his  death.  Besides  his  heir,  he  had  a  son.  JoHN.  a  lieutenant  in  Whit- 
man's regiment  of  foot,  who  died  in  1706,  probably  in  Spain,  and  also  a  son 
Robert. 

Mr.s.  Baird,  of  Boom  Hall,  County  Londonderry;  Barbara,  daughter  of  the 
iale  Rev.  Alex.  Delap,  of  Ray  County.  Donegal;  in  1839  DaNIEL  BaIRD.  Esq.. 
of  Boom  Hall,  and  Newton  Steward.  County  Tyrone,  who  was  a  magistrate  for 
County  Tyrone  (High  Sheriff,  1854-3).  and  who  died  in  1862,  having  had  issue, 
Charlotte  Jane,  who  married,  1848,  Charles  Maturen.  Esq..  and  died  1851.  leaving 
issue,  Daniel  Baird  Maturin,  bom  1851 — Boom  Hall.  Londonderry;  retidence.  The 
Cottage.   Londonderry,   Ireland. 


22  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Seilhamer  says:  The  Rtv.  John  B.mrd,  of  Dervock,  was  followed  to  Ireland 
by  a  number  of  Johns  in  the  latter  half  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Among  them 
were   several    heads  of   families. 

From  the  documents  at  the  Four  Courts,  Dublin,  the  .following  items  were 
gleaned:  John  Baird  was  a  merchant,  probably  of  Belfast,  in  1672,  as  appears 
in  a  bill  in  chancery,  dated  November  3.  1677.  JoHN  BaIRD,  parish  of  Derry- 
loran  (Cookstone),  County  Tyrone,  made  a  will  dated  1714  and  left  a  widow 
and  two  sons,  James  and  John.  JoHN  Baird's  wife  Eleanor  obtained  letters  of 
administration  in  1717.  In  1716,  when  John  Beard  died  at  Glenarm,  the  adminis- 
tration bond  of  his  widow,  Ellinor,  was  signed  by  David  Beard  and  James  Wilson. 
This  David  was  probably  a  son  and  the  Presbyterian  elder  of  1724.  In  1722 
a  David  Beard  died  in  the  parish  at  Donegore  in  the  barony  of  Upper  Antrim. 
Jane,  his  widow,  was  his  administratrix.  Her  sureties  were  William  and  Robert 
Beard,  probably  her  sons.  William  died  in  the  parish  of  Ballyeastore,  near  Bally- 
clare.  County  Antrim,  in  1743.  Robert  died  in  Donegore  parish  in  17^6.  Martha 
Beard  was  his  administratrix.  That  they  were  brothers  is  indicated  by  the  fact 
that  Robert  was  William's  administrator;  that  they  were  of  the  Glenarm  family 
is  suggested  by  the  coincidence  that  the  administration  bonds  of  both  John  Beard 
of  Glenarm  and  David  of  Donegore  were  witnessed  by  William  Car  oil.  John 
BairD,  of  Dromoie  parish.  County  Down,  made  a  will  proved  in  1720.  JoHN 
Baird,  of  Skeogtownland,  Dromorc  parish,  County  Down,  left  a  will  which  was 
proved  in  1734.  1  Icnry  Marmion  was  witness  to  the  administration  bonds  both 
of  William  Beard  of  Ballyeaston,  and  James  of  Creagnogan,  County  Antrim,  who 
died  in    1750,  leaving  a  son,  John   Beard. 

That  William,  Robert,  and  perhaps  James  were  brothers  of  Archibald  is 
probable,  but  not  proved. 

James  Baird,  the  grandson  of  Elder  David  Beard,  lived  at  Glenarm  until 
1905,  when  he  died  at  a  very  advanced  age.  He  thought  Archibald  Beard  had 
probably  manied  at  Coal  Island,  a  post  town  in  the  center  of  Tyrone  coal  field, 
on  the  road  from  Dungannon  to  Ballinderry,  and  from  Lurgan  to  Stewails'.own. 
It  is  not  improbable  that  the  father  of  William  Beard  of  Glenarm  Heath  Money 
Roll  of  1669  was  David  Bard  of  Island  Magee.  In  the  so-called  "Depositions  of 
1641"  tliere  are  abstracts  of  the  examination  of  a  number  of  persons,  including 
Kalhrine  Bard,  wife  of  David,  concerning  the  murder  of  Phelemy  McGee  and 
his  family  in  Island  Magee  in  one  of  which  it  said,  ".'Xfter  McGee  had  been  left 
for  dead  he  was  sheltered  by  David  Beard,  but  that  he  was  killed  next  day." 
There  is  a  David  Baird  who  kept  a  public  house  at  Ballywee.  Ballywee  is  in 
Kilbride   Parish,   adjoining   Doner>ore. 

J\MES  Baird  owns  "New  Mills,"  mills  in  Ballywee,  and  resides  at  Holestone. 
His  brother  John  lives  in   Ballywee. 

John  DaIRd's  ancestors  settled  at  Ballywee  fully  a  century  and  a  half  ago, 
for  he  found  in  pulling  down  an  old  building  a  stone  with  F.  B.  (Francis  Bairo) 
and  1769  on  it.  This  stone  he  has  built  into  the  pillar  of  his  avenue  gate.  JoHN 
Baird  knows  nothing  about  his  family  except  that  they  came  from  A\frihire  in 
Scotland  at  the  time  of  the  Plantation  of  Ulster. 

Andrew  Baird,  owner  of  Aughtermoy,  near  Dunamagh,  came  from  New  Mills 
to  Craighall,  Donegore  Parish,  then  to  the  Foyle.  The  Bairos  of  Grange  Tyrone 
are  probably  the  same. 

This  might  indicate  that  David,  Archibald,  William,  James  and 
John  were  related  in  Ireland. 


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The  fact  that  David  Alexander  and  F"rancis  came  from  Scotland 
to  Middlesex,  England,  then  to  Ireland,  seems  to  connect  the  families. 

DATA  FROM  RF.V.  U'.  J.  BAIRD.  B.A..  WOODLAND  HOUSE. 
BROOK.VALE  AVE..  BELFAST. 

An  uncle  of  his.  John,  came  \o  America  in  1830;  he  thinks  he  settled  near 
New   ^  ork. 

I  lis  family  located  near  the  village  of  Ardstraw  in  the  lownland  of  Killen,  in 
the  north  end  of  the  country,  about  two  hundred  years  ago. 

Rev.  John  Daird,  chaplain  to  Argyle's  regiment  in  1746,  was  installed  in 
charge  of  a  congregation,  probably  Devock,  in  the  Route,  a  district  of  country  in 
the  north  of  ihc  County  Antrim.  He  w.is  slill  in  charge  in  1750.  Rev.  Hugh 
Beinning.  minister  of  Govan,  married  his  daughter.  (Reid's  Hiitoryi,  Vol.  I, 
p.  371.)      It  is  said  his  family  returned  after  his  death  to  Scotland. 

John  Baird  was  born  in  1739;  died  December  30,  1783.  John  had  a  sister 
Ellen,  born  in  1745.  His  sons  were  JamE5,  1772-1814;  Moses.  1779-1869  (mar- 
ried Mist  Caldwell);  Joseph.  late  of  Killcn,  1792-1662,  (who  married  Margaret 
Kerr).     They  had  a  daughter,  Ellen.  who  married  John  1  hompson. 

Moses  and  (Caldwell)  Baird  had  issue:  Andrew,  who  died  unmarried; 
Robert,  who  went  to  California;  Mof'ES,  who  went  to  Australia,  had  three  daugh- 
ters; John,  who  wcnl  to  America  in  1830;  James,  who  died  in  1814,  aged  42, 
unmarried;  Joseph,  who  married  Sarah  Patrick,  and  died  in  1896,  aged  81; 
Marv,  unmarried;   Jane,  who  married  Jas.  Knox;    Ellen.  who  died  young. 

Joseph  and  Sarah  (Patrick)  Baird  had  issue:  Ellen.  1862-1889;  Moses, 
who  went  to  Australia;  RcBECCA,  unmarried;  W.M.  JoHN,  who  married  Agnes 
Magguffin  (who  wrote  the  letter  to  the  minister  of  Agus  St.  Presbyterian  Church. 
Belfast);  Andrew,  who  went  to  Australia;  Joseph,  who  died  in  1888;  Mary 
Jane,  who  married  Manly  Free;  Sarah,  who  died  in  1887;  RoBERT,  who  came  to 
America  and  died  in  1910;  Caldwei  l,  who  died  in  1888;  Matilda,  who  died  in 
1896;  James,  who  lived  on  a  farm  at  home;    Margaret,  bom  in   1885,  unmarried. 

The  Ardstraw   (in  Tyrone)   graveyard  has  some  of  these  names. 

James,  of   RapKoe,   is   a  grandson   of   one   of  John's  six  sons. 

FROM  IRISH  LETTERS. 

"Three  brothers  came  from  Kilmarnock,  Scotland,  at  the  lime  of  the  Planta- 
tion of  Ulster,  and  were  given  tracts  of  land.  They  were  JoHN.  W  U.LIAM  and 
Thomas.  John  got  his  portion  near  to  Raphoe.  William  beside  Letterkenny. 
Do  nol  know  where  Thomas  settled.  JoHN  had  six  sons.  James,  his  grandson,  it 
the  only  one  left."    James  S.  Baird,  Raphoe,   1907. 

If  James  S.  is  right,  the  Bairds  of  the  North  of  Ireland  probably 
came  f.-om  the  Bairds  of  Kilhenzie,  who  possessed  the  Castle  Maybole 
in   the   sixt.eenth   century. —  (Seilhamer.) 

In   the   "Genealogical   Collections   Concerning   the  Sir   Name  oi    BaIRD"    (wr. 
by   William    Baird,    1701-50)    it   it   said    that    three   tons   of   Gilbert   and   LlLLUS 
Baird,    who    wat    the    only    child    end    heirest    of    Walter    Baird,    of    Ordinlewa*. 
went  to  Ireland  as  adventureri  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  King  James  I. 

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BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 


He  says  he  has  been  unable  to  trace  them. 

[I'roliahly  most  of  tlicm  emigrated  to  America  or  Australia.  The  line  of  VV^iliiam 
of  I,ittcrkciim-y  is  Iiorcin  traced  and  probably  that  of  John.  The  letter  giving  William's 
record   says   his  brother  John's   family  settlc(l  at   Hardstovvn,   Ky.] 

The  Barde  or  Beard  family  of  Ireland  goes  back  to  the  lime  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth or  earlier.  The  Beards  or  BaIRDS  of  Queens  County  spring  from  WiLLIAM 
Bakde  or  Beard,  who  was  in  Ireland  under  Sir  Henry  Sidney,  Lord  Deputy, 
and  must  have  borne  an  important  part  in  the  advance  of  the  English  army  from 
the  Pale  in  1557.  As  early  as  1568  he  was  granted  a  messuage  in  Maryborough 
comprising  seven  cottages,  besides  sixty  acres  arable  and  forty  pasture,  wood  and 
underwood  in  Colle;  sixteen  acres  in  Ballycorballe,  all  in  Queen's  County.  He 
may  have  been  in  Maryborough  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Mary.'  In  1570  Queen 
Elizabeth  granted  the  inhabitants  of  Maryborough  a  charter  and  corporation. 
William  Barl>  was  probably  a  native  of  England.  He  died  about  1583,  as  appears 
from  a  grant  (under  a  commission  dated  I7lh  Jan.,  26th  Eliz.)  to  Patrick  Crosby, 
Gent.,  of  the  wardship  and  marriage  of  Thomas  Beard,  son  and  heir  of  William 
B.,  late  of  Colle. 

William  Beard  married  Jane  Butler. 

ThOMA.s  Beard  died  in  1640.  He  had  married  Anne  Segrave.  They  had 
Thomas  (died  1702),  William,  and  Agnes  (one  record  says  Rose).  Thomas  is 
aIso  spoken  of  as  of  Smithlown,  County  Meath,  and  of  Colstown,  King's  County. 

Arms:    Three  men's  lieads   couped,   ppr. 

A  possible  son  of  William  and  Jane  Butler  was  Richard  Beard,  who  was 
in  the  service  of  Francis  Blennerhasset,  Barony  of  Lurg,  County  Fermanagh,  about 
1630.      His  arms  were  a  sword   only. 

William  Barde  or  Beard,  who  may  have  been  a  grandson  of  Richard  Beard, 
lived  at  Maguire's  Bridge  in  Aghalurcher  Parish,  County  Fermanagh.  By  his 
wife,  Catherine,  he  had  a  daughter,  Judith,  who  married  James  Cutlery  of 
Maguires  Bridge;  and  a  son  Alexander  Beard,  who  was  married  in  1727  to 
Mary  Corry,  daughter  of  Robert  Corry  of  Corlel  in  Drummully  Parish,  County 
Fermanagh. 

The  following  are  data  of  William  Baird  of  Grange  in  County  Tyrone,  barony 
of  Slrabane,  Parish  of  Donagheady.  The  town  of  Dunamanagh  was  founded  by 
Sir  John  Drummond.  Grange  derived  its  name  from  the  ancient  church  now 
in  ruins,  which  belonged  lo  the  abbey  of  Derry.  Near  the  ruins  is  an  old 
graveyard  of  the  Bairds.  The  Presbyterian  church  lo  which  William  probably 
belonged  was  known  as  Donagheady.  John  Hamilton  was  minister,  1658-1688. 
From  the  tombstones  it  appears  William  Baird  had  among  others  a  son  JoHN 
(1664-1748).  John  is  said  lo  have  been  married  twice.  By  his  second  wife, 
Jean  (1684-1770)  he  had,  among  others,  a  son  William  (1715-1778).  This 
William  owned  a  large  estate  at  Thorney  Hill,  County  Tyrone,  and  was  buried 
at  Grange.  His  wife  was  Martha  (1728-1798)  and  they  had  six  sons  and  three 
daughters.  JoHN  went  lo  America;  Alexander,  twin  brother  of  John,  inherited 
Thorny  Hill,  but  died  unmarried;  William  (born  1757);  Margaret,  married 
James  Pollock:  James;  Archibald  (born  1762),  an  apprentice  in  Londonderry  at 
hit   father's  death;    Andrew,   a  surgeon   in   the   Royal    Navy;    Cathrine,   and    Mary. 

William,  son  of  William  and   Martha,  was  born   in    1757;    died   in    1844.     He 
wa»    one    of    the   owners,    with    hi*   brother   John,    of    the    estate    near   Dunamanagh 


•The  genealogist   says   the   "reign   of   Philip  and   Mary." 


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25 


called  Aushlcrmoy.      William  Joid   it   to  his  brother.  Andrew,   R.  N.,    182^.      He  was 
then  an  old   man — lived  fifteen  years   longer. 

John  Baird.  the  ancestor  of  the  family  of  Sirabane,  County  Tyrone,  and 
grandfather  of  JoHN  Baird  of  Christiana  Hundred,  evidently  settled  at  or  near 
Sirabaneton  with  James  Hamilton,  Earl  of  Abercorn,  at  the  Plantation  of  Ulster. 
He  was  probably  related  to  William  of  Grange,  as  he  had  a  son  Andrew   also. 

Seilhamer  says: 

An  answer  made  in  1676  to  an  Exchecqucr  Bill  of  Andrew  Baird,  son 
ai.d  heir  claiming  to  be  executor  of  John  Baird  of  Strabane,  smith,  deceased, 
dated  January  26,  1675.  admits  that  Andrew  Baird  is  the  eldest  son  of  John 
Baird,  but  denies  that  he  is  executor  and  asserts  that  Jarries  Baird  is  the  executor 
of  John  Baird,  who  is  in  possession  of  the  tenement  nami'd  in  the  Bill.  Thus  we 
know  that  John  Baird  of  Sirabane  had  issue,  among  olheri,  Uvo  sons,  Andrew  and 
James.  This  James  had  John  (who  came  to  America),  William,  James,  Sydney, 
Rebecca,   and   Jane,   who   married   Winkham. 

"Beyond  the  legal  proceedings  in  which  he  became  involved,  and  the  fact 
that  he  paid  heath  money  in  Strabane  in  1666,  we  have  no  knowledge  of  Andrew 
Beard.  James  Beard,  who  inheiited  the  forge  of  his  father  at  Strabane,  by  hi* 
wife  Elizabeth  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  who  married  Arthur  Carrol." 

[Tliis   imcle   of   John's   Aiulrcw   ni.iy    liavc   conic   to   America   also.] 

(.\rchihaUI  Beard  .Tntl  others  inircli.T-oci  .i  tract  of  5,roo  acres  of  land  from 
Daniel  Carroll  of  Diuldinpton  Manor,  in  I'rincc  ("fcorpo's  County,  Maryland.  Carroll 
liad  ohiaincd  tlio  (rr.Tnt  of  land  from  Lord  naltiinorr.  They  mined  this  tract  Car- 
roll's DcliRlit.  William  Carroll  was  witness  to  adminivtialion  bonds  of  David  Reard 
of   DoncRore  and   John    Heard   of   CIcnarns.    Ireland.] 

Moses,  an  elder  at  the  Church  of  Lifford.  County  Donegal  (opposite  Strabane), 
was  a  delegate  to  Ulster  in  1724.  This  was  probably  the  father  of  Jamet,  who 
came  to  America  in  1720.  He  married  Margaret  Brown  of  the  North  of  Ireland. 
He  was  likely  a  cousin  of  John  of  Christiana  Hundred. 

Johns  son   James  probably  died    (sec  will)    in    1785.   unmarried. 

DICKSON. 

Civen   fcj)  One  of   Thomai  Dicl(ion  BairJa  Line. 

In  "Tales  of  a  Grandfather."  Scott  gives  considerable  prominence 
to  a  Thomas  Dickson,  a  retainer  of  William,  the  third  Lx>rd  Duglas 
(in  the  first  few  chapters). 

The  coat  of  arms  of  the  Dicksons  of  Ireland  was:  Issuing  from  a  lower  a  lion* 
head   ppr. 

Dickson.  Samuel  Auchumty.  Esq..  J.P.D.L..  of  Cloudebarde,  County  Lim- 
erick, and  of  Beenham  House,  Berks.  Coat  of  arms:  Out  of  battlements  a 
naked  arm  embowered,  holding  a  sword  in  bend  sinister,  all  ppr.  Motto:  Forte* 
forlura  jural. 

Dickson,  son  of  Dick  or  Richard.  The  family  are  descended  from  Richard 
Keith,  a  ton  of  Hervey  de  Keith  (Earl  Marshal  of  Scotland),  by  his  wife  Margaret, 
daughter  of  William,  third  Lord  Duglai.  This  Richard  Keith  bore  for  hi* 
arm*:  Azure,  three  mullets  argent  [being  the  arms  of  Dugla*].  a  chief  or  three 
pallal*   gule*    [b«ing    the    arm*    of    Keith]     (Sim*.    Scotch    Sur   Names).      Hi*    »on. 


26  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

ThoiTias  Dickson,  born  in  1247,  was  the  ancestor  of  the  family  following:  John 
Dickson  came  from  Scotland  to  Ireland  and  settled  in  County  Down  in  1690.  He 
had   two  sons,  Thomas  and   William. 

William  was  twice  married  and  had  eight  children.  Thomas  married,  first, 
Mary   Kent:   issue,  John,  Hugh,  Jane,  Rachel,  and  Elizabeth. 

The  Irish  Dixons  came  from  Scotland  in  a  clan  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. 
The  oldest   spelling   in    Ireland   is  Dykeson. 

Robert  Dixon  was  killed   in   front  of   Quebec   in    1775. 

John  Dickson  of  Ballyshannon.  County  Donegal,  was  born  in  1718;  married 
Francis  (daughter  of  Daniel  Eccles  of  Tyrone)  in  1740.  Issue:  Thomas  of 
Woodville. 

Thomas  (born  in  1741)  married  Hester  Lowry.  They  had  a  son,  Thomas, 
born  in   1784,  who  was  in  the  army  and  died  abroad  in   1807. 

[In   the   Francis  liaird  line  there  is  a  Lowry  Baird;  also  Harvey. — F.  B.  C.\ 

Sir  Thomas  Dickson,  second  baronet.  Sheriff  of  County  Antrim  in  1912.  His 
lineage:  1  homas  Dickson  of  Bun-na  Mairge,  Bally  Castle,  County  Down,  was 
born  in  1770;  married  Mary  McNeaill.  Thomas  of  Lame,  County  Antrim, 
merchant  and  shipowner,  was  born  in    1805.      Motto:   Fide  el  Constantia. 

According  to  Du.  Thompson  McDonald  Baird,  his  family  con- 
nection with  Scotland  comes  through  James,  the  son  of  James  and 
Alicia. 

He  had  a  son  James,  who  had  a  son  William  who  went  to  Ireland  about 
1690.  He  married  and  had  two  sons,  Robert  and  John.  John  married  Elizabeth 
Dickson,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dickson,  Gent.,  in  1769.  Their  sons,  John,  Jr., 
Thomas,  and  Henry,  came  to  America  in   1796. 

Arms:  Gules,  a  boar  passant,  a  sword  erect  ppr.,  pommel  and  hilt  gold  as 
in  Scotland.      Motto   in    Ireland:    Dom'mus  fecit  vi   e(  armis. 

REEVES 

of  Vostersberg,  County  Coik,  and  Burrane,  County  Clare. — Lineage:  Robert  Reve, 
son  of  a  very  respectable  family  in  Sussex,  having  had  some  dispute  with  his 
father  as  to  property,  left  his  home  and  entered  the  army,  in  which  he  became  a 
major.  On  his  adopting  the  military  profession,  he  called  himself  Reeves,  and 
that  mode  of  spelling  the  name  was  followed  by  his  descendants.  He  eventually 
went  to  Ireland,  and  settled  there  in  the  lime  of  Charles  I,  married  Eleanor,  daughter 
of  Sir  1  hoinas  O'Demsy,  afterwards  Viscount  Clanmaleer,  by  whom  he  had 
(with  one  daughter,  who  married  Mr.  Lodge,  from  whom  the  Lord  Frankfort's 
family  are  descended),  a  son — 

William  Reeves,  Esq.,  who  married  Bridget  Malone,  widow,  daughter  of 
Neville,  of  Furnace,  County  Kildare,  and  had  issue  a  son  and  heir — • 

Robert  Reeves,  Esq.,  who  married  Mary  Bodley,  daughter  of  Bodley,  then 
of  Kilkenny,  a  near  relative  of  Sir  Thomas  Bodley.  who  founded  the  library  at 
Oxford. 

Arms:  Or,  on  a  chevron,  engrailed,  between  three  escallops,  azure,  as  many 
eaglets,  displayed,  of  the  first.  Crest:  A  dragon's  head,  erased,  or,  collared, 
azure;   over  it  an  ascrol,  therein  the  words  Animum  rege.    Motto:    Virlule  el  fidel'f 


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'<3/e. —  (From    Genealogical    and    HcralJlc    Dicilonary,    by    John    Burke,    Esq.,    and 
John   Bernard   Burke.  Vol.   II.) 

"The  Tyrone  coal  field  has  special  advantage  for  working,  lying  lo  the  nortli 
of  the  flouiishing  town  of  Dungannon,  and  tlie  Ulster  canal  places  the  district  of 
Coal  Island  in  connection  with  Lough  Neagh.  Ulster  is  rich  in  undeveloped  coal. 
for  in  addition  to  the  Tyrone  coal  field  and  several  other  mineral  areas,  it  con- 
tains a  coal  area  of  singular  richness  not  only  in  coal  but  in  iron  ore  and  mineral 
oil.  This  is  known  as  Bally  Castle  and  Fair  Head.  The  "black  band  iron 
stone"  was  formerly  shipped  in  large  quantities  to  the  Ayrshire  factories  and  the 
shales  are  so  rich  in  oil  as  to  frequently  ignite  spontaneously."' — {Prof.  EJivard  Hull, 
F.  R.  S.,  director  of  geological  iur\>e})  of  Ireland.) 

Donegal  and  Tyrone  are  drained  by  the  Fern  and  the  Mourne,  two 
rivers  which  unite  at  Sfrabane  to  form  the  Foyle.  The  Foyle  flows 
northward  across  Londonderry  to  the  sea.  From  Lough  Neagh  on  the 
eastern  border  of  Tyrone  the  Bann  flows  north,  also,  to  the  sea,  sepa- 
rating Londonderry  and  Antrim. 


Early  Scotch  Data. 

"The  surname  of  Baird  is  originally  of  the  South  of  France,  where  there 
were  several  families  of  il  in  the  reign  of  Louis  IV,  and  it  is  said  arc  still,  but 
the  first  of  the  name  mentioned  in  Britain  came  from  Normandy  to  England  with. 
William  the  Conqueror. 

And,  from  the  time  when  the  first  appears  in  Scotland,  the; e  is  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  some  of  that  name  came  here  wuh  King  William  the  Lion,  when  he 
returned  from  his  captivity  in  England,  anno  1174,  as  it  is  agreed  by  all  our  his- 
torians, several  English  gentlemen  did.  For  it  is  certain  that  in  less  than  tixty 
years  after  that  period  they  possessed  fine  estates,  and  had  made  good  alliances 
in  the  south  and  southwest  counties  of  Scotland. 

1066.  Le  Seigneur  DE  Barde,  mentioned  as  one  of  William  Duke  of  Nor- 
mandy "s  followers  in  the  conquest  of  England. 

1178.  Henry  DE  Barde  was  witness  to  a  charter  granted  by  Kinq  William 
the  Lion  to  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  upon  some  lands  in  the  town  of  Stirling. 

1194.  Winchester,  April  17.  In  a  safe  conduct'  granted  by  King  Richard  1 
lo  King  William  the  Lion,  in  which  large  appointments  of  money  and  provisions, 
during  his  going  and  coming  and  stay  in  England,  are  ordered  for  him.  Hlgo  DE 
Bard  is  one  of  the  subscribing  witnesses. 

There  is  a  tradition  that  as  King  William  the  Lion  was  hunting  in  one  of 
the  southwest  counties  of  Scotland,  and  happened  lo  straggle  from  his  attendants, 
he  was  alarmed  at  the  approach  of  a  wild  boar  and  cried  for  help;  upon  which 
a  gentleman  of  the  name  of  Baird,'  who  had  followed  the  king  from  Eng'anJ,  ran 
up  and  had  the  good  fortune  to  kill  the  boar,  for  which  lignal  service  the  king 
made  a  considerable  addition  to  the  lands  he  had  given  him  before,  and  assigned 
him  for  his  coat  of  arms  a  boar  passant,  and  for  his  motto.  Dominus  fecit. — {Wil' 
licm   Playfare,   Eiq.,   of  Scotland,   Vol    II.) 

'This  w,TS  three  years  after  Ugone  left  \'al  d'  .\osta. 

'It  is  probable  that  Hugo  de  Bard  was  this  person  and  the  ancestor  of  the  Auch- 
medden    Bairds. 


Jib  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Richard  lived  in  the  parish  of  Strathhavon,  for  he  obtained  a  grant  of  a 
charter  upon   lands  of   Meikle   and   Little   Kyp  in   the  County  of   Lanark. 

In    1240    Fergus    de    Bard,    whose    name    appears    on    "The    Ragman's    Roll,  i* 

described  as  of   Meikle  and  Little   Kyp.     The  "Rag  Roll"   of    1296   has   Fergus  de 

Bard,    John    Bard,    and    Nicholas    Bard    of    Lanarkshire.      They    did    homage'  to 
King  Edwaid   1   at  conquest  of  Scotland. 

Fergus  de  Bard  was  a  son  of  Richard,'  who  had  lands  in   1240. 

MatHOW   Baird   in    1573   was   sheriff    of   Ayr,  Scotland,    near    Auchmedden. 

George  Baird.  of  Auchmedden,  County  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  who  was  living 
in  1588,  was  chief  of  the  clan.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Jordan  Baird,  who  was 
presumably  a  son  of  Fergus  de  Bard,  and  a  constant  companion  of  Sir  William 
Wallace. 

"George  Baird,  chief  of  that  ancient  surname,  living  in  1568,  being  connected 
by  marriage  and  in  habits  of  great  friendship  with  the  Regent,  the  Earl  of  Moray 
(Murray),  received  from  him  a  disposition,  heritable  and  unredeemable,  to  the 
lands  of  Auchmedden,  the  Regent  assigning  the  following  cause:  "For  many  act* 
of  utility  and  friendship  done  to  me,  and  many  sums  of  money  given  out  by  him 
in  my  service."  " — {From  an  old  record  ty  IVilliam  Baird.) 

It    is   said    in    "Genealogical    Collections    Concerning    the    Sir    Name    of    Baird, 
by   William   of   Auchmedden,    that    three   sons   of    Gilbert    Baird    of    Auchmedden, 
and    Lillias,    his   wife,   who   was   the    only    child    and    heiress   of    Walter    Baird    of 
Ordenhivas,   went    to    Ireland   as  adventurers   in   the   beginning  of   the   reign   of   King 
James   I. 

"According  to  James  Baird,  a  carpenter  living  at  Raphoe,  County  Donegal, 
in  1902,  ail  the  Bairds  in  Ireland  sprang  from  three  brothers — John,  William  and 
David — who  came  from  Killmarnock,  Ayrshire,  at  or  about  the  time  of  the  Planta- 
tion of  Ulster."  "If  this  is  true  the  BaIRDS  in  the  north  of  Ireland  are  probably 
derived  from  the  BaIRDS  of  Kilhenzie,  who  possessed  the  Castle  of  Maybole  in  the 
sixteenth  century." 

Kilhenzie  Castle  was  even  within  recent  years  the  most  entire  of  all  the 
baronial  ruins  in  the  parish  of   Maybo.e. 

The  first  of  the  BaIRDS  of  Kilhenzie  of  whom  anything  is  known  is  Gilbert. 
He  obtained  a  charier  of  land  in  Kilhenzie,  Kilkeraine,  etc.,  from  King  James  IV. 
1506.  He  was  killed  in  1508.  His  son,  John  of  Kilhenzie,  married  Margaret 
Crawford.  Of  his  sons,  Robert  married  Elizabeth  Kennedy  and  Gilbert  married 
Christine  Lindsay.     He  died  in    1577. 

These  may  have  belonged  to  the  BaIRDS  of  North  Kelsey,  Lincolnshire,  Eng- 
land, but  it  is  likely  they  were  of  Auchmedden,  Scotland. 

fit  ni.nv  lie  they  .t11  (ksccmleii  from  IIiiRo  de  B.Trde,  the  witness  of  safe  conduct 
of   Kinj;  William  the   Lion   in    1 194.  — .Vi'i//MHi.-r.  | 

"During  the  civil  wars  among  the  competitors  for  the  Scottish  crown  and  those 
under  Wallace  and  Bruce  for  the  independence  of  Scotland,  General  Stewart 
sayi  that  eighteen  Highland  chiefs  fought  under  Robert  Bruce  at  Bannockbum. 
Highland  prowess  lent  its  powerful  aid  to  obtain  that  memorable  victory  which 
secured  Scotland  from  the  dominion  of  a  foreign  yoke." — {Scollish  Highlanders,  by 
Kiltie.) 


'This  shows   they  were   men   of  consequence. — F.   B.   C. 

•This   Rich.Trd   may   h.Tvo  been  son   of   Ugone  of   V'al  d'Aosta,  who  made  allegiance 
to  Tomaso  I  of  Savoy,   1191,  in   Flanders. 


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Adam    Baird  wa»  in  Symington,   Cowdam   or  Coodam    1734. 

Coindam. — This  small  properly  was  possessed  about  the  end  of  the  scvenleentK 
century    by    a    family    named    BairD. 

William  Baird's  wife  was  Margaret  Aird.  His  daughter  Helen  had  sasine  ia 
life  rents,  lands  of  Crossflall,  1700;  William  had  several  houses,  Kilmarnock, 
1704;  William,  a  son,  lands  in  Barwillan,  1706;  John,  his  third  son,  Adam,  another 
ion;    Adam,   eldest  son   of   William  of   Cowden,    1712. 

Jane  Isabella  and  Charlotte  Marion,  twin  daughters  and  co-hcircsse»  of  Doug- 
las Baird  of  Closeborn;  the  eldest  married  Mr.  Villirrs.  son  of  the  Bishop  of 
Durham.  The  youngest  married  Viscount  Cole." — (Burke's  Histor))  of  Landed 
Centr}).) 

There  is  much  that  can  be  found  regarding  the  BaIRDS  of  Scotland 
in  Burke's  "Peerage"  and  Fairbairn's  "Book  of  Crests."  These  are 
available  to  all,  so  I  have  given  very  little  space  to  quotations  from  them. 
The  following  are  extracts  from  "Genealogical  Collections  Concernmg 
the  Surname  of  Baird,  and  the  Families  of  Auchmedden,  Newbyth  and 
Saughton  Hall." — (Reprinted  from  the  original  MS  of  WiLLIAM 
Baird,  Esq.,  of  Auchmedden — now  preserved  in  the  Advocates  Li- 
brary, Edinburgh.      London,    1860.) 

"William  Bnird,  last  male  representative  of  a  family  which  for  several  genera- 
lions  hlled  the  office  of  Lieutenant  and  Sheriff,  Principal  of  the  County  of  Banff, 
who  for  many  years  exercised  considerable  influence  in  the  north  of  Scotland, 
particularly  during  the  troublous  reigns  of  the  two  Charleses." — (Spalding's  A/e- 
rnoriah.) 

Mr.  Baird  was  the  eldest  son  of  William  Baird  of  Auchmedden  and  of 
Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Gordon.  He  was  born  at  Auchmedden  about  1701. 
From  some  manuscripts  of  his  which  still  remam,  particularly  a  translation  from  the 
Greek  of  Thucydides,  he  appears  to  have  had  a  taste  for  literary  as  well  as 
genealogical  and  antiquarian  pursuits,  and  to  have  been  a  gentleman  of  considerable 
accomplishments.  He  married  Anne  Duff,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Duff  of 
Dipple,  and  sister  of  William,  first   Earl  of   Fife. 

Mr.  Baiid,  true  to  the  traditions  of  his  family,  joined  the  rebellion  in  174S 
on  the  Stuart  side  and  was  an  officer  of  the  prince's  body  guard  at  the  battle  of 
Culiodcn.  He  continued  in  hiding  for  several  years  after  that  unfortunale  affair, 
but  at  length  found  an  asylum  at  Edit  House,  Aberdeenshire,  then  the  properly 
of  his  relative  the  Earl  of  Fife,  till  his  death,  which  took  place  in  1777.  His 
property  appears  to  Iiave  escaped  confiscation,  but  it  is  said  that  in  consequence 
of  the  large  sums  of  money  he  had  borrowed  lo  aid  ihe  Stuarl  cause  he  was 
necessitated    to   alienate   the   family   estate   to   Lord   Haddo   in    1730. 

At  the  time  of  this  occurrence  a  somewhat  curious  circumstance  happened  in 
connection  with  tne  family  history,  which,  incredible  as  it  may  be  thought,  seems 
to  be  attested  by  authentic  evidence.  This  was  no  less  than  the  fulfillment  of 
a  prophecy,  attributed  to  Thomas  the  Rhymer,  tnal  '"there  would  be  an  eagle  in 
the  crags  while  there  was  a  Baird  in  Auchmedden.  "  When  the  estate  passed 
out  of  the  family  at  lhi»  lime  the  eagles  disappeared  from  the  rocks  of  Pennan. 
where  they  had  built  for  ages.  But  the  most  remarkable  circumstance  is  that 
when  Lord  Haddo,  eldest  son  of  the  Earl  of  Aberdeen,  married  Miss  Christian 
Baird   of   Newbylh,   the  eaglet  returned   to   the   rocks  and   remained  until   the   estate 


30  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Hon.  William  Gordon,  when  they  fled  and  were  not 
any  where  seen  in  ihe  country.  These  facts  are  attested  by  a  cloud  of  witnesses. — 
(^"Account  of  Scotland,"   The  Nem  Staiiilical.) 

In  the  presence  of  these  facts  the  people  in  the  neighborhood,  when  the  estate 
was  acquired  in  1854  by  Mr.  Robert  Baird,  became  curious  to  see  whether  the 
eagles  would  return,  and  in  particular  the  then  minister  of  the  parish  was  on  the 
lookout  and  expecting  their  return.  Strange  to  say,  they  did  return  to  their 
old  aerie  and  continued  there  till  scared  away  by  the  soldiers  of  the  coast  guard 
station   shooting  at   them. 

Auchmedden  was  purchased  by  Robert  Baird,  Esq.,  one  of  the  family  so 
well  known  as  the  "Bairds  of  Gartsherrie."  Although  they  are  not  proprietors  of 
that  estate,  they  have  their  extensive  iron  works  there.  On  the  death  of  Robert 
Laird,    1856,  Auchmedden  became   the  property  of  his  brother,  James  M.P. 

"James  the  Barde"  (1464).  Among  the  papers  of  Sir  James  Innes  of  Innes 
was  an  old  sheet  genealogy  given  Auchmedden  by  Lord  Newbyth.  One  James 
Baird,  descendant  of  the  family  of  Cambushnelhan.  (This  branch  had  ended 
some  fourscore  years  before  in  an  heiress  called  Jean  Baird,  as  mentioned  in 
public  records.)  She  married  Stuart  of  Darnley  (Sir  Alexander  Stuart)  about 
1360.  This  James  settled  in  the  County  of  Lanark  with  his  wife,  a  daughter  of 
Ker  of  Cressford,  ancestor  to  the  Duke  of  Roxburgh.  At  the  invitation  of  the 
Earl   of   Huntley   he  went   to  the   north   and   accepted   lands  on   the   Boyne    in    1430. 

Andrew  Baird  of  Lavoioklaw  on  the  north  coast  of  Fife  opposite  to  Broughty, 
was  a  younger  son  of  Gilbert  Bard  of  Passo,  and  was  born  about  1473.  The 
impression  of  his  seal  bore  the  arms  of  Passo. 

In  Lord  Newbyth's  "Genealogy."  it  is  said  he  was  a  favorite  of 
King  James  V,  and  that  that  prince  died  in  his  arms  December  I  3, 
1542.  Where  or  from  whom  he  got  his  lands  of  Lavoroklaw  does 
not  appear,  but  in  1533  he  disposed  of  them  to  William  Balfour  and 
Jannet  Annan,  his  spouse. 

Andrew  Baird  married  Bessy  Lermont,  daughter  to  the  Laird 
of  Balcomy,  a  very  good  old  family  of  Fife.  He  died  in  1543  at 
Auchmedden  and  left  a  son,  George,  his  successor,  and  several  other 
children,  sons  and  daughters. 

Geort^e  Baird  of  Auchmedden,  sheriff  of  Banffshire,  married  Elizabeth  Keith, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Keith  of  Troup,  who  was  a  brother  to  the  Earl  Marischall. 
Their  contract  of  marriage  is  dated  August,  1550.  Her  aunt.  Lady  Anna  Keith, 
daughter  of  William,  Earl  Marischall,  was  married  first  to  James,  Earl  of  Murray, 
Regent  of  Scotland.  George  Baird  died  in  1593.  His  sons  were  Gilbert  (h;s  suc- 
cessor), Andrew,  Alexander,  Patrick,  and  George.  Andrew  got  a  university 
education  in  Scotland  and  was  sent  lo  France  to  finish  his  studies,  where  he  be- 
came one  of  the  best  scholars  in  the  kingdom.  He  was  made  professor  of  philosophy 
and  other  sciences  at  Lyons. 

Alexander  traded  from  Banff  to  Norway.  He  married  Helen  Kennedy  and 
left  two  daughters. 

Patrick  is  mentioned  in  a  letter  of  Mr.  Andrew's  as  living  in  the  north  of 
Scotland. 

George   was    a   wine    merchant    and    went    frequently    to    Bordeaux.     He    bought 


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lands  of  Corskil.  He  married  and  had  two  sons,  George  and  Andrew.  The 
latter  married  and  had  a  son  James,  vvho  had  a  son  William.  Nothing  further 
is  known  of  them. 

Gilbert  (the  eldest  son  of  George)  of  Auchmedden  in  1578  married  Lillias, 
(daughter  of  Walter  Baird  of  Ordmhivers),  his  cousm,  and  the  heiress  of  Ordin- 
hivers.  He  had  by  her  thirty-two  sons  and  daughters,  as  is  the  unvaried  tradition 
among  their  desctndants,  both  in  the  north  and  south.  Of  these  sons,  several 
went  into  the  church  abroad,  but  their  names  are  not  known;  two  went  to  Orkney 
and  settled  there.  Of  the  daughters,  one  married  a  Scotch  merchant  in  Denmark 
and  two  became  nuns  abroad,  but  the  names  are  not  known.  Three  sons  went 
to  Ireland  as  adventurers  in  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  King  James  VI  in 
England.  Of  nine  sons,  George  (who  succeeded  his  father),  Branden,  Andrew, 
James,    John,    Thomas,    Waller,    Hugh,    and    Magnus,    and    five    daughters,    married. 

James   Baird   was  minister  with   James   Gray   of  Chryslon   in    1681. 

John  Baird.  late  minister  of  Innerwick.  was  called  to  preach  and  exercise  other 
functions  of  this  ministry  at  Paisley  in  1669.  In  1670  John  Baird  was  summoned 
to  attend  a  conference  at  Edinburgh  and  protested  against  the  following:  "By 
the  act  of  Parliament  of  1592  presbyteries  were  owned  to  be  the  courts  of 
Christ,  but  now  that  act  is  rescinded.  The  government  and  policy  of  the  church 
is  declared  to  depend  upon  and  to  be  ordered  by  the  'royal  supremacy'  as  an 
inherent  prerogative  of   the   crown." 

In  1664  Robert  Hamilton  of  Spittal  and  William  Baird  of  Drips  in  the 
Parish  of  Carmonnock,  were  fined  a  hundred  pounds  each  because  they  refused 
to   assist   in   disciplining   orthodox   ministers. 

In  1683  William  Baird  of  Drips,  which  lies  in  Carmonnock  but  pays  leind 
to  the  neighboring  parish  of  Cathcarl,  was  remitted  to  sheriff  of  Lanark  and  fined  an 
hundred  pounds  because  he  refused  to  be  an  elder  in  the  parish  of  Calhcart.** — 
(Hiilory  of  the   Church  in  Scotland,  Woodrow.) 

Xi^TF.. — Tl'o  line  ,t;  fr.icoH  hy  Burke  from  ricorKc  of  .\>ichmc<l<len  (^1550)  is  as 
follows:  His  son  Cilbort  h.id  a  son  James,  emissary  of  tlie  ecclesiastical  court  in 
the  time  of  Cliarlcs  I.  James's  son,  .'^ir  Jfihn,  was  a  member  <if  the  college  of  justices 
and  was  known  as  Lord  Ncwbyth.  He  bad  one  son,  William,  member  of  the  Scot- 
tish Parliament,  who  was  sent  to  London  in  a  deputation  to  Charles  IT.  The  kintj 
created  him  a  baronet  in  1680.  His  two  sons  were  James  and  .Mcxander.  He  died 
in  1737.     There  may  have  been  otlier  sons. — F.  B.  C. 

Sir  Robert  Baird  of  Saughton  Hall,  younger  son  of  James  Baird,  had,  among 
other  issue:  James  (his  successor),  created  baronet  of  Nova  Scotia  in  1695-6; 
and  William  B.,  a  merchant  and  one  of  the  bailies  of  Edinburgh,  who  was  father 
of  William  B.,  Esq.,  heir  to  his  son.  Sir  John,  Baronet,  of  Newbylh. — (Burke'i 
Landed  Gentry.) 

Sir  James  Baird.  lieutenant-colonel,  married  in  1781  Henrietta  Johnson  of 
Hillton.  Their  son,  William  Baird.  was  an  army  officer.  He  married  in  1809  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Dickson.  This  Sir  James  was  a  son  of  William  Baird  and 
Frances  Gardner. 

[John  Dickson  came  from  -Scotland  to  Ireland.  It  is  said  he  had  two  sons, 
Thomas  and   William. — F.  B.   C] 

Capt.  John   Macdonald   Baird  ioti  his  life  in   an  engagement   in   India  in    1895. 


32  baird  and  beard  families 

The  Family  of  Baird. 

By  Rammage. 

"This  family,  like  many  others,  have  been  the  architects  of  their  own  for- 
tune, and  have  raised  themselves  to  importance  by  their  great  wealth,  which  has 
been  acquired  not  more  by  their  indefatigable  energy  than  by  pursuing  the  high 
principles  of  honor  of  our  old  Scottish  merchants.  1  hey  are  known  as  the  Bairds 
of  Gartsherrie,  though  they  are  not  proprietors  of  that  estate,  but  have  only  their 
extensive  iron  works  there.  They  have  been  settled  for  many  centuries  in  Lanark- 
shire,  and   it   is  believed   they   descended    from    BaIRDS   of   Cambusnathan. 

"It  is  believed  the  name  came  from  the  south  of  France.  In  the  patriotic  exer- 
tions of  Wallace  we  find  Jordan  Baird  his  constant  companion;  and  that  Bruce 
recognized  their  patriotism  is  shown  by  a  charter  extant  dated  1310,  granted  in 
favor  of  Robert  Baird  upon  the  barony  of  Cambusnathan,  which  lies  in  the 
upper    ward    of    Clydesdale,    County    Lanark. 

"The  family  of  BaIRDS  of  Gartsherrie  arc  great  merchants,  but  it  is  not  the 
first  time  that  this  name  has  appeared  before  in  Scotland  in  the  same  capacity. 
In  1328,  we  are  told  by  Rhymer,  a  treaty  of  peace  was  concluded  at  Northampton 
between  Edward  III  and  Robert  Bruce,  by  which  it  was  agreed  thai  King  Robert 
should  pay  England  30,000  merks  for  damage  done  last  year  by  his  army  in 
England.  The  last  payment  of  this  money  fell  due  June  24,  1331.  Edward  is 
found  to  have  aisigned  Bruce's  obligation  to  Bartholomew  Barde  and  others  of 
that  name,  called  the  Company  of  Bairds,  trading  to  Florence  (the  Society  of  the 
Barde  of  Florence).  He  sends  ihcm  to  Scotland  to  receive  the  money  from 
David  Bruce,  their  king.  In  a  letter  written  two  days  later  Edward  recommends 
them  to  David's  special  protection.  He  calls  them  "his  beloved  and  trusty  Bankiers, 
the  Company  of  Bairds."  Not  only  in  peaceful  transactions  did  the  family  of 
Baird  distinguished  themselves,  but  in  war  they  were  ready  to  take  their  pari. 
Rhymer  makes  Peter  Baird  in  1338  admiral  from  the  mouth  of  the  Thames  over 
all   thr  west  coast  of   England. 

"In  Scotland   many   of    the   name   have   been   distinguished. 

"The  father  of  these  great  ironmasters  was  ALEXANDER  Baird,  who  acquired 
the  estate  of  Lockwood  in  Lanarkshire  in  1825.  He  was  born  1763,  died  1833, 
married  Jean    Moffat.      He   had   eight   sons   and   two   daughters. 

"William,  M.P.  for  Falkirk  from  1841-46;  born  in  1796,  died  in  1864. 
He  had  a   large   family. 

"John,  born  in  1798.  He  succeeded  to  the  estate  of  his  brother  Alexander  in 
Ury,   and  died   in    1870. 

"Alexander,   born   in    1799;    died   in    1862. 

"Ury,  no  issue. 

"James,  M.P.,  Falkirk.  1851-57;  born  in  1802.  He  bought  the  estate  Knydart, 
in  County  Inverness  (on  the  banks  of  the  Doon),  and  Cumbusdoon  Muirkerk  and 
others,  in  Ayrshire,  and  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Robert  became  proprietor  ot 
Auchmcddcn.  In  1874  he  presented  to  the  Church  of  Scotland  for  the  spread  of 
ihe  Gospel  £300.000.  He  married  Charlotte  Lockhart,  who  died  1857.  In  1859 
he  married   habella  Agnew  Hay. 

"Robert  Baird.  born  1806;  purchased  Auchmedden  In  1654  from  lettamentary 
trustee  of  late  Sir  Chat.  Forbes.     He  died  without  Issue. 


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"Douci  AS  Baird.  born  1808.  Acquired  the  estate  of  Closcburn  from  Sir 
James  Stewart  M-nlule  in  1852.  He  married  Charlotte  Acton.  He  died  in  1854, 
leaving  twin  daughters.  Ons  married  Viscount  F.  E.  Villiers,  son  of  laic  Bishop 
of   Durham. 

"GeorCE  Baird,  born  in  1810;  married  Miss  Hatlon;  died  in  1870.  leaving 
one  son.  He  purchased  the  estate  of  Strichen  in  Aberdeenshire,  and  on  the  death 
of  his  brother  David  became  pioprietor  of  the  estate  Slitchell. 

"David,  bom  in  1816;  died  in  1860,  without  issue.  He  bought  the  estate 
of  Slitchell. 

"The  two  daughters  of  Alexander  of  Lockwood — Janet,  the  oldest,  married,  firit, 
Mr.   Whilelaw;    second,    Mr.    Weir.      By    both    marriages    there    arc    families. 

"The  second,   Jean,   married    Mr.    {acl:?on,   by   whom   she   had    family. 

"1  he  present  member  for  Glasgow,  Mr.  Whilelaw,  is  a  son  of  Janet  by  her 
first   husband. 

"TIip  family  own  estates  representing  in  round  numbers  nearly  £2,000.000  or 
capital,   In   addilion   to  wha'.   they   hold   as   a   company,    in   shape   of   mineral    fields." 

SIR  DAVID  BAIRD. 

Lord  MacLeod's   Highlanders,   73rd  Re^lnienl.    1777-1818. 

"Lo; d  Macleod  sojourned,  after  the  rebellion  of  1745,  in  Berlin  wilh  Field 
Marshal  Kuth.  He  served  Sweden  twenty-seven  years  while  in  exile,  obtaining 
the  rank  of  Lieutennnt-General.  He  returned  lo  England  in  1777.  Wh^n  presented 
lo  Geort^e  III  he  offered  his  services  to  raise  a  rej'.iment.  Fight  hundred  and  forty 
Highlanders  were  raised  and  marched  lo  Llgin.  In  addition  to  those  two  hundred 
and  ihi.'ly-six  Lowlanders  were  raised  by  Captains  the  Hon.  John  Lind^ey  David 
Baird,  James  Fowlis  and  other  officers.  1  hirly-four  Lnglish  and  Irish  enlisted 
in   Glasgow — in   all    1,100  men. 

"David  Baird  was  one  of  ihe  Captains  of  the  First  Batlalion.  The  First 
Battalion  under  Lord  Macleod  embarked  for  the  I.ast  Indies  in  January,  1779, 
and  arrived   in   Madras   Roads  in    1780. 

"This  young  and  untried  regiment  had  scarcely  arrived  in  India  wlien  Hyder 
Ali,  forcing  his  way  through  the  Ghauts,  at  the  head  of  100,000  men,  burst  like 
a  mountain  lorrent  into  the  Carnatic.  He  had  inteiposed  his  vast  army  between 
that  of  the  British  commanded  by  Sir  Hector  Mouro  and  a  smaller  force  under 
the  command  of  Colonel  Baillie,  which  were  endeavoring  to  form  a  junction. 
With  the  advice  of  a  council  of  war,  Sir  Hector  judged  the  only  course  was  to 
endeavor  to  aid  Colonel  Baillie  with  such  reinforcements  as  would  enable  him 
lo  push  forward  in  defiance  of  the  eneniy.  The  delaclimrnt  selected  for  this  enter- 
prise consisted  of  about  1,000  men  under  Colonel  Fletcher,  and  its  main  force 
wa»  compor-ed  of  the  grenadier  and  infantry  companies  of  Lord  Macleod.  and  a 
regiment  commanded  by  Captain  Baird.  Hyder  Ah,  having  gained  intelligence 
of  this  movement,  sent  a  strong  body  lo  cut  them  off  on  their  way,  but  by  adopting 
a  long,  circuitous  route  and  marching  by  night,  they  at  length  safely  effected  a 
junction  with  Colonel  Baillie.  With  the  most  consummate  skill,  however,  Hyder, 
determining  that  they  should  never  return,  prepared  an  ambuscade,  into  which, 
early  on  the  morning  of  the  10th  of  September,  they  unwarily  advanced.  The 
enemy,  with  admirable  coolness  and  self-command,  reserved  their  fire  till  ihe 
unhappy  British  were  in  the  very  midst  of  ihem.  The  army  under  command  of 
Colonels    Baillie    and    Fletcher    and    CaptaIN    BaIRD    marched    in    column.      On    « 


34  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

sudden,  wh.lsl  m  a  narrow  defile,  a  ballery  of  twelve  guns  opened  upon  them  and, 
loaded  Willi  j;rapcslio(,  poured  in  upon  (heir  riglil  flank.  The  British  faced  about. 
Another  ba'.lery  opened  ■.mmtdialely  upon  thtir  rear.  They  had  no  choice,  there- 
fore, but  to  advance.  Other  Ijatteries  met  them  here,  likewise,  and  in  less  than 
half  an  hour  fifty-seven  pieces  of  car.non,  brought  to  bear  on  them  at  all  points, 
penetrated  inlo  every  pr.rt  of  the  British  line.  By  seven  In  the  morning  the  enemy 
poured  dowri  i.[)on  them  in  lliousands.  Captain  Baird  and  his  grenadiers  fought 
with  the  greatest  heroism.  Surrounded  and  attacked  on  all  sides  by  25,000  cavalry, 
by  thirty  regiments  of  Sepoy  infantry,  besides  I  lyder  s  European  corps  and  a  nu- 
merous artiUrry  playing  upon  them,  yet  did  this  gallant  column  stand  firm  and 
undaunted,  ailernalely  facing  their  enemies  on  every  side  of  attack.  1  he  French 
officers  in  Hycicr's  camp  belicid  with  astonishment  the  British  grenadiers  under 
Captain  Bairds  command  performing  their  evolutions  in  the  midst  of  all  the 
tumult  and  extreme  peril  wilh  as  much  precision,  coolness  and  steadiness  as  if 
upon   a   paiade   ground. 

"The  little  army  so  unexpectedly  assailed  had  only  ten  pieces  of  cannon,  but 
these  created  such  havoc  amonc'st  the  encrr.y  that  after  a  doubtful  contest  of  three 
hours,  victoy  began  to  declare  for  the  [jnllsh.  i  he  flower  of  t!ie  Mysore  cavalry 
were  at  length  entirely  defeated  end  the  ri'^ht  wing,  composed  of  Hyder's  best 
forces,  was  thrown  into  disorder.  Mvder  himself  was  about  to  give  orders  for 
rctieat,  and  the  [■  rench  o.Ticer  who  directed  the  artillery  begon  to  draw  it  off,  w!icn 
an  unforeseen  and  unavoidable  disaster  occurred  which  totally  changed  the  fortune 
of  the  day. 

"By  some  accident  the  tumbrils  which  copiained  ammunition  suddenly  blew  up 
In  the  center  of  the  British  lines.  One  whole  force  of  their  column  wa^  thus  laid 
entirely  open,  their  artillery  overturned  and  destroyed.  The  destruction  of  men  was 
great,  but  the  total  loss  of  their  ammunition  was  still  more  fatal  to  the  survivors. 
I  ippoo  Sahib,  son  of  1  lyder,  instantly  seized  the  moment  of  advantage,  and  without 
waiting  for  ciders  lell  with  the  utmost  rapidity,  at  the  head  of  the  Mogul  and 
Carnatic  horse,  into  tne  broken  square,  which  had  not  time  to  recover  Its  fo.m  and 
order.  This  attack,  seconded  by  the  French  corps  and  first  line  of  Infantry,  deter- 
mined the  fate  of  the  unfortunate  army.  After  successive  prodigies  of  valor  the 
brave  Sepoys  w;re  almost  to  a  man  cut  to  pieces.  Colonels  Balllie  and  Fletcher, 
assisted  by  Captain  Baird,  made  one  more  desperate  eifort.  They  rallied  the 
f'^urooeans  and,  under  the  lire  of  the  whole  immense  artillery,  formed  themselves  into 
a  new  square.  In  this  form  did  this  intrepid  band,  without  ammunition,  fighting 
with  swords,  repulse  the  inroads  of  the  enemy  in  thirteen  attacks,  until  they  were 
finally  trampled   upon. 

"Colonel  Caiile,  in  cclcr  to  save  the  livej  of  the  few  brave  men  who  survived, 
displayed  his  handkerchief  on  his  sword  as  a  flag  of  truce.  No  sooner,  however, 
had  they  laid  down  their  arms  than  they  were  attacked  with  savage  fury.  By  the 
humane  interference  of  the  French  officers  in  Hyder's  service  many  lives  were 
savfd.  Colonel  Fletcher  was  slain.  Colonel  Balllie,  with  two  hundred  Europeans, 
were  made  prisoners.  When  brought  before  Hyder  he  greeted  them  with  Insolent 
triumph.  Colonel  Balllie  retorted,  "Your  son  will  Inform  you  that  you  owe  your 
victory  to  our  disaster  rather  than  to  our  defeat.'  CaptaIN  BaIRD  received  two 
saber  wounds  on  his  head,  a  ball  in  his  thigh  and  a  pike  wound  in  his  arm.  He 
lay  a  long  time  on  the  battlefield.  Unable  to  reach  the  force  under  Monro,  he  was 
obliged  to  surrender.  They  were  marched  to  Flyder's  nearest  forts,  afterwards 
removed  to  Seringapatam,   and  subjected   to  protracted  and  horrible   imprisonment. 

"It  was  commonly  believed  in  Scotland  that  CapTaIN  Baird  was  chained  by 
the  leg  to  another  man,  and  Sir  Walter,  writing  In  1821  to  his  son,  then  a  cornet 
of  dragoons  with  hi*  regiment  in  Ireland,  when  Sir  David  was  commander  of  the 
force*  there,  »ay*,   "I   remember  a  »tory   thai  when  report  came  to  Europe  that  Tip- 


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poo's  prisoners  (of  whom  BaIRD  was  one)  were  chained  tOi^rther,  two  and  two,  his 
mother  said,  "God  pity  the  poor  lad  that's  chained  to  our  Davie."  On  the  1 0th 
of  May  all  the  prisoners  had  been  put  in  irons  but  Captain  Baird.  This  indignity 
he  was  not  subjected  to  until  the  10th  of  November.  'Vv'hen  they  were  about  to 
put  the  irons  on  CaPTAIN  BaIRD,  who  was  completely  disabled  in  his  right  leg. 
whence  the  ball  had  just  been  extracted,  his  friend.  Captain  Lucas,  sprang  forward 
and  represented  in  strong  terms  to  the  Myar  the  barbarity  of  putting  him  in  that 
condition  in  irons  He  offered  to  wear  double  irons  himself  to  save  his  friend. 
This  touched  the  Myar,  who  sent  to  the  Kellidar  (commander  of  the  fort)  to  open 
the  book  of  fate.  He  did  so,  and  when  the  messenger  returned  he  said  the  book 
had  been  opened  and  Captain  Baird's  fate  was  good.  Could  they  have  really 
looked  into  the  volume  of  futurity  Bairo  would  undoubtedly  have  been  the  last 
man  to  be  spared.  Captain  Lucas  died  in  prison.  Captain  Baird  lived  to  revenge 
the  sufferings  which  he  and  his  fellow  prisoners  endured,  by  the  glorious  conquest 
of  Seringapatam  on  the  4th  of  May,   1799. 

"In  1805  the  Seventy-second,  comma.idcd  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Grant,  embarked 
with  the  secret  expedition  under  Maj.  Gen.  Sir  David  Baird,  which  sailed  in 
Aur^ust  for  Cane  of  Good  Hope,  then  possessed  by  the  Dutch."  (Scolt'nb  High- 
landers, edited  by  John  S.   Kiltie,  Vol.    IV,   page  497.) 

"When  Sir  David  arrived  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  in  1797  he  was 
appointed  brigadier-general.  On  June,  1798,  he  was  appointed  major-general  and 
returned  to  the  staff  in  India.  In  January,  1799,  he  armed  at  Madras  in  command 
of  two  regiments  of  foot  together  with  the  drafts  of  the  tweniy-cighth  dragoons,  and 
on  February  1  joined  the  army  at  Velore,  where  he  was  appointed  to  command 
the  first  European  brigade.  On  the  4lh  of  May  General  Baird  commanded  the 
storming  party  at  the  assault  of  Seringapatam.  One  o'clock  was  the  time  fixed. 
When  the  precise  time  arrived  Baird  ascended  the  parapet  of  the  trenches  in  full 
view  of  both  armics^'a  military  figure,'  observed  Colonel  Wilks,  'suited  to  such  an 
occasion,"  and  drawing  his  sword  and  gallantly  waving  it,  shouted  out,  "Now,  my 
brave  fellows,  follow  me,  and  prove  yourselves  worthy  of  the  name  of  British  sol- 
diers!' Wit'.iin  seven  minutes  the  English  flag  floated  from  the  outer  bastion  of 
the  fortress,  and  before  night  Seringapatam  was  in  possession  of  the  besiegers. 
General  Baird,  who  was  undoubtedly  entitled  to  the  governorship  of  the  town 
which  he  had  thus  taken,  fixed  his  headquarters  at  the  palace  of  Tippoo,  who 
was  among  the  slain.  He  was  next  day  abruptly  commanded  to  deliver  the  key* 
of  the  town  to  Colonel  Wellesley,  who,  as  it  happened,  had  no  active  share  in  ths 
capture,  but  who  was  appointed  to  the  command  by  his  brother,  the  go-  ernor-gencral. 
'And  thus,'  said  Baird,  "before  the  sweat  was  dry  on  my  brow,  I  was  superseded 
by  an  inferior  ofTicer."  That  "inferior  officer"  was  afterwards  the  Duke  of  Welling- 
ton."'—  {Life  of  Sir  David  Baird,  by  Theodore  Hook.  London,  1832,  in  two  vol- 
umes.) 

The  coat  of  arms  of  General  Sir  David  is  as  follows:  Baird,  Bart.  (Fernton, 
Perthshire,  descended  from  Auchmedden).  Gu.  in  chief  within  an  increscent,  an 
etoile  of  eiglit  points  ar.  (in  allusion  to  the  badge  of  the  Ottoman  Order)  in  base, 
a  boar  pass.,  or;  on  a  canton  ewe.  A  sword  erect  ppr.,  pommel  and  hilt  gold. 
First  Crest:  A  mameluke  mounted  on  horseback,  holding  in  the  dexter  hand  a 
scimitar,  all  ppr.  Second  Crest:  A  boar's  head  erased,  or  supporters:  Dexter,  a 
grenadier  in  the  uniform  of  the  50th  regiment  of  foot  ppr.;  sinister,  the  royal  tiger 
of  Tippoo  Sultcinn  guard,  vert,  striped  or;  from  the  neck,  pendent  by  a  ribbon,  an 
e»cutcheon  gr.  charged  with  an  etoile  of  eight  points  within  an  increscent  or,  and 
on  a  scroll  under  the  escutcheon,  the  woid  ""Seringapatam."'    Motto:    Vi  el  virtule. 


36 


BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 
BAIRD    CRF^TS. 


1.  Baird.  Of  Auclimedden,  Scotch.  A  griffin's  head,  erased,  ppr.  Motto: 
Domtnus  fccil. 

2.  Baird,  Baronet  of  Yardleybury,  I  Icrtfordshirc ;  Fernlon,  Perthshire;  and 
Newbyth,  East  Lolhian.  (I)  A  mameluke  on  horseback,  in  dexter  a  scimitar,  all 
ppr.     (2)  A  boar's  head,  erased,  or   (gold).     Motto:    Vi  el  virlute. 

3.  Baird,  James,  Esq.,  of  Cambusdoon,  Ayr,  Scotland.  An  eagle's  head, 
erased.     Mctio:    Dominui  fecit. 

4.  Baird.      A  cockatrice,  wings  addoised,  gules   (red). 

5.  Baird.     Scotch.     A  dove,  wings  expanded,  ppr.      Motto:     Virlule  el  honore. 

6.  Baird.  Of  Loughlon  Hall,  Scotland.  A  boar's  head  erased,  or  (gold). 
Motto:    Vi  el  virtule. 

7.  Baird.     Scotch,   Newbyth.    Same  crest  and  motto. 

8.  Baird.      Scotch.     A  boar's  head  erased,  ppr.,  charged  with  a  crescent. 

9.  Baird.  Of  Frankfield.  Scotland.  An  eagle's  head,  ppr.  Motto:  Vi  el 
virliite. 

10.  Baird.      An   eagle's   head   erased,   ppr.     Motto:    Domir.i:s  fccil. 

11.  Bmrd.  Of  Crai^ton,  Scotland.  A  ship  in  full  sail,  ppr.  Motto:  AJsil 
Deiis  non  JcmoVcbor — "God  with  me,   I   shall  not  be  removed." 

12.  Baird.  John,  Esq.  D.  S.  of  Knoydart,  Invern'-ss  and  Lochwood,  Lanark. 
Griffins  head   erased   or.      Motto:    Domtnus   fccil. 

n.  Baird.  Matunn,  Newton  Stewart,  Tyrone.  Boar's  head  erased  between 
two  branches  of  shamrock  vert   (for  Baird).     Motto:    Vi  el  virlule. 

— -(Bur{(e   anJ  Fairbant(s.) 

EARL^'  r^ELIGlON  OF  SCOTLAND. 

Unlil  the  marriage  of  King  Malcolm  with  the  Saxon  Princess  Margaret  in  the 
latter  half  of  the  eleventh  century,  the  church  of  the  Culdees  was  that  of  the 
Scottish  kingdom.  Queen  Margaret,  however,  was  a  zealous  daughter  of  the 
Church  of  Rome.  She  had  much  influence  over  her  husband,  and  seems  to  have 
communicated  her  religious  prejudices  to  her  sons,  for  the  struggles  of  the  Culdeei 
against   the   supremacy   of    Rome   dale   from   the   reign   of   King   Malcolm. 

By  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  appears  to 
have  gained  the  upper  hand  completely.  Coincidentally  with  this  supremacy  we 
find  the  English  archbishops  endeavoring  to  assert  their  supremacy  over  the  Scottish 
clergy.  In  1188  Pope  Clement  III  in  a  bull  addressed  to  King  William  the  Lion, 
declared  tlie  Church  of  Scotland  to  be  the  daughter  of  Rome  by  special  grace, 
and  immediately  subject  to  her."  From  that  lime  the  Culdee  star  paled  before  the 
rising  sun  of   Rome. 

The  inestimable  benefits  conferred  by  the  Culdee  Church  on  the  Picts  of  the 
Highlands  cannot  be  overestimated.  Not  only  did  the  Culdees  kindle  and  keep 
alight  the  pure  lamp  of  religion  in  these  wild  regions,  but  they  were  the  preceptors  of 
the  converts,  and  to  them  the  Highlanders  were  indebted  for  the  spread  of  education, 
where  formerly  all  culture  had  been  unknown.  The  Culdee  influence  made  itself 
fell,  not  only  in  ihe  Highlands  but  ihroughoul  the  length  and  breadth  of  Scotland. 
Relict  of  this  influence  are  ttiil  found  in  places  and  n&mes  of  long- forgotten  saints. 


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Thc<r  saints,  it  is  vvorlhy  of  remark,  were  holy  men,  not  of  the  Church  of  Rome  but 
the  simple  Celtic  Church  of  St.  Columba  and  his  Culdees. —  {Clom  anj  Scpls,  by 
Adams.) 

fTlie  pl.TJd  wliicll  tlic  cif'r>:y  u^cl  \\;w  siiiipnvrd  to  li.Tvc  \ircn  ii^cl  Iiv  thi-  P:  iiiiK 
and   Ciildcc.      'I"licsc  iii.tv   Ii.tvi-   lurn    fulluwcrs  <if   .Mir.-ili.Tni    from    I'r   of   t!ic   C'liaLiees.  | 

THE  CLAN. 

I  ha^e  tried  to  find  data  ot  the  Clan  Baird.  George,  living  in 
1588,  was  ."^poken  of  as  its  chief,  and  in  another  reference  they  are 
spoken  of  as  the  "firhting  BaiRDS."  There  is  still  a  tartan.  "The 
Baird  Clan,  though  small  in  Scotland,  were  from  Perth.  Aberdeen 
and   Banffshire." 

The  foIlowin.T;  is  a  .surniye  of  my  own  and  may  have  no  ^^round 
in  truth  at  all — simply  a  speculation.  1  he  tradition  s:;'.ven  me  by 
my  father  is  that  Jolin  Grcor,  in  order  to  h.old  the  properly  given 
him,   changed  hi-   name  to  "Bard." 

The  location,  as  near  as  we  can  find,  was  Argyleshire  and  Perth.- 
shire.  The  coat  of  arms  was  a  boar's  head.  On  the  coat  of  arms  aro 
little  figures  like  a  tree  (they  may  be  spear  heads).  Comparing  ihes.:; 
points  with  the  following  history,  I  believe  they  were  formerly  or  the 
MacGregors,  or  Alpin,  cor.fequentiy  suppressed.  See  the  lOilowi.Tg 
data  regarding  those  two  clans  and  their  coat  cf  arms: 

"It  has  btcn  cLimcJ  for  the  Royal  Clan  Alpin  l!-.at  it  i^  the  tr  .st  ancifnl 
clan  in  the  f-ji^hlards.  The  Mac  Alpms,  accordmc;  to  some  reco--'  a.e  descend- 
ants of  those  venerable  sons  of  antiquity  whose  succesfors  became  kinj^s  of  Scotland 
during  lwenty-li\e  generations.  1  he  ancient  crest  of  the  Mac  Alpins  is  a  boars 
head,  couped  f;ules,  yutly  sanguine.  1  lie  ancient  seat  is  said  to  have  been  at 
DunslafTr.age  in  Argyllshire." 

Of  the  sept  of  MacGrtgor,  Sir  ^X'aller  Scott  says:  "They  were  famous  for 
their  misfortunes  and  the  indomitable  cou  a^e  with  which  they  maintained  themselves 
as  a  clan.  A  cian  the  most  oppressed  for  generations,  they  claim  a  descent  fiom 
Gregor.  the  third  son  of  King  Alpin,  who  Hourished  about  767,  hence  they  arc 
usually  term.ed  the  clan  Alpin,  and  their  proud  mollo  is:  'Royal  is  my  race.'  They 
had  at  one  time  veiy  extensive  possessions  in  Argyleshi.e  and  Perthshire,  which  tlu-y 
imprudently  ccniir.ued  to  hold  by  the  lirzht  of  the  sword.  Thus  the  Larl  of  Argyle 
and  Breada'banc  firadually  found  the  means  to  usurp  their  lands  under  llie  pretext 
of  royal  grants.  1  he  MacGregors  strove  to  retain  th -ir  lands  by  cold  steel,  and 
this  conduct,  though  natural,  considering  tht  country  and  time,  was  represented 
at  the  capital  as  aiising  from  an  'untamable  and  innate  ferocity,'  which  nothing 
could  remedy  save  cutting  off  the  tribe  root  and  branch.  Their  name  was  sup- 
pressed and  at  baptism  no  clergyrr.an  could  give  the  name  of  Gregor  under  dep- 
rivation and  banishment.  Prior  to  these  days  of  the  seventeenth  century  ihey 
appear  to  have  possessed  lands  in  Glenarchy.  In  the  thirteenth  century  in  the 
Ragman  t  Roll  of  Glenarchy,  1296,  John  of  Glenarchy  appears.  In  thc:r  genealogy 
this  John  IS  called  John,  son  of  Gregor.  The  line  of  chiefs  seems  to  have  ended 
in  an  heiress  who  married  a  younger  son  of  the  house  of  Argyle.  Rob  Roy  Mac- 
Grepor's  house  was  at  the  head  of  Glensburg,  some  nine  miles  from  Inverary, 
Scotland.      By    the   30th   Act   of    the    First    Parliament   of   Charles    I    it   was   enacted 


38  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

everyone  of  the  name  of  MacGregor  on  altaminf^  ihe  age  of  sixteen  shoulci  yearly 
repair  to  iKe  Privy  Council,  tliere  to  find  caution  for  their  good  behavior.  In 
spite  of  such  conduct,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I  aid  James  II  (James  VII  of 
Scotland).  Iiie  king  could  count  on  the  loyalty  of  the  clan.  They  met  at  night  and 
their   gathering   song   was: 

"  'The  moon's  on  the  lake  and  the  mist  on  the  brae. 
And  the  clan  has  a  name  that  is  nameless  by  day.' 

"  1  he  arms  of  the  MacGregor  clan  were  originally  a  pine  tree  erased  proper, 
crossed  saltire,  with  a  sword  of  the  second.  But  the  pine  tree  was  also  borne 
in  pale  growing  on  a  bank  vert. — (^Costumes  of  the  Clam,  by  the  Brothers  Stuart.) 

(Sec  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  Alexander  line.) 

(By  sonic  it  is  said  they  were  a  sept  of  the  MacLeans.) 


CHAPTER  II.     COLONIAL  DATA. 

(Indexed.) 

Geographical  and  Historical. 

In  tiie  "Rulla,"  dated  by  Priniz  at  "K.il\erslina"  (Christina),  1644,  lie  called 
it  a  "tobacco  plantation."  Upland,  afterward  Chester,  was  between  Fort  Chris- 
tina (near  Vi  ilmington)  and  New  Gotlenburg  (Tinicum).  Some  lime  later  a 
fort  was  built.  The  Indian  name  for  Chester  was  Micoponacka.  In  1655  the 
Swedish  power  on  the  Delaware  ceased.  Peter  Stuyvesant,  Dutch  governor  of 
New  Amsterdam,  appea/ed  off  Fort  Cassimer  (near  Wilmington)  with  vessels 
carrying  about   six   hundred   soldiers   and   captured   the   fort. 

In  1686  Patrick  Robinson.  1765  Steph;n  Porter,  1767  James  Wilson,  1781 
Nalham  Potts,  1787  James  A.  Bayard,  mentioned  in  record  of  Upper  Octorara 
Church.   Chester. 

Pittsburg,   Pa.,   was  part  of   Fort   Dur]uesne. 

''Manor  of  Masks" — a  reservation  ic*  apart  by  Pernsylvania,  a  part  of  Gettys- 
burg township. 

Fayette  County,  Pa.,  in  1765  was  claimed  by  Virginia,  before  the  "Mason  and 
Dixon"   line  was   run. 

Oak  Hill  school  house,  near  Lilly  Run.  was  on  Robert  Baird's  fa'm,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Fort  Duquesne  was  captured  by  General  Forbes  in  1757  with  troops  from 
Maryland,  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania. 

Pequea,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  was  abovt  thirteen  miles  northeast  of  Christiana. 

Little  Britain  (where  Moses  look  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1777)  is  below 
Christiana. 

"Taken  up  by  John  Brard  in  Pe^uay,  a  black  mare  and  colt;  the  rr.are  branded 
'C  H.'  on  the  near  shoulder  and  hip;  a  few  while  snots  on  her  fore'ie.id.  The 
owner  describing  the  marks  and  paying  the  char^res  may  have  them  again."  (From 
7^/ic  Penn.\\)hania  Cazetle,  issue  of  Dc;pmber  28  to  January  4,  17^8-9.  Nvimber 
525.      Newspaper    in    collection   of    the    Mistorical   Society   of    Pennsylvania,    Pliila.) 

"The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  made  an  agreement  with  that  of 
Tennessee  to  run  end  mark  the  chvision  line  between  the  Iwo  stales.  In  the  year 
1799  the  slate  of  North  Carolina  appointed  General  McDowell  and  Colonel  David 
Vance  (member  of  house  of  commons  from  Burke  County  in  1791)  as  surveyors. 
These  were  loined  by  Mo.can  al  Green  Mountain.'  {Narrative  of  Battle  of 
King'i  Mountain,  by   Capt.   David   Vance.) 

"The  first  road  from  Buncomb  County.  North  Carolina,  to  Tennessee  was  con- 
structed by  four  hundred  and  seventy  men  who  were  organized  to  build  it  in  1826.' 
—  (Haywood's  Illilory  of  Tenneaee.) 

Washington    and   Sullivan    Counties,    North    Carolina,    arc    now    in    Tennessee. 

The  name  Ohio  comes   from   "Hohio,"   an   Indian   name. 


40  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

"On  ihe  first  day  of  May,  1784,  the  Slate  of  Virginia  by  deed  ceded  the  United 
Stales  her  right  and  title  to  the  territory  northwest  of  the  Ohio  Rjver.  It  wa» 
hers  partly  by  ri^^ht  of  conquest  by  Colonel  George  Rogers  Clark  in  1778.  Al 
Fort  Mcintosh  were  Colonel  Morgan,  Genera!  Mcintosh,  John  Finley  and  Capt. 
Joseph   I'inley  of   the  Eighth   Regiment.     Colonel    Morgan  was   the   Indian   agent. 

"So  great  was  the  scarcity  and  value  of  salt  for  the  first  ten  years  that  those 
on  whose  lands  a  Salt  Spring  was  found  transferred  the  title  to  the  colony,  receiving 
another   tract   in   exchange. 

"In  1796  there  was  formed  a  company  of  fifty  men  for  salt  making.  Shares 
were  one  dollar  and  a  half.  They  purchased  a  furreice  and  twenty-four  kettles 
at  Pittsburg  and  transported  them  by  water  to  Duncans  Falls,  then  on  pack  horses 
seven  miles  to  Salt  Lick.  They  dug  a  well  fifteen  feet  deep  to  the  rock  which 
formed  the  bed  of  the  stream.  I  hey  then  put  the  trunk  of  a  hollow  sycamore 
tree  into  the  well  and  bedded  it  in  the  rock  so  as  to  exclude  the  fresh  water. 
The  furnace  held  twelve  kettles.  From  800  gallons  of  water  they  would  get 
fifty   pounds   of   salt." — {Ohio's   Earl)f   Settlers.) 

I  Iti    this    .-iccnint    nf    Olii.i    (lincrnl     ll.iniior    ami     I'urt    TIaniicr    arc    nu'iiti()ne<l. — • 

I-,  li.  CM 

THE  SOUTHERN  MOUNTAINEERS. 

"If  've  take  the  term  Southern  mountaineers  in  its  broadest  extent,  all  must 
agree  thai  the  service  rendered  th'-  nalion  by  the  mountaineers  of  the  South  has 
been  a  notable  one."  So  writes  Dr.  Sarr.ucl  T.  Wilson  of  Maryville  College,  in 
his  little  book  about   the  Southern   mountaineers  of  the   United  States. 

"It  was  indeed  no  small  service,  '  lie  goes  on,  "that  Boone  and  Robertson,  Bean 
and  Sevier,  and  the  Slielbys  lent  the  struggling  colonies  and  later  the  infant  republic, 
by  pressing  backivard  the  long-time  frontiers  until  tiiose  frontiers  p. acticaily  van- 
ished mlo  the  sunset  west." 

"Such  service  was  the  cost  that  cM'ili/ation  pays  for  new  conquests,  but  it  was 
paid  not  by  the  salaried  '?rr.;ssa,  irs  of  an  organized  government  nor  by  the  sub- 
sidized forces  of  great  trading  companies,  but  by  individuals  who  went  always  at 
their  own  charges  and  somrlimrs  at  liie  co'=t  of  all  things;  mo.e  often  than  not 
hindered  lather  than  encouraged  by  the  unappreciative  governments  they  had  left 
behind   them." 

"Fi;ke,  in  his  'Old  Viigin.a  and  Her  Neighbois,'  tells  of  a  great  service  ren- 
dered by  the  Stotch-Irisii  of  the  Appalachians.  He  says:  'In  a  certain  sense  the 
Shenando.ih  \'al!ey  and  adjacent  Appalachian  rccion  may  be  called  the  cradle 
of  modern  democracy.  In  that  rude  frontier  society  life  assumed  many  new 
aspects,  old  customs  were  forgotten,  old  distinctions  abolished,  social  equality  ac- 
quired even  more  importance  than  unchecked  individ.ialism.  This  phase 
of  democracy  which  is  destined  to  continue  as  long  as  frontier  life  retains  any 
importance,  can  nowhere  be  so  well  studied  in  its  beginnings  as  among  the  Pres- 
byterian population  of   the  Appalachian  region  in  the  eighteenth  century.'  ' 

"The  '.ervice  that  the  Southern  mountaineers  have  rendered  in  national  mat- 
ters, "  continues  Dr.  Wilson,  "can  hardly  be  overestimated.  They  were  possessed 
by  a  fierce  love  of  liberty,  and  so  the  birthplace  of  American  liberty  was  very 
appropriately  in  the  mountains.  In  Abingdon,  Va.,  al  the  junction  of  the  valleys 
of  the  Blue  Rid<;e  and  East  Tennessee,  as  early  as  January  20,  1775,  a  council 
met  that,  as  Bancroft  says,  'was  mostly  composed  of  Presbyterians  of  Scotch- 
Irish  descent.'  'This  spirit  of  freedom  swept  through  their  minds  as  naturally 
as  the  wind  sighs  through  the  fir  trees  of  the  Black  Mountain.' 


COLONIAL    DATA  41 

"This  wai  four  months  before  the  Scotch  aTicJ  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians  of 
the  lowland  hills  of  North  Carolina  issued  the  'immortal  Mecklenburg  Declaration,' 
which,  in  its  turn,  antedated  by  more  than  a  year  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
by  the  Continental  Congress." — (^Christian  Science  A/oni/or.) 

(Snnie  liistorians  <loiil)t  tlie  aiillioiif.city  of  tlic  Nortli  Carolinians'  claim  for  the 
Mcckkiiburv;  Dcclaratitui  ami  Mum:  may  be  Inatli  to  credit  the  council  at  Abingdon 
which  liaiicrofl  mentions,  which  antedated  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  At  tlvat 
lime  in  Xirsinia  only  members  of  the  (biireh  of  Kngland  filled  the  municipal  olfices, 
and  a  member  of  another  church  was  not  allowed  to  sit  on  a  jury. — F.  B.  CI 

List  of  Freeholders. 

Amboy,   Middlesex,  N.  J..    1752. 
James   Wilson. 
Patrick  Vance. 
Robert    Brown. 

William,    Daniel    and   James   Morgan. 
John   and   William   Burnett. 

WOODBRIDCE. 

Andrew    and    William    Brown. 

Zebulon,  Thomas,  John,  James  and  William  Pike. 

PiSCATAWAY. 

William  and  Joseph   French. 
Charles   and   John    Wilson. 
Dr.  Samuel    Baird,  Salt  Works. 
1775  Council  of  Safety,  New  Jersey. 

Land  Surveyed  in  Lancaster  County.  Pennsylvania. 

Indices  of  Land  Office,  ffarrishurg.  Pa. 

George   Beard,   250   acres,   surveyed    January   8.    1733. 
William   Baird,   200  acres,   surveyed   January    10,    1737. 
John    Beard,   200   acres,    surveyed    May   26,    1738. 
William   Baird,   200   acres,   surveyed    May    19,    1742. 
William  Beard,  400  acres,  surveyed   November    18,    1743. 
Archibald   Beard,    IW  acres,   surveyed  January    18,    1744. 
William    Baird,   200   acres,   surveyed    October   4,    1749. 
James   Beard,  200  acres,  surveyed  October  31,    1752. 
Thomas   Beard,  40  acres,  surveyed   May  8,    1766. 
John   Beard,  250  acres,  surveyed  January  27,    1790. 
Robert,    1767. 
John.  1738. 

Wills. 
CARLISLE,  PA. 

James  Baird,  of  Cumberland  County,  Pennsylvania,  1  783,  men- 
tions his  mother  Rebecca  Sterret,  and  brothers  RoBERT  and  John; 
also  mentions  Samuel  Robinson.  (This  was  possibly  a  son  of  JOHN 
and  Rebecca,  of  Christiana  Hundred.) 

The  will  of  Samuel  Baird,  of  Armagh  township,  Cumberland 
County,    1  788,  mentions  his  wife,  MarTHA,  and  his  children,  JOHN, 


42  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

James.  Martha,  Agnes,  William,  Samuel,  Mary,  Hugh,  and 
a  grandson,  SamUEL,  son  of  HuGH.  It  leaves  Flag  Meadows,  West- 
moreland County,  to  John.     Witnessed  by  John  Wilson. 

Judging  by  the  names  in  1  homas  and  Mary  Douglas*  family  this 
Samuel  must  have  been  a  brother  of  Thomas. 

The  will  of  William  Baird,  I  762.  East  township.  Cumberland 
County,  mentions  his  wife,  Rachel,  but  does  not  mention  a  family. 
Witnessed  by  Thomas  Williamson  and  John  Glen. 

CUMBERLAND  COUNTY. 

At  an  Orphans'  Court  Held  at  Carlisle  In  County  of  Cumberland,  Pennsylvania, 
22  November,  1775,  before  Robert  Miller,  John  Holmes,  Jolin  Agnew,  Esqrs., 
Justices   of   said   court: 

"Upon  the  Petition  of  John  Baird,  third  son  of  Thomas  Baird,  late  of  Guil- 
ford Township,  Cumbeiland  County,  deed  (who  died  intestate),  to  the  court, 
selling  forth  that  his  father,  the  said  Thomas  Ba'rd,  lately  died  intestale,  leaving 
his  widow,  viz:  Mary,  and  lawful  Issue,  to  wit,  James,  Elizabeth,  the  widow  of 
Archibald  Mosfman,  deed,  Mary  now  the  wife  of  Ilugh  Emison,  Thomas,  John 
the  Petitioner,  Samuel,  William,  Robert,  Joseph,  and  Martha  his  children,  that 
said  1  liomas  Baird  at  time  of  his  death  was  seized  of  a  certain  Plantation  or 
tract  of  land  situate  in  Guilford  Township,  county  aforesaid,  containing  about  568 
acres  with  improvements  And  Praying  the  Court  to  award  Inquest  to  Make  par- 
tition of  lands  among  said  children,  if  such  can  be  without  spoiling  the  whole 
&c.     The  Court  ordered  the  Sheriff  to  Summon  Inquest  and  make  Partition  &c,  &c.' 

At  an  Orphans'  Court  held  20lh  February,  1776,  the  Sheriff  made  return 
of  the  Inquisition  and  the  land  was  awarded  to  John  under  conditions  of  payment 
prescribed  by  the  Court. 

"At  an  Orphans'  Court  held  20lh  August,  1779,  &c,  came  into  Court  John 
Baird  Administrator  of  Thomas  Baird  deed  and  produced  an  Account  of  his 
Administration  showing  balance  of  387  pounds,  1  1  Shillings  and  half  penny 
for   distribution,   which   was   distributed    as    follows: 

"To  Mary  the  widow  129  pounds;  5  Shillings  &  1-2  penny;  to  James,  the 
Oldest  son,  47  pounds  &t  2-11  of  a  penny;  To  Hu^.h  Gibb  husband  of  Elizabeth 
dec'd  23  pounds  10  Shillings  and  1-11  penny;  To  Mary  23  pounds,  10  shillings 
N  I  penny;  To  Thomas  23  pounds  10  Shillings  and  1-11  penny;  to  John  23 
pounds  10  Shilling;  ^  l-ll  penny;  to  William  23  pounds  10  Shillings  l-Il  penny; 
to  Samviel  23  pounds  10  shillings  and  1-11  penny;  to  Robert  23  ooundt  10  shillings 
&  i-11  pennv  ;  to  Joseph  23  pounds  10  shillings  and  1-11  penny;  to  Martha 
23  pounds  10  Shillings  &  l-ll  penny."  (Orphans'  Court  Docl^et  2,  page  263, 
Carlisle,    Pa.) 

flohn,  Andrews,  and  Patric  \'ance  were  apinniscrs  of  Thomas  Baird's  goo<ls  in 
vill.j 

"May  19,  1778.  Hugh  Gibbs  was  appointed  guardian  over  Robert  Baird,  a 
minor  son  of  Thomas  Baird,   above  the  age  of    14  years."      (Docket  2,   page  221.) 

"March  7,  1783.  Robert  son  of  Thomas  Baird  asked  for  the  appointment 
of  John  Baird  of  Falling  Spring  to  be  his  guardian  and  he  was  appointed." 
(Docket  2,  page  321.) 

"January  21,  1784.  Samuel  Beard  of  Derry  Township,  Yeoman,  was  appointed 
guardian  of  his  son  James  a  minor   13  years  old."      (Docket  2,  page  335.) 


COLONIAL    DATA  43 

"Vi'illiam  Beard  of  East  Pennsboro  township.  Will  dated  May  24,  1762. 
Leaves   all    estate    to   wife    Rachel.      (Book    A,    121.) 

John  Baird.  Will  dated  June  3,  1778.  Mentions  wife  Margaret,  daughters, 
Hester,  Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  Margaret;  son  John;  sons-in-law,  David  Moore 
and  James  Dunning,  and  two  grandchildren,  Elizabeth  and  Margaret  Moore. 
(Book  C.    NO.) 

David  Beard.  Will  dated  April  24,  1799.  Mentions  sons.  David  and  John; 
daughter,   Jean    Kelly;    wife,   Jennet.     (F.    109.) 

James  Gibson.  Will  dated  May  24,  1762.  Gives  to  grandson  James  Baird 
his  "coulter  and  Plow  Shear  and  his  Pen  tacklings."     Wife,  Jean  Gibson.     (A.  55.) 

James  Walker.  Will  dated  September  10.  1799;  proved  October  29.  1799. 
Mifflin  township.  Wife,  Jane.  Children:  John,  Jean,  Margaret,  Mary,  all  minors. 
Executors:    John   Walker   and   brother-in-law.    Robert    Beard.      (F.    153.) 

LANC/\STER  COUNTY. 
Hanover  Township.  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.,  1758  (Book  B,  Vol.  I,  p.  242.) 

James  Baird  and  wife  Sarah;  brothers,  Wm.  and  John;  sisters,  Margaret  and 
Gennett.  James,  Andrew  and  William,  sons  of  his  brother  John.  His  trusty 
friend   James   and   William   Wilson,    Ex. 

Joseph    and    Adam    Wilson,    witnesses. 

James  Walker,   another   witness. 

[lames    W.ilktT    in    will    iiipntinns   brntlicr-iii-law.    Rnlicrt    P-.Tinl.] 

Samuel  Cunningham,  who  had  married  a  daucihter  of  Elizabeth  Baird  (widow), 
asks  that  her  two  sons,  John  and  ^J^'illiam,  and  a  daughter  (wife  of  Alexander 
Work,  who  are  in  good  circumstances,  contribute  to  the  support  of  said  Elizabeth 
Baird.      (Orphans'   Court   Docket.    1750-54.    p.   6.) 

"William  Wilson  and  Robert  Wallace  Executors  of  the  Last  will  and  Testa- 
ment of  James  Baird  deceased  Appeared  in  Court  and  Produced  an  Account  of 
their  Administration  on  the  Estate  of  the  said  deceased  Whereby  there  Appeared 
to  have  been  a  Balance  in  their  Hands  of  $232 — 0 — 0  duly  Passed  before  the 
Deputy  Register  tc  be  distributed  Agreeable  to  the  said  Will  which  the  Court 
Allows  and  approves  of;  And  it  Appearing  to  the  Court  that  Sarah  the  now 
Wife  of  Abraham  McClintock  and  Late  Widow  of  the  said  deceased  received 
the  Avhole  of  the  Personal  Estate  of  the  deceased  into  her  Possession  Agreeable 
to  the  Will  of  the  said  Testator  except  the  Wearing  Apparel  of  the  deceased 
devised  to  James  Baird,  Andrew  Baird  and  William  Baird  which  the  said  lames 
Andrew  &  William  received  the  Court  directs  that  the  said  Abraham  McClinlock 
and  Sarah  his  wife.  Together  with  the  said  James  Baird,  Andrew  Baird  and 
William  Baird,  do  refund  to  the  said  Administrators  the  sum  of  £6 — 12 — 6  the 
Sums  disbursed  by  the  Executors  of  their  Proper  Monies  including  Commission 
rateably  in  Proportion  to  iheir  Several  Legacies.  Together  with  Twelve  Shilling* 
the   Expences  of   thit  Court."      (Orphans'  Court,   held  September   5,    1769.) 

MARYLAND  CALENDAR  OF  WILLS. 

(DalJjvln,    Vol.   I.) 

Robert  Baird,  St.  Mary  County,  1685,  mentions  grandsons  William  and  Robert 
Meakin ;  daughters  Margaret  (married  Wm.  Meakin).  and  Elizabeth  Meakin. 
and  a  »on  of  brother  Christopher.    (P.    162.) 


44  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

John   Baiid.  Talbot  County,    1676.  wife   Elizabeth.      (P.  205.) 

Richard  Beard,  A.  A.  Co.,  1675-1681.  Had  wife  Rachel;  children,  Richard, 
John,  Ruth  (and  her  sons),  Rebecca  (and  her  sons),  Rachel  Clark  (and  her  sons); 
also  a  brolher-in-law,  "William  Burgess.      (P.  99.) 

Johr»  Wheeler's  will,  1684,  mentions  Richard  and  Mathew,  sons  of  Richard 
Beard.      (Testator,    Richard    Beard.)       (P.    161.) 

Richard   Beard,   Jr.,    Ex.   of   D.  Taylor,    1676.      (P.    177.) 

Deeds. 

"Rohl.  BalrJ  lo  Moses  DairJ.  To  All  Clirislian  People  to  whom  tl.c-sc  presents 
shall  come  Robert  Baird  of  the  County  of  Westmoreland  in  the  Commonwealth  of 
Pennsylvania  Yeoman  Sends  Greeting:  Whereas  there  is  a  certain  Tract  of  Land 
in  the  township  of  Manallin  in  the  County  aforesaid  containing  320  acres  which 
Robert  Gilmoie  did  improve  and  Occupy  and  Settle  for  a  number  of  years  and 
which  the  said  Robert  Gilmore  on  March  27,  1779,  did  convey  to  the  said  Robert 
Baird,  Now  Know  Ye  that  I  the  said  Robert  Baird  in  consideration  of  One 
Hundred  pounds  paid  by  Moses  Baird  yeoman,  do  grant  unto  the  said  Moses 
Baird,  all  that  part  of  the  aforesaid  tract  of  Land  which  lies  North  of  a  Line 
drawn  cross  the  said  Tract  from  a  post  on  the  middle  of  that  Line  which  divides 
the  said  Land  from  William  Cases  etc.,  containing  160  acres.  Signed  and  De- 
livered in  presence  of  John  Baird  and  Thomas  Scott."  (Book  A.,  of  Deeds,  page 
324.      Greensburg,   Westmoreland   County,    Pa.) 

"Jas.  DairJ  lo  John  Miller.  This  Imlenliire  made  the  Seventeentli  day  of  Decem- 
ber in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  ll.ousand  Seven  hundred  &  Seventy  nine  Between 
James  Baird  of  llunlinglon  Townsiiip  in  the  County  of  Wcslmoreland,  Yeoman 
of  the  one  part  and  John  Miller  of  the  same  place  of  the  Other  part.  Whereas 
Thomas  Baird  by  his  deed  bearing  date  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  1775  did 
Convey  unto  the  said  James  Baird  a  certain  Tract  of  Land  on  a  small  branch  of 
You^hiogania  Containing  three  hundred  Acres  of  Land,  Now  This  Indenture  Wit- 
nesselh  that  the  said  James  Baird  in  Consideration  of  £300  Hath  granted  unto 
John   Miller  a  part  of  the  aforesaid  300  acres  of  Land,  Containing  273    1-4  Acres. 

Sealed  and  Delivered  in  the  Presence  of  John  Sumrail,  Chrislr.  1  ruby  and 
William  Caldwell."  (Book  A  of  Deeds,  p.  266,  Greensburg,  Westmoreland 
County,    Pa.) 

There   is  a  deed   recorded  at  Chambersburg  November,    1797,   lo  a  tract  of  land 

conveyed   by   to   James    Baird    and   William    Robinson   of    Fayette   Co.    (clerk 

of    Courts,    Chambersburg). 

[I.Tiiic-.  r..Tirc|,  l)orn  in  1764.  mariicd  Mnry  RobiiT^on.  This  m.iy  Ii.Tve  been  her 
father   nr   hrotlier.] 

In  1784  a  tiact  of  Land  was  conveyed  from  Archibald  Baiid  lo  William  Baird. 
Archibald  wa»  a  son  of  Richard   Baid. 

Robert  to  Moses,  deeds  of  lands  in  1779  in  Menallin  township,  Westmoreland 
County,  320  acres  which  belonged  formerly  lo  Gilmore.  Witness,  John  Baird. 
(Book  A,  Deeds,  Greensburg,  Weotmoreland,  Pa.,  p.  324.) 

[This   was   the   year  of   Knlicrt's  inarriaK'e  lo   Klizaljetii.  ] 

James  to  John  Miller,  of  Huntington  township,  Westmoreland,  Pa.,  in  1779. 
The  tract  had  been  bought  of  Thomas  Baird  in  1775.  (Book  A,  Greensburg  and 
Westmoreland,   p.   266.) 

[J.nmes.  who  came  in  t7-'o,  had  sons,  John,  James,  Moses,  Robert,  and  Thomas. 
A   sister  of   Robert  married   Samuel    Miller.] 


COLONIAL    DATA 


45 


jama  Beard  taxed  for  300  acres  of  lands  in  Armstrong  township,  Bedford 
County;   also  two  tracts  in  IJempfield  township.   1772. 

Moses  for  100  unseedfd  land  in  same  township.      (Bedford  Co.  Tax  List,   1772.) 

(Armstrong  and  Hempfield  townships  were  in  Bedford  Co.  in  1772,  but  be- 
came  part   of   Westmoreland    in    1773,    and    in    1803    included    in    Indiana   County.) 

James  Baird  of  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  near  Gettysburg  (Manor  of 
Masque),   in  will  of    1758  mentions  wife  Sarah,  brothers  William   and  John. 

In  1636  many  emigrants  came  from  near  Belfast.  William  Wallace,  Rev. 
John   Livingstone  and   Rev.  James   Hamilton   were   the   leaders. 

War  Records. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Thomas  Bard  of  Pennsylvania,  second  lieutenant  of  Calderwood's  Independent 
Pennsylvania  Company.  January,  1777.  Company  attached  to  Eleventh  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

William  Bard  of  Pennsylvania,  Second  Lieutenant  of  Twelfth  Pennsylvania. 
October    16,    1776.      Served    io  . 

Officcn  of  ihe  Penmf^lvania  Regiment  for  the   Year   1760. 

Second  Battalion:  Capt.  John  Prentice's  Company — John  Baird,  Lieut.,  April 
18.     (Pa.    Arc.    2d  Ser.,   Vol.    II,   pp.   603-606.) 

Fifth  Regiment  Pennsylvania:  Com.  Robert  Manan;  Lieut.  Richardson; 
James  Wilson,  Captain  at  Fort  Washington,   1776.     John  Porter.  John  Robinson. 

James  Daird,  Captain  of  Company  8  of  the  Fourth  Battalion  of  Lancastei 
Association:  Lieut. -Col.  Ludwig  Meyer  and  Maj.  Nathan  Seigler.  (Pa.  Arch., 
Vol.   13,  p.  367,  Sec.  Ser.) 

James  Baird.     Oath  of  Allegiance,   1777. 

James  Baird,  private,  1776.  Capt.  Abraham  Marshall's  Company;  Col.  S.  J. 
Alee.  Musketry  Battalion  of  Lancaster  County.  (Pa.  Arch.,  Sec.  Ser.,  Vol.  10. 
p.  234.) 

Moses  Baird.  Oath  of  allegiance,  Lancaster,  1777.  (Pa.  Arch.,  Sec.  Ser., 
Vol.    13,  p.  461.) 

Moses  Baird  served  in  Capt.  John  McClelland's  Company  of  ^X'e»lmoreland 
County   Rangers  during   Indian   raids  of   the   latci    Revolutionary   epoch. 

William,  son  of  Thomas  Baird,  fought  under  Anthony  Wayne  in  1794.  After- 
wards located  in   Pennsylvania. 

James  Baird  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  under  Timothy  Green,  in  West- 
moreland County,  Pa.  Capt.  J.  Rogers'  Company  of  Associators  were  destined 
for  the  camp  in  the  Jerseys  June  6,   1776. 

[N'oTE. — Timothy  Green  wa.s  a  resident  of  L.incaster  County,  now  Dauphin,  I'.i. 
Arc.   \'ol.   13,  p.  3i2.     Colonel  of  a  regiment  raiscil  in  tlii>>  section. — F.  B.  C] 

Samuel  Bard,  a  native  of  Ireland  (born  in  1734)  enlisted  in  Capt.  John  Wright's 
Company  in    1750  and  served   in  the  French  and   Indian  War. 

John  Bard  was  a  private  in  Capt.  John  Speai's  company  Pennsylvania  State 
Regiment  of   Foot  in   1777. 


46  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Robert  Bard  was  in  active  service  with  Capt.  Patrick  Jack's  company  of  Cum- 
berland County    Militia   in    1777. 

Richard   Bard  served  with   Capt.  Joseph  Culbertson*  Company   in    1777. 

John  Bard  with  Capt.  William  Huston's  Cumberland  County  Militia  in  1778. 
William  with  same  company. 

Stephen  was  a  private  in  Capt.  von  Hurs  dragoons  in  1779.  He  was  living 
in   Berks  County   in    1835,   aged   81. 

NEW  JERSEY. 
From  New  Jersev  Society,  Trenton,  Princeton  and  Monmouth. 

John   Baird.     Capt.   Newkirk's  Comp.,  Second   Battalion.  Salem,   N.  J. 
■  Joseph    Baird.      Capt.  Shavers*   Comp.,    New   Jersey. 

Second    Regiment   Sussex,   also   Continental   Army. 
Obediah    Baird.      Monmouth,    N.   J. 
Rohert   Ba:rd.     Somerset,   N.  J. 

John   Baird.     Sergeant  Second   Battalion,   Somerset,   N.  J. 
John   Baird.     Captain  Second   Battalion,  Somerset,   N.  J. 
David   Baird.      Private   First   Reg.,    Monmouth,    N.  J. 

John  and  Jacob  Baird,  Morris,  State  troops,  wounded  at  Fort  Lee,  Bergin 
County.  N.  J..    1781. 

NEW   HAMPSHIRE   AND   CONNECTICUT. 
Province  of  New  Hampshire,  1722  (Vol.  4,  p.  68.) 

Lieut.    Joseph    Beard. 

Sergeant  Joseph    Beard    (p.    117). 

John  Bayard  in  1776  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  Phila- 
delphia.    He  was  Colonel  of  Second  Battalion  of  Philadelphia  at  Battle  of  Trenton. 

David  Baird.     Captain  in  Col.  Asher  Holmes'   First   Monmouth,    1778. 

Capt.  John    Bard.      Second    Georgia   Battalion,    1780. 

Valentine  Beard.     Cornet  Second  Company,  Light  Horse,  Martin  Pflfer,  Captain. 

Aaron  Beard,  Pennequid  in  1674,  swore  allegiance  to  Massachusetts. — (Savage, 
Ccncalogical  DictionarX),  p.    148.) 

[Note. — C.Tpt.Tin  Dnvid  P.aird  o{  Monnirditli  was  a  coiitempurary  of  Gen.  Sir 
David  of   Scotland.— F.   B.   C] 

King   Philip's   War. 
Podge,  p.    184   (1675),  mentions: 
Capt.  John   Beard,   New  Haven  Company. 
Old  man  named  of   Beard  killed  by   Indians    (page  302). 
Credit*  for  military  service.     Towns  not   mentioned    (page  452). 
October  24.    1676.   Aaron   Beard  030800. 

I  Pdssibly  father  or  brotlier  of  Andrew  of  Bellerica,  Mass.,   1713. — F.  B.  C] 
1778.     Capt.    James    Heron"»    Company.    Colonel    Hozen't    Regiment:     Roberl 
Beard.   New   Hampshire. 


COLONIAL    DATA  47 

1775.  Capl.  Gordon  I  lulchinson's  Company,  Slark's  Regiment:  William 
Beaid,   23   years.   New   Boston.      Husbandman,    New    Hampshire. 

John  Beard  enlisted   February  20,    I7ttl. 

John    Beard,    Portsmouth    (28    years).      Samuel    Foisom. 

John    Beard    enlisted    at    Fort    Washington. 

1780.  Capt.  James  Aikins,  New  Hampshire  Regiment  Mililia,  Colonel  Thorn: 
Simon    Beard,    Baitlet,    Conn. 

1754.     Simon  Beard,  Jr.,   Marymack  River.      Impressed   for  his   May  serviee. 

George  Bea-.d.     Chosen  collector  by  Great  Hill  Society,    1782.     Seymour,  Cono. 

Joseph  T.  Beard,  married  Alice  Almira  Davis  of   Milford,  Conn.,   1872. 

Francis   French   took   oath   of   allegiance   at   Seymour,   Conn.,    1708. 

NEW  YORK. 

Peter    Bard,   private    in    Menthorn's  Company. 
Francis   Bard,   private   in  Schuyler's   Regiment. 
John    Beard,   private   in    Weslfall    Company. 
John    Beard,   private   in   Tearse   Company. 
Nicholas    Bard,    lieutenant. 
Samuel    Bard    (Dr.),   Examiner  of  Surgeons. 

GEORGIA. 

John  Bard,  Captain  of  Second  Georgia  Infantry,  November,  1776,  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Savannah  in  1778,  paroled  1779-80;  did  not  rejoin  the  army;  removed 
to   New  York. 

VIRGINIA. 

David,  Thomas,  Robert,  William  and  John  Baird  were  militiamen  in  Augusta 
County  from  October,  1777,  to  March  15,  1782,  under  Captain  John  Givcns. — 
(Wm.  F.  Booger*  Hiilorical   Virginia,  p.  223.) 

[Possibly  David  of  Monmouth,  N.  J.  Rohirt  prob.ibly  born  in  I-anoaster,  Pa-, 
1756,  or  Robert  of  Somerset,   N.  J.,  born  in   1741. — F.  B.  C.\ 


CHAPTER  III.     EARLY  AMERICAN  DATA. 

Pennsylvania. 

CUMBERLAND  COUNTY. 

Co//ec/or5.— Thomas  Baird.  1770-74;  Thomas  Baird,  Jr..  1775-76.  (Pa.  Arch., 
2d  Ser..  Vol.  IX.  page  788.     Edition  of   1880.) 

WESTMORELAND  COUNTY. 

Councillor. — John    Beard,    November    18,    1786. 

Ccmon. — George    Baird,    November    20,    1784. 

Justices  of  the  Peace.— John  Beard,  June  11.  1777.  (Pa.  Arch.,  2d  3cr.,  Vol. 
III.,  pp.  679-680,  681.     (Edition  of  1890.) 

Hannah  Baird  (born  1759),  came  to  Mercersburg,  Washington  County,  Pa., 
and  settled  in  Carlisle.     She  married  David  Clark. 

John  Baird.  of  Neshaminy  township,  Pa.  Supposed  to  have  been  a  son  or 
John  Baird  (1675-1748),  of  Warwick  township,  Bucks  County,  Pa.  He  was  born 
1714;  died  in  1791,  being  buried  in  the  {graveyard  of  Neshaminy  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth  and  they  had  issue:  John;  Francis  (1758-1835), 
married  Mai-saret;  Jennett  (married  Alexander  Boyd);  Annie  (married  William 
Ramsey);  Elizabeth  (married  William  Richards;  Sarah  (married  Andrew  Boyd). 
This  Francis  had  a  son  Francis  also. 

I  Sro    I'r.iiicis  of  W.-irwick,   X.    \.—F.   B.   C] 

Seilhamer  gives  the  following  record  as  that  of  a  probable  son  of 
James  the  exile,  who  came  to  New  Jersey  in   1684: 

William,  vho  settled  in  Mansfield  County,  New  Jersey,  died  in  1690.  He 
married   Kathrine.     They  had   three  sons,   as   follows: 

William,  married  Margaret  O'Hara  in  1751,  at  Tewkesbury,  Henderson  County, 
N.  J.    He  died  before   1763. 

Richard  Baird  married  Elizabeth  Ross,  Readington  township,  Hunterdon  Coun- 
ty,  N.  J.    He  died  before   1765. 

James  married  Elizabeth  Bowlsby,  Bethlehem  township,  Hunterdon  County, 
N.  J.  In  his  will  he  left  £5  to  the  trustees  of  Mansfield  Woodhouse  meet- 
ing house.  In  1763  he  offered  a  plantation  to  be  let  in  the  Jerseys.  Member  of 
Town  Committee,  1768;  freeholder,  1770  and  1777.  Described  as  Capt.  Jamet 
Baird.     Died   in    1778.     They   had   no  children. 

Children  of  RiCHARD  and  ELIZABETH  R.  Baird. 

Elizabeth. 

William,  born  in  1752;  died  in   1794. 

John,   born   in    1758. 

I  He  Rives  William  and  John  credit  for  work  in  tlie  Revolutionary  War  which 
possibly  belongs  to  the  \VilIi.Tm  and  John,  sons  of  William  of  Somerset  County,  N.  J.] 


EARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  49 

James    Baird    of    Letlerkenny    lownship    (now    Green),    Franklin    County,    Pa- 

[Tliis   was   the   Caledonia    Tract. — F.    ii.    C.J 
William  Wilson  married   Martha   Baird. 

LICENSES  GRANTED   IN   PENNSYLVANIA. 

James  Beard  ond  Elizabeth  Newby,  October,  1746. 
John  Baird  and  Elizabeth  Diamond,  June  25,  1763. 
MARRIAGES    IN   OLD   SWEDELS   CHURCH.    PI  11L^\DELPHIA. 

John    Bard   and    Elizabeth    Sweeting,   February   21,    1754. 

Colonel  jo!in  Findly  married  the  widow  of  Capt.  Isaac  Baird   (Jane  McDowell). 

Malhcw  Baird,  son  of  Jolin,  was  born  near  Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1817, 
of  Scolch-Irish  parents.  When  he  was  four  years  of  af,c  the  family  came  to 
Philadelphia.  His  falher  was  a  coppersmith.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  day,  later  becoming  assistant  to  one  of  the  profersors  of  chemistry  in 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1834  he  went  to  New  Casllr,  Del.,  entering  the 
employ  of  the  New  Castle  Manufacturing  Co.  He  became  (1838)  foreman  of 
the  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works  at  Philadelphia.  He  had  a  brother,  John  B., 
who  died   in    1877. 

[Tliis  may  lia\e  l)tcn  a  gran^l'-iin   of  Mn^cs  of   Irci.'iiKl.  —  F.   P.  C] 

Thomas  Robert  Bard,  Senator  from  California  in  1890.  Born  at  Cliambers- 
burg.  Pa.,  in  1841;  graduated  from  the  common  schools  in  1858.  Before  com- 
pleting the  sl'idy  of  law  he  engaged  in  railroading  in  Hage.slown,  Md.  He  went 
to  Vpplu.a  County,  Cal  ,  in  1864.  Supervisor  of  Santa  Barbara  County,  1867- 
7!;  Piesidcniial  cleclo..  1880-97;  elected  as  Representative  to  U.  S.  Senate  to 
fill  the  unexpired  term  of  Stephen  M.  White,  serving  1899-05;  Director  of  Slate 
Board  of  A-^riciiilure.  As  cnr'-neer,  laid  out  the  town  of  Thieneme.  He  was  one 
of  the  Commissioners  to  lay  out  Ventura  Connly.  The  Trst  well  that  produced  oil 
in  California   was  drilled   in    1866  by  Thomas   R.   Baird  or   Bard. 

John  Baird,  an  early  settler  in  the  Cumberland  Valley,  Pa.,  died  in  1778. 
His  wife  was  Margaret.  Isiue:  Hester,  John,  I  lannah,  Margaret,  and  Elizabeth. 
Sons-in-law  were  David   Moore  and  James  Dunning. 

James  Holmes  Bard,  born  in  Ml.  Pleasant,  Franklin  County.  Pa.;  died  in 
Dallon,  Ga.,  1877.  He  married  at  Cavrick;  Furnace,  Franklin  County,  Pa., 
Elizabeth  H.  Dunn,  1837.  She  was  daughter  of  Genl.  Samuel  Dunn  and  Jane 
Maclay,  his  wife.    1  hey  had  five  sons  and  tliree  daughters.     Three  of  these  sons  were: 

William  Dunn,  bo.n  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Pa.,  1838;  died  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
1898. 

Wesley,   horn    at   Dalton,    Ga. 

Thomas   D.,   born   at   Chelsea,    Idaho. 

William  Dunn  Bard.  Mar.ied  Cheney  Lambert  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  1869. 
Lived  at  Washington,  D.  C.     Their  children  were: 

Nannie   Snivley,   born    at    Dallon,   Ga.,    1870. 

William    Maclay,   born   at   Chambersburg,    1872. 

Robert    Bruce,    born    at    Philadelphia,    1878;    died    at    Philadelphia,    1830. 

William    Maclay  was  a  graduate  of   Lehigh   University,   Pennsylvania;    Chief  of 

Statistical   Di\ision,   Bureau   of   Insular   Affairs,   War   Deoartment. 

(See  W'illi.Tin  of  Clinton  County,  Pa.,  whose  daughter  Lydia  niarri-d  William 
Dunn.— F.   B.  C] 


50  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

The  following  group  of  Bairds  are  given  by  Mr.  Seilhamer  as 
probable  forebears  ol  the  Pennsylvania  Bairds: 

John  BaIRD  if  mentioned  as  a  squatlT  in  1729  at  Manor  of  Masque,  of 
whuh  Cettysbiir5  was  a  natt.  I  ie  checl  abo.il  1749-50,  aA  letters  of  administration 
were  taken  out  in  York  County,  Pennsylvania  in  1750,  with  liis  widow,  HaNNAH 
BaIRD,  as  administratrix.  In  a  list  of  early  settlers  on  Marsh  Creek,  in  what  is 
now  Adams  Cour.ly,  I'ennsylvania,  his  >.laim  to  lands  in  the  manor  is  credited 
to  John  BaIRD.s  heirs.  If  !hs  wife  was  Hannah  Stewart,  a  sister  of  John  Stewart, 
who  died  at  \\  arnock  I  ownship,  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  in  1761,  he  would  be 
identical  with  JoHN  liAlRD,  buried  m  Neshaminy  Presbyterian  Church  grave- 
yard, who  was  boni  in   1675  and  died  in   1748. 

1  he  early  Bards,  Bairds  and  Beards  who  came  from  the  banks  of  the  Foyle 
(Ireland)  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  make  a  complicated  connection.  Among 
ihrse  were  JoHN  P>AIRD,  who  settled  in  Christiana  Hundred,  in  Newcastle  County, 
Del.,  before  1728.  He  was  a  son  of  James  BaIRD,  of  Sirabanc,  and  he  is 
ihc  only  one  of   the   name   whose   paternity    in    Ireland   has   been    posilivly    identified. 

John  Baird,  the  ancestoc  of  the  Baird  family  of  St:abane,  County  Tyrone, 
and  the  grandfather  of  JoUN  Baird,  of  Christiana  Hundred,  evidently  settled  at 
or  near  Strabanetown  with  James  Hamil'on,  Earl  of  Abercorn,  at  the  Plantation 
of  Ulster,  or  soon  afterward.  About  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  between 
1661  and  1665,  his  nair.e  appears  on  an  undated  Hearth  Money  Roll  for  one 
hearth  in  Stiabane.  On  the  same  roll  is  the  name  of  John  BairD  for  a  hearth  in 
Tatnepoil,  in  Leckpalrick  Parish.  In  1666  the  name  does  not  appear  on  the  Roll 
for  any  of   these  places. 

An  answer  made  in  1676  to  an  Exchequer  Bill  of  Anprew  BairI),  son  and 
heir,  clau.iing  to  be  executor  of  JoHN  BaIRD,  of  Strabane,  smith,  deceased,  dated 
1675,  admits  that  Andrew  Baird  is  the  eldest  con  of  John  Baird,  but  denies  that 
he  is  executor  and  asserts  that  James  Baird  is  "the  executor  of  John  Baird,  who 
is  in  possession  of  a  tenement  named  in  the  bill.' 

Thus  we  learn  that  John  Bmrd,  of  Strabane,  had  issue,  among  others,  Andrew 
and  James. 

James  Baird,  the  second  son  of  John  Baird.  smith,  of  Strabane,  acquired  a 
number  of  his  father's  houses  and  oullols  at  Strabane,  including  the  smithy.  Like 
his  falher,  he  was  a  smith.  His  deeds  were  lost  durini^  the  occupation  of  the 
country  by  llie  army  of  KinR  Jame-j  II,  1688-89,  and  his  claim  for  the  houses  and 
lands  filed    1703   was  allowed. 

A  r.T^morial  registered  in  the  Reristry  of  Deeds  OfTire,  Dublin,  shows  that 
after  his  dcatli  his  for'^e  and  dwellinc;  in  Sirabane,  two  navcels  of  land  situated 
above  and  near  the  Holy  Well,  near  the  town,  and  the  k'rridufle  townland,  Ter- 
monamngan  Parish.  County  Tyrone,  were  sold  to  George  Machey  (McGhea).  His 
will  was  dated  1719.  He  ma.ried  and  had  issue:  JoHN,  William.  James. 
Sydney,  Rebecca  and  Jane   (married  Winkliani). 

John  Baird,  son  of  James,  smith,  of  Strabane,  emigrated  to  America  soon 
after  his  father's  death  and  settled  in  Christiana  Hundr-^d.  Newcastle  County, 
Del.  By  deeds  of  lease  and  rel'-ase  dated  1728,  his  wife,  Rebecca,  and  his  oldest 
son.  Robert,  conveyed  the  house  in  which  his  father.  jAMEr>  BaIRD.  lived  in  Stra- 
bane. with  the  forg?,  to  George  McGhea,  also  the  two  parcels  of  enclosed  land  near 
the  Holy  Well,  near  .Strabanetown  and  Kirriduffe  townland,  in  the  Manor  of 
Hastings.  The  deeds  were  executed  by  Rebecca  and  Robert  Baird  for  themselves 
and  for  JoHN  Bairo  under  a  letter  of  attorney  dated  1728.  He  is  supposed  to  have 
had  issue,  Robert.  John,  William,  James  and  Hannah.  Robert  returned  with  his 
mother  to  America. 


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The    Manor   of    Hastings   contained    the    town    of    Castlederg. 

At  the  lime  the  above  deeds  were  executed.  John  BaIRD  was  evidently  alone 
in  Christiana   Hundred,   his  wife  and   son    RoBERT   being  in    Ireland. 

It  is  believed  that  lie  settled  in  Chester  County,  {Pennsylvania,  as  a  John  Beard 
was   a   taxable   in    New   Londonderry   township,    1729-44. 

Andrew  Baird,  John's  uncle,  paid  hearth  money  in  Strabane  in  1666.  He 
may  have  bten  father  of  MoSES  Beard,  who  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Lifford,  County  Donegal,  opposite  Strnbanc,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
General  Synod  of  Ulster  with  his  pastor.  John  Ball,  1724.  This  Moses  may  have 
had  a  son  James  who  mar.ied  Margaret  Brown  and  came  to  America  in  1720 
with  his  uncle  John. 

JamE."^,  the  brother  of  JoHN  Baird,  remained  in  Irehnnd,  followed  his  fathers 
occupalion  (smith),  and  by  his  wife  Eiizabe'h  he  had  an  only  child,  F.LIZabeth,  who 
married  Arliuir  Carroll. 

John  Baird,  presumed  lo  be  a  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  Baird,  of  Christiana 
Hundred,  removed  to  Chester  County.  Pennsylvania,  with  his  brother.  Thomas, 
about  1747.  and  settled  in  the  Cumberland  Valley,  taking  up  lands  in  Guilford 
township,  Franklin  County.  So  his  name  does  not  appear  on  the  Guilford  tax 
list  of  1731.  It  is  probable  that  he  removed  lo  Peters  township,  where  he  was 
a  taxable  at  thai  time.  He  was  appointed  conslab'e  of  th?  new  township  of 
Fannett  in  1754.  He  married  Agnes  McFall,  a  daughter  of  Brise  McFall.  UiiQ. 
Their  children  were  WiLLiATi,  jofiN,  Frances.  David,  Isabella.  Acnes  and 
Jane.      He   probably   moved    to    Blair   County,    Pennsylvania. 

The  descendants  of  RoBERT  Baird.  son  of  Rebecca  and  John,  have  not  been 
traced. 

One  Ror.ERT  BaIPD  obtained  an  order  of  survey  of  tract  of  land  in  what  is 
now  Quincy  township,  Franklin  County,  Pennsylvania,  1767.  Tins  land  was  after- 
wards the  Clugslon  and   later  the   Essick   farms. 

A  Robert  Baird,  possibly  the  same,  was  a  taxable  in  Peters  township  in  1786. 
He  sold  his  farm,  winch  was  in  what  is  now  Mon'.gomery  township,  to  William 
Berryhill.  in  1792.  and  removed  to  Fluntingdon  County,  where  he  died  in  1795-96. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Rebecca.  Their  children  were  Rebecca.  Mary.  MaRTHa, 
George.  John  and  Samuel. 

John,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Convention  which  ratified  the 
Federal  Constitution,  may  have  been  their  son.  or  he  may  have  been  the  son 
of  John  of  Chester  County.  The  ancestor  of  Rev.  Robert  Baird  may  have  been 
one  of  the  sons  of  John  and  Rebecca,  of  Christiana  Hundred,  or  a  nephew.  He 
settled  m  Lancaster.  Pa. 

The  father  of  Robert  (Rev.)  was  born  in  Lancaster  County  and  died  in 
Fayette.  "Roberts  childish  recollections.  "  we  are  told,  "were  associated  with 
incidents  of  the  French  war,  some  of  the  most  thrilling  acts  in  the  border  warfare 
having  occurred  not  far  from  the  home  of  his  early  years.  This  seems  to  indicate 
that  he  was  born  in  what  is  now  Dauphin  County,  near  Derry  Church,  where 
there  was  a  Baird  family  at  a  very  early  period.  In  those  early  days  the  name 
of  Lancaster  was  often  made  to  embrace  a  very  wide  region,  and  it  may  be  that 
Thomas,  of   Falling  Spring,   adjacent  to  Chambersburg,  was  related. 

Thomas  of  Falling  Spring  was  probably  a  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  of 
Christiana.     He  wa»  born  about   1724. 

[The  fnllowinK  rccrrd  pos,si1)1y  ticloncs  to  John  Ti.nird.  the  "^on  <>{  John  atid 
Ajjnes,  as  the  names  of  Kilpore  .ind  Esther  seem  to  occur  .TmfvnR  tlic  nieces  of  th.it 
John.  He  lived  in  East  PennsborouRh  township,  Ciimberl.iml  County.  IVnnsvlvania; 
died,    1778.       By    his    wife,    Margaret,    he    had    five    children — Esther,    John,    Hannah. 


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(mnrrioci    David    Clark');    MaiKarct    (married,    i;gj,    David    Kilgore)  ;    and    ICli/ahetli. — 

t.  n.  C] 

John  Baird,  of  Westmoreland  County,  Pennsylvania,  was  born  in  1740;  died 
in  1805.  He  settled  in  Bedford,  now  Westmoreland,  Pa.,  as  a  young  man,  and 
took  up  lands  in  Mount  Pleasant  township,  1772.  He  was  appointed  justice  of  the 
peace,  1777;  was  a  member  of  the  Exocutive  Council  of  Pennsylvania,  1786-89; 
member  of  Pennsylvania  Convention,  1787,  that  ratified  the  Federal  Constitution ; 
voted  against  ratification;  member  of  Assembly,  1789-90,  and  of  the  first  House 
cf  Representatives  of  Pennsylvania  under  the  Constitution,  1790.  His  wife  was 
Honour  or  Honnor.  He  had  no  children.  His  will  shows  brothers  WiLLIAM  and 
George,  of  Westmoreland  County.  WlLLiAM  Baird  had  three  sons,  John,  George, 
William;  two  daughters,  Martha  and  Agnes.  George  was  captain  of  a  company 
cf  Rangers  during  the  Revolution.     He  had  two  sons,  Robert  and  JoHN. 

Martin  Bard  and  his  wife  Scvilla  cmir/ated  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  on  the  Betsy, 
landing  in  1739.  He  died  1758.  In  "Thirty  Thousand  Names"  (Rupps),  it  is 
sjicllcd  Barlh,  but  his  children  v/role  it  BarJl  and  Bard.  He  settled  in  Germany 
t.jwnsliip  in  York,  now  Adams,  County,  Pennsylvania.  His  will  was  proved  in  1756. 
They  had  issue:  Peter  Philip  (a  taxable  in  1790);  Martin  (possibly  identical  with 
Martin  of  Lilitz,  Lancaster  County);  Barnel;  Stephen;  George;  Paul;  Francis; 
Cathrine;  Piisanna  (Mrs.  Smith);  Veronica  (Mrs.  Herick).  Peter  was  a  cord- 
■v/ainer  in  Frederick  County,  Maryland  (1794).  He  and  his  wife  Cathrine  had 
issue:  Jonathan.  Jacob,  Mary  (Mrs.  Harlso^k),  Mavgaret  (Mrs.  Hartwick),  Mada- 
lina  and  Elizabeth.     They  changed  the  spelling  to  Beard. 

In  Jonathan's  will  he  mentions  his  wife  Cathrine,  and  Mary,  Peter,  Philip  and 
Christine. 

Daniel  Card,  son  of  Barnhart  (Basnet)  and  Cathrine  Bard,  of  Littleslon,  Adams 
Countv,  Pa.,  had  issue:  Joseph,  boin  at  Williamsburg,  Pa.,  1826  (a  soldier  in  the 
Civil  War);  Isaac  (born  near  Mansfield,  Ohio.  1835),  died  in  Chicago.  111.,  1898. 
leaving  a  widow.  Jennie. 

Stephen,  a  son  of  Martin  and  Sevilla  Bard,  died  1782.  His  wife  was  Cathrine. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  with  Captain  Bartholomew  von  Heer  as  a  pro- 
vest  guaid   for  General  Was'iington  s  army. 

Francis  Bard,  son  of  Martin  and  Sevilla,  died  in  1788.  He  owned  a  homestead 
in  Germany  township,  York  (now  Adams)  County.  He  had  two  sons.  John  and 
Francis.     John  died  before  his   father,  leaving  a  daughter  Cathrine  and  a  son  John. 

John  Beard,  son  of  "Nicklaus"  Bard,  came  to  Frederick  County,  Maryland. 
He  owned  a  farm  of  eighteen  acres,  called  "Wagon  Wheel."  His  sons  were 
N'cholas   and   John. 

Samuel  Bard,  of  Robeson  township,  Berks  County,  Pa.,  became  a  farmer  near 
College-,  ille.  Pa.  He  was  a  noted  mechanical  engmeer  and  built  many  bridges  in 
Montgomcrv  County.  Issue:  Michael,  William,  Lzekiel,  Susanna,  Eliza,  Samuel, 
Hannah,   Christian,   Elisha  and  Jesse. 

Ezekiel  moved  to  Salem,  Ohio,  about  1840;  had  among  others  Ephraim,  Jesse 
and  Frank  P. 

Elisha  lived  in  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania;  married  Cathrine  Umstead.  Had 
a  son,   Mark.      He  had  a  nephew,  Jeremiah. 

Jesse  was  born  in  1809.  Settled  at  Alliance,  Stark  County,  Ohio,  where  he 
died  in  1895.  His  children  were:  Edwin  C,  Topeka,  Kans.;  Thomas  H.,  Alliance, 
Ohio;  Allen  C  Chicago;  Sarah  F.  (Mrs.  Bishop),  Ames,  Iowa;  Jennie,  Ames, 
Iowa;   Emma  (Mrs.  Romero),  Chile,  5.  A. 

So  far  as  is  known  the  first  white  settlers  in  the  valley  of  the  Cumberland,  ihe 
Kitlolchin]) — "The  Endless" — were  three  L. others  by  the  name  of  Chambers  from 
County  Antrim,  Ireland,  sturdy  men  who  had  choicn  the  arduous  life  of  a  pioneer 
in   the  new   Province  of   Pennsylvania.     They   firsl  erected   mills  on   Fishing  Creek, 


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a  tributary  of  li-.e  Susquehanna.  Tlie  region  was  far  fronr»  being  uninhabited,  for 
\\,(  wigwams  of  the  Lenni-Lena;:es  were  scattered  all  about,  but  there  was  plenty 
of  room.  When  the  Indians  carre  to  the  milli  they  brought  talcs  of  a  still  richer 
country  beyond.  At  length,  after  hearing  from  one  of  them  a  glowing  description 
of  ti>e  wonderful  water  power  where  the  Falling  Spring  joined  the  ConoccKi.eague 
("indeed  a  long  way")  they  wen!  on  to  that  spot.  In  1736  Benjamin  Chambers 
built  a  log  house  which  was  the  beginning  of  Chambersburg.  A  comm.nily  of  North 
of  Ireland  Presbyterians  established  itself,  determining  for  all  the  future  the  charac- 
te-  of  :hat  part  of  Penns}  l\  ania.  For  many  years  the  colony  enjoyed  an  unin- 
terrupted intercourse  and  trade  with  the  Indians.  1  hey  trusted  Mr.  Chambers,  wSo 
talked  with  tlitm  in  their  own  larguar".  1  lien,  as  many  while  men  throughout  the 
province  became  aggressive,  th.e  feeling  changed.  Three  times  Mr.  Chambers  peti- 
ti-incd  for  some  protection  for  Chamborslnirg,  wliich  was  far  from  any  of  the  forts 
erected,  but  without  ave.il.  Then  he  look  matters  into  his  own  hands  as  the  virtual 
head  of  the  community.  Fie  built  a  large  two-storied  stone  house,  thick-walled, 
roofed  with  lead,  and  m.o_.r;tcd  two  heavy  cannons  on  the  roof.  He  inclosed  the 
house  with  a  stockade,  surrounded  by  a  moat,  and  trius  tlie  settlement  had  a  citadel. 
Later  the  provincial  govcrnm.ent  aliemplcd  to  lake  the  cannon  to  some  larger  towri 
lest  they  fall  into  the  hands  of  the  French,  but  Mr.  Chambers  held  on  to  his  own. 
During  the  cig'it  years  of  the  war  the  fort  was  a  center  of  protection,  and  seventy 
years  aflerwa.ds  one  of  the  cannons  was  '^eing  used  in  the  town  celebration  ot  In- 
dependence Day.  Perhaps  the  noblest  deed  done  within  the  borders  of  Chambersburg 
was  the  writing  of  that  Genrral  Order  No.  7,  issi:od  June  27,  1863,  by  General 
Lee  from  the  old  stone  hoi:sc,  in  which  he  reminds  his  army  that  "the  duties  exacted 
of  us  by  civilization  and  Christianity  are  not  less  obligatory  in  the  country  of  our 
enemy  than  in  our  own.  The  commanding  general  considered  that  no  greater  dis- 
grace could  befall  the  army  and  through  it  our  whole  people,  than  the  perpetration 
of  the  barliarous  out'a^es  upon  the  innocent  and  defenseless  and  wanton  destruction 
of  private  property.  It  must  be  remembered  we  make  war  only  on  armed  men.  ' 
The   records   show   that   the   order   was   obeyed.— (C/irii/i'tin  Monitor,  July    12.    1916.) 

In  the  "Chronicle  of  Bards,"  by  Seilhamer,  he  says: 

"In  Scotland  the  family  surname  has  been  wriilen  Baird  for  many  generations. 
In  Ireland  for  a  century  and  a  half  after  the  Plantation  it  was  oflcner  written 
Beard  than  Baird.  The  American  family  (Archibald  Bard)  has  adopted  the  uniform 
spelling  Bard,  but  Archibald,  an  emigrant  ancestor,  wrote  his  name  Bfard  and 
his  second  son  William  signed  a  deed  on  record  Baird.  He  says  the  modi-rn  Bai-ds 
were  'the  sept  of  the  Bardes.'  Archibald  Bea.d  settled  in  Newcastle  County,  Del- 
aware. Fie  bought  'Carroll's  Delight,"  in  the  western  part  of  what  is  now  Adams 
County,  Pennsylvania." 

The  Finleys  and  McKnights  v.ere  associated  wilIi  the  Beards  at  l.owpr  Marsh 
Creek  Presbyterian  Church  in  1783.  I  think  they  must  have  been  neighbors  and 
possibly  relatives  of  ihr-  Robert  Baird  hne,  inleimarriagcs  causing  confusion  in 
separating  the  lines.  This  Archibald  is  sa,d  to  have  had:  Richard  (born  in  1736), 
who   lived    in   Peters   township,    Franklin  County;    William    (born   in    173b);    David 

(1744-1815);    Rev.   ,    who    is    suppored    to    have    married    Miss    Potter    in 

Ireland. 

A  grandson  of  Richard.  Thomas  Robert  Bard,  born  at  Chambersburg.  became 
a  member  of  the  house  of  Zellcr  &  Co.  at  Hageistown,  Md.,  Ib61.  In  1864, 
Thomas  A.  Scott,  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  and  afterwards  president  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  was  in  search  of  a  capable  man  to  take  charge  of  Kis 
extensive  interests  in  Southern  California,  which  included  oil  lands  in  Ventura, 
Los  Angeles  and  Humboldt  Counties.  At  that  time  there  were  not  more  than  a 
dozen  Americans  in  the  entire  region. 

[In    1779    Thomas    Scott,    who   had    married   a    sister   of    Robert    Baird's   wife,   came 


54  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

with    Kohcrt    to   western    rciiiisvK  ;iiii,-i.      lie   may    li;ivc    been    the    same    i>r   the    fatlier. — 
;■■.   /<    C.I 

1  he  California  Pelroleiim  Company  was  organized  lo  develop  the  oil  on 
Scott's    holdings. 

Mr.  Bard  lived  in  Ventura  County,  wliich  vvas  part  of  Santa  Barbara.  He 
was  elected  United  States  Senator  in  1900-1905,  and  was  chairman  of  the 
Senate  Committee  on  Irrigation.  His  home  in  Hueneme  is  called  Berrybrook. 
He    married    Mary    Beatrice    Grrberding. 

William  Baird.  son  of  Archibald,  died  at  Bardstown  in  1802.  He  was  reared 
at  Haniiltonban  township,  York  (now  Adams)  County,  Pa.  He  owned  property 
in  Carroll's  Delight  and  sold  it.  Tradition  says  he  visited  Kentucky  first  in 
1768.  Salt  was  scarce,  and  lie,  with  three  men — Brown,  Evans  and  Doe — went 
down  the  Ohio  River  on  a  (lalbcat  lo  the  Salt  Lick  of  Kentucky.  The  tradition 
says  Doe  was  killed  and  William  Baird  and  Mr.  Evans  returned  to  their  homes 
in  Virginia.  Later  V.'illir-m  and  his  brother  Richard  went  lo  Kentucky  and  located 
at  Danville.  Richard  built  a  cab'n,  which  entitled  him  to  one  thousand  acres  but 
he  lelurncd  lo  Pennsylvania  and  William  settled  where  Bardstown  (originally 
Bairdstown)  now  stands.  The  documents  on  recoid  at  Bardstown,  Nelson  County, 
show  Richard's  ownership  of   lands  adjacent  to   Bardslown  in    1780-88. 

William  built  a  cabin  about  four  miles  north  of  Bardslown  and  the  source 
of  Buflalo  Creek.  On  this  properly  is  a  graveyard  where  four  generations  of 
Bairds  or  Bards  are  ouried.     William  and  his  son  James  both  lie  there. 

Bardstown  was  originally  called  Salom,  and  there  is  an  announcement  extant 
giving  the  initial  step  towards  the  creation  of  Bardstown  as  the  county  seal,  by 
William  Bard,  on  David   Bard's  properly. 

William  was  a  surveyor  and  drew  the  first  map  of  Louisville  in  1779.  He 
married  Mary  Kincaid  Braxdale.  daughter  of  Joseph  Kincaid  and  widow  of 
John  Braxdale.  She  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1755,  and  died  at  Bardstown  in  1825. 
She  was  sister  of  Capl.  Joseph  Kincaid,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Blue  Lick. 
They   had: 

James,  born  in  '782  at  Bardslown.  Served  with  a  troop  of  horse  raised  in 
Nelson  County.  Kentucky,  in  the  War  of  1812.  Buried  in  the  family  grave- 
yard.    He  married  Martha  Adams. 

David,  born  at  Bardstown  in  1785;  died  in  1818.  He  married  first  Elizabeth 
Waters  of  Bullitt  County,  Kentucky;   second,  Margaret. 

Ebenezer,  born  at  Bardstown  in   1787.    Married  Nancy  — . 

William,  born  at  Bardstown  in  1790;  died  at  Osceola,  Ark.  He  married 
Margaret    Beeler. 

Isaac,  born  at  Bardstown  in  1797;  died  at  Greenville,  Ky.,  1878.  Graduate 
of  Union  College,  New  York,  in  1821.  Entered  Theological  Seminary 
of   Princeton   in    1817.      He  lived   near  Greenville,    Muhlenburg  County,   Ky. 

iTliis  line  is  fully  trace. 1  hy  Mr.  Seilh.imer  in  his  "Clnoiiicle."  I  have  only 
taken  out  of  it  tlie  jiarts  that  will  a-si-t  iv.  traciiijl  the  lines  in  this  bocik  wliich  he 
has  not   traced   in   his   "Ciiroiiicle." — F.   B.    C] 

Richard  Bard's  second  son  (born  after  Mrs.  Bard's  captivity)  was  named  Isaac. 
A  younger  brother,  Judge  Archibald  Bard,  named  one  of  his  sons  Isaac  for  thi» 
elder  brother.     William  cf  Bardslown  also  gave  the  name  Isaac  to  his  youngest  son. 

At  the  same  time  that  Archibald  Beard,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  owned  and 
'■onducled  a  mill  in  Hamiltonban  township,  York  (now  Adams)  County,  Pa.,  Isaac 
Baird   was    a   miller    in    Broadisland    Parish,    County    Antrim.    Ireland.      This   may 


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merely  be  a  coinndfiice.  Broadisland  Parisli,  now  known  as  Templerorran,  is 
silualed  on  Loiinh  Lame  on  the  road  from  Belfast  to  l^arne.  In  1763  Isaac  Baird 
was   disposing   of    his    leases    and    was    evidently    an    old    man. 

On  a  flyleaf  of  an  old  liook  Judge  Archibald  Baid.  of  Carroll's  Delii^ht.  left 
this  brief  record:  "Archibald  Bard  which  was  the  son  of  Richard,  which  was 
the  son  of  Archibald,  whu  h  was  the  son  of  David,  which  was  the  son  of 
William."  William  and  David  Beard  appear  in  juxtaposition  only  in  llie  north- 
eastern parishes  of  County  Antrim,  ^i  heir  names  appear  in  conjunction  in  1669  in 
a  heath  money  roll  of  Glcnarn  in  Carncastle  parish.  Coun'y  Antrim,  for  onr  heath 
each.  This  parish  is  situated  on  the  shores  of  the  North  Channel,  which  forms 
its  eastern  boundaiy.  and  upon  the  road  from  Larne  to  Glenarm  and  the  royal 
military  load  from  Belfast  to  the  Giant's  Causeway.  It  is  only  tliree  miles  north- 
west by  north  from  L.irnc  and  within  easy  reach  of  the  parish  of  Broadisland,  in 
which  Isaac  was  Ip  in:;  half  a  century  Inter.  It  is  a  reasonable  possibility  that 
William  Board  of  the  Mcalh  money  roll  was  the  father  of  David  and  that  David 
\s  as   the   father  of  Archibald  of   Carro'l's  Delight. 

Supposedly  I'le  first  Band  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction  to  come  to  Philadelphia 
was  Dr.  I'atrick  Baird,  who  wa-;  appointed  health  officer  at  quarantine  as  early 
as  1720.  He  was  clerl:  to  the  Provincial  Council.  1723-26  and  1740-42;  clerk 
to  the  Court  of  Vice-Admiralty.  1724-35  J'ldge.  1749-52;  F.xaminer  of  Chan- 
cery, 1725;  Surveyor  of  Customs,  1732-35.  In  1730  as  a  chirurfiron  he  rented 
the  vendue-roorn  in  ihc  northeast  corner  of  the  first  Philadelphia  Town  House. 
He  wa3  given  a  vote  of  thanks  for  "diligence  and  exactness  in  the  discharge  of 
duly"  by  the  Provincial  Council  in  1742,  when  he  resigned.  His  name  is  in  the 
First  Philadelphia  Dancing  .Assembly.  His  wife,  F-lizabelh,  was  buried  at  Christ 
Church.    1750.      Issue   not   ascertained. 

As  early  as  1  599,  PATRICK  Baird,  writer,  was  a  servant  of  WAL- 
TER Baird,  of  Ordinhau?.     He  was  one  of  the  Bairds  of  Auchmcdden. 

Still  earlier.  Patrick,  .son  of  John,  and  Patrick,  son  of  Robert, 
were  contemporaries  in  the  barony  of  G'as^ow. 

While  the  BaIRDS,  v/ho  sojourned  for  possibly  a  century  in  Ireland, 
are  called  "Scotch-Irish,"  they  seem  to  have  gone  from  England,  Scot- 
land and  Prance  to  Ireland,  and  were  not  really  natives  of  Ireland. 

MARRIAGE  RF.CORDS. 
In  Christ  Church  Philadelphia: 

Joseph   married    November   22,    1761,    to  Sarah  Smith. 
Thomas  married    May  2,    1745,   to  Ann  Cormont. 
William   married    June   20,    1797.    to   Sarah    Reside. 
George  Beard  married  December   13,    1740,  to  Anne   Ellicol. 

In  the  Old  Swedes  Church: 

February   21,    1754,   John    Bard    and    Elizabeth    Sweeting. 
Alexander   Beard  married   December   31,    1797.   Calhrine    McClennan. 
Ann    Beard   married   October    1.    1766,   James   Filzsimmons. 
Elizabeth   Beard   married   November    II,    1776,   to   Frances   Bell. 
Jane   Beard  married  July    16,    1797,   to  John   Champaigne. 
Robert    Beard   married    May   24,    1794,    to    Elizabeth    McCall. 
Sarah   Beard,   December  2,    1792,   to  John   Fisher. 


56  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church,   Philadelphia: 

Eli/alicih    BaiicI,   married  Juno    11,    1746,   to  Samuel   Wallace.  ^  ; 

Jane   BeaicJ   marrifd   NovcmbiT   28,    1724,   to  James   Ramage.  ,j    ^ -C' jm^T   '  ■" 

Rebecca   Beard   marritd   Apiil    10,    1724,   to  Samuel    Hatrick.  V^  ->    '.  J v '^ 

Robert    Beard    married    November    26.    1728,    lo   Susanna    Walker.  .           ^'   ';      ',.         .^ 

Judilh  Beard  trarned  Febn:a.y   16,   1782,  lo  Samuel  Robinnel.  f.VJ^''^' 

No  names  of  BaIRD,  Beard  or  Bard  in  the  Second  or  Third  Pres- 
byterian Churclies. 

Pennsylvania  Archives,   Vol.   I,  Second  Series: 

I  ianna!i    Balrd    married    Robert    Jamison,    April     18,     1767. 
Jan-   n\anied    May    12,    1766,   to  William   Richards. 
Jolin   mairitd  Ji.ne  23,    1763,   lo   Elizabeth   Diair.ond. 

"  1  he  Rev.  A.  blaplelon,  m  his  'Memorials  of  ihe  Hugucnolj,'  gives  the  names 
of  Iwo  Bairds,  Frar.ccis  and  William,  who  emigvaled  from  Lorraine  in  1754. 
These  are  supposed  to  have  gone  to  Ireland  before  coming  to  Ariierica.  Mr. 
Staplcton,  in  his  list  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  credits  them,  but  they  have  not  been  traced." 
—  (5cii7iarncr.) 

I'l'licv  iiinv  tie  William  of  Man^-lu'lii.  X.  T..  16011,  and  Frniicis  of  Warwick,  who 
liad   a   -oil    .M.i.a.— /•.    H.    C.  | 

The  heirs  of  JoHN  BaIRD   (1740),  Manor  of  Masks,  were: 

William,  born  in   1732;   Thomas,   1732,  died   1762;   John.   1728. 
I  homas   had   tons:    Alex,   James,   Thomas,    Andrew. 
Jol-.n  had  sons:   Robert,  Thomas,  John,   William. 

One  of  these  brothers  had  son,  Andrew  (mavried  Susan  Benstead  and  had 
son  Alex),  and  Joiin  (marned  Jane  and  b.ad  William,  and  Mary  who  married 
Conrad). 

[Manor  of   M.i  k^  Caledonia   tract  survcyeil  to  Jinu-s  of  Adam"?  County. — F.  B.  C] 

Jamc'  Bard,  a  native  of  Counly  Down,  near  Belfast,  Ireland,  emigrated  to 
Pennsy'.Nania  durinc;  the  Revolution  and  settled  in  the  Conococheague  Valley  (part 
of  the  Cumberland  Valley).  lbs  grandfather  had  suffered  the  miseries  of  the 
siege  of  Londonderry.  Me  was  enrolled  in  Captai.i  John  McConncll's  company 
of  Col.  Samuel  Culbertson's  Ballalion,  Cumberland  County  Association,  1780-81-82. 
Possibly  lived  in  Lelterkenny  or  Hamilton  township  in  what  is  now  Franklin  County, 
Pennsylvania.  Alter  the  Revolution  he  removed  to  the  Black  Log  X'^alley  in 
Iluntingdnn  Cour.')'.  Pennsylvania,  where  his  children  were  reaied  and  where  he 
died.  He  was  married  in  Ireland  to  Jane  Rutherford,  whom  he  left  in  Ireland 
with  his  Iwo  sons,  William  and  Hugh.  After  the  Revolution  Mrs.  Bard,  with  her 
sons,  came  to  Ameiica,  landing  at  New  York  after  a  voyage  of  three  months. 
She  made  the  journey  to  Conococheague  ir,  a  wagon.  They  had  James,  Adam, 
Samuel  and  Nancy,  born  in  Pennsylvania;  William  and  James  died  without  issue. 
Hugh  married  and  moved  to  western  Pennsylvania;  Adam  to  Mifflin  County. 
Samuel  married  first  Mary  Morr.an;  they  had:  Joshua,  Harrison,  George,  James, 
Thomas,  Mrs.  Jacob  Sellers,  Mrs.  John  Early,  Mrs.  Henry  Gerrier,  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  Middlclon. 

William,  1774-1839,  was  probably  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  of  Rocky 
Spring.  He  manied  Jane  Martin  in  1794.  Their  sons  were  James  (1795-1862) 
and   David. 

James  was  for  many  years  a  teacher.     Captain  Bard,  as  he  was  called,  married 


EARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  57 

Margaret  Orr  in  1820.  Slie  was  a  sislcr  cf  ihc  Orr  brotheis,  founders  of  the 
boroiigh  o'  Oirslown,  FrankLn  Counly,  Pa.  James  and  Mart;aret  liad  live  sons: 
Samuel  M.,  William  S.,  John  O.,  1  Iiomas  O.,  and  David  James,  and  two  daugli- 
tiTS.  Jane,  married  first  James  Breckenndge,  second  John  Quigley;  and  Isabella 
(died  m    1699). 

Another  William  Baird,  of  Armag'i  township,  Mifn}n  County,  conveyed  land 
to  his  son  Samuel  in  I7b2.  His  wife  was  Jean,  and  Samuels  wife  was  Martha. 
Samuel  died  in  1788.  Issue:  John,  James,  Martha,  Agnes,  William,  Samuel,  Mary 
and  Hugh. 

Seilhamer  says  of  Robert  Baiid,  born  in  Lancaster  in  1756,  whose 
childisii  recollections  were  associated  \v:tli  incidents  of  the  French  war: 

"This  feems  to  indicate  that  he  was  born  in  what  is  now  Dauphin  County, 
near  Derry  Church,  whtie  there  was  a  Baud  family  at  a  very  early  period.  In 
those  early  days  the  name  of  Lancaster  was  often  made  to  embrace  a  very  wide 
region." 

The  following  is  from  the  Derry  Church  tombstone:  "Here  lies  the  body 
of  James  Baird,  who  departed  this  life  in  the  63th  year  of  his  age,  June  12,  1781."  — 
{H.  H.  S'nenl(,  Custo'lian  of  Public  Record  of  Penmy^lvania.) 

fTlii'i  ninv  liavc  been  tlic  lui'-lwinl  nf  .M.Trvj.uct  Iirciwii  ,tih1  t'.ulu-r  cl  K'licrt. — 
/'.   U.   C] 

"One  of  the  most  gifted  and  cultured  families  that  the  counly  has  given  to  the 
world  is  the  BaIRD  family.  This  name  is  recognized  and  represented  in  many  of 
the  higher  ranges  of  culture,  especially  in  history  and  theology.  I  he  Baird.s  of 
New  ^'ork  (Robert  and  son)  have  produced  the  classic  historians  of  the  Huguenot 
race  and  achievements  so  rich  in  memories  and  in  inspiration,  while  ELloKne  Re- 
vealed' and  the  'History  of  the  New  School  Presbyterian'  are  the  special  province 
of  church  history  and  theology  of  peculiar  %a!ue  and  remarkable  interest.  These 
last  two  works  were  the  production  of  Dr.  Samuel  J.  Bmrd,  a  native  of  Fayette, 
and  one  of  the  most  subtle  and  acute  of  American  theologians.  \\  illiaM  LogaN 
and  Thomas  Dickson  Baird,  both  of  this  family,  attained  fame  in  scholarship  as 
educationalists  in  Baltimore  and  the  South.  I  hey  were  men  of  large  acquirements 
and  great  mental  force,  and  represented  the  liberal  training  and  pure  culture  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Western  Pennsylvania  in  those  days  that  have  passed 
into  history  or  have  lingered  only  in  the  dim  and  fad:ng  light  of  expiring  tradition." 
■ — (Nelson's  Biograp.  Hiitorical  Reference  Bool(  of  FaVctIc  Coiinl)),  Penni\;lvania.) 

THE  BLOCKHOUSE  EPISODE. 

Ai    Told   by   Alexander,  Jr.,  Son   of   Alexander,  Sr.,   Son   of  Robert  Baird. 

He  remembered  on  his  grandmother's  [must  have  been  his  great- 
grandmother]  brow  a  mark  or  line  of  grey  fur,  where,  when  she  was 
captured  by  the  Indians,  they  cut  the  skin  on  her  forehead  and  put  a 
grey  squirrel  cap  on  her  head  and  bound  it  on.  The  skin  healed  up 
and  kept  the  mark  of  fur.  She,  with  her  baby,  was  stolen  by  the  In- 
dians, and  one  night,  while  the  Indians  slept,  she  crawled  into  a  hollow 
log  with  her  child.  Her  husband,  with  the  white  men  from  the  camp, 
surprised  the  Indians,  and  in  their  haste  to  escape  they  could  not  find 
Mrs.  Baird,  so  she  was  rescued  by  the  white  men. 

[Colonel  Sam  Morgan,  of  Xaslivillc,  Tcnn.,  Ii.Td  as  pnests  for  dinner  my  fatlur, 
.Mexanrlcr,  and  my  uncle.  Cliarl'-s  P.  Baird.  DiirinR  the  dinner  he  ^aid,  "Our  families 
have  been  friends  before."      During  the  Revolutionary  War  Washington  once  sent  two 


38  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

nun  l)y  tlic  n.inu-  of  Mur^Tin  nnd  a  yiniiiK  man  nnnicrl  I'ain'  to  sec  linw  fared  tlic  people 
in  the  lilDoklionse.  'lliey  wire  Kiii<le<l  by  a  trii'-ty  Indian.  Wlicn  tlicy  reached  tlie  place 
there  was  only  a  pile  (if  ashes,  and  anionn  tluise  kilL-d  were  the  parents  of  the  two 
.Morp;an  hoy--.  The  wife  of  yomiK'  I'.aird  conld  niPt  he  fonnd,  so  they,  with  the  Indian 
Kuide.    wriit    in    hot    pursuit   and    re-enicl    her   after    several    days.  —  /•'.    II.    C.\ 

"Shortly  after  RoBERT  Baird,  Sr.,  settled  in  Fayette  County,  Pennsylvania,  a 
family  by  the  name  of  Morgan  sct'led  near  where  Mor^^anlown,  W.  Va., 
now  stands.  The  Indians  were  troublesome;  the  men  who  cleared  the  lands  had 
lo  keep  Runs  wilh  them,  or  near  at  hand  in  the  fields.  On  one  occasion  the  elder 
son  of  the  Morgans  went  away  on  business,  and  when  he  returned  he  found  their 
home  burned  and  his  father,  mother  and  one  brother  and  sister  murdered  by  the 
Indians.  Me  stood  Icrror-slrickcn.  Two  of  the  younger  children^a  boy  and  girl- 
had  run  away  and  hidden  themselves.  John  Morgan  then  and  there  took  an  oath 
that  he  would  kill  every  Indian  he  saw.  Several  years  after  this,  during  which 
time  he  did  kill  many  redskins,  he  went  to  Baltimore  for  salt  with  his  pack  horses. 
In  ilie  cily  one  day  he  saw  a  small  crowd  of  men  and  boys  who  were  having  fun 
over  something.  As  he  looked  in  among  them  he  saw  an  Indian  cutting  up  pranks. 
Capt.  Jafk  Morgan  turned  away,  but,  remembering  his  oath,  he  returned  and  killed 
the  Indian.  Of  course  he  was  remanded  to  jail  for  trial  for  murder.  His  attorney 
heard  his  story,  his  oath,  etc.,  and  then  asked  if  he  had  no  friend  who  could  testify 
lo  these  things.  He  said  RoBERT  Baird  of  western  Pennsylvania  could.  So  BaIRD 
was  sent  for.  After  hearing  the  testimony,  the  verdict  of  'Not  guilty'  was  returned, 
and   the  two   friends  came  home   with   their   pack   horses. 

"In  September,  1879,  the  Bairds  held  a  centennial  gathering  at  the  old  home  In 
memory  of  the  first  settling  of  old  Grandfather  RoBERT  Baird  on  these  lands." — 
(From  an  Old  Letter  lo  James  P.  Baird.) 

New  York. 

Samuel  Baird,  LL.D.,  of  New  York,  physician,  was  born  at  Philadelphia  in 
1742;  his  father  was  John  Baird.  Although  a  Royalist,  he  was  Washington'* 
physician   after  peace  was  declared.  "- — (Lo\)alisls   during   the   Revolution,  Sabine.) 

William  Baird,  of  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  married  Grace  Black. 
Their  children  were: 

Thomas,   married    Mary    McCall    and    moved   to   Glasgow. 
William  is  a  Sabbath  School   Missiona'y,  and  lives  at  Peabody,  Kans. 
Andrew  is  Stale  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  lives  at  Topeka,  Kans. 
Ma'y  and  Grace  live  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

James  Baird,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  McCall  Baird,  came 
to  America,  1881;  married  Elizabeth  Elwood.  They  have  a  son, 
Kenneth  E.  Baird,  and  lived  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 

William  Baird  and  wife,  Margaret,  came  from  Scotland.  Their 
children  were: 

Isaac.      Married,   first  Sarah   Duy,   second   Hannah   Duy    (a  sister  of  Sarah;    she 

died  at  Orange,  N.  Y.,  1873).    Isaac  died  at  Manayunk,  Pa.,  in  1829. 
John. 
James. 
Robert. 
William. 
Annie. 
Mary. 
William  and  Annie  are  supposed  to  have  come  to  the  United  States  about  1811. 


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Isaac  and  Sarah  D.  BaIRD  had  a  daupl.ter.  Christiana  M..  who 
married  Thomas  S.  Houston,  and  died  at  Middlelon.  N.  Y.  Isaac 
and  Hannah  D.  BaiRD  had  a  son.  William  J.,  born  at  German- 
town,  Pa.,  in  1827.  He  hved  with  his  son  in  New  York  City.  He  was 
a  manufacturing   chemist. 

William  J.  Baird  had  a  son,  Wm.  Raimond  Baird,  of  New 
York  City. 

Julian  William  Baird  was  an  American  chemist  in  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  1859;  profes?or  of  analytical  and  orfjanic  chemistry  m 
Massachusetts  Collei^e  of  Pharmacy.  Boston,  in  1886;  its  dean  in  1887. 

[Tliis   ni.iy   be   William    ].  —  F.    B.   C.\ 

Isaac  RaIRD  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1771.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica about  1791,  and  lived  in  north.western  New  York  Slate.  In  1801 
he  married  Olive  Southwood  at  Victor,  south  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Isaac  B.  had  a  brother,  BaRNLS,  and  tl'.ree  sisters.  His  children 
were: 

ElI/aeftH    (Betsy),    bom    aho;il    1(^04.      Ma  ried    Alfred    Coourod.      Lived    in 

Onlario,    Wayne   County,    N.   Y. 
Isaac,    born     1808.      Married     Mary     Ulley.    of     V.  illiartron,     N.    Y.      Lived    at 

Palmyra.    N.   Y. 
LuciNDA   Manvii.le,  bo-n    1809.      Married  Jacob  Cook   Fleming,   Victor.   Monroe 

County.     Moved  to   Pulteyviile,    N.   Y. 
James     AucU.STUS,     born     1812.      Married     Ann.      Lived     at     Fairport.      Owned 

canal  boats. 
David.     Married    Harriet   Taylor,    of   Solus,    N.   Y..    in    1817.     Died    at    Holjtein, 

Mich.    1891. 
Hannah.     Married    Henry   Ostrander,   of   Penfield,   N.   Y. 
Clarissa    Marion,    born    in    Waterloo,    N.    Y.,    1819.     Married    Thomas    Fiem- 

mg.     Eleven   children. 
1^UC\'  Oriij  a.      Married  Henry  Shepard,  of  Pittsford.    Died  in  Genessce  County, 

Mich.    Six   children. 
MiranD-^.      Married   David    Bertram,   of    Penfield,    N.   Y.      He   died    a   soldier   in 

the  Civil  War.    She  married  Mr.  Black,  — ,  Mich.    Three  children. 
Jut.IA  Ann,  born  in  Victor.      Married  Albert  Eastman.     Six  children. 
Thomas   Barnes,  born  in   1831    in  Perrington,   N.  Y.    Went  West. 

Children  of  Elizabeth  Baird  and  Alfred  Coourod. 

William   C. 

Alexander. 

Alfrld. 

Mary. 

William,  who  lived  at  Canandagua,   N.  Y. 

James  W. 

George  A. 

Harriet  E. 

David    H.,   lived    at    HoUtein,   Oceanic   County,    Mich.,   since    1879. 


60  baird  and  beard  families 

Maryland. 

Ricliard  Beard,  who  was  in  Anne  Arundel  County  befoie  1654,  may  have 
descended  from  the  Bairds  of  North  Kelsy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Maryland 
Assembly,  1662-78.  Mis  name  occurs  frecjuenlly  in  the  proceedings  of  that  body. 
For  many  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace.  f-Ie  died  about  16ftl.  Mis  will 
names  wife  Rachel,  sons  Rirhavd.  John  and  daughter,;  Ruth,  Rebecca,  Rachel. 
Richard,  the  son  of  Richard,  was  also  promment  m  public  affairs  of  Anne  Arundel 
County  and  was  one  of  the  county  commissioners.  Me  was  also  in  Maryland 
Assembly.  He  had  sons,  Richard  and  Malhew.  Otiier  Beards  of  Maryland  were 
Lewis    Beard   of   .Somerset    and    Vv  illiam   of    Dorcesler    County. 

[Possibly  dcsieiulcd  frnrn  Kicliard,  wlio  came  to  tlie  precinct  of  Lurs  witli  I'ranci? 
Blcmicrliassct.      Kicli.Trd  lia<l  lands  in  County   Feniianagii,   Ireland,  in    1659. — /•".   D.  C] 

Esther,  daughter  of  Maj.  William  Baird  of  Hagerslown,  married  Joseph  Little 
and  iiad  a  son  William.  Maj.  William  Baird  died  at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  in  1791. 
Me  was  an  officer  in  Biaddock's  expedition.  In  1775  member  of  Maryland  Provincial 
Convenllon  for  upper  district  of  Frederick  (now  Washington)  County.  In  1775 
he  owned  land  in  Virginia.  North  Carolina  and  Kentucky.  By  his  first  wife 
he  had  a  son  William  and  a  daughter  Esther.  By  his  second  wife,  Margarel 
Reynolds  (a  widow),  he  had  Ruth  (Mrs.  Wallace),  Fannie  and  Margaret. 

[Tlie  only  Esther  I  t'lnd  is  of  the  I'rancis  of  Warwick  line.  She  was  dani^liter 
of  William    K.      J'aimic  or   I'l antes   is  also   one  of  their   names. — F.  B.   C] 

Robert  Beard  died  in  St.  Mary's  County,  Maryland,  about  1685.  In  his  will, 
dated  1683,  he  left  a  plantation  called  Beard's  Choice,  to  a  son  (not  named) 
of  his  biother  Christopher,  "if  he  come  into  Maryland  within  ten  years."  Me  may 
have  been  a  brother  of  Christopher  Bard,  who  was  a  son  of  Richard  Bard  of 
1  ealby  Grange.  It  is  also  possible  that  he  was  a  son  of  Maximilian  Bard  of 
Flammersmilh,  and  that  by  his  brother  Christopher  was  meant  that  Christopher 
Bard,  who  was  matriculatecf  at  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  1658.  Robert  of  Mary- 
land left  no  male  issue.  The  bulk  of  his  estate,  St.  Margaret's  Field,  St.  Mar- 
garet's Forest  and  Speedwell,  went  to  his  grandsons,  William  and  Robert  Meakin. 
His  will  names  a  daughter  Margaret  and  a  son-in-law  William  Meakin;  also  a 
daughter,    Elizabeth    Meakin. 

John  Bard.  Supposed  to  have  gone  from  Borden,  Kent  County,  England,  to 
Wales.       Probably   born   in    1570. 

George   came   over  wi;h   Governor   Winthrop   in    1630. 

Thomas,  wlio  was  living  in  1704,  had  a  son  George,  "nephew  of  Robert,  who 
died  in  St.  Mary  County,   Maryland,  in    1685." 

[This  Thomas  may  have  been  a  son  of  (leorge,  who  came  in   1630. — F.  B,  C.\ 

Massachusetts. 
Andrew  Beard.     Married  Mary  Williams.     Died  January  8,  1717. 

[Note. — lie  was  in   Arlington,   Mass.,   in   167^;  in  Bellerica  in   1713.] 

The  following  are  supposed  to  have  been  their  family: 

John,  born   in    1668;    married   Hannah. 

Simon,  married,   first,   Hannah,    1725;    second,  Sarah   Hopkins. 

Ebenezer,  born  in    1701;   married  Esther   (born  in   1724). 

Jacob,  born  in    1709;    married  Abigail. 

Martha,  born  in   1714;    married  Nathan  ,  her  guardian. 


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Of  these,   John   is  tiic  only  one  positively  known  to  be  the  son  of 
Andrew. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
Children  of  John  and  Hannah  Beard: 

John,   born   in    1716;    married   Hannah  . 

Aaron,    1717-1797,    married   Susanna    Fro?t. 
Andrew,    born    in    1719;    married    Elizabeth    Nichols. 
Mary,    '.721-1738. 
David,    born    in    1723. 

Jonathan,  bom  in    1725;    married  Deborah  . 

Nalhan,   married,   first,    Mary;    second,  Sarah   Eames    (widow). 

Children  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  Beard: 

Abigail,  bom   in    1737;    married   Ephra'm   Black. 
Jacob,  born  in    1738. 
Jacob,   born    in    17*11. 
Mary,   born   in    1746. 
Martha,   born   in    1747. 

THIRD   GENERATION. 
Children  of  Aaron  and  Susanna  Frost  Beard: 

Aaron,    born    in     1742. 

Susanna,    1744-1829;    married   Samuel    Hopkins. 

David,    born    in    1746;    married    Dorcas    Howard. 

Hannah. 

Anna,   born    in    1752;    married   John   Foster. 

Jonathan,    1755-1843    (minister),    married    Abigail    Kidall. 

Isabcll.   born    in    1757;    married   John    Baldwm. 

Dorcas,  born   in    1759. 

Hannah,    born    in     1761;     married    Ephraim    Tarbell. 

Ilhamar,    1764-1843;    married   Hannah   Eames    (widow),    1788. 

Childien  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Nichols  Beard: 

Andrew,   born   in    1741;    married   Elizabeth   Burnap. 

Elizabe  h,    born    in    1743. 

Wiliiarr,  born   in    1745;    married,   first,  Sarah   Nichols;    second,   Dorcas   Neil. 

Cleveland,   born   in    1747;    married   Elizabeth    Foster. 

Joseph,  born  in    1750;    married  Susanna. 

Phoebe,   married  John   Emerson. 

Hepsebah,   born    in    1755. 

Abegail,  born   in    1757. 

Dorcas,   born    in    1759. 

Mary,  born  in   1763. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  lathamar  and  Hannah  E.  Beard: 

Ithamar  Eames,  1789-1871;  born  at  Tweeksbury,  Mass.  He  was  Preceptor  at 
Acad 'my  of  Littleton,  Mass.;  came  to  Lowell,  1826,  where  he  died.  Mar- 
ried   Mary    Warren.    1812. 

Abner. 


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Hannah,    born    in    1797;    married    Nalhan    Price. 
Abif;ail  A.,  married  Thomas  L.  Bales. 

FIFTH    GENERATION. 
Children  of  Ithaniar  E.  and  Mary  W.  Beard: 

llliamar    Warren,    born    in    1814.     Married,    first,    Mary    Atkins   Todd;    second. 

Abbe    W.     Mansur. 
Sarah   E.,  born   in    1817. 
Hannah  T.,  born   in    1822. 
John   Quincy   .Adams,   born    in    1824. 
Susan   Wheeler,    1827. 

Charlotte  Jane;    married   in    1829.  * 

Henry  Clay.    1831. 

SIXTH    GENERATION. 
Children  of   Ithamar  W.   and  : 


Ithamar    Warren,    bom    in    1840;    married    Marcy    Foster. 
Mary    Warren,   born   in    1841. 
Abigail,  born  m    1843. 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Ithamar  W.  and  Marcy  F.   Beard: 

Theodora,   born   in    1871. 

Ithamar   Mausur.    1372   (244  E.    105th  St.,   New  York  City). 

Eliza  ^X'arren,    1674. 

Mary,   born   in    1876. 

Alison. 

Margaret. 

A  letter  from  John  Ham,  genealogist,  follows: 

|lIo  siiK!ii'-ts  tlic  RcKMstry  of  WiHs  anil  DceiU  of  I'.xi-'U-r.  \.  IF.,  would  be  of 
if.U-iest   1 

"William  and  Thomas  Beard  were  contemporary  settlers  in  old  Dover,  N.  H. 
They  could  not  have  been  father  and  son;  they  may  have  been  brothers.  William 
lived  in  Oyster  River  Parish  (now  Durham).  He  was  at  least  21  when  he  deeded 
land  in  1640  to  Frances  Mathas.  He  owned  and  lived  in  a  garrison  house  on 
the  east  side  of  Oyster  River,  just  above  the  present  Brinker  Garrison.  He 
married  Ehzabeth  as  early  as  1657,  when  they  jointly  signed  a  deed.  They  may 
have  married  earlier.  He  was  Selectrr.an  1660-62.  He  was  the  "good  old  man" 
who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1675.  One-half  of  his  estate  was  given  to 
hit  widow  Elizabeth;  the  other  half  to  Edward  Leathers  unless  the  widow  should 
need    it    for    her    maintenance.      He    evidently    had    no    children. 

"Thomas  (born  in  1608)  was  a  settler  on  Dover  Neck  (as  appears  by  a  deposi- 
tion.     He    married    Mary    as    early    as    1650    (possibly    years    earlier).      Hii 

will  was  dated  December  16,  1678.  He  was  admitted  freeman  in  Massachusetts  in 
1643,  and  was  taxed  in  Dover  in   1648  and  many  years  after." 

Thomas  Beard,  in  his  will,  gives  property  to  his  wife  Mary,  to  his  sons  Joseph 
and  Thomas,  and  to  his  daughter  Martha  (wife  of  James  Bunker),  and  Elizabeth 
(wife  of  Jonathan  Watson).     He  was  Selectman  of  Dover  in    1661. 


EARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  63 

Joseph  (1),  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  was  horn  in  1653;  lived  in  Dover  Neck. 
Married  as  early  as  1692  Esihar  Philbrick,  daughter  of  James  of  Hampton.  Joseph 
died,  and  on  Febiuary  9,  1703,  his  widovk-  Esther  was  appointed  adminisliatnx  of 
his  estate.     His  widow  married  Sylvanus  Nock,   1705. 

Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  and  Esther,  was  "Ensign."  Married  Elizabeth 
Waldron  March,  1700.  Me  was  dead  as  early  as  1723,  for  his  widow  was  ap- 
pointed  adminislralrix   of  his  estate. 

There  was  also  a  Samuel  of  Dover,  who  had  a   family. 

I  find  Thomas  and  Mary  Beard  had  a  son  William,  born  May  12.  1664; 
died  same  year;  also  a  daug'itei,  Hannah,  born  October  24,  1666;  not  mentioned 
in  will  of  Thomas,  1698.  May  have  died  previously.  The  garrison  of  \^'illiam 
Beard  came  into  (he  possession  of  the  Leathers  family  and  was  destroyed  in  the 
Indian   assault  on   Durham   in    1694. 

Mary   Beard   married  John   Hudson   in  July,    16W9. 

H'Sler  Beard  i.iarried  Joseph  Hall  in  November,    1707. 

Samuel  and  Bndj^el,  children  of  Joseph  B.,  baptized  by  Rev.  Jonothan  CusSing. 
of    First    Church,    Dover,    1719.     (Children    of    Joseph    ant!    Eliza    Vv'aldron    Beard.) 

The  Lynn  records  show  John  Bard,  son  of  John  (born  1668)  possibly  ancestor* 
of  the  Bards  of  Billerica  and  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Ferrisburg,  V'l.  Name  is  as  often 
written  Bca'd  as  Bard.  Thomas  Beard,  Salem,  Mass.,  1629.  William  of  Dover. 
N.  H.,  1640.  James  and  Jeremy,  Milford,  Conn.,  1642.  Aaron  Permaquid,  1674. 
Thomas   of    Ipswich,    1675. 

David,  of  Billerica,  Mass.,  married  Hannah  Haywood.  Their  son  David  mar- 
ried Ma'v  Int^ersol,  of  Nelson,  N.  H.;  David  and  Mary  had  a  son.  Simon 
Ingersol  Bard,  who  was  born  at  Nelson,  N.  H.,  1797;  died  at  Derby,  \'t.,  1852. 
Simon  was  a  physician  at  Hillsboro,  N.  11.,  and  later  at  Francistown.  He  subse- 
quently moved  to  Derby.  He  married  Lucinda  S.  Morse,  and  had  three  daughters 
and  one  son,  George.  George  was  a  graduate  of  Andover  Seminary  in  1860.  He 
married  Jerusha  Gould  Parker,   1861. 

Thr!re  was  a  Margaret  Bard  at  Boston,  1768,  and  an  Edward  Bard  living  ai 
ChArlcslon,  Mass..  in  1774,  whose  wife  was  Sarah.  Their  children  were  Mary, 
Nai.v.^    and   Edward. 

Warren  Bard,  a  native  of  Ferrisburg.  Vt.  Born  1809,  married  Mary  Jane 
Webster,    1836.— (A'cn'  Englaml   Ccncalofjcal  Rcgiitcr,  Vol.    Ill,  p.    190.) 

Thomas  Beard,  freeman   (p.  243)  ;   Aaron  Beard,  freeman. 

British  Officers  in  America — Ford. 

William    Bard,   ensign.  80   Reg..    1761. 

Scotch-Irish  Pioneers — Bolton. 

Names   of  Falben  on  Preibyicrian  Baptismal  Records  in   Boston,    1730-36. 
James  Baird. 

Worcester — James   Hamton   attended   "fore  sect." 
Sixth  seel,  Thomai  Beard  or  Baird  (Worcester  Society,  Vol.  2,  p.  28.) 

VERMONT. 

John     Baird    was    born    in     1770.      Married    Harriett    Kilburn    in     1815.     They 


64  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

resided    at    Chillendon,    Vt.     Their    children    were:    Tyler;    Lester,    married 
Lucy    Barry;    Charles    V.    W.,    married    Martha   J.    Fletcher;    Laura    Ann; 
Lucy  Jane,   married   Monleville   Dow;    Rufus   K.,  married   Phoebe   Hubbard. 
1  homas  Baird's  "father  born  in  Scotland." 

fTlii.i  is  the  s-anic  tradition  of  liie  Wisconsin  Bairds — "Thomas  of  Scotland"  and 
these  may  he  descendants  of  those  whom  the  Wisconsin  folks  visited.  Mary  Baird 
Corrigan    nlso    visited    relatives    in    N'ermont.] 

Thomas   Baird,   born   at   Pillsford,  Vt.     Married   Eliza. 

Children  of  TllOMAS  and  EliZA  BairD: 

Albert   (children). 

Milon  E.     Married  Fanny  L.  T.,  New  York  City. 

Fred   (children). 

Harland. 

Addie.     Married  Mr.  Baird   (children).  Chittender,,  Vt. 

Alfred    (childicn),   Harlland,   Me. 

Emery    (children),   Rutland,   Vt. 

Jessie.     Married  Mr.  Perry   (children),  Chittenden,  Vj. 

Vernon   (children),  Chittenden,  Vt. 

Herbert   (childien),   Boston,   Mass. 

Children  of  MlLON  E.  and  FanNY  L.  T.  BairD: 

Louclla  T.,  boin   1887. 
Ivy  T.,   1891. 
George,  born   1893. 
Charles  T..  born   1896. 

NEV/  HAMPSHIRE. 

Married  by  Rev.  John   Pike,  New  Hampshire. 

John   Hr.dfon   to  Mary  Beard,    1689. 
Joseph   Beard   to  Elizabeth   Waldron,    1700. 
Sylvanus  Nock  to  Hester   Beard    (widow),    1705. 
Joseph  Hall  to  Easier   Beard.    1707. 

Province   of    New   Hampshire. 

1754.      His  Majesty's  service  on  Merrymack  River. 

Col.  Joseph  Blanchard,  commander.  Simon  Beard.  (Potter's  Mil.  Hiit.,  Ac^j. 
Rep..  Vol.  2,   1866,  p.   119.) 

Capt.  Tillon's  company.     William   Beard. 
1752.      Petitioner  for  township,  Samuel   Beard. 
November,   1 7'i6.     Simon  Baird,  living. 
November   i7>8.      Robert  and  Simon  Baird,  Nottingham. 
November,    1785.      Elijah   Beard,   Hillsborough. 
November,    1784.     Jonathan    Baird,   Hanover. 
November,   1702.     Simon  Beard,  Dracut  township. 
William   Baird,    1718.        (Historical  Society.) 

VIRGINIA. 

Lord  Baltimore  engaged  the  services  of  his  brother,  Leonard  Calvert,  in  found- 
ing the  colony.  Twenty  gentlemen  of  fortune  and  two  or  three  hundred  person*  of 
the  laboring  class,  mostly  Roman  Catholic,  landed  in  1634  at  Point'  Comfort,  going 
thence  to  Maryland. 


FARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  .  63 

Upon  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nanlfs,  bv  Louis  XIV,  16S5.  more  than 
half  a  million  of  French  Proteslanis,  cailcu  I  iiiguenols,  f^cd  from  the  jaws  of 
persecution  'o  foreign  countries.  About  forty  tliousand  took  refuge  in  England. 
In  1690  William  111  sent  over  a  number  of  them  to  Virginia,  and  lands  were 
allotted  to  them  on  the  James  River. 

In  1622  there  occurred  a  massacre.  Nemallenon  (Jack  of  the  Feather),  an 
Indian,  entered  a  store  of  one  of  the  settlers  named  Morgan  and  murdered  him. 
This  was  near  Berkley  (Brickly),  on  the  James  River,  and  has  been  since  known 
as   (he  seal   of   the   Harrisons. — (A/ii/ort;   of    Virginia,   Campbell.) 

Thomas    Baird   came   on    the   Assurance    to    Virginia    in    1635. 

Robert    Baird,   came   with   an    F.nglisli   family   as   a  servant   in    1635.   aged    16. 

Elizabeth   Baird  came  on   the  Increase,  in  .1635,  aged  24  years. 

This  Thomas  possibly  is  the  same  as  mentioned  m  the  will  of  Charles  Haivty. 
with  Thomas  Juxon — -"CovHin  Thomr.s  Bard  and  his  wife  and  Thomas  Juxon  and 
his  wife  — grandson  of  \\  illinm  Juxon,  Bishop  of  London.  Among  his  cousins 
was  "\^  illie  Juxon,  late  of   Virginia." 

('i"linni,Ts  wa*  iio^si'.ly  ^(in  or  rcplu'w  nf  Rev.  Cicori.:''  I'.ainl  of  Staines.  MiiMle'o.x, 
luiglai'il.       lie    \va--   Ixini    in    i6io. — F.    B.    C] 

Tl.is  coat  of  arms  was  copied  from  a  silver-mounted 
hunting  horn,  which  belonged  to  JOHN  Baird,  of  Muck- 
croft,  who  lived  in  Virginia. 

Patrick,  the  son  of  John,  and  Patrick,  the  son  of  Robert  were 
contemporaries  :>i  the  barony  of  Glasgow.  John  Bard  is  mentioned 
in  1511  in  connection  with  the  lands  of  Estyr  Mockrow  and 
Edyngeich.  In  1538  John  Bard's  son  Patrick  had  the  lands.  In  1556  these  lands 
passed  to  Jolin,  son  of  Patrick  and  Ins  wife,  Margaret  Tryndal.  Patrick  (his  ion) 
married  Maigaret  Gorlschoir,  and  they  had  a  son  John.  i  his  may  have  b«<n  the 
family.— (H^(7/iGm   anj   Mary   Quarlerh\) 

Bristoi    Parish.  Bi.andforu  Brick  Church  Cemetery. 

First  recorded  vestry  October  30,  1720 — John  Baird,  1785;  William  Baird. 
1807. 

William   Baird.      Married   Lucy   .Ann    (Atkinson)   Jones. 

Mary  Da-rd.  Married  Thomas  Poythress,  editor  and  legislator.  Their  daugh- 
ter married  Col.  B.  M.  Jones. 

Ruffin    Baird,   of   Dinwiddie   County,   married   Anne   Pleasants. 

William  Baird  was  a  delegate  to  the  Convention  of    1809. 

One  of  the  nine  Misses  Poythress  of  Branchcster,  Va.,  married  a  Baird. 

David  Baird  was  a  member  of  the  Intelligence  Committee  at  Blandford  m   1773. 

Samuel  Ruflin  came  to  North  Carolina  from  Virginia,   1752. 

The  daughter  of  John  Beard  ("an  Irishman  of  nobletl  traits")  married  Pierce 
Brogden. 

VESTRY  BOOKS  OF  BRISTOL  PARISH,  PRINCE  GEORGE  COUNTY. 

1763. 
Pagci  197.  200,  201. 

Mrs.  John  Baird.     Credit,  £6-0-6. 

John  Baird.  Sr.  Elected  vestryman  1785.  His  home  wa»  called  Hallsfleld. 
He   imported   race  horses   (p.  270). 

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66  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

John  Bales  Bnird,  son  of  John  and  Polly  Baird,  born   1792. 

Maiy  Daiid.  Marricl  Dr.  I  homas  .'\lkinson,  son  of  Rod{;er  Atkinson,  of 
Cumberland  Co;:nly,  E,n;:;lpnd,  who  came  to  Virginia  in  1750  and  married  Anna 
Pleasants.      1  lome,   "M?nsheld,  "   Dinwiddie  County,   Virginia. 

William    Baird.      Married   sister  of  Captain  Joseph   Kinkead.  ' 

Susan  Baiid.  M.irricd  Nathaniel  Pendleton,  who  was  boin  in  1746  at  Martins- 
burg,  Va,  In  1775  he  was  aid-de-camp  lo  Gen.  Nalhanael  Greene.  Fie  was  an 
eminent  lawyer  of  New  York  and  the  second  of  Alexander  Hamilton  in  his  duel 
with  Aaron  Burr.     They  had  a  son,  John  Bard  Pendleton. 

Robert  Polylhress,  of  Prinrc  Georc^e  County,  Virginia,  had  nine  beautiful 
daughters  (called  the  "Muses").  One  of  these  rra.ried  Bland,  one  Harrison,  one 
Baird    (may  have  had   son  James  Harrison   Baird). 

Robert   Baifd  ta-Tie  to  Nansemon:!   Coiin;y,  Virginia,  willi   Mr.   Moone. 

Samuel  Beard  (son  of  Adam  and  Elizab?lh  Beard),  married  Mary  Mitchell  in 
1778.  He  located  in  Bedford  County,  Virginia  (now  Bedford  City).  The  an- 
ccsiir.I  home,  bi  ill  in  IfcCO,  is  now  occupied  by  his  son  and  granddaughter,  Miss 
VirpiPia  Belle  Thomas. 

Stephen  Baird  went  into  Kentuiky  from  Virginia  and  located  land  after  the 
Revolution. 

Robert  F.  Baird,  an  eminent  criminal  lawyer,  was  said  to  be  a  descendant  of 
Stephen   oaird. 

James  Flarrison  Baird  married  Frances.  They  had  a  son,  Peter  Baird,  born  at 
Pctcrsl)urg,  Va.,   1795.     His  children  were: 

Alexander  Peter.      Married  Rebecca  Booth,  Surrey  County,  Virginia. 

J.-m?s  William.  Mariied  Virginia  Booth,  of  Alabama.  Left  Virginia,  going 
to  Georgia. 

Richard   Phelnn. 

Robert   Bir.hett. 

Ephriani  Win.Mcld. 

I  eonardas   Floyd, 
i  haddeus    IMontgomery. 

Children  of  ALEXANDER  PeteR  and  RebeCCA  B.  BaiRD: 

James  V/aher  (or  Walker)  (Dr.).  Married  Mollie  Flastings,  Surrey  County, 
Virginia. 

William  Benjamin.      Married  Dora  Smith,   Prince  George  County,  Virginia. 

Alexander   Peter.      Unmarried.      Surrey  County,   Virginia. 

Solon  ^Jv'lnfield.     Married  Lula  Edwards,  Prince  George  County,  Virginia. 

Leonardas   Floyd.      Married    Molly   Bishop,   Prince   George   County,   Virginia. 

Erwin  Finley.     Married  Sally  Booth,  Surry  County,  Virginia. 

Sarah   Ellis.    Married  William   F.  Harrison,  Surrey  County,  Virginia. 

Elizabeth   Francis.     Married  Benjamin  Clary,  Prince  George  County,  Virginia. 

Myrtle  Florence.     Unmarried. 

Ora  Susan. 

r  Record  Kiven  by  L.  F.  Baird,  Disputanta,  Va.,  son  of  one  of  these — possibly 
Leoiiard.is   Floyd.      (See   Isham's  record.)] 

[These  may  be  descended  from  Peter  Bard  who  settled  in  Burlington,  N.  J., 
about    1^00.] 


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John  BaIRD  came  from  County  Tyrone.  Ireland,  to  Cumberland, 
Hamilton  township.  Took,  oath  of  allegiance  and  fidelity,  1  775-8  (No. 
1  I  4  L.  S.,  Andrew  Long).  He  moved  to  Virginia  (now  West  Vir- 
ginia), where  he  bought  400  acres  of  land  in  1785.  The  deed  was 
made  out  in  Richmond,  Va.,  being  signed  by  Edmund  Randolph, 
Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia.  He  married  Jane  Hosick, 
I  790.     Their  children  were: 

John,  born  1792.  Removed  to  Ohio  in  his  twenty-second  year.  Married  in 
1840,  he  went  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  later  to  Kirksville,  Mo.  He  died  there  in 
1865.      Ruling  elder  of   the   Piesbyterian   Church.      Twelve  children. 

Jane.     Married  John  Beal  and  settled  in  Belmont  County,  Ohio. 

George.      Had   a  large   family,   and   lived   to   be   nearly   a  c    itury   Oid. 

ILleanor,    1801 -1863.      Married  James  Jamison,   Dallas,  W.  Va. 

Elizabeth,  born  1803.  Married  William  Miller,  of  Ohio  County.  After  hi» 
death   she   moved   to  Licking  County,  Ohio.     No  children. 

William,    born    1806.      Removed    to    Palaskla,    Ohio,    where    he    died.    1889.      He 
had  two  daughters 

Josiah,  born  1807.  Married  first,  Rosannah  Merchant,  1835;  second,  Polly 
Gaitor,  who  died   1848;    third,  Elizabeth  Chambers,   1850,  who  died  in   1859. 

Riilnn  .M'.rclinr.t  (  f.itlior  of  Ko-aiiti.T)  (whu  dioil  in  if'sp),  came  from  Xortlitielil. 
MriKi"!"'.  i?!^'^;  ouiu'd  the  I'.Inck  Di.iniond  coal  iiiiiu-.  Jo-.C(>h  Chamber,  (  fatlicr  of 
l-Iliznljoth)  w.T".  a  son  of  James  Hamilton  CIiair.I)tr>^,  whose  father  came  from  ("ounty 
Derry,  Ireland.   1790;   settled  in  Lancaster,   Pa. 

Joseph.      (No  record.) 

Child  of  Josiah  and  Rosanna  M.  Baird  (first  wife): 

John.  .Married  Louifa  Nicol,  1865.  Had  one  daughter,  Mary,  who  died  in 
1876.  John  spent  his  life  on  the  farm.  He  was  interested  in  fine  wool  growing. 
He  introduced  the  bronze  turkey  and  Italian  bees. 

Children  of  JosiAH  and  PoLLY  G.  BaIRD  (second  wife)  : 
Joseph,  born   1838. 
Mary,  born   1841. 
Jane,  born   1844. 
James  Hcrvey,  born    1847. 

Children  of  JOSIAH  and  ELIZABETH  C.  BaIRD  (third  wife)  : 

William  C,  born   1852.      Married  Margaret   McColloch. 

Rebecca  Ellen,  born  1853.  Lived  at  the  old  home.  Elm  Grove,  Ohio  County, 
W.   Va. 

Josiah  Wallace. 

KENTUCKY  AND  TENNESSEE. 

John  H,  Baird  was  born  in  Kentucky.  1822.  He  came  to  Cali- 
fornia on  the  Niantic.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  under  John  Powers,  the 
first   sheriff  of  San   Francisco.      He  was   elected  State  Senator  in  the 


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legislature  of    1852.   but   recigned   the  ?ame  year.      He  was  appointed 
harbor  commissioner,   1  868.     He  died  in  San  Francisco  in  I  880. 

John  Wilson  Baird,  of  Lo^an  County.  Kentucky,  was  a  ser- 
geant, first,  in  a  Kentucky  Confederate  regiment.  Transferred  to  the 
Eighteenth  Tennessee.  He  fought  at  Hartsville.  Stone  River,  Jackson, 
Chickamauga.  Rocky  Face  Gap,  Stony  Creek  and  Jonesboro.  receiving 
wounds  at  Chickamauga.      Fie  had   relatives  in  Tennessee. 

Thomas  Bcard  married  Pegny  CoUon  in  Nelson  County.  Ken- 
tucky, in   I  794. 

William  Baird  was  a  truftee  in  1806  of  Jefferson  Academy, 
Sullivan  County,  Tennessee. 

JOF!N  Baird  was  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Tennessee 
in  I  794.  In  the  "History  of  Tennessee,"  by  Goodspead,  page  324, 
John  B.  is  mentioned  as  being  due  $80.50  for  traveling  thirty  miles 
and  being  in  (he  House  of  Representatives  thirty-one  days  in  1  794. 

A  John  Baird,  of  North  Carolina,  married  Frances  Plumber. 
He  died  1825  in  Tennessee.  He  had  a  watch,  seal  and  crest  from 
Ireland.  His  children  were:  Mrs.  Samuel  Paul,  Virginia;  Mrs.  John 
Johnson,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  JoHN  Baird. 

■-^Lewis  Baird  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  in  the  North  Carolina 
militia.      His  sons  were: 

Lewis,  born  1795.  Married  Elizabeth  Woolsey,  of  Virginia,  who  owned  a 
farm   in   Whilney   Ky. 

Williani  Baird,  born  in  1819  in  Wliilnty  County.  Kentucky;  died  in  lfi86.  He 
married  Nancy  Barron  (who  wa?  born  in  1821,  died  in  1861),  in  Campbell 
County,  Tennessee.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Barron,  of  Virginia,  who 
removed   first   to  Tennessee,   then    to   Texas. 

Jesse,  born  1826  in  Kentucky.  \^'ent  to  Campbell  County,  Tennessee,  when 
twelve  years  old.     He  married  Louisa  Smith  and  had  nine  sons. 

Child  of  William  and  Nancy  B.  Baird  (may  have  been  others)  : 

L.  C.  (possibly  Lewis),  born  1841.  Campbell  County,  Tennessee.  When  nine- 
teen years  old  he  went  to  Williamsburg,  Ky.,  where  in  August,  1861,  he  joined  the 
First  Regiment  of  Tennessee,  Federal  Infantry,  and  served  until  September,  1864, 
He  was  mustered  out  of  service  at  Nashville.  He  married  Sarah  Bowman,  1865. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Elias  Bowman,  who  was  a  son  of  Sherrod  Bowman  of 
Virginia.  He  was  County  Court  Clerk  and  Trustee  of  Campbell  County,  Tennessee. 
His  children  were:  Cynthia  E.,  Winston,  Calloway,  H.  Maynard,  Annie  J., 
Jennie  N. 

NORTH  CAROLINA. 
These  were  residents  of  Rowen  County: 

1773,  John  Lewis  Beard.  County  Commissioner. 

1791.  John  Lewis  Beard  was  a  member  of  ihe  House  of  Commons. 


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1793,   Lewis  Beard  was   a  Senator   from   Rowet». 

1791,  John   Beard,  Jr.,  was  a  member  of  House  of  Commons. 

1833,  John  Beard,  Jr.,  was  Senator. 

John  Baiid,  Jr.,   1833-34,  Rutherford  County. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

James  Beard  was  in  Lieut. -Col.  Francis  Marion's  South  Carolina 
regiment  in    I  779. 

Richard  Beard  (Dr.)  moved  from  the  Peaks  of  Otter.  Virginia, 
to  Princeton,  Ky.,  then  to  Lebanon,  Tenn.  He  had  sons,  R.  H. 
Beard,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.;  Judge  W.  D.  BeaRD.  of  Jackson,  Tenn., 
and  Judge  E.  E.  BeaRD,  of  Lebanon,  Tenn. 

William  and  Archibald  Baird  were  brothers.  William  went 
to  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  at  the  peace,  and  was  grantee  of  that 
city.  Archibald  was  a  collector  of  cu:toms  at  Georgetown,  South 
Carolina,  but  was  expelled  for  refusing  to  swear  allegiance  to  the  Whigs, 
going  later  to  Europe.  He  died  previous  to  August,  1777. —  {Robert 
Kilb^,  Librarian  of  Nen>   Yo:!^  Historical  Society.) 

Miscellaneous. 

In  1870  President  Grant  nominated  Samuel  Bard  or  BaIRD  to  be 
Governor  of  Idaho  Territory.  In  1372  he  nominated  Samuel  B.  to  be 
deputy  postmaster  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  In  January,  189 — ,  Henry 
D.  Bard  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Brazil,  Ind.,  by  President  Benja- 
min Harrison. 
Thomas  Mad.  Baird's  children: 

Margaret,  born    1798.      Married  Jane   Fulmore. 

Jane,  born   1800.     Drowned. 

John,  born   1803.      Married  Sarah  Ciow,   1827. 

Rebecca,  born   1806.      Married  John  Crow. 

rhorr.as,  born   1808.      Married  Elizabeth  Jane  Hamilton. 

Nancy,  born   1810.      Married  Thomas  McLelland. 

An  Alexander  Barde  was  in  Louisiana  in  1805.  He  wrote  in 
French  about  "Le  Major  Saint-Julien  est  Creole  de  la  Louisianc" 
(Affaires  Barre,   1867). 

Chester  BaIRD  had  brothers,  ChaUNCY,  PhILO,  and  several 
others,  and  a  sister.  Hattie.  M.  D.  BaiRD,  a  son  of  Chester. 
lives  in  Medina,  Ohio. 

Two  Huguenot  Families. 

Peter  Benoist  Bard  fled  to  England,  1  682.  He  was  born  at  Mont- 
pelier.  Languedoc,  in  1670.      Left  Isles  of  Rhe,  France,  after  the  Revo- 


70  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

cation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes.  Died  at  Burlington.  N.  J.,  July  13, 
1734.  He  married  Elizabeth  Parker,  of  England,  in  1692,  His 
son  John  came  to  America.  I  706.  going  to  Burlington,  N.  J.  He 
bought  a  large  tract  of  land.  1714;  sold  it  1715.  Continued  to 
deal  in  lands,  on  which  he  built  mills  and  sawmills.  He  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace,  1720-34;  Colonel  Commandant  of  New  Jersey  Regiment 
of  Foot,  1722;  Judge  oi  Supreme  Court  o[  New  Jersey.  He  married 
at  New  Castle.   Del.,    1709.  Dmah  Marmion.  of  England.      Issue: 

Mary    M..    1710-1803.      Married   Rev.   Colin   Campbell. 

Benoist  (or  Bennett),  1711-1757.  Lived  at  Burlington,  N.  J.;  sheriff  at  Hunter- 
don  County,    1736;    died   a!   Philadelphia. 

Peter.  1712-1769.  Died  at  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.  Commissary  of  second  bat- 
talion of  Pennsylvania  against  Fort  Dvqi'esne,   1758.      Married  Maria  Normandie. 

Samuel,  born   !7I4.     Buried  at  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,    1735. 

John,  born  1716.  at  Burlington.  N.  J.;  died  at  Hyde  Park,  N.  Y.,  1799.  Was 
a  physician.  Be^an  ll^e  practice  in  Philadelphia,  but  moved  to  New  York  in  1746. 
First  president  of  New  York  Medical  Society.  Married  Susanna  Villeam  at  Christ 
Church.    Philadelphia. 

The  coal  of  arms:  Sable  on  a  chevron  between  two  martlets  argent.  Crest: 
An  arm  in  armor  embowered  hand  ppr.,  grasping  sword  argent,  hilt  and  oommel  or. 
Motto:  Fiailc  virlulc. 

THE  BAYARDS. 

The  ship  that  brought  to  New  Amsterdam  May,  1647,  the  last  of  the  Dutch 
governors  of  the  New  Netherlands,  had  also  on  board  Stuyvesant's  beautiful  wife 
and  his  stately  sister,  Anna.  She  was  the  widow  of  Samuel  Bayard,  and  was  ac- 
companied by  her  children.  Catherine,  Petrus,  Balthazar  and  Nicholas.  Colonel 
John  was  a  descendant  of  Petrus  (1738-1807).  It  is  believed  the  father  of  Samuel 
was  a  French  Protestant  divine.  Professor  Nicholas  Bayard,  who,  with  his  wife. 
Blondna  Conde.  a  lady  of  rank,  fled  from  Paris  to  Holland  during  the  religious 
troubles  of  the  sixlernih  century.  He  was  thought  to  be  a  kinsman  of  Signieur  de 
Bayard,  i^icrre  du  Terrail,  among  llie  most  illustrious  soldiers  of  Francis  I  of  France. 

In  Holland  the  name  is  written  Bayert,  and  in  ancient  New  York  documents  as 
Paird,  Biart.  Biard,  Byard.  Nicholas  was  in  charge  of  the  French  church  at 
Antwerp  for  several  years  prior  to  1596.  Lazarrr  was  supposed  to  be  a  brother. 
Col.  Martin  B.-ivard,  of  Ghent,  is  supposed  to  have  been  another  brother.  He  com- 
manded X^'alloon  troops.  Samuel  was  born  at  Breda  and  baptized  in  'he  Walloon 
church  in   1610.     He  was  educated  at  Leyden. 

Four  of  this  family  occupied  seats  in  the  United  States  Senate  almost  contin- 
uously for  fouiscore  years. 

A  large  painting  is  preserved  in  the  family  of  Samuel  and  Anna  Baird  and  their 
four  children  at  their  country  seat  at  Alphen,  a  small  town  of  South  Holland,  on 
the  old  Rhine,  seven  miles  from  Leyden,  where  Peter  was  born. — (Ba\^arJs,  by 
General    James   Grant   Wilson.) 

John  Bayard,  deputy  to  Philadelphia  in   1774. 

Coat  of  arms:  Azure  a  chevron  between  three  escallops  or.  Crest:  A  demi- 
unicorn  argent.     Motto:  Honor  et  juititia. 


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Samuel  had  ihe  same,  except  for  a  demi-horse  argent. 

Though  the  name  is  spelled  diflercntly,  these  two  lines  were  pos- 
sibly descendants  of  Signieur  de  Bayard,  Pierre  du  Terrail,  soldier  of 
Francis  I  of  f-rance,  of  whom  it  was  said,  "sans  peur  el  sans  reproche. 

Data  Regarding  Intermarriages. 

Allen.— David  carr.c  from  Ireland  in  1740.  Married  Susan  White  of  Scotland. 
1  hey  were  great-grandparenis  of  James,  David  and  Susan,  vvlio  settled  in  Franklin 
township,  Fayette  County.  James,  the  grandtatlier,  was  born  in  1748.  Married 
Nancy  Pearis.  David,  the  fathei,  was  born  in  1737,  in  Fayette.  He  married 
Rebecca  Smith.      Mari^aret  Allen  was  of  this  branch. 

Bfal.— Louis  El  win,  born  in  Unionlown,  Pa.,  1848,  was  a  son  of  Louis  D.  and 
Isabella  (Fiesy)  Beal  of  Alleghany  County,  Md.,  who  came  to  Fayette  in  the  early 
forties.  Seven  members  of  tins  family  wc;c  officers  m  the  Continental  Army,  all 
from  Maryland.  1  hree  were  members  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  Louis  is  a 
descendant  of  the  founder  of  Georgetown,  D.  C,  and  also  of  Cumberland.  Md. 
He   was   a   partner   of   Clark    Bread;ng,    1871. 

Chambcp.s. — The  earliest  settler  at  "1  he  Esopus"  of  whom  there  is  any  record 
was  Thomas  Chan'.bers,  1652.  This  began  the  actual  settlement  of  Ulster.  Thomai 
Chambers,  Lord  of  Foxliall  Manor,  died  8th  of  /\pril,  1694.  He  was  the  second 
husband  of  Lauriria  Killenaar.  AbraSam  Gasbeek  Chambers  died  in  1759.  Hi* 
wife  was  Sarah  Cayard. —  (Inscription  in  Family  Vault  of  Thomai  Cbamben, 
'■Old  Uhtcr.") 

CuAMBEUS  (Capt.),  married.  1783,  Sarah  Brown,  daughter  of  Gecge  and 
Agnes  (Maxwell)  Crown,  cf  Brown's  Mill.  Issue:  Geor^je,  Benjamin,  William. 
Joseph,    i  homas,  Sarah  and  Susan.     Sarah  married  Dr.  William  Clark. 

Katherir.e  Flamillon,  a  cousin  of  General  James  Potter,  made  her  Lome  with 
Widow  Potter,  who  became  IVlrs.  Martha  Biown,  wife  of  1  homas  Biown,  of 
Brown's  Mills.  It  was  between  1760  and  1767  that  yount;  James  Chambers,  <he 
eldest  son  of  Colonel  Benjamin  Chambers  (the  founder  of  Chambersburg),  came  to 
the  Potter  iiome  courting  Miss  Hamilton.  She  was  the  orphan  daughter  of  John 
Hamilton  and   Isabella  PoUer,  and  became  the  wife  of  James  Chambers. 

I  It  is  from  llu-  I'.vowi  s  of  I'.ri'wn'^  Mill  I'lat  .Mnri;aret  linavu  I'.aini  i--  vuji;,oscil  to 
hnve  .l.-ccniU.l.      S!.c   lia.l  .-.   ;rr;.n.ls..ii,    ].,<c,'h    fli,iiii1)cr^    n.iinl.l 

Brown,  Wili  IAM  (Judre)  was  son  of  Alexander,  an  eaily  settler  on  the  West 
Conocheapue  Creek,  two  miles  eart  of  Mercersburg,  Pa.  Colonel  Alexander  Brown 
commanded   the  eip.hth   regiment  Cumberland  Associalors,    1780. 

Judge  William  located  near  the  entrance  of  the  valley,  aflerwards  t!ie  village 
of  Brown's  Mill,  now  Reedsville,  near  the  site  of  Logan  s  Spring.  Login  w.is  thf 
celebrated  Indian  chief  who  had  his  cabin  there.  Wendel  B.  was  said  to  be  the 
earliest  one  of  the  family  who  came  to  Fayette.  He  took  part  in  the  Trench  and 
Indian  wars.  W'illiam  B.  came  from  Virginia,  was  a  teacher  in  New  Jersey 
and  soldier  at  Brandywine  Creek.  His  wife  was  a  Piersol.  He  was  fatlicr  of 
Alexander,  who  was  the  father  of  George. 

At  Brown's  Mill  School,  Enoch  Erov^n,  teacher,  and  the  children  were  massa- 
cred  in    1764.    There  wa»  also  a   Brown's   M.U  burying  ground. 

Baldwin,  John,  was  born  at  Fayette  City,  in  1832.  In  1850  he  w-nt  »o  St. 
Lokiis.  He  was  a  steimboatman.  In  1867  he  married  Susan  Stickle.  The  father 
of  John  was  Robert,  who  married   Matilda  McFee  in    1807.     The   father  of  Robert 


72  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

was  William,  one  of  ihe  ea.ly  settlers;    a  justice  of   the  peace  in  Quakers  settlement 
near  Red  Liou.—  {Fa\fcttc  Biographies,  Wiley.) 

Breading  David. — He  was  of  Scolcli  descent,  botn  in  Ireland.  He  came  to 
Lancaster  in  1728  with  his  son  James.  James  had  two  sons:  (1)  Judge  Nathaniel, 
born  in  1751.  who  served  under  General  Washington.  He  married  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  General  Lwing.  (2)  David,  born  in  1756,  in  Lancaster.  He  served  under 
General  Washins^lon.  He  married  Elizabeth  Clark  in  1785.  Came  to  Fayette. 
Clark  B.,  son  oi  David,  Jr.,  had  one  brollier  and  three  sisters.  He  married  Mary 
Craft. 

Clark,  W'li.i  IaM.— "On  May  30.  1630,  there  sailed  to  the  very  new  village  of 
Nantaskct,  Mass.,  the  eood  ship  Mary  and  John,  under  the  same  captain  who  had 
landed  the  Pilgrims  on  Plymouth  Rov  k  a  decade  before.  The  Mary  and  John  wai 
the  second  of  sixteen  vessels  that  left  Enj;land  with  passengers  in  1630,  under  patron- 
age of  .Massa  Ch  [indistinct]  Bay  Company,  a  great  ship  of  four  hundred  tons, 
Capt.  John  Snuel,  Master.  It  left  Plymouth,  England,  March,  1630,  and  landed 
May    10,    1630.     On   it  were: 

William  Clark  and  wife,  Sarah;   Lieut.  William  Clark,  born  in  England  in  1609. 

His  son  John  C.  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1651;  died  in  1707,  married 
first,    Mary   Strong;    second,    Abigail    Lord. 

Their  son,  Nathaniel  Clark,  was  born  m  1681  in  Northampton,  Mass.  Married 
Hannah  Sheldon,  widow  of   Mr.  Callin. 

Gideon  Clark  was  bo'n  in  1722  at  Worthington,  Mass.  He  was  Selectman  in 
1780.  Representative  at  Washin;;ton  National  Congress,  1796.  He  married  Mary 
Munn.  Their  son  Kenez  Clark  had  a  daughter,  Martha  Pomroy  Clark." — (From 
Kertvin's   and  Finne\f'i   Famil])   Genealogy,    Lawson.) 

Elizabeth  Clark   married   David    Breading,    1785. 

Elizabeth    Baird   married   Randolf   Dearth;    had    a   son,   Clark    Breading   Dearth. 

David  Clark  married  Hannah  Baird.  Had  issue:  Esther,  married  Joseph  Stock- 
ton. Jamei,  married  Jane  Henderson.  .'\gnes,  married  David  Lardner.  Mary, 
married   Paul   Anderson. 

Dearth,  James,  was  born  in  England  in  1720,  came  to  Maryland  in  1777, 
thence  to  Fayette,  Pa.  His  son  George  was  born  in  1762.  Married  Elizabeth 
Mills.     His  son  John  W''.  married  Bertha  V.  Miller,  daughter  of  Samuel  Miller. 

Du  Bois. — Rev.  Robert  Patterson's  Record  of  the  families  of  Robert  Patterson 
(the  elder),  emigrant  from  Ireland  to  America  in  1774:  Louis  Du  Bois  came  from 
France  m  1660.  He  was  connected  by  marriage  of  Uriah  Du  Bois  with  Martha 
Patterson,    1798. 

EwiNC,  Thomas,  cajv.e  from  Ireland  in  1718.  Thomas  Ewing.  bo.n  1789  in 
Virginia,  came  to  Athens,  Ohio.  The  first  academic  degree  conferred  by  the  Uni- 
versity of  Ohio  was  given  in  1815  to  Thomas  Ewing.  He  was  afterwards  a  dis- 
tinguished United  States  Senator.  Fie  was  self-made,  selling  coonskins  to  buy 
books,  working  as  boatman  on  Ohio  River,  and  laboring  in  the  Kanawha  Sail 
Wo:ks.-(0/:.o   VallcXK  by  Venable,  p.  232.) 

EwiNC,  William,  bom  in  York  County,  Pennsylvania,  1769.  Son  of  George 
Ewing.  William  came  to  Fayette  County  as  a  surveyor  of  lands  in  1790,  and  located 
in  Luzerine  township.  Ewings  came  from  Yoik  County  prior  to  the  Revolution. 
William's  son  was  James,  of  Dunlap's  Creek.  A  sister,  Elizabeth,  married  Mr. 
Breeding. —  {Fa\fetle   Biographies.) 


EARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  73 

French. — Lieutenant  Pritchard,  1793,  mentions  William  Beard  and  Assey 
French  and  EnocK  French.  A  list  of  those  who  had  taken  freeman  s  oalh  in  1708, 
Seymore  County,   mentions   French. 

John    French,    Lancaster    County,    Pennsylvania,    1720. 

Fl'I.TON,  Donaldson  Elwood,  son  of  John,  son  of  Robert,  fie  was  a  native 
of  Cumberland  Valley.  In  War  of  1812  John  F.  engaged  in  canal  Iratfic  on  the 
Pennsylvania  Canal  as  a  joint  owner  with  his  brother  Alex. 

Fream,  John,  aged   16,  came  to  America  in    1633. 

FiNLEY,  William.  Born  in  Franklin  Counly  in  1768.  He  was  fourth  Gov- 
ernor of  Pennsylvania,  Representative  in  the  LegislaUire  several  times.  State  1  re«s- 
urer.   Treasurer   U.  S.   Mint.     Died  at   Harrisburg,    1846. 

FiNLEY,  EbenezER.  Born  in  1760,  a  native  of  Maryland.  He  organized  first 
Sunday  school  in  New  Salem.  He  was  married  four  times,  his  wives  being:  Jane 
Kinkaid,  Violet  Lowrie,  Marjorie  Cunningham,  Sarah  Johns.  He  had  fourteen 
children.  He  was  son  of  Rev.  James  F.,  who  came  to  Redstone  township,  Fayette. 
James'  sons  were:    William,   Michael,  Joseph,   Ebenezer,  Samuel   R. 

FiNLEY,  Samuel,  brother  of  Rev.  James  Finley,  was  one  of  the  first  presidents 
of  Princeton  College.  He  was  a  grandfather  of  Samuel  Finley  Breesc  Morse, 
inventor  of  the  telegraph. 

Finley,  Rev.  John,  father  of  Rev.  James  and  Rev.  Samuel  F..  came  to  Mary- 
land in    1734,   from  Armagh,  Province  of   Ulster,   Ireland. 

FiNLEY,  Robert  (father  of  Thomas  W.),  married,  first,  Catherine  Carulher. 
by  whom  he  had  two  children — Samuel  E.  and  Mary  Margery  (married  Jeremiah) 
Baird. 

Finley,  Ely,  was  a  son  of  Dr.  Robert  (possibly  Samuel  E.).  He  married  • 
daughter  of   Aaron   Baird. 

Finley,  John   F.   (a  hunter),  penetrated  into  Kentucky  with   Boone. 

FiNLEY.  General  James  F..  was  in  the  Ohio  Valley  in   1833. 

Capt.  Isaac.  Bard's  widow  (Jane  McDowall)  married  Col.  John  Findley  (son 
of  Samuel  and  Jane  S.  Findley),  brother  of  Governor  William  F.  and  Gen.  James 
F.,  of  Ohio.  These  three  brothers  were  members  of  Congress  at  the  same  time 
William   (born   1768)    was  in  the  Senate  and  John  and  James  were  in  the  House. 

Finley,    Elliott,    a    brother   of    Margery    Finley,   who    married    a    Baird. 

Finley,  James  F..  of  Grand  Ridge,  111.,  married  Lydia  M.,  daughter  of  Han- 
nah Baird  Galliher. 

Gallaheb,  James,  was  born  in  County  Donegal,  Ireland.  He  settled  in  Fay- 
ette previous  to  1775,  having  203  acres  adjoining  Beesontown  (Uniontown).  He 
had   a  son,  John. 

KiNKEADS  of  Sterlingshire,  Scotland,  were  armigors  as  far  back  as  1280.  One 
cf  them  rescued  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh  from  the  English  in  the  time  of  Edward 
I,  and  on  his  arms  was  the  castle.  The  family  from  which  the  American  branch 
deicended  left  Scotland  after  the  civil  strifes  of  1688,  and  settled  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  from  whence  several  brothers  came  to  .America  in  1707,  settling  near  Carlisle, 
Pa.     Some  of  these  went  to  Augusta,  Va.,  and  fought  in  the  Indian  wars. 

Miller.  James,  was  in  the  Lancaster   Militia  in   1777. 


74  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Miller,  Andrew,  was  born  in  Fayette.  He  married  Calhrine  Hiles.  Issue: 
John,  Jacob,  Susan,  Josejih,   William,  James,    Polly,   George,   Andrew   and   Samuel. 

Morgan,  George,  commanded  a  company  of  I'.ie  first  troops  under  Gen.  John 
Cadwalader,  in  1777,  and  became  deputy  commissary  general  of  the  Western  Dis- 
trict of  f^ennsylvania. 

Porter,  Wili  IAM,  was  adopted  by  Captain  William  Woolsey,  who  com- 
manded a  orivaleer  in  (he  Revolution.  Captain  Woolsey  owned  a  farm  in  Rastraver 
townsiup,  Westmoreland  County,  near  Fayette.  David,  son  of  William,  was  a 
doctor.  He  was  born  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  in  1794.  He  married,  first,  Lucinda 
Jennings,  daughter  of  Obediah  Jennings,  of  Washington,  Pa.;  second,  Rebecca 
Miller,  daughter  of  John   Miller. 

Reeves. — On  the  east  side  of  Flint  Street,  Salem,  Mass.,  next  to  the  home  of 
Wm.  Flint,  John  Reeves  owned  four  acres  of  land  in  1661.  This  was  the  father 
of  Abner.  Abner  was  born  in  Soulhold,  Long  Island,  in  1738;  married  Hannah 
Barnes.  It  is  said  he  served  in  "W.  Chester  Signet  Florsc."  Died  at  Rastraver, 
Pa.,  in    1828,  where  he  moved  after  the  Revolution.    His  children  were: 

Manassah,  who  married    Margaret  Carol; 

Michael; 

Elizabeth,  who  married  Robert  Baird,  Sr.;   and 

John,  who  mairied  Sarah  Quinby,  1802,  whose  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Beebe, 
gave  this   record. 

The  following  is  taken  from  an  account  of  the  Vance  family  in 
Ireland,  by  William  Balburnie,  printed  at  Cork  in   1860: 

Vance.  William,  of  Doner^.il,  located  at  Aughavid,  Ballydug,  Tyrone.  His 
will  was  dated  1713.  He  left  four  sons.  One  of  these,  David,  came  to  America 
and   fought  under  Washington. 

John,  the  eldest,  married  and  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  One  of  tne 
daughters  marued  Andrew  Jackson  of  Mahnafelt.  They  emigrated  to  America, 
and  were  the  parents  of  Andrew  Jackson,  President  of   the   United  States. 

DAN'in,  born  near  Winchester,  N'a.,  came  to  North  Carolina  before  the  Revolu- 
tion,  settling  on   the   French   Broad   River. 

\'ance,  H/nnah,  was  the  daughter  of  John,  a  surveyor,  and  was  born  in  1732, 
in  Valley  of  Shenandoah,  Virginia.  She  married  William  Crawford,  a  youthful 
companion  of  Washmgton.  He  was  with  the  Virginia  troops  under  Forbes  as 
ensign  and  under  Braddock.  He  was  son  of  Valentine  C,  an  emigrant  from  the 
north  of    Ireland.      Fie  was  born   in  Orange  County,  Va.,   in    1732. 

Wilson,  (Rev.)  Thomas,  of  Killybegs,  County  Donegal,  1681,  "had  a 
friend   David   Brown." 

Wilson,  William.  Master  of  "Thomas  and  Jane,"  from  Londonderry,  arrived 
at  Boston  in   1714. 

Wilson,  John.     Master  in   1718. 

Wilson,   William.      First   Lieutenant,    Lancaster   County    Militia   in    1777. 

Wilson.  James.     Captain  Ninth  Battalion,  Sixth  Company,  in   1780. 

Wilson,  James,  born  in  1764  in  Lancaster.  Came  to  Fayette  when  twelve 
year*   old.      Married,    first,    Mary    Robb;    second,    Elizabeth   Lowrie.      He    lived    at 


EARLY    AMERICAN    DATA  75 

McClelland  Town.  Justice  of  ihe  peace  of  Germantown.  Mary  was  daughter  of 
Andrew  Robb.  It  is  said  one  James  Wilson  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence. 

Jane  Wilson  married  James  Baird.     She  may  have  been  a  sister  of  James. 

One  James  Wilson   was  of   Cumberland  County,   Pennsylvania. 

Joshua  Wesley,  bom    1832,  at  Licking  County,  Ohio,  married  a 
Miss  Beard. 

These  men  were  in  Pennsylvania: 

John  and  Samuel  Brown,   1741. 
Joseph  Wilson.    1738. 
James  WiUon.   1741. 


CHAPTER  IV.     SCOTCH-IRISH  BAIRDS  OF  AMERICA. 

The  tradition  of  the  origin  of  the  name  BaiRD,  as  given  by  A.  J.  B., 
is  as  follows.  I  give  it,  for  it  may  assist  some  future  genealogist  to  find 
some  of  the  missing  links: 

"John  Gregor  was  a  poor  weaver,  who  went  from  house  to  house, 
and  v.'hile  plying  his  trade  sang  the  ballads,  legends  and  incidents  of  the 
time  so  well  that  it  was  always  a  'gala  day'  when  he  came.  He  was 
called  The  Bard.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  the  people,  and  when 
one  of  his  wealthy  friends  wished  to  leave  him  some  property,  in  order 
for  him  to  hold  it,  it  was  given  to  him  as  JoHN  Gregor  BaRD." 

The  following  is  as  JaMES  Power  BaIRD  gave  it: 

"John  Bard  had  four  sons  and  two  daughters  James.  Robert, 
William,  John,  Jr. ;  sisters  not  named.  He  had  four  estates,  two  in 
Scotland,  one  in  England  and  one  in  Ireland. 

"John,  Jr.,  settled  m  the  northern  part  of  Ireland  on  his  portion. 
His  family  consisted  of  three  sons  and  several  daughters. 

"The  second  son,  James,  emigrated  to  America  about  1  720,  to  New 
Jersey;  had  five  or  six  sons — John,  James,  Moses,  Robert  and  Thomas. 

"Jolin  was  of  a  rambling  nature,  fond  of  hunting.  He  went  on  an 
expedition  down  into  Kentucky  and  Tennessee.  About  1  760  he  met 
Daniel  Boone  in  the  woods.  He  returned  in  May  to  his  home  in  New 
Jersey,  then  went  West.      He  was  spoken  of  as  Captain  John. 

FIRST   GENERATION. 

"It  is  supposed  that  James,  the  son  of  JOHN  BaiRD,  Jr.,  came  from 
the  northern  part  of  Ireland,  County  Tyrone,  near  Londonderry,  to 
New  Jersey,  in  1  720;  his  family,  John  (Capt.),  James,  Moses,  Robert, 
Thomas,  and  several  daughters." 

JudKinf;  l)y  tlie  names  of  tlic  cliikiren  of  James,  the  son  of  John,  Jr.,  the  date 
of  his  leavinK  Irehand,  and  tlie  names  of  John's  (born  1703,  married  Mary  McCulIy) 
children,  it  i-^  proltaMe.  ihongh  not  ])roven,  they  were  related.  The  relationship  was 
claimed  hy  Robert  liaird,  of  Vonkers,  and  Thomas  Dickson  Bai.'d,  from  these  two 
lines. 

In  this  line  there  is  a  question  which  has  not  been  settled.  I  give 
the   following  data   and  some  one,  some  time,  may  solve  it.      Was  it 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  77 

James  or  Moses  who  married  Margaret  Brown?  RoBERT  Baird.  Jr.. 
of  Yonkers,  an  historian,  was  the  grandson  of  Margaret,  and  in  his 
letter  he  says,  "Our  Grandfather  James." 

James  Power  Baird  v.-as  a  qreat-grandson.  and  what  he  gives 
seems  to  have  been  from  an  old  Bible  record:  he  says  MosES.  CHAM- 
BERS Baird,  another  grandson,  in  a  letter,  says  it  was  James. 

I  have  had  all  kinds  of  documents  searched  and  I  give  herein  all 
I  have  found.  There  seems  no  grave  in  Fayette  County  older  than 
those  of  Robert,  Sr.,  and  Elizabeth,  yet  it  is  said  the  grandparents  came 
over  to  Fayette.  "That  was  the  extreme  frontier  at  that  time."  There 
is  a  tradition  that  one  James  was  killed  by  the  Indians  and  the  family 
buried  him  in  the  road  to  prevent  the  Indians  finding  his  body.  This 
was  not  his  grandson  James,  son  of  MargaRET  Baird,  as  he  died  of 
cholera.  I  hardly  think  two  grandsons  would  make  a  mistake  re- 
garding the  name,  while  I  know,  m  copying  a  record  or  in  writing  one, 
mistakes  are  often  made  and  ever  aftenvard  copied.  My  personal 
opinion  is  that  James  had  an  uncle  or  father,  Moses,  of  Lifford,  who 
remained  in  Ireland,  and  for  him  the  Moses  in  this  country  was  named. 

Robert,  the  eldest  son  of  MarGARET  BrowN  BaiRD.  was  born 
in  1756;  Moses,  his  brother,  in  1762.  Pequea,  Pa.,  was  where  the 
children  were  born. 

In  the  Bedford  County  tax  list  for  1  779,  James  is  taxed  for  300 
acres  in  Armstrong  township  and  Moses  for  100  unseeded  acres.  At 
that  time  Moses,  the  son,  was  ten  years  old.  That  may  account  for  the 
small  unseeded  grant.  Moses  swore  oath  of  allegiance  in  Lancaster, 
1  777,     The  son  Moses  was  then  filteen  years  old. 

Moses  served  in  Capt.  John  McClelland's  company  of  Westmore- 
land County  Rangers  in  Indian  raids. 

I  Muses,  tlic  son,  wlio  swuic  allcuiaiKc  at  nftcin,  possildy  jciincii  the  army  when 
lie    wns   n    lilllo   older.] 

In  the  census  returns  of  Luzern  township  for  I  790,  Moses  is  re- 
corded with  one  "male"  under  16  and  one  "female." 

NoTK. — Margaret  lirowii  and  licr  husband  at  that  time  had  eight  children.  The 
youngest,  .\nne,  was  seventeen  years  old  in  i7<)o.  It  must  have  heen  Moses,  the  son, 
who  was  married  in  17X7  and  had  a  son  Ijorn  in  178H  and  lUiughtcr  Mary  born 
about    17HS. 

There  is  a  deed  of  land  (Book  A  of  Deeds,  Greenburg,  p.  324) 
of  Robert  to  Moses,  conveying  a  tract  of  land  of  320  acres  in  Manallen 
township,  Westmoreland  County.  Robert  had  bought  it  in  I  779  (the 
year  Robert  was  married.)  He  sells  Moses  160  acres.  Witnesses  were 
Thomas  Scott  and  John  Baird  (uncle-in-law  and  brother,  or  uncle 
John). 


78  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

[  I-indiiiR  nl)'oliitr1y  no  record  of  a  Moses  of  that  first  Rencratinn,  I  am  con- 
vinci'd  that  Kobort  I'.aird  was  rinht.  I  also  tl'ink  it  probalilc  that  some  of  this  first 
Rroup  were  suns  of  Mo^cs,  "an  elder  of  tlic  Presbyterian  Church  at  LitTord,  opposite 
Strah.uie,  IrelatKi"  (\vlu>  was  a  delcKate  to  General  Synod  in  I'lster,  1724),  and 
canie  with  Iiihii  of  Straliaiie  alioiit  17J0  or  lyji).  Or  of  Robert  Heard,  who  was  a 
ruliiiR  elder  carl,-  in  the  eighteenth  century  at  TauKhhoyne  (now  St.  Johnston  County, 
Donegal,    near   Herryi.      lie  had     liiomas,   John  and    Kobert.      lie  died  about   1714.] 

The  census  of  Luzern  township  for  1  790  gave  RoBERT  BaIRD  two 
males  under   I  6  and  two  females. 

The  census  of  Menallen  township  for  I  790  says  James  (two  fe- 
males). This  could  have  been  the  father  of  Robert,  for  all  of  his 
children  were  married  at  that  time  except  Margaret  and  Ann. 

Book  A.  page  266,  Greenburg,  Pa.: 

In  1779  James  Baird  of  Huntington  township,  Westmoreland 
County,  sells  to  John  Miller  of  same  place  land  which  James  had 
bought  of  Thomas  in   I  775. 

[Thomas  and  James,   we  sniipo'-e.   were  brothers.      The   Millers  were   intermarried.] 

In  Hempfield  township  James  was  taxed  for  two  tracts  in  Bedford 
in  1772.  (This  became  part  of  Westmoreland.)  Jamrs  B.'MRD  was 
a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  With  Timothy  Green,  Lancaster  Asso- 
ciators,  he  was  destined  for  the  Jerseys  June  6,  I  776.  James  Baird, 
Captain  Eighth  Company,  Fourth  Battalion  of  Lancaster  Associators  in 
I  780,  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  1  777.     He  was  a  private  in  1  776. 

Robert  served  in  the  Revolution  from  1  777  to  1  779.  He  was  in 
the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  Germantcwn. 

Seilhamer  thinks  the  James  of  Hemphill  township  and  the  James 
of  Armstrong,  Bedford  and  Letterkenny  (now  Green)  township,  were 
identical.     He  was  a  taxable  as  early  as  1  772. 

Robert  Bard,  or  Baird,  was  in  active  service  with  Cant.  Patrick 
Jack's  company,  of  the  Cumberland  County  militia,  in   I  777. 

Seilhamer  says  about  the  record  of  JoHN  Baird,  of  Christiana 
Hundred,  and  JOHN  Baird  (who  was  a  taxable  in  Chester  County, 
1729-44),  and  the  John  of  Manor  of  Masque  (of  which  Gettysburg 
was  a  part),  who  was  with  the  squatters  in  1739,  and  died  1749-50, 
that  they  may  have  been  one  and  the  same,  and  possibly  ancestor  to  most 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Bairds.  Robert,  Thomas,  John.  William,  James 
and  Hannah  were  the  children.  John  of  Strabane  had  sons  Andrew 
and  James.  James,  who  inherited  the  property,  remained  in  Ireland.  This 
James  had  a  son,  John,  Jr.,  who  married  Rebecca  (possibly  Sterrett)  ; 
also  William,  James,  Sydney,  Rebecca,  and  Jane,  all  born  in  Ireland. 
John,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  Rebecca  emigrated  to  America  soon  after  his 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  /V 

father's  death    (his  will  dated   May   30,    1719).  and  settled  in  Chris- 
tiana Hundred,  New  Castle,  Del. 

GROUP  1 — James  or  Moses. 

The  tradition  of  our  family  says:  "James  was  second  of  three 
brothers,  sons  of  John,  Jr.,  and  came  to  America  about  1  720."  John 
of  Christiana  Hundred,  was  John,  Jr.  We  have  proof  that  his  grand- 
father came  about  1  720.  I  suppose  James,  as  well  as  Robert,  came 
with  him.  If  the  James  whose  will  (1783)  mentions  mother  Rebecca 
Sterrett  and  brothers  Robert  and  John,  was  a  son  of  John  of  Christiana, 
he  was  not  the  ancestor  of  this  line,  as  he  evidently  had  no  family. 
Thomas,  another  brother,  had  died  in  1  775.  That  would  mean  the 
ancestor  of  this  line  was  probably  a  nephew  of  John  and  son  of  Robert 
or  Moses,  of  Ireland.  The  James  buried  at  Derry  Church,  Dauphin 
County,  1781,  may  be  the  ancestor. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
Children  of  Margaret  Brown  and  James  (or  Moses)  Baird: 

Robert,  Sr.,  born  in  1756  in  Lancaster  County,  Pennsylvania.  Married,  firit, 
Elizabeth  Reeves,  1779.  Moved  lo  Uniontown,  Fayette  County,  Pa.; 
second,  Sarah   Hannah    McClelland. 

John,   married  Susan   Frame,    1785,   and   moved   to  Ohio. 

Moses,  born  in  1762.  Married  Mary  .Adams,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Eliza- 
beth Adams,   in    1787.      He,  with   Mr.  Vance,   laid  off   Vanceburg. 

James,  born  in  1764.  Married  Mary  Robinson,  1788.  Moved,  1800,  lo  Ohio 
(Chillicothe),  West  Union,  Adams  County,  Ohio.  Died  in  Kentucky.  1830. 
of  cholera. 

Elizabeth,   married   Thorr.as   Frame.      Moved   to  Ohio. 

Jane,  married  Charles  Porter,  Jr.  Settled  in  Fayette  County.  Pennsylvania. 
Associate  Judge  for  many  years. 

Margarctt,  born  in  1770;  died  in  1853.  Married  John  Porter,  born  in  1770. 
Settled   in   Fayette  County,    Pennsylvania. 

Anne,  born  in  1773.  Married  Stev«i  Riggs,  born  in  177J>,  in  Fayette  County. 
Moved  to  Ohio  in   1795.  h        r    ."  •  ■•, 

Robert  Baird,  Sr.,  died  October  5,  1835.    Epitaph: 

"Remember.    Man.    a»    you    pass    by, 
A»  you   are  now  lo  once  was   I ; 
A»   I   am   now   »o  you   must  be — 
Prepare    for   death   and    follow   me." 

Elizabeth  died  in    1826. 

Robert   and   Elizabeth   Reeves   Baird  were  buried   in   Dunlap  Creek   churchyard. 
Elizabeth  was   said    lo   be    the   daughter   of    Abner   and    Hannah    Bamc»    Reeve*   of 


80  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

"Rastravcr."  Westmorfland  County.  Pa.  She  had  brothers,  Manassah  and  Michael 
Reeves,  who  came  to  Bellevernon,  Pa.,  after  Elizabeth's  marriage. —  {Mrs.  Deebe, 
Ral'ciina,  Ohio.) 

Mrs.  Beebe  had  a  letter  from  AaRON  BaiRD,  of  Bellevernon,  Pa., 
1843,  telling  of  Manasseh  Reeves'  illness.  Robert  and  Elizabeth  were 
at    Bellevernon   in    1781. 

Robert,  St.,  came  over  to  Fayette  County  with  his  uncle-in-law, 
Thomas  Scott,  who  had  married  his  mother's  sister.   Miss  Brown. 

The  father  of  Robert  lived  at  Piquea  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
where  there  was  a  school  where  many  of  tlie  ministers  of  that  day 
studied.  He  lived  there  till  1777.  One  record  says  they  stopped  at 
Chester  on  the  way  to  Fayette. 

In  1777  Robert  (then  22)  went  west  of  the  AUeghanies  in 
search  of  a  home.  He  bought  land  in  the  southern  part  of  Fayette 
County  adjoining  lands  of  Wm.  Ewing,  Judge  Breading  and  Chas. 
Porter,  Sr.,  containing  620  acres.  He  cleared  part  and  built  a 
cabin,  then  returned  and  entered  the  Revolutionary  army  and  served  two 
years,  taking  part  in  the  battles  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  In 
1779  he  married  Elizabeth  Reeves  and  moved,  on  horseback,  over  the 
mountains  to  Fayette  County,  to  "Beeson"  town  (now  Uniontown),  near 
a  large  spring. 

In  a  few  years  he  built  another  house  where  the  old  stone  house 
now  stands.  About  I  787  his  father  and  family  came  over  and  lived 
with  him.  The  old  folks  did  not  live  long  after  coming  over.  Robert, 
St.,  married,  second,  Mrs.  Sarah  Hannah  McClelland.  It  is  said  he 
was  eighty  when  he  married  the  second  time,  and  at  the  wedding  had 
thirty-eight  grandchildren,  to  whom  he  gave  little  leather-bound  Testa- 
ments. He  was  said  to  have  been  such  a  lovable  gentleman  that  Mrs. 
McClelland's  granddaughter  was  named  for  him  and  one  of  her  nieces 
named  her  son  for  him,  Hon.  Albert  Baird  Cummins,  of  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

Moses,  a  brother  of  Robert,  went  to  Mason  County,  Ky.  He  built 
the  first  brick  house  in  the  State  of  Kentucky,  at  Mary's  Lick.  He 
moved  to  where  Vanceburg  now  is  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  salt. 

He  and  Vance  (probably  David)  bought  fifty  acres  of  land.  Baird 
bought  Vance's  interest  in  I  796.  They  laid  it  off  and  cast  lots  for  the 
name.  Vance  won.  In  I  797  Moses  moved  across  the  river  to  Ohio, 
where  he  had  bought  1,000  acres.  He  died  in  1841-2,  and  was  buried 
at  Sandy  Springs.  He  was  Judge  of  Probate  Court  for  seventeen 
years.      The  letter  said  Vance  was  later  governor. 

Old  Governor  Taylor,  who  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  was  a 


SCOTCH-IRISH    EAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  81 

lawyer  of  Marysville  (Maiiella),  Lewis  Counly.  Ky.  He  spoke  of  a 
trip  he  took  when  a  young  man  with  Mrs.  Moses  BaiRD  on  horse- 
oack.  They  had  to  tord  the  creeks  to  reach  a  sick  woman  they  were 
going  to  see. 

THIRD   GENERATION. 
Children  of   ROBERT  and   ELIZABETH   BaIRD: 

Alexander,  born  in  1782.  Married,  first,  Nancv  French  (descendant  of  Enoch 
French,  born  in  1791;  died  in  1834)  in  1809.  In  1801  he  built  a  grist- 
ard  sawmill  on  his  father's  farm.     Married,  second,  Mary   Harford,  in   1838. 

Hannah,   born   in    17S4.     Married  George  Gallaher    (born   in    1771)    in    1807. 

Aaron,  born  in  1787.  Married,  first,  Margaret!  Allen  (born  in  1786),  in  1808. 
Niarried,  second,   Mrs.   Persus  Fullon  m    1836. 

Levi. 

Abner. 

Lydia,  born  in  1790;  died  in  1854.  Married  Samuel  Miller  (born  in  1784; 
died   in    1854),   in    1816. 

Susan.     Married    Edward    Burnett. 

Moses,  born  in    1794.      Married   Rachel   Beal    (born   in    1796)    in    1820. 

Robert,  born  in  1798.  Married  Fermine  Ophelia  Du  Boisson  in  1824.  He 
died   in    1663. 

Samuel. 

Elizabeth,   married   Randoif   Dearth. 

Margarclt. 

Life  ok   Rev.    Robert   Baird,   Jr.,   D.D.,   cf   Yonkers,   N.   Y..   by   His   Son, 

Henry   M.   Baird.   Professor  in   the   University  of  the 

City  of  New  York. 

*    Robert    Baird.   born   on   October   6,    1798. 

His  father's  famJy,  which  was  of  Scotch  exlrsction,  after  a  sojourn  of  fcveral 
(jcncralions  in  the  northern  part  of  Ireland,  near  Londonderry,  had  emic'.raled  to  the 
.American  colonics  and  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lancasler,  Pa.  He'c  on 
the  26lh  of  December,  1756.  Robert  Baird.  Senior,  was  born.  His  youth  fell 
ir  the  most  excitin^  period  of  American  history.  His  c'nildish  recollfclions  were 
nssociated  with  incidents  of  the  French  War.  somr  of  the  moM  thrilling  acts 
in  the  border  warfare  having  occurred  not  far  from  the  home  of  his  early  years. 
We  find  him  when  barely  twenty  years  of  a;^e  in  the  ranks  of  the  patriot  army  of 
the  Revolution.  His  company  was  among  the  forces  of  Washington  at  the  battle 
of  Long  Island.  Before  the  conclusion  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  united  in 
marriage,  on  the  20lh  day  of  February.  1781,  to  Elizabeth  Reeves,  a  young  lady 
of  eighleen  years,  whose  parents,  of  English  and  X'i'elsh  descent,  were  natives  of 
Long  Island. 

He  with  his  wife,  soon  after  quiet  had  been  restored  to  the  border,  removed  to 
a  region  which  was  then  upon  the  very  outskirts  of  civilization.  He  fixed  upon  what 
is  now  the  County  of  Faycllc,  which,  from  the  f<?rtilily  of  the  soil  and  its  proximity 
lo  the  navigable  waters  of  the  Monongahela  and  Ohio,  as  well  as  to  the  important 
town  of  Pittsburgh,   then   rising  on   the  site  of  the   famous  forts.  Duquesne   and   Pitt. 

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82  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

offered  unu?ual  altraclions  to  ihe  settler.  1  lie  boundaiy  line  between  the  states 
of  Virginia  and  Pcnno)  Ivania  had  no!  betn  accuralt'y  defined,  and  the  tract  of 
scve:al  hundred  acres  which  he  purchased  was  between  the  present  towns  of  Union- 
town  and  Brownsville,  and  near  the  hamlet  now  called  New  Salem.  A  survey  prov.-d 
that   it  was  situated   in   I'ennrylvania.      Robert.,   Jr.,   their  son,  was  born   in    1798. 

I  le  wai!  a  student  in  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  Pennsylvania,  and 
teacher  at  Bel'efonle. 

He  decided  to  study  for  the  ministry,  and  in  1819  went  to  the  "Theological 
Seminary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church."  in  the  quiet  village  of  Princeton,  New 
Jersey. 

His  was  an  active,  philanthropic  nature,  never  contented  with  sluggish  or  selfish 
repose  while  there  was  anything  within  his  reach  liiat  could  improve  or  elevate  the 
physical  condition  of  his  fellowmen. 

His  excellent  scholarship  in  the  Seminary,  as  well  as  the  representation  of  a  suc- 
cessful teacher,  led,  after  two  years,  to  his  receiving  the  offer  of  a  tutorship  in  the 
Collc'c  of  New  Jersey,  the  venerable  Nassau  Hall,  which  he  held  until  the  end 
of   his   theological   course. 

He  became  principal  of  the  academy  at  Princeton,  1822,  which  he  retained 
until   1828. 

On  the  24lh  of  August,  1824,  he  was  rnilcd  in  marr-age  at  Philadelphia  to  Miss 
Fermine  Ophelia  Amaiillis   DiiCoisson,   a   young   lady   of   Huguenot   extraction. 

He  had  been  all  along  active  in  distribiting  Bibles  to  all  towns  in  New  Jersey 
and   elsewhere   in   connection    with    the    Nassau    Bible   Society. 

At  New  Brunswick,  in  1828,  he  was  set  apart  to  the  gospel  ministry  as  an 
evangelist. 

For  the  American  Bi!)le  Society  he  went  out  to  Caracas  as  a  special  agent  to 
superintend  the  distribution  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  the  Republic  of  Colombia  and 
elsewhere   in  South   America. 

In  1830  he  removed  his  family  to  Philadelphia,  which  became  his  home  for  the 
ensuing  T.ve  yea.s.  Many  articles  and  books  were  written  during  this  time,  among 
them   the   "View  of   the   Valley   of   the   Mississippi." 

On  Febri-ary  26.  1825.  he  was  sent  to  France  as  missionary  representing  the 
Foreign   Evangelical   Association. 

He  wrote  a  history  of  temperance  societies  in  the  United  States,  which  was 
published  in  French. 

1  Ic  went  in  the  interest  of  temperance  to  Northern  Europe,  London,  Hamburg, 
Copenhaprn.    Gbltenburg. 

At  all  of  these  places  he  was  received  by  the  most  influential  people  with  the 
utmost  courtesy,  and  his  letters,  lectures,  etc.,  spread  wide  interest  in  his  work. 

The  Swedes,  wlio  in  the  time  of  Gustavus  Adolphus  and  Charles  XII  had 
been  accounted  one  of  the  most  sober  nations  in  Europe,  had  within  a  remarkably 
brief  period  become  the  slaves  of  intemperance.  Among  the  friends  of  temperance 
in  that  country  who  read  his  works  and  assisted  him  were  the  Crown  Prince  and  the 
Count   Augustus,  son  of  Hartmansdorff. 

Charles  John,  formerly  known  as  Bonaparte's  intrepid  General  Bernadotte,  had 
many  private  interviews  with  him,  and  was  much  admired  by  Mr.  Baird.  He  says 
of  him,  "That  Bernadotte  has  been  a  blessing  to  Sweden  is  certain."  The  only 
account  thai  he  has  left  of  his  interesting  and  important  interview  with  Bernadotte 
we  find  in  a  sketch  w':ich  was  published  a  few  months  after  the  king's  death. 
"Life  and  Character  of  the  Late  King  of  Sweden,"  by  Robert  Baird,  in  Craham  s 
Magazine,    November,    1844. 

In  the  interest  of  temperance  he  went  to  Germany.  Holland  and  Belgium,  and 
he  had  many  interesting  interviews  with  the  King  and  Crown  Prince  or  Prussia. 
Prince  John  of  Saxony   and   King  Leopold  of   Belgium. 

After  his  eighth  visir  to  Europe  he  wrote  in  the  Chriitian   World,  of  September, 


Rev.   Robert  Baird, 

Eminent    Historian    and    Temperance    Worker 
of  Yonkers,   New  York. 


SCOTCH-IRISM    CA'.RDS    OF    AMERICA  83 

1861,  of  the  Iransialion  of  the  New  Teslament:  "  1  Iv  Gospels  and  the  Acts  of  the 
Apostles  had  been   printed  and   Epistles  and   book   of   Revelation   soon   would  be. 

Robert  was  founder  of  llie  Foreign  Lvangcliral  Society,  now  absorbed  into  the 
Christian  Union. 

In  1861  he  sailed  for  Southampton,  returnint;  in  October,  which  was  his  ninth 
trip  across  llic  ocean.  He  lived  one  and  one-half  years  after  his  return,  which 
lime,  though  he  was  feeble  in  health,  was  spent  m  untiring  labor  as  secretary  of 
the   Christian    Union. 

After  a  life  of  sixty-fou''  years  spent  in  the  service  of  his  Redeemer  he  quietly 
fell    asleep  on   the  morning   of   the   Sabbath   of    March    15,    1863. 

On  the  Z^th  day  of  April,  1864.  Fermine,  wife  of  Robert  Baird,  passed  into 
the   realm   of   glory. 

Some  Pennsylvania  Baird.s. 

Ficm  Lcllci   of  Dr.  Rohcrl  DoWi]  /t.  Chambers  DairJ  (Cousin),  Dated  June   17,   1858. 

"My  Dear  Cousin:  \  oh  request  some  information  about  our  family.  Here 
you  have  a  summary  r,f  all  that  I  know. 

"Our  grandfather,  James  Baird,  came  from  the  North  of  Iieiand.  near  London- 
derry. HiJ  ancestors  came  from  Scotland,  driven  from  it  by  persecution  in  the  days 
of  the  Stuarts.  1  hey  were  Presbyterians.  The  name  Baird  signifies  a  poet  or  bard, 
and  the  coat  of  arms  had  a  bor.r,  to  sit;nify  lliat  the  founder  was  a  hunter.  Our 
grandfather  was  a  poor  but  worthy  Scotch-Irish  weaver.  He  married  a  Miss  Brown, 
whose  father  was  a  F^rotestant  from  the  North  of  Ireland.  My  father  (Robert)  wa» 
the  oldest  of  all  the  children — four  sons  and  four  daughters.  The  sons  were: 
Robert,  John,  Moses,  and  James.  1  he  daughters  were:  Jane  (Mrs.  Charles  Porter), 
ElizalKth  (Mrs.  Thomas  Frame),  Margaret  (Mrs.  John  Porter),  and  Ann  (Mrs. 
Stephen   Riggs). 

"Our  ',^  nndfalher  lived  near  Pir,tia,  in  1. am  alter  Coiiniy,  I'a.,  where  my 
father    and    most    of    the    children    wre    born.     My    father    served    two   campaigns    in 

the  Pennsylvania  troops  in   the  early  part  of   the  war  and  was   ( )    m 

the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  Germantown.  In  the  year  1779  he  came  out  to 
Western  Penn?)lvania  with  his  un' le,  Thomas  Scott,  who  had  married  a  sister  of 
our  grandmother.  This  Scott  resided  in  what  is  now  Wasliington,  Pa.,  and  was  the 
father  of  Mrs.  David  Hope,  Mrs.  Cunningham,  Mrs.  Cook.  Mrs.  Pentecost,  Mrs. 
V'ood,   .Mrs.   King." 

Children  of  JoHN  and  SuSAN  F.  BaIRD: 
Mos'-s.      No  other  record. 

Children  of  MosES  and  Marv  A.  BaiRD: 

Robert,  born  1788;   died  1873.     Mairied  Maigaret  Davis,  born   1792;  died  1871. 
Mary,  married   Meredith   Darlington. 

Jarncs  Newton,  born   1801;   died    1840.      Married  Sini  Truetl,   born    1805. 
Joseph   Calvin   Vance,   born    1805.      Married,    first,   Cathrine   Cox;    second.   Jane 

Cox,  sisters. 
Harriet  Amanda  (Nancy),  married  James  Ewing. 
Susan  A.,  married  James   McMaster. 

Elizabeth,  married  Robert  Adams  and  had  a  son.  Rev.  Moses  Newton  Adams. 
Moses  Newton,  married   Mary   Pierce. 
John  Healh,  died  of  cholera. 
Llarvey  Brown,  married  Mary  A.  Murphy. 


84  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Chambers    (Major),    died    1887.      Married,    first,    Margaret    Campbell;     second, 
Judclh  Leggetl. 

Children  of  James  and  Mary  R.  Baird.     The  latter  died  in  1849  in 
Ohio: 

James,  born   1789;   died   1846,  Blackford  County,  Indiana. 

Margaret,   born    1791;    died    1848. 

Robinson,   born    1792.      Married   Elizabeth    Williamson. 

William,  born   1794;   died   1834.     Married  Hannah.   Bloomfield.   111. 

Joshua,  bcrn   1796:   died   1829.     Married  Susan  Gibson,  Benlonville,  Ohio. 

Rachel,   born    1797;    died    1838.      Married   William    Robb.    1818.    Indiana.      He 

died  in    1845. 
FJi/abclh.  born   1799;   died   1815.     Married  James  Filch. 
John,  born   1801 . 
James,  born    1802;    died    1872.      Married   FJiza  Andersen    (born    1804)    in    1827. 

Lived  at  West  Union,  Ohio;  Aurora,  HI.     He  died  at  Minouk,  111. 
Washington    (Rev.),   born    1804;    died    about    1865. 
Marv.   born    1806;    died    1840.      Married  James  Anderson,  brother  of   Eliza  A., 

Ohio. 
Anne,  born    1811;   died    1848.      Married   Benjamin  White,   Illinois,    Iowa. 
Sarali,  born   1813;   died   1875.      Married  James  Hook,  Adams  County,  Ohio. 

Washington,  the  youngest  son,  a  graduate  of  Jefferson  Colleq;e,  was 
a  Presbyterian  minister.  He  went  South  about  1832.  Soon  after  he 
was  chosen  President  of  St.  Mary's  College  and  edited  the  Soulhem 
Prcsbvlcrian,  then  published  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.,  afterward  at  Charles- 
ton, S.  C.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of 
the  Southern  cause,  and  when  Northern  schoolbooks  were  tabooed  in 
the  Southern  schools  he  was  chosen  to  edit  a  series  of  books  suited  to  the 
minds  and  sentiments  of  the  Southern  people.  He  died  soon  after  the 
rebellion. 

XnTK. — It  is  s.nid  lie  did  not  marry,  but  his  family,  except  one  aunt,  did  not  keep 
up  a  correspondence  with  him  on  account  of  his  sympathy  with  the   South. 

|ICii7a  and  J.Tnics  Anderson  were  children  of  Robert  Anderson  of  Williamsport, 
I'a.,  cousin  of  t  Icii.    Robert  Anderson  of  I'ort   Sumter. — F.  B.   C] 

Children  of  ELIZABETH  Baird  and  Thomas  Frame: 

Margaret. 
James. 
Susan. 
William. 

Children  of  JanE  BaiRD  and  Hon.  Charles  Porter: 

John,  died  in  Ohio. 

James,  evangelist  and  with  Alex  Campbell  established  "Christian"  Church. 

Margaret,    married   John    McFadden. 

Leah,    married    Andrew    Davis. 

Anne,    married   Thomas   Armstrong.      Lived    in    Indiana. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  85 

Mary,    married    Enoch    French. 
Charles,   lived   in  Ohio. 

Children  of  MARGARET  BaiRD  and  John  Porter  (brother  of  Charles), 
born    1770:  died    1812: 

Harriet,  horn    1794. 

Leah,  born   1796;   died   1854.     Married  Cochran. 

Moses   Baird,   born    1797. 

Charles  P.,  bo-n   1798;   died   1842.     Married  Isabella. 

Stephen,  Loin    1800;    died    1862.      Married   Rachel. 

Anne,  born   1601;   died   '813. 

Samuel   W.,  born    1803;    died    1863. 

Cephas,  born    1805;    died    1673.      Married  Sallie  Wilson. 

James  H..  born   1806;  died  at  Laurenceville,  New  jersey,   1834.  ^i>' 

John,  born    1807. 

Robert,  born   1809;   died  at  Tonica,  Illinois,   1862. 

[Il.irrict    I'orttr,   iiiccc   of   Stciilicii,    manieil    llibbs.J 

Children  of  Anne  BaiRD  and  Steven  Riggs.      (Steven  was  a_soii^f  I> 
,, Senator  Steven   Riggs)  : 

Joseph,   born    1796;    died    1877.      Married,    1819,    Rebecca   Agnew    (one    record 
says  Baldridge). 

Marnaref,  born    1798. 

Hannah,  born   1799.      Married  Eckley. 

Harriet,  born   1801;    died   1825.  ''  '  " 

Elizabeth,  born    1803.      Married  Alford. 

Jane  G.,  bom   1805.      Married  Poque.  :'"'••.■• 

Anne,  born   1807;   died   1819.  \ 

Cyrus,  born   1809;   died  1811. 

Stephen   R..  boin    1812.      Missionary   to  Dakota   Indians,  St.  Petersburg,   Minne- 
sota.    He  translated  the   Bible   and  wrote  a  dictionary  in  that  language;    also  '' 
history  of  his  life  among  the  Indians. 

James  B.,  born   1814;   died   1827. 

Moses  B..  born    1816;   died    1867. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  ALEXANDER,  Sr.,  and  NanCY  F.  BaIRD: 

Eliza,    born    1810,    in    Fayette    County,    Pennsylvania;    died,    1884,    in    Hancock 

County,  West  Virginia.      Married  Charles  Brown   (bom  in   1791)   in   1837. 
Samuel   McElroy,  born   1811.     Married  Elizabeth  Leckey   (born   1813)   in   1837. 
Mary  Anne,  born   1813;   died   1815. 
Robert,  born   1815;   died    1836. 

Enoch  French,  born    1817.     Married   Elizabeth  Barkly. 
William  French,  born   1818.     Married  Rebecca  Harah. 


86  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Alexanflcr,  J..  Jr.,  born   1820:    died    1834.      Married,  first.  Nellie  HibbiU  Brilton, 

in    1850;    second,   Lmiiy   Bales,  widow   of  Charles  Carkener,  in    1882. 
liar.ioll,    born    Id22.      Married    Jack    Jackson, 
["erniir'^   Ainariiis,   born    1834. 

James  Gulluie.  born    1826.      Married   Francis   Morgan. 
Mary  Jane,  boin    182''.      Married   Nathan   Williams. 
Charles   Porter,   born    1831.      Married  Susan   Arnold. 
Nancy   French,  born    1834.      Married   W.   R.   Shook. 

Rev.  a.  J.  Baird. 

Alf.XANOER  j.  Rairo  was  born  in  FaycU?  Counly.  Pennsylvania. 
March  16,  1820.  His  father,  Alexander,  was  a  [ar;ner  in  inoderate 
circtimstances.  He  was  a  mcmi^er  Oi^  the  Presbyterian  Churc'n.  His 
uncle,  Robert,  and  two  of  his  brotl^.ers  wc^e  ministers.  When  seventeen 
Alexander  was  put  to  work  with  Bromficld  Crai'^t,  a  stor.e-  and  brick- 
majon,  t^  learn  tiie  trade.  His  early  Christian  training  and  skill  as  a 
musician  sa\cd  him  during  t'ese  days  from  beinr^  led  astray  and  drew 
him  into  bcuer  society.  He  spent  one  year,  wl-en  he  was  twenty-one,  in 
Ohio,  where  he  tau^^ht  school  and  music. 

His  mother,  having  a  fam'ly  of  small  children,  was  frequently 
unable  to  attend  church,  but  used  to  take  her  chair  and  sit  under  the 
cedar  tree  in  the  garden  and  read  to  him  from  tlie  Bible.  At  the  close 
of  the  year  in  Ohio  he  finally  settled  the  question  as  to  becoming  a 
minister.  I  he  chief  difficulty  allcndinq  the  question  seems  to  have  been 
whether  it  was  God  or  his  mother  calling  him. 

His  education  in  the  colleges  was  paid  for  by  teaching  and  in  other 
small  earnings. 

During  the  vacation  following  his  first  year  in  college  he,  under  a 
contract,  hired  hands  and  built  the  first  story  of  a  large  merchant  mill, 
on  which  he  cleared  about  $95.  With  two  music  classes  he  made 
$30,  which  took  him  through  the  next  year.  In  1847  he  went  to  Cum- 
berland College,  Princeton,  K,y. ;  in  1848  he  was  licensed  to  preach. 
In  1850  he  married  Nellie  Hibbits,  daughter  of  Maj.  William  Britton, 
near  Clarks\ille,  Tern.  In  1851  h,is  father-in-law's  health  failed,  and 
he  remo\ed  to  his  home  and  took  charge  of  the  farm  and  tannery.  Major 
Britton  died  in  1852.  Ai'ter  winding  up  the  affairs  of  Major  Britton, 
he  returned  to  his  ministerial  work  in  Kentucky,  in   1855. 

In  1860  he  writes:  "Dark  clouds,  high  winds,  everybody  right, 
everybody  brave;  texts  strained  in  favor  of  both  North  and  South; 
great  submission  to  an  All-wise  Providence,  but  every  man  presenting 
in  his  own  way  eloquent  prayers  for  God  to  think  our  way.  Wars  for 
the  slave  and  a  sword  for  our  sons.  This  government  sanctioned  the 
rights  of  this  institution  (slavery)  and  if  she  is  now  changed  in  her  mind 
and  determined  to  free  the  slave,  she  should  buy  him  for  a  fair  price  and 


Baird. 


Pastor   First  Cumberland   Presbyterian   Church, 
Nashville,   Tenn.,    1866   to   1883. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    CAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  87 

gradually  emancipate  him.      I  will  so  ^^'iiH  tl-e  South  to  t'-.e  en;l.  but  I 
will  fight  for  no  counlry.     War  is  a  d:s:racc  to  intelligent  civilization." 

Circumstances  put  him  in  charge  of  a  shoe  lactory  in  Atlanta.  Ga., 
making  three  hundred  pairs  of  i)ools  a  day.  He  was  also  in  charge 
of  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church  of  I'r.t  ci;y.  He  spent  much  time 
in  the  hospitals  £ind  prisons,  at  ore  li.r.e  prcachiny  to  len  thousand  pris- 
oners. His  knowledge  oi'  tanning  sa^cd  .im  Irom  conscription.  He 
drilled  his  men  and  several  times  was  oHered  a  captain's  commission.  He 
three  times  visited  ih.e  Ar.v.y  of  Virginia  a;:d  met  Genera!  Lee.  He 
visited  Stonewall  Jackson  and  preached  to  his  anry.  He  knew  and  ad- 
mired General  Johnston.      In    1363  he  was  inspector  for  five  stales. 

At  the  close  oi  'l.e  ^va^.  1563,  I'.e  reiuiiicd  to  V/incheMer,  I  enn.. 
he  says,  \vith  a  ^ood  wife,  two  nice  children,  si.x  I'rcc  negroes,  a  few  gray 
clothes  and  $1.63.  He  socn  took  charge  of  the  lirst  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterian ^.'l^urch,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  wh.ere  he  was  pastor  for  seventeen 
years.  "His  eloquence  was  but  the  scintillations  of  the  truth  flowing 
Irom  a  noble  man's  clear  h.ead  and  noble  !-eart."  He  leciured  at  New 
"\'ork  Chautauqua  on  "Chronology  of  the  Bible."  He  was  delegate 
to  the  Pan-Prcsbyterian  Council,  Belfast,  1884,  and  had  planned  to  go 
to  the  Holy  Land  afterward.  On  the  day  he  was  to  have  sailed  he 
passed  away  in  New  York  City  on  the   1  5fK  of  June,   1884. 

In  1880  his  first  wife  was  taken  from  him.  and  in  1882  he  married 
Mrs.  Emily  B.  Carkcncr,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  most  of  his  ministerial  life  was  spent  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  where 
he  formed  a  church  with  twelve  members,  whicli  grew  .in  five  years  to  a 
membership  of  fifteen  hundred. 

His  confession  of  faith  was:  "I  want  to  be  what  God  wants 
me  to  be,  I  want  to  think  what  He  wants  me  to  th.ink,  and  I  want  to  do 
what  He  wants  .me  to  do,  and  the  Bible  is  my  guide. 

Children  of  HanNAH   BaiRD  and  George  Gallaher: 

James   Black,   born    1808. 

William  Kilgore.  born   1810.      Married,   1833,   Nancy  Galla'ner. 

Eliza    Anne,    born    1812;    died    1841.      Married    "V^'illiam    Brown    (born    1802; 

died    1865)    in    1833. 
Lydia  Mariali.  born    1814.     Married  James  G.   Miller.    1835. 
George  Washinglon,  born    1816;    died    1835. 
Mary    Jane,    bo-n    1818;    died    1860.       Married    John    McCombs    (born    1809; 

died  1884)  in  1836. 
Roberl  Jolinson,   born    1820.      Married   Martha   McKeevcr   (born    1834)    in    1855. 

Children  of  AaRON  and  MaRGarET  A.   BaIRD    (his  first  wife)  : 

Maria,  born    1810.      Married  Eli  H.  Finly   (son  of   Dr.  Roberl  Finly).  in    1829. 
Eliza,    born    1811.      Married    Benjamin    F.    Miller    (born    1811).    1833. 


88  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Jane,   born    1613.      Married   William   Brown,    1642. 

John   Alien,   born    1815.      Maned    FJiza   Wilson,    1833. 

Robert  B.,  bo.n   1816;  died   1819. 

Mary   Anne,  born    1818;    died   1819. 

James    Power,   born    1820;    died    1891.      Married,    first,    Harriet    Riley    in    1840. 

I  larrict    Riley   died    1842.     Second,    Margaret    Pratt.      Third,    Mary   Harper, 

who  died  in    1881 . 
William  Johnston,   born    1821.      Married    Maria   Wilkins,    1845. 
Robert    Alexander,    born     1823;     died     1901.       Ma-ricd     Nancy    Arklin     (born 

1830)   in   1848. 
Geori;e  C,   born    1825;    died    1834. 
Josiah   Worthinpton,   born    1827;    died    1831. 
David    Allrn,    born    1829.      Married    Elizabeth    Ridgcway    in    1852    in    Virginia. 

James  Power  Baird  ^^as  bom  February  26,  1820,  in  Luzerne 
township,  Fayette  County,  Pa,  He  was  the  seventh  child  and  third 
son  of  Aaron  and  Margaret  Allen  Baird.      His  mother's  early 

teachings,  and  impressions  received  at  the  Sunday  school  organized 
by  his  Grandfather  Baird  at  Oak  Hill  schoolhouse  (the  first  in 
the  — neighborhood),  were  not  forgotten.  He  was  converted  at  the  age 
of  1  8  at  a  meeting  being  held  at  the  Hopewell  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  united  with  the  Dunlaps  Creek  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  his  father  was  an  elder. 

He  tauglit  school  and  at  the  same  time  pursued  his  studies.  In  1849 
he  united  with  tlic  Hopewcil  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in  1850 
he  yielded  to  the  call  to  preach  and  was  received  under  the  care  of 
Union  Presbytery  as  a  candidate.  He  was  licensed  in  1852  and  or- 
dained in  I  858. 

Thirty-six  years  of  hi?  life  were  spent  in  active  pastoral  work.  Be- 
sides supplying  his  congrc^'alions,  he  tried  to  carry  the  gospel  to  people 
living  in  remote  regions  who  did  not  have  the  opportunity  of  hearing  it 
preached.  He  wai  pa.-lor  of  the  Pleasant  View  congregation  in  Fayette 
County  for  fourteen  years,  and  of  Hewitts,  Greene  County,  for  twelve 
years,  besides  several  other  congregations  m  Fayette  and  Greene  counties 
for  a  shorter  period.  He  was  for  a  number  of  years  secretary  of  the 
Fayette  County  Sunday  School  Association,  In  the  month  of  June, 
1  880,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  twelve  delegates  from  Pennsylvania  to 
the  World's  Sunday  School  Convention  at  London,  and  in  1881  to 
the  International  Sunday  School  Convention  at  Toronto,  Canada.  Ow- 
ing to  sickness  in  his  family  he  could  not  go.  In  March,  1891,  he 
was  stricken  with  paralysis,  and  died  May  16,  1 89  1 .  Thus  ended  a 
life  of  faithful,  loving  and  loyal  service. 

Note. — James  P.   Baird  bcpan  collectinjr  data   for  tlie   Baird   family  history,  wiiich 
was  kindly  given  into  my  hands  as  a  start  for  this  book. — F.  B.  C. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  89 

Children  of  Aaron  Baird  and  Persus  Fulton,  his  second  wife: 

Emma  Calhrinc,  born   1837.     Mairicd  James  Ryland  in   1660  in  Virginia. 

Sanford  Wright,  born   1839. 

Eliphlet  Hayden,  born  1841.     Married  Armstrong. 

Children  of  LyDIA  BaIRD  and  Samuel  Miller: 

John  Alexander,  born    1817;    died    1874.     Married   Margaret   Bower  in    1842. 
James  B..  born    1818;    died    1874.     Married   Mary  Griffin  in    1841. 
George   Gallaher.   boin    1820;    died    1851. 
William   Wylie,  born    1822;    died    1864. 

Oliphani,   born    1823;    died    1864.     Married   Amanda  Keith   in    1852.     Amanda 

died    1869. 
Washington,   born    1824.      Married   Anne   Tyler. 
Johnston,   born    1827.      Married  Sarah   E.  Gilbert. 

Wilson   Power,  born    1830.     Married  Amanda  Crute   (born   1833)   in    1833. 
Robert  Allen,  born    1832. 

Children  of  SusAN   BaIRD  and  Edward  Burnett: 

James   Herwig.      Married   Eliza  . 

John    Newton. 

Robert  Baird.      Married  Lydia  Stoncbroken. 

George    Gallaher.      Married    Elizabeth    McLean. 

William  Harrison. 

Sarah   Elizabeth. 

Ezekiel   Vance. 

Thomas  Jefferson. 

Children  of  MoSES  and  RaCHEL  B.  BairD: 

Samuel   Miller,  born    1821.      Married  Margaret  Gribble. 

Avie  Anne,  born    1824.      Married  Theodore  Van  Kirlc.     No  children. 

Eliza  Jane,  born    1826.      Married  J.  C.  Whitney. 

Jeremiah    P.,   born    1828;    died    1901.      Married    Margery    Finley.    1857.      Mar- 
gery died   in    1902. 
Sarah   Elizabeth,   born    1832. 
George  Washington,  born    1835.      Married   Sarah  Gates. 

Children  of  Robert  and  Fermine  Baird: 

Robert,  died  1850. 

Charles  Washington,  born    1828  at  Princeton,  N.  J.     Married  Margaret  Strong. 

Wrote   many   books,   among  others   "History   of   Huguenots." 
Henry   Martyn.     Married  Susan  Baldwin.      (He  was  Professor  in  the  University 

of  the  City  of   New  York   for  many  years.) 
Fermine  Ophelia. 
Edward    Payson. 
Anna  Fermine. 


90  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Vv'illiam   Wilberforce. 
\X'iiliam  Chester. 

BioGRAi  MitAL  Sketch   of    Rev.   Dr.   Chas.    Washington    Baird. 

"The  subject  of  this  sketrh  was  a  friend  to  the  New  York  Genealogical  and 
Bio::;raphical  Society  and  a  historian  of  original  research,  and  it  is  fitting  thai 
some  account  of  him  should  be  given  in  the  Record,  to  which  he  made  valuable 
conlribulions. 

"Dr.  Baird  was  born  August  28.  1828  (died  1887);  was  the  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Robert  Baird  and  Fermine  du  Boisson,  the  latter  of  French  Huguenot  blood. 
hi"  married,  1861,  Miss  Margaret  Eliza  Strong,,  eldest  child  of  Theodosius  Strong 
and  Eliza  J.  Mitchell.  His  wife,  a  daughter,  Eliza  Strong,  and  son.  Robert, 
survived  him.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  in  1848. 
lie  was  chaplain  of  the  American  Chapel  in  the  City  of  Rome,  1852-54.  From 
1859  to  1861  he  was  pastor  of  a  Refo.med  Dutch  Church  al  '-"crcen  Hill.  South 
Brooklyn.  In  May,  1861,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Rye. 
New  York.  IIis  names,  Charles  and  Washington,  were  derived  from  two  ma- 
ternal uncles.  He  was  born  al  Princeton,  N.  J.  He  also  lived  at  Phila- 
delpliia.  His  father.  Dr.  Robert,  became  widely  known  through  his  labors  to 
convert  Roman  Catholic  countries.  Six  years'  residence  in  Paris  and  two  in 
Geneva,  with  the  attendant  acquisition  of  foreign  languages,  gave  young  Charles 
a    preparation    for    library    research. 

"Dr.  Baird  was  a  member  of  many  historical  societies,  includinc  tliose  of  New 
York.  Lonn  Island  and  X'irfinia.  He  was  one  of  the  two  authors  chosen  to 
honorary  fellowship  by  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London,  founded  in  1885.  His 
brother,  Henry  M.,  was  the  other  American." — (Next)  YorI(  Cenealo^ical  and  Bio- 
graphical Record,  R.  W,.    1690.) 

Henry   Martyn   Baird. 

''1  he  announcfment  that  Dr.  Baird  s  long-expected  history,  "The  Revocation 
of  the  Kdi'-t  of  Nantes,'  would  appear  this  autumn  has  excited  afresh  popular 
interest  in  the  author.  Henry  Martyn  Baird,  the  historian  of  the  Huguenots,  a 
man  who  has  won  international  fame  by  his  devotion  through  life  to  one  great 
iht-me.  was  boin  in  Philadelphia  in  1832.  When  three  years  old  he  was  taken 
to  Pari?  bv  his  father,  who  was  one  of  the  best  known  and  most  influential  men 
of  his  time,  and  so  it  came  about  that  his  earliest  recollections  are  of  that  foreign 
capital.  There  in  Paris  he  lived  for  eight  years.  His  father  made  the  spread 
of  Protestantism  in  Europe  his  life  work,  and  his  son,  during  his  most  impression- 
able years,  lived  in  an  atmosphere  surcharged  with  historical  reminiscences  and 
great  enthusiasm.  As  a  child  he  plaved  in  the  T  uiUeries,  heard  upon  the  spot 
the  sto  y  of  the  great  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew's  Day,  and  many  a  time 
looked  up  at  ihe  facade  of  the  Church  of  St.  Germain-l'Auxerrois,  from  which 
the  signal  bell  sounded  forth.  To  him  the  rise  and  fall  of  the  Huguenots  was 
real,  as  books  alone  would  not  have  made  it.  After  six  years  the  family  moved 
to  Geneva,  and  on  the  way,  posting  somewhat  leisurely  as  they  did,  they  stopped 
at  Troyes,  and  from  the  Protestant  pastor  heard  how  the  messenger  of  Charles 
IX  sent  to  slop  the  massacre  there,  kept  the  dispatch  in  his  pocket  until  the  work 
of   the  butchers  had   been   finished. 

"On  his  leturn  home  he  entered  school  and  graduated  from  the  University  of 
the  City  of  New  York  in  1850.  He  then  lived  for  two  years  in  Italy  and 
Greece,   during  which   lime  he   studied   in   the   University   of   Athens. 

"In    1856   he   published   'A   Narrative   of   a   Residence   and   Travels   in    Modem 


SCOTCH-IRISH     BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  91 

Greece.'  In  1879  appeared  his  two  noble  volumes,  'History  of  the  Rise  of  the 
Huguenots."  The  first  volume  goes  from  the  begmnmg  of  the  French  Reformation 
to  the  Eciict  of  Nantes  (1562);  the  second  to  the  death  of  Charles  IX  (1574). 
Il  is  said  the  'judgment  of  foreigners  is  the  judgment  of  posterity."  Thus  Henry 
Martyn  Baird  is  secure  of  a  place  by  the  side  of  Prescolt,  Parkman  and  Motley, 
who  have  told  the  story  of  a  people  of  strange  speech  lo  them  better  than  tlicir 
own  historians. 

"'Throughout  we  are  impressed  with  Dr.  Bairds  truthfulness.  Dr.  Baird  pre- 
fers lo  put  no  titles  after  his  name  upon  his  title  pages,  but  he  has  received 
academic  honors  which  cannot  be  unnoticed  here.  The  College  of  New  Jersey 
gave  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  1667;  the  higher  one  of  Doctor 
of   Laws  in    1882.     Rutgers  College  made  him   D.D.   in    1877. 

"He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  and  the  Societc  de 
1  Hisloire  c'u  Proies'anismc  Francais,  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Harvard 
Historical  Society,  New  York  Historical  Society,  NX'estchester  Historical  Society, 
MassachMsells  Ilistorical  Society;  honorary  member  of  the  Huguenot  Society  of 
.'Xmerica;  honorary  fellow  of  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London.  In  1885  he  de- 
livered the  historical  oration  before  the  Huguenot  Society  of  America  (bicentenary 
of  the  Revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes),  and  in  1892,  the  fortieth  anniversary 
of  the  Sociele  de  I'Hisloirc  du  Prolestanlifme  Francais,  he  was  one  of  the  six 
historians  eiectf'd  honorary  members  of  the  governing  committee,  with  right  to  act 
and  vote." — (Samuel   McCauley  Jackson,  in  the  Doof(  Buyer,  September,   1895.) 

Children  of  ELIZABETH   BaIRD  and   RaNDOLF  DeaRTH. 
Geo)ge   Washington.      Ma.ried    Ruth    Moore. 
Robert  Johnston. 
Sarah  Jane. 
Clark    Breading. 

C'nildien  of  RoBERT  and  MARGARET  D.  BairD. 
Oliver   Perry.      Married    Maria   McMaster. 
Malinda.      Married  Dodridge  Harris. 
Edger   Morns. 

Robert  Davis.      Married   Martha   Murphy,  bon    1834. 
Margaret  Withrow.      Married   Francis  Leggett. 
Susan   Rebecca.      Married   Capt.   D.   Knight,    M.D. 
Samuel    A.      Married   Lizzie. 
John  R.     Married  Rebecca  E.  Woodworth. 

Children  of  James  N.  and  SiNA  T.  Baird. 

Mary   Aniander,   born    1824.      Married   Bennett   Stout. 

Sina  Angeline,   born    1826.      Married  Mitchell. 

George   Washington,   born    1827;    died    1872.      Married   Libby   Henry,    1853. 

Moses   Jefferson,   born    1829    (blind). 

Mildred  Annie  (Milly),  bom   1831;   died   1879.     Married  William  Clay  Henr> 

Harriet   Francis. 

Lyman   Beecher,   born    1833. 

Jabez  Chamber*,    1836.      Married  Martha  Tucker. 


92  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Albert   Barnes,   born   1838. 
Jamcj   Adams,    1841. 

Children  of  JOSEPH  C.  V.  and  MaRIA  CoX  BaIRD. 

Calvin,   born    1834;    died    1836. 

John   Newton,  born    1836.     Married,    1865,  Susan  Shultz,  Chillicothe,  Ohio. 
Mary   E.,   born    1837. 
Jane,  born   1839;   died   1841. 

Joseph   Chester,   born    1841.      Married    1869,   Delia  Sullif,    Morrison,    111.      Chil- 
dren:  Clara,  Mollie,  Josephine. 

Children  of  Joseph  C.  V.  and  Jane  Cox  Baird,  his  second  wife. 

Mariah,   born    1844. 

Robert  M.,    1846. 

Romania,  born   1847. 

Charlrs.  born    1850.      Married    1870. 

Joshua,   born    1852. 

Electa,   born    1856.      Married    1877. 

Children  of  HARRIET  Baird  and  James  Ewing. 

Four    sons,    five    daughters,    eighteen    grandchildren,    among    them    Dr.    George 
B.   Ewing,   a  missionary. 

Children  of  SuSAN  Baird  and  James  McMaster. 
Two  sons  and  six  daughters.     No  record. 

Children  of   ELIZABETH    Baird  and   Robert  Adams. 

James  Hervey.     Died   on  way  to  California.     Had  son,  J.  C.   B.,  Cal. 
Moses  Newton,  Rev.     Missionary  for  many  years  among  the  Dakota  Indians. 

Married   Mary  P . 

Emily. 

Children  of  Moses  Newton  and  MaRY  P.  BaiRD. 

Mary   Margaret.      Married    Mr.   Moore,  possibly   Birmingham. 
Charles.      Went    to    California. 
Clinton.     Went  to  California. 
James.     Died  on  way  to  California. 

Martin.     Sumner,    Mary   County,    Ohio.      Cousin   of   Charles   G.    Baird,    Mem- 
phis, Tcnn. 
Susiin.     Married  J.  B.  Clayton,  Athens,  Ohio.     Had  son,  J.  Baird  C. 
Mary.     Married   Mr.   Moore,  Texas. 
Nancy.     Married   Mr.   Bowles. 
David.     Nelsonville,  Ohio.     Two  sons,  John   and  Chat.  B. 

Children  of  HarveY  B.  and  MaRY  A.  BaIRD. 
Frank. 
Ebcnezer. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  93 

Children  of  MaJ.  CHAMBERS  BaiRD  and.  first,  Margaret  A.  Campbell, 
no  issue;  second,  Judith  Legett. 

Florence   Campbell.      Married   John   Wood. 

Chambers,   born    I860.     Lawyer  at  Ripley,   Ohio.      Graduate  of   Harvard.    1882. 

Children  of  RoBINSON  and  ELIZABETH  W.  BaIRD. 

James.      Served    in    Confederate    Army.      Died    in    St.    Louis,     Mo.       Married 

Eliza  Parks. 
Anne  Newlon   (Nancy),  born  In   1820.     Married  Maj.  James  Mclntyre  in    1842. 

He  was  born  in   1813;  died*in   1877.     Served  in  Seventh  Ohio  Cavalry. 
Jane.      Married   Jacob   Hollinsworth    Mahaffy,   who  served   in   the   Union  Army. 

Issue:      Six    children. 
■^^      Calhrine.     Married  Jacob  Mosier,  who  served  in  the  Union  Army. 

Thomas   W.     Served    in    the    Union   Army.      Married    Ellen    Biddle   of    Kansas. 

Issue:      Five   children. 
Joshua    Milton.      Married    Margaret    Graham.      Issue:    Four    children. 
Harriett.      Married  John  T.  Summers.  Lake  Charles.   La.     Has  daughter,   Lul« 

Mason,    Nebraska. 
Elizabeth.     Married  Jeunes  Fitch,  who  served  in  the  Union  Army  in  Kansas. 

Children   of  WiLLlAM   and   HaNNAH    Baird.      Ohio.      Removed   to 
Paris.   111. 
Mary  Jane. 
Jane. 

Washington. 
Margaret. 

Children  of  JosHUA  and  SuSAN  G.  BaiRD.     Bentonville,  Ohio. 
James.      Married   Miss   Geedon,   Blackford  County,    Indiana. 
Thomas.     Died    1849,  on  way  to  California. 
William. 
Sarah.      Married  James  Hook. 

Children  of  Rachel  Baird  and  William  RoUb.     Indiana. 

Robert.      Born    1820.      Fell    from    building    in    Chicago.      Married    Mary    New- 
hand   in    1857.     Issue:    Five  children. 
Mary,  born    1822.      Iowa. 

James,    1825.      Left  home  in    1840.      Possibly  died   in   Illinois. 
Washington,    1827. 

John,  born    1829.      Married   Belle   Dougherty.      Issue:    Eight  children. 
Joseph,  bom    1831.      Married   Agnes   Miirman.      Iowa. 
Wiley,  born    1834;    died    1863.     Indianapolis,   Ind. 
Moses,  born   1838;   died    1860. 

Children  of  James  and  ElIZA  A.   BaiRD.     West  Union,  Ohio;  Au- 
rora, 111. 

Joshua    Robinson,    born    1829;    died    1850.      Lived    at    Sardinia,    Ohio. 


94  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Ma.-y   Klizabelh,   born    1831;    died    1866.      Maaied  George   Kirker,   Kendall,   111. 

Sarali  Anne,  born  1833;  died  1860.  Married  Lawson  Huggins,  in  Ohio  in 
1857.      Issue:    Two  children.    Belle    and   Charles. 

Robcrl  Anderson,  born  in  1836  at  West  Union,  Ohio;  died  1887,  Garden  City, 
Kans.  Married  Agnes  \V.  Towne,  1836,  at  Aurora,  111.  Moved  to 
.Vlalveine,    Iowa. 

James  Nelson,  born  1843;  died  1863.  Company  E,  36th  III.  Volunteer  In- 
fantry;   killed    at   Stone    River. 

Children  of  ELIZABETH  Baird  and  James  Fitch. 

1  lattie. 

George. 

Warren. 

Laura. 

Lilly. 

Merbert. 

Children  of  Mary  Baird  and  James  Anderson. 

Mary.      Married  Turner   Pardue. 
Li77ie.      Married  Dr.  Theodore  Smith. 
Robert.      Married   Jane    Baldridge. 
William.      Married  Jessie   Eldridge. 
Jessie. 
Lldridge. 

Children  of  Anne  Baird  and  Benjamin  White. 

Five  children.      No  record. 

Children  of  Margaret,  James,  Susan  and  William  Frame. 

No   record.      Ohio. 

Children   of  JoHN,   James,    Margaret,   Leah,   Anne,   Jane   and 
Charles  Porter  (children  of  Jane  B.  and  Charles  Porter). 

No   record. 

Charles  was  associate  Jiidge  in  Fayette  County,  Pennsylvania, 
many  years.  A  letter  from  Hon.  James  M.  Porter,  LL.D.,  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  Lafayette  College,  Easton,  Pa.,  mentions 
two  sons  in    1 846. 

Charles  Porter  and  John  Porter,  two  brothers,  married  JaNE  and 
Margaret  Baird,  two  sisters;  they  each  had  sons,  John  and  James. 

ICapt.iin   Calvin   I'rciA-h   is  :i  pnmdsoii  of  IIoii.  Charles  Porter  and  Enoch  French.] 

Children  of  Leah  PorTER-CocHRAN. 
No  record. 

Children  of  MoSES  B.  PoRTER. 
Samuel.      No  other   record. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  95 

Children  OI  CHARLES  and  ISABELLA  PoRTER. 
Jane   Howard.      Lived   across   river    from   Ripley,   Ohio. 

Children  of  Steven  and  Rachf.l  Porter. 

Margaret   A.      Married   Mr.   Brook.   Bealio,  Kan». 

Heziah  J.      Married   Edwin   P.    Moore.   Tonica.    111. 

Eliza    B.      Married   John    McCoy,    Ripley. 

Mary  S.      Married  Thomas   King. 

Harriet   E. 

Marll-.a   W.      Married    Mr.   Kennedy.    Ripley. 

James  A.      Married   Emily   Aribella    (last  name   unknown).    Russellville,   Brown 

County,  Ohio. 

Steven  D.      Married   Mary   Ramey.    Nebraska. 

R.    Amanda,    1877. 

John    Blanchard.      Tonica. 

NoTK. — .\    Ifttir    written    l)y     II:.rriclt     Ilililis.     :Hi*4.    says    I'urtt-r's    son    is    married. 
Newell  .-iii.i|iti(l   thri-o   Mills  of   his  will-'-,  sisti  r  .iiid   live-  at   Injianaiiolis.   Iml. 

Children  of  SamUEL  PoRTER   (lived  at  Tonica). 

Wiley. 

(Wife   and  children   of   Robert   lived  with   him.) 

Children  of  CEPHAS  and  SaRAH    (SaLLY)  WilsON  PorTER. 
James  W.      Married,   first,   Cinthia   Van   Kirk;    second,   Mary   Van   Kirk. 
Samuel 

John   Thomas    (Hon.).      Phoebe   Jane    Finley,   Grand   Ridge,    Fla. 
Margaret   W.      Married   Mr.   Thompson. 
Mary  Anne.      Married  John  Van  Kirk. 
Isabellc.      Married   Mr.   McKay  or   McCoy. 

Children  of  JamES  H.  PorTER. 

Died  at  Lauren'.eville,  N.  J.,    1834.      Na  record. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  Eliza  PorTER. 
No  record. 

Children  of  RoBERT  PoRTER.      Ho  died  at  Tonica.  111.,   1862. 

Two   boys. 

Two  girls.      No   record. 

Children  of  JosEPH  and  Rebecca  Riggs. 

Rebecca  Anne,  born    1820.      Married,    1839,  Steven    Kendall, 

Eliza  Jane,  born    1822.      Married,    1839,   L.   Robinson. 

Mary  Agnew,   born    1824. 

Harriet   L.,  bo.n    1825.      Married,    1847,   Robert  Dunlap. 

James    William,     born     1827.       Married,     1851,     Mary     E.    Taylor.       He    wai 

killed,    1856. 
Martha,  born    1830.      Married,    1858,  Joshua  V.   Robinson.      Went  lo  Germany. 


96  BAIRD   AND    REARD    FAMILIES 

Stephen   Baldrldge,  born    1832.      Married,    1858,  Evadne  Withers. 

Samuel    Agnew,   born    1833.      Married,    1861,    Kate    Earl. 

Joseph  Edmund,  born   1837.     Married,   first,   Emma  J.  Eidridge;   second,  Annie 

Fuller. 
Charles  Henry,  born   1840.     Married,    1866,   Alice   N.  Hurd. 
Alexander   Brown,   born    1842.      Married,    1870,   Charlotte    B.    Richardson. 
Emma,  born   1844. 
No  record  of  any  of  the  other  children  of  Anne  Baird  and  Stephen  Riggt. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Eliza  BaIRD  and  Charles  Brown. 

Mary   Frances,  born    1838.      Married  Charles  Brenneman  in    1860. 

V/illiam   French,  born    1839.      Married  Annie   Brown  in   1881. 

Robert  Baird,  born    1841. 

Martha,  born   1842.     Married  John  R.  Breneman  in   1867. 

Susannah,  born    1844;    died    1873. 

Charles,   Jr.,   born    1846;    died    1852.      Married    Molly   Fisher. 

Georgr  Wesley,   born   1849. 

Nancy    F.,    died    1851. 

NoTi-. — The    fir^t    wife    of    Cliailes    Rrown,     Sr.,    was    Nancy    Holmes,    by    whom 

lie   li.id   f]c\  rii    cliililrcn. 

Children  of  Samuel  McEIroy  and  ELIZABETH  B.  BaiRD. 
Nancy,   born    1838. 
Mary,  bo.n    1840. 
Alfred,    born    1842. 
Margaret  Anne,  born    1844. 
Alexander,   born    1848. 
Isaac  C,  born    1851. 
Eliza  Jane,  boin    1853. 

Ellen    Frances,   born    1853.      Married    Mr.    King. 
Martha,    bom    1859. 

Children  of  Rev.  Enoch  and  ELIZABETH  B.  BaIRD. 
Charles   B. 
Harriet   Jackson. 
Fannie  L.ouise. 
Robert  James   (Dr.). 
Emma  C. 
Lizzie    Burton. 
Mary  Louelia   (Molly  B.  Branch). 

Children  of  Rev.  Willkm  F.  and  Rebecca  Harah  Baird. 

William   H. 
Henry  Martin. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS   OF    AMERICA  97 

Children    of    ReV.    ALEXANDER   J.    and    NeLLY    HibBITS    BrITTON 

Baird. 

Susan. 

William,  born   1835.     Married  Faith  Houts. 

Fermine,   born    1858.      Married   William    Benjamin    Catchings.    1879.      He    wai 
born    1857;    died    1907. 

Children  of  JamES  GutHRIE  and  FRANCES  M.  BaIRD. 

William   Morgan. 
F.dward   Clarence. 
Lucy   Henry. 
Wallace    Bryan. 
Harry  L. 

Children  of  Mary  Jane  BaIRD  and  Nathan  Williams. 

Harriet   A. 

Charles  L.  ' 

Alexander    B. 

Robert  }1    U. 

William   Ellsworth. 

Annie   L.ouisa. 

James   M. 

Edward    Franklin. 

Children  of  ChaRLES  P.  and  SuSAN  A.  BaIRD. 

Charlie   H.,  died   at  the   age   of   five  years. 

Harlan   Page,  born    1860. 

Edward   P. 

Susan    (Sadie),  bom    1874.     Married   Mr.  Wright  of   Florida. 

Children  of  NaNCY  F.  BaiRD  and  W.  R.  Shook,  of  Texas. 

Levi. 

Ida. 

May    Bell. 

Baird. 

George. 

Hassie   Ruth. 

Alice. 

John. 

Fermine   May. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  KiLGORE  and  NaNCY  GalLAHER. 
George  Nathaniel,  born   1833.     Married  Jane  Smith. 
William  Freeman,  bora   1836. 

Jacob   Meredith,  bora   1839.     Married  Savilla  Gribble   (bora  In   1840)   in    1866. 
John  W.,  born   1853.     Married  Nancy  L.  Palmer.   1855. 


98         •■  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  Eliza  A.  and  WiLLIAM  Brown. 

Hannah  C.  born    1834.      Married   Daniel   P.   Gibson.    1874. 

Jane. 

George  W..  born   1836.     Married   Matlle   Foulk,    1655. 

Elizabeth,  born    1838.     Married  James  Russel. 

William  E.,  born   1841.     Married,  first,  Isabella  C.  Purvis;   second,  Jane  Baird. 

Children  of  Lydia  M.  and  James  MilleR. 

Martha. 

Sarah  Ann. 

George. 

Alexander. 

John. 

Thomas. 

James. 

Henry. 

William  J. 

Elbe. 

Maria. 

Children  of  MaRY  J.  G,  and  JOHN  McCoMBS. 

Eydia   Margaret,  born    1838;    died    1875.     Married  James  Finley. 

Bertha.      Missionary   to   Peyeng  Yang,   Korea. 

Hannah,   born    1639.     Married   Samuel   Campbell. 

Elizabeth,  born    1841.      Married  Josiah   B.  Crow. 

Anne,  bom    1844;   died   1880.     Married  William  Read. 

Maria. 

George   W.,  born    1846.     Married    Martha  Woodward. 

Mary  Jane,  born    1848.     Married  Cyrus  A.   Porter. 

William,  born   1850. 

John   A,   born    1852.      Married    Margaret    McCormack. 

Sarah   M.,  born    1854. 

James   C,   born    1856. 

Children  of  ROBERT  J.  and  MarTHA  McK.  GallAGHER. 
George  William,  born   1857. 
Robert  J.,  born   1859. 
Charles,  born   1662. 

Children  of  Maria  Baird  and  Eli  H.  Finley. 
Huston,  born   1834. 

Margaret,  born    1837.      Married   Mr.  Burnett. 
Jane. 

Mary   M.,    1837.     Married  Mr.  Corder,  Strealor,  111. 
Margery. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  99 

Robert   Evans,  born    1840. 

William  Elliotl.  born    1843. 

Fermine    Ophelia,    born    1845. 

Ebenezer   F.,  born   1847. 

Anne  Eliza,  born   1849.     Married  Jacob  Brown. 

Aaron   Baird,  born    1851. 

Children  of  ElIZA  Baird  and  Benjamin  F.  Miller. 

Robert  Baird,  born   1834;   died    1880.      Married   Mary  DcFreeze  Pierson.   1853, 

at    Edwardsburg,    Mich. 
James   Berney,  born    1838;    died    1839. 
Alfred     Bryant,    born     1842;     died     1892.      Married    Estha    Ann    Tarbell,    of 

Maryland,    in     i866. 
Margaret  Jane,  born    1844;    died   1847. 

Anne,  born   1847.     Married   Elmer  Crockett,    1868,  South  Bend,   Ind. 
Fermine  O.,    1849.      Married  John    Morgan,   DufEnbaugh.    1868. 
Frcinklin,   born    1851;    died    1653    at  South    Bend,    Ind. 

Children  of  JaNE  Baird  and  William  Brown. 

Aaron    Baird,   born    1843.      Married  Ophelia  Stickel,    1863. 

Margaret  Ann,  born    1844.      Married  Eli  Piersel,    1865. 

Alexander,   born    1846;    died    1865. 

Robert,  born   1847. 

John  Allen,  born    1849.      Married  Celesta  Kannels.    1879. 

Albert  C,  born   1854.      Married  Bella  Moore.    1874. 

Children  of  JOHN  A.  and  Eliza  W.  BaIRD. 

James. 
William. 
Joseph. 
Newton. 
Martha  Jane. 

Children  of  James  P.   and,  first,  HARRIET  RiLEY  BaIRD,  who  died 
1842. 

George  Clark. 

Children  of  Jamzs  P.  and,  second,  MARGARET  PraTT  BaiRD,  who 
died  1864. 

Sarah   Jane. 
Mary  Elizabeth. 
John  William. 
Diana  Phoebe  Anna. 
Charles   Henry. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  J.  and  Maria  W.  Baird. 

Aaron.     Died   in  infancy. 


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BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 


William  Wilkins,  born   1848.     Married  Landgariha  Hays  In    1873. 

Elizabeth   Jane,    1850,    Bloomington,    111. 

James  Deimar.     Died   1851.     Married  Ann  Eliza  McWilliams,    1874. 

Children  of  ROBERT  A.  and  NaNCY  AckLIN  BaIRD. 
Maltha   Malisa,  born    1850.      Married,  John   P.  Craig,    1867. 
Milton  Todd,  born    1852. 
Alonzo    Buchanan,    born    1855. 
Robert   William,  born    1859. 
John  Acklin,  born    1863. 

Children  of  DaX'ID  A.  and  ELIZABETH    (RidGEWAY)   BaIRD. 

Fdwin.      Married   Jane   Mitchel. 

Margaret. 

Adelade.      Married    Henry    Baker. 

.Agatha.      Married    Hugh   Wilson. 

Jane. 

May. 

Virc'nia.      Married  Jacob  Beasley. 

Children  of  Emma  C.  Baird  and  James  Ryland. 

Henry   Halleck.  born    1862. 

Charles  Baird,  born    1864. 

James  Elbert,  born   1866. 

Francis   Hayden   and    Fredrick   Wright,    twins,   bom    1868. 

Mary   Percis,   born    1871. 

Wallace    McClure,    1872. 

Kenneth   R.   Howard,   bom    1875. 

Emma  Grace,    1879. 

Dora.     Not  on  all  records. 

Children  of  Eli  Hayden  and  Mary  Margaret  A.  Baird. 

Gertrude. 
Jessie. 
Blanch. 
Arthur  W. 
Charity. 
Joseph  A. 
Mary   Margaret. 

Children  of  JoHN  A.  and  Margaret  Baird  Miller. 

Harriet  Effic.  born    1842;    died    1861.     Married    1859. 
Sarah   Elizabeth,   born    1845;    died    1854. 
Lydia  Anne,  born   1848.     Married    1871. 
Rebecca  M.  H.,  born    1850.     Married   1871. 
Martha,  born   1853;   died   1879. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  1 01 

Jessie    Benton,    1855;    died    1859. 

Viola   Jane,    1658. 

Johnson  Allen,  born   I860.     Married,  first,  in   1881.  Ida  May.  Winchester.  Ohio; 

second,    Lucy    M..    1884. 
Hoiiice.   born    1862. 

Children  of  JaMES  B.  and  Mary  G.  MlLLER. 
Samuel   Wylie,   born    1843.      Married    1867, 
Lydia   Anne,    born    1845;    died    1847. 

Sarah  Frances,  born   1847.      Married  Samuel  Willard    (born    1843)    in    1867. 
William  Franklin,  born    1848.     Married   1876. 
John   Nrwlon,  born    1850;    died    1852. 
Elizabeth   C.   born    1852. 
Lydia,  born    1854.      Married    1883. 
Anna,   born    1856. 
Robert  Baird,   boin   1858. 
James    Albert,    born    1859. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  W,  and  MaTILDA  B.  MlLLER. 
Cornelia,    born    1850. 

Children  of  Oliphant  and  Amanda  K.  Miller, 

Jennie,   born    1854. 
John  Henry,    1858. 

Children  of  WASHINGTON  and  Anne  T.  MlLLER. 
Duglass   (or  Deloss),  born   1857. 

Children  of  JOHNSON  and  MaRY  G.  MlLLER. 

•  John   Gilbert,   boin    1863. 
Mable  M.,  bom    1865, 
Blanch,  born    1869. 

Children  of  WiLSON  P.  and  AmanDA  C.  MlLLER. 

Emily  F.,  born    1853. 

Frank  Baird,  born    1855.      Married   1878. 

Sarah  E.,  born   1858. 

Tilla,    born    1860;    died    1862. 

Harry   C,   born    1864;    died    1880. 

Maude    M.,    born    1867. 

Wylie   and    Blanch,   twins,    1870. 

Children  of  MarY  J.  McCo.MBS  and  CyrUS  PorTER. 

Cyrus. 

Georgia.    1873. 
Robert.    1876. 
John.    1879. 
James,   1880. 


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Children  of  James  H.  Burnett  and  Eliza   (his  first  wife),  mar- 
ried in  1840. 

Mary  D.,  born    1841.      Married  George  Nobles. 
George    Muflin,   born    1847. 

Children  of  James  H.  BurnetT  and  Lydia  A.  Vernon  (his  second 
wife),  married  in  1865. 
No  other   record  of  children  of  James   Burnett. 

Children  of  SaMUEL  M.  and  MaRGARET  G.   BaIRD. 

Rachel. 

Jane. 

John. 

Anna. 

Moses. 

Children  of  AviE  A.  and  TheODORE  VaNKIRK. 
No    record. 

Children  of  ElIZA  Baird  and  Rev.  J.  C.  WhITNEY. 
Winona   C. 
Oliver  B. 
Lizzie   B. 
F.dward   D. 
Joseph   Henry. 
William  A. 

Children  of  JerEMIAH  and  MarGERY  F.  BaiRD. 
Winona   Cathrine,   born    1857.      Unmarried. 

Margaret  Anne,  born  1858.     Married  Dr.  William  McClure,  missionary  to  China. 
Robert,  born    1860.      Married   Emma  Shannon. 
William   Finley,    1862.      Married   Almira  A.   Smith. 
Moses   Alexander,   born    1863.      Married   Lamantha   Voories. 
Jerome,  born    1865. 
Edward   Lincoln,    1867. 
Mary   Marjorie,  bom    1868. 

George   Hayden,  born    1870.      Married   Ella   Morgan. 
James   Fulton,    1875. 
Annie  Florence,    1876. 

Benjamin   Beal,    1879.  1 

Lula  Ada.    1883. 

Children  of  Henry  M.  and  SuSAN  B.  Baird. 
Armenia    Palmer,    1884. 

Fermine   Du   Boisson.      Married  Samuel    Hawley. 
Julia   Flagg.      Married  George   Howard   Chamberlin.  , 


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Susan  Baldwin. 

Henry    Martyn,   Jr.      Married   Cornelia   E.   Hand. 

Margaret.      Married   Marshall  Stewart   Brown. 

Children  of  Ann   Newton    (Nancy)    Baird  and  Maj,  James  Mc- 
Intyre. 

Elizabeth  Jane  and  Mary  Ellen,  twins,  bom  1843.     Mary  Ellen  married  Richard 

Ewan,    1872. 
Calhrine   Arabel,    1845. 

Fannie   Adaline,    1850.      Married   Dr.   F.    Howard,    1884. 
Georgia  King,  1853. 

Charles  Thomas,    1854,  Sardinia,  Ohio.      Married   Florence  V.   Hare,    1876. 
Jesse   Fremont,    1856.      Married  Claussen   M.  Leffinwell,   1876. 
Hallie,   1859.     Married  J.  S.  Galliett,   1886. 

Children  of  RoBERT  A.  and  AcNES  T.  BaIRD. 

Margaret  Eliza,  born  1865,  in  Aurora,  111.  Married  Harry  R.  Boyd  at  Gar- 
den   City,    Kans.      Lives    in    Memphis. 

Henry  Town,  born  1868,  in  Minouk,  111.  Married  Mariah  Koontz,  1892.  She 
died    in    Galveston,   Tex.,    1902. 

Mary  Gertrude,  born  1872,  in  Minouk,  111.  Married  William  Verdonson  Cox, 
1902,   in   Galveston,   Tex. 

Children  of  GeoRGE  W.  and  RuTH  M.  DEARTH. 

Aaron    Randolph. 

John   W. 

Lacy   Evans. 

Jonah. 

Evans. 

Children  of  Eliza  BaIRD  PoRTER  and  JOHN  McCoY. 
Louella.     Marriea  Dr.   E.  R.   Bell,   Ripley,  Ohio. 
Alonzo  Patterson. 
Louisa.     Unmarried. 

Eugena.      Married   Charles   F.  Summers.     Six  children. 
John  T.      Married   Lyda  Easton. 

Anna.      Married   Charles  Summers    (his  second   wife). 
William.      Unmarried. 
Note. — There  were  twelve  Rrandcliildren. 

Another  list  of  children  of  Eliza  Porter  and  JoHN  McCoY. 

NoTK. — I   don't  know  which   is  correct. — F.  D.   C. 

Esteiie.      Married   Dr.  Salisbury,  Winchester,   Ohio. 

Charles  S.,  Kentucky. 

Margaret. 

Thomas. 

John    McCoy. 


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Edith. 
Helen. 

Children  of  Mary  S.  Porter  and  Thomas  King. 
Ira. 
No   record   of    Harriet    E.    Porter.      Possibly   married    Mr.    Hibbs. 

Children  of  Martha  W.  Porter  and  Mr.  KENNEDY,  of  Ripley, 
Ohio. 

Frank. 
Jennie. 

Children  of  JamES  A.  and  EmILY  ARABELLA  PoRTER,  Russellville, 
Ohio. 

Elld   Florence. 

Harry  W. 

Edwin  E. 

Charles   R. 

George   F.  .... 

Lula  Belle.  '"     ' 

Children  of  Steven  D.  and  Mary  Ramey  Porter. 

George   R.,   Nebraska. 

Children  of  JOHN  Blanchard  Porter,  Tonica,  111. 

Maud. 

Charley. 

Guy. 

No   record   of   grandchildren   of   Samuel    Porter,   Ottowa,   Tonica,   and  Streator, 

111.     Children  and  wife  of   Robert  lived  with  him. 
No    record    of    Wiley,    son    of   Samuel    Porter,    Tonica,    111. 

Children  of  JaMES  W.   and  CyNTHIA  VaN  KiRK  PorTER,  his  first 
wife   (married  in    1852). 
Harriet  A.,  born   1856. 
Sarah  E.,  born    1858;    died    1865. 
Mary  B.,  born  I860;   died   1865. 

Children  of  James  W.  and  Mary  Van  Kirk  Porter,  his  second 
wife  (married  in  1866). 
Maggie  M.,  born   1867.     Possibly  married  James  M.  Cordor. 
John   W..    1870. 
Cora  Belle.   1877. 

Children  of  Hon.  John  T.  Porter  and  Phoebe  Jane  Finley. 

William.     Birmingham,  Ala.     No  other  record. 


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I 

Children  of  MaRGARET  W.  Porter  and  Mr.  THOMPSON. 
Cora    May,    1874. 
Robert   Wilson,    1876. 
Sarah   Edna,    1878. 
Charles   Johnson,    1881. 

Children  of  Mary  Anne  Porter  Van  Kirk. 

Thomas   Henry,   born    1851;  died    1874. 

Sadie  Elizabeth,  born   1853.  Married  Thomas  D.  Bowers,   1873.                                                   j 

Ella  Jane,  born    1855.  | 

Cephas  Porter,  born   1858;   died   1864.  j 

James  Cyrus,    1862.  j 

John   Henry,    1867.  J 

Kate.    1870.  I 

Children  of  ISABELLE  PORTER  McKaY. 
Louie   Bell. 
Mary   Wilson. 
Georgie    Venettie. 

Children  of  ReBECCA  A.   RiGGS  and  STEPHEN  KiNDALL. 
Mary  lone,  born    1840.      Married  Fred  P.  Covert. 
Anne   Eliza,    1841.      Married   William   F.  Jamison. 

William.    1843.     Unmarried.  ( 

Stephen  Riggs.  1845;  died  1847. 
Joseph  Henry,  1847.  Unmarried. 
Harriet   Emma,    1849.  j 

Children  of  ElIZa  JanE  Riggs  and  L.  NewtoN  RobiNSON  (Captain 
Battery  L,  First  Ohio  Artillery,  Civil  War). 

Luella  Allen,  born    1840;    died    1841. 

Kate   Louise,   Lorn    1842.      Married   Harry  S.  Willard. 

Camilla,    born    1844.      Married    David    Eugene    Begler    Dear,    1866, 

Harry   Gibbs. 

Fred   Hutchess.      Married   Elizabeth  Davis. 

Children  of  HARRIET  RiGGS  and  RoBERT  DuNLAP. 

Howard,  born    1848.      Married   Ella  T.  Cole.    1874. 
William   Baldridge.  born    1850;    died    1851. 
Agnes  Gibson,  born   1851.     Married  William  S.  Green. 
Joseph  Riggs,  born   1854.      Married  Leonora  Hayes. 
Robert,  born    1857;    died    1858. 

Children  of  JamES  W.  and  Mary  T.  RiGGS. 

William,    born    1852. 

Frederick   Albert,   born    1854.      Drowned    in    Ohio    River. 

James  William,   born    1857.      Lived  at   Portsmouth,   Ohio. 


106  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children   of   Martha   Riggs   and   JosHUA  V.    RoBINSON    (Major 
Thirty-third  O.  V.  I.  in  Civil  War),  who  died  in  1862. 

Allen.    1854;    died    1855. 
Genevive,  born    1856.      Unmarried. 

Children  of  STEPHEN  B.  and  EvADNE  RiGGS. 

Alma  W..  born    1854.      Married   James  K.   Finley.    1884. 

Mary   C,   born    1856;    died    1857. 

Fanny    A.,    born    1858.      Unmarried. 

Emma  F...  born    1859;    died   1867. 

Charles   Newton,   born    1862.      Married   Clara  Simson. 

Anna   \\'.,   born    1863.      Married   William   Gardner. 

Children  of  SaMUEL  and  KaTE  E.  Riggs. 
Htnry   Earl,   born    1865. 

Children  of  JosEPH  E.  and  Emma  J.  RiGGS,  his  first  wife. 

No    record. 

Children  of  Joseph  E.  and  ANNA  E.  RiGGS,  his  second  wife. 

Kate. 

May    Fuller. 

Lucy. 

Children  of  ChaRLES  H.  and  AliCE  H.  RigGS; 
Elizabeth   Clough,   born    1868. 
Edwm   Hurd.  born    1870. 
1  larnet    Ba'drldge,   born    1873. 

Children  of  ALEXANDER  and  CHARLOTTE   R.   RiGGS. 
.Albert    Richardson,   born    1873. 
Elsie,  born    1874. 

Children  of  Maggie  M.  BaIRD  and  James  M.  Corder,  Streator,  III. 

Flora.    May   6,    1860. 
William   E..    1864. 
Robert  G..    1864. 
Huston   Fuby,    1866. 
Cora    Estelle,    1872. 
Rov   B.-iscom,    1880. 

Children  of  EuGENIA  McCoY  and  Chas.  SummeR. 
Florence. 
Maud. 
Winfred. 
Hera. 
Leland. 
Bertram. 


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Children  of  LUELLA  McCoY  and  Dr.  E.  R.  BelL. 
Edwin. 
Everett. 
William. 
John.     Married  Lydia  Easlon;    died   in   New   Mexico. 

Children  of  ANNA  McCoY  and  Chas.  SUMMERS. 
Ray. 

Children  of  JOHN  NewTON  and  SuSAN  S.  BaIRD. 

Chas.    Maurice. 
Albert   Rollin. 
Joseph  Shullz. 
John    Watts. 

Children  of  Sadie  V.  VanK.  BoweRS,  Streator,  111. 

Alice  D..  born  1875. 
Louis  E.,  born  1878. 
Ella  M.,  bom  1883. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  WiLKENS  and  L.  HaYS  BaIRD. 
Waller    (Prof.),   born    1874.      Married    Estelle   Smith.    1895. 
Myrta    May. 

Halsey  O.,  born  1890.  Married,  first,  Grace  Hogan.  had  twin  boyi.  He 
married,    second,    Lottie    Schrvtner. 

Children  of  JAMES  Delmer  and  Eliza  McW.  BaIRD, 
Clementine,   born    1879.      Married   Err.est   Perry    1902. 
Royden   K.,   born    1880.      Married   Margaret   Mooberry. 
Ellon  D.,  born    1882.     Married  Edna  Allison. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  B.  and  Faith  H.  Baird. 

Donna,  born  September,   1890.     Married  December  30,   1908,  C.  C.  Beasley. 
A.    J.,    born    July    1,    1895.      A    volunteer    member    of    the    Vanderbilt    Medical 
Unit    in    our    war   against   Germany.    (Left    for    France.    January    15.    1918.) 
Martha,  born   July  4.    1900. 
William  B..  Jr..  born  February   13.   1902;    died  August.   1903. 

Children  of  Fermine  Baird  and  W.  B.  Catchings. 

Benjamm  Silas,  born  October  9.  1880.  Served  in  Company  K.  First  Alabama 
Volunteer  Infantry,  Spanish-American  War.  Lawyer  of  New  York  City. 
Married,   October   5.    1910.   Elizabeth    McKee.      Issue:    Joseph.   Benjamin. 

Marjorie,  born  October,  1882.  Married  Gratlon  Colvin.  December  7,  1911. 
Issue:  Marjorie  (born  1912),  Jane  (born  1914),  Fermine  (born  1916). 
Gratton.   Jr..    (bom    1918). 


108  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Thomas    Daird,   born   August    18,    1884.      Civil    Engineer,   Captain  Co.   B,   307th 

Reg.    U.   S.    Engineers,   German-American    \\  ar. 
Neilic,   born    1886,   died   in   infancy. 
Baird   and  Silas,    twins,   born    1888;    died   in   infancy. 
William    Baird,    born    1891.      Married    Paige    Bradley.    December   21,    1916. 

Children  of  RoBERT  B.  and  Mary  DeF.  Miller,  South  Bend,  Ind. 

Frank    De    Freeze    (Rev),    born     1854.       Married    Fanny    Ward,    1893,    Oak- 
land,   Calif. 
Alfred  Lindscy,  bom    1863;   died    1885.  at  Oakland,  Calif. 

Children  of  ALFRED  B.  and  EsTHA  T.  MiLLER. 
Fredeiick   .Ami,    1868.      Married   Flora   Dunn.    1892. 

Children  of  Anna  Miller  and  Elmer  Crockett. 

Addie   Theresa,    1871-1873. 
Frank    Miller.    1874-1876. 
Charles    F.lmer,    1876. 
Ethel    Miller.    1879. 
Donnell    Baird,    1887-1894. 

Children  of  FermiNE  O.  MilLER  and  JOHN  M.  DuFFENBAUGH. 
Marrietta.    1873-1074. 
Walter.    1875. 

Children  of  Margaret  Eliza  Baird  and  Harry  R.  Boyd. 

Margaret   Agnes,    born    lo92,    at    Memphis,    Tenn. 

Children  of  HaRRY  Town  and  HARRIET  M.  K.  BaiRD. 
Robert  Koontz,  born    18*;4,   at  Garden  City,   Keois. 

Children  of  Mary  GeRTRUDE  BaIRD  and  WiLLIAM  V.  CoX. 
^X'llllam    B..   born    1903.    Galveston.   Texas. 

GROUP  2— David. 

The  following  data  given  by  Daniel  Byrne,  of  Windham  County, 
Connecticut,  constitute  an  interesting  and  important  link. 

David    Baird   married    Lydia    Glendinning;    lived    at    Dumfries, 
Scotland. 

When  Mary  was  sixteen  her  father  moved  to  Golden  Bridge,  near 
Dublin,  Ireland.     David  had  a  large  machine  shop  there. 

The  children  of  David  and   Lydia  G.    Baird  were  all  born   in 
Scotland,  except  Peter,  who  died  in  infancy.     They  were  as  follows: 

James.      Came   to   America   in    1835. 
William. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  109 

Mary,  born  1820.     Married  Michael  Corrigan.     Came  to  America. 

David,  Jr.      (This  may   have  been   David   Alexander's   father.) 

Isabella. 

Marion. 

Janet. 

Peter. 

Mary  married  an  apprentice  of  her  father,  who  was  a  CathoHc. 
Her  father  was  a  Presbyterian.  The  Bairds  and  the  Corrigans  op- 
posed the  marriage,  so  the  young  people  came  to  America.  They  went 
first  to  Cleveland.  Ohio,  thence  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  where  hoth  died, 
leaAing  a  young  dau-^hter,   Mary,  who  married  Byrne. 

The  tradition  of  Mary  Corrigan  says  GeIN.  Sir  DaVID  BaIRD  was 
a  first  cousin  of  David,  her  father.  Sir  David  often  visited  them,  and 
having  no  son.  wished  to  adopt  young  David.  Jr..  and  purchase  a  com- 
mission for  him  in  the  army.  She  remembered  shawls  and  presents  which 
came  from  the  cousins  in  Scotland.  She  spoke  of  cousins,  Lowthes  and 
Forsythes,  who  came  to  America.  Though  they  were  Presbyterians, 
much  of  their  estates  were  lost  fighting  for  the  Pretender.  She  spoke 
of  going  on  the  ship  to  say  good-bye  to  her  brother  James,  coming  to 
America  in    1835.      It  is  supposed  anotl.er  broth.er  came  later. 

GROUP  3— Frances. 

Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  John  Baird  thought  that  the  first  Baird  to 
emigrate  to  Ireland  was  the  Rev.  John  Baird,  chaplain  to  the  Duke 
of  Argyle,  who,  during  the  reign  of  Charles  II,  was  sent  to  repress  the 
Irish  rebellion,  when  50,000  Protestants  were  killed.  Fie  settled  near 
Belfast  in  1646.  HeNRY  BairD  said  all  BaIRDS  are  traceable  to 
Greybo,  or  Bairdstown,  between  Belfast  and  Newton  Ards,  about  three 
miles  from  Belfast,  County  Down.  He  also  spoke  of  Elizabeth's 
father  as  John  Dickson. 

Francis  Baird,  of  Greybo,  or  Bairdstown,  County  Antrim, 
removed  to  a  settlement  called  Magherally,  County  Down,  a  few  miles 
from  Bainbridge.  Ireland.  WiLLIAM  LoGAN  Baird  says  he  was  first 
cousin  of  Sir  David. 

Dr.  Thomas  Baird  says  the  coat  of  arms  was  the  same  sls  the 
Scotch,  but  the  motto  was,  Dominus  fecit  vi  et  armis — "The  Lord 
works  by  force  of  arms." 

FIRST  GENERATION. 
Frances.      (There  may  have  been  brothers.) 


110  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
John,  born  about  1  703;  died  1  750.    Married  Mary  McCully. 

(Tlicrc   may   liavc   been   oilur  cliililnn. ) 

THIRD  GENERATION. 
Children  of  JOHN  and  Mary  McCully  BaiRD. 

John,  born  1744;  died  1810.  Married,  second,  Elizabeth  Lamb  Dickson, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Esther  Lamb  Dickson),  1734;  died  1815.  Guilford, 
near    Bainbridge. 

Mary.      Married   William    Graham. 

Elizabeth.      Married     Vv'iliiam    McCue. 

Margaret.     Merried  James  Hervey,  son  of  James  Hervcy  and   Miss  Scolt. 

Agnes.     Married  Samuel    McGowan.     Moved  lo  St.  John,   N.  B. 

James.      Married   Agnes    Martin. 

Rebecca.      Unmarried. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  John  and  ELIZABETH  D.  Baird,  of  Donaclay. 

John.      Married    Rosanna    Hervey.     They   emigrated   to   America.      He   died   in 

South    Carolina.      Rosanna    with    four    children    came    lo    Philadelphia    with 

Thomas   D.   after   John's  death. 
Thomas    Dickson,   born    1773;    died    1837.      Married,    first,    Isabella    McKay    in 

Ireland.      She    and    her    children    died    in   South    Carolina.      Second,    Esther 

Thompson. 
Moses   Lamb,   died    in    Ireland. 

Henry,  born    1780.      Married    Mary   Forsythe;    came   to   Baltimore   in    1817. 
Esther. 
Rebecca. 
Mary   Elizabeth. 
Margaret.       Possibly    married     Mr.    McGowan     and     remained      at     Tulyhinny, 

Ireland. 

[.\  letter  froin  Mo^cs  R.iirfl  of  Tulyhinny.  Trel.ind,  to  Henry  Baird,  Pittsburg, 
ppe.iks  of  cniigr.Tting  to  America  the  next  year;  also  speaks  of  "Brother"  Samuel 
McC.owan.— F.  B.  C] 

Children  of  MarY  Baird  and  William  Graham. 

John   (Capt.).     Came  to  South  Carolina  in   1802. 

Children  of  ELIZABETH  BaIRD  and  William  McCue. 
Two  »on»,   one   daughter.     No   record. 

Children  of  MARGARET  BaIRD  and  James  Hervey. 

James,  Jr. 

Rebecca. 

Mary. 


.iM 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  111 

Children  of  ACNES  Baird  and  Samuel  McGowan. 

No  record. 

Children  of  James  and  AcNES  M.  BaIRD. 
John. 
Andrew. 

Rebecca.  Married  Mr.  Forsythe. 
Mary  Anne.  (Settled  in  Ohio.) 
Agnes. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  Rosanna  Hervey  BaiRD. 

Samuel.      Married    Miss   Lowrey,  of  Sewicldey,   Pa. 

John.      Married   Rebecca   Patterson. 

Eliza.      Married    Mr.    Wallace. 

Mary  Ann  Scott.     Married  Samuel   Culberlson    Hucy. 

Jane.      Died   at   sea,  coming   from  South   Carolina.  -.'^^  " 

i' 

Children  of  Thomas  D.  and  ISABELLA  McKCaY  BaIRD.  his  first  wife. 
Seven  children  died  in  infancy.     His  first  wife  died  in   18$5  in  South  Carolina. 

Children  of  Thomas  D.  and  EsTHER  THOMPSON  Baird,  his  second 
wife,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Samuel    John,    D.D.,    born     1817;    died    1893.      Married    Jane    Jemima    'V^'ilscn 

1840.     She  died   1895. 
Thomas    Dickson,    Ph.D.,    LL.D..    born    1819;    died    1873.      Unmarried. 
Ebenezer    Thompson,    D.D.,    LL.D.,    born    1821;    died    1887.      Married    Anne 

McDonald. 

""    James   Hervey,   D.D..   born    1824;    died    1900.      Married   Addic   Torrey. "" 
William   Logan    (Prof.),   born    1827;    died    1881. 
.Annie   Rebecca.      Married    Mr.   Rcid. 
Susan   Jane. 
Eliza   Elenore,   born    1830. 

Children  of  MoSES  LaMB  BaIRD. 
John,   born    1720. 

James,   born    1729.      Both  came  with   (heir   Uncle  John,    1802,   to  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

[There  may   have  been    otlicrs.] 

Children  of  Henry  and  Mary  F.  Baird. 

John   H.,   born    1824;    died   in   Ml.   Lebanon,   Pa.     Some  of  hi»  de»cendants  are 
m   Pittsburg. 

James,  born    1825;    died   1830. 

Eliza,  born    1826.     Married   George    Mechlin,   Dayton,   Ohio. 

Susana,  born    (828;    died    1865   at   Mt.  Lebanon. 

Mary   Ann,    1829. 


112  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Esther.    1831.      Married  H.   P.  Willis.   Missouri. 
Thomas    Dickson,    born    1834;    died    1849. 
Margaret  Jane,   born    1837.      Married   Mr.   Kennedy, 
.'^arah   Terah,    1841. 

Children  of  EsTHER  Baird  and  Mr.  Crory,  St,  Johns,  N.  B. 

One  son.      No  record. 

Children  of  Rebecca  BaIRD  and  Samuel  McKnight.      Lived  in  On- 
tario,  Ohio. 
John    B.     Married  Susanna    Lorimer,    1845,   in   Wyandot   County,   Ohio. 
Mary.      Married   James   Wark.    1847,   in    Muskingum   County,   Ohio. 
Robert.     Married,  first,   Margaret   Hogshed  in    1849,   in  Topeka,  Kans.;    second, 

Carrie    Munter,    of    Nebraska. 
F.Iiza. 
Rebecca,   Ontario.  < 

Children    of    Mary    ELIZABETH    BaIRD    and    William    McCollough, 
New  York. 

No  record. 

Children  of  MARGARET  BaIRD. 
No   record. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  SamUEL  and  LoWERY  BaIRD. 

Howard  Loweiy    (Dr.). 

Children  of  JOHN  and  Rebecca  P.  BaiRD. 
No  record. 

Children  of  Eliza  BaiRD  and  Mr.  WaLLACE. 
William    (Rev.).      Pennsylvania. 

Children   of    MarY   Anne    Baird   and   Samuel   Culberson   Huey,   of 
Philadelphia. 

One  son. 

Daughter.  H.   B.  Huey. 

Children  of  SaMUEL  JoHN  and  JaNE  J.  WlLSON  BaIRD. 
Thomas   D.,   born    1842;    died    1844. 
Mary   Elizabeth. 

Robert  Wilson,  died    1895.     Married   Nettie  Mann,  WesI  Virginia,    1884. 
Samuel   John. 
Esther    Elinor. 

Susan    Jane.     Married    Captain    John    Francis    Berkley,    Staunton,    Va.,    1871. 
Eliza  Cummins.     (Named  for  the  Cummins  ftonily  of  Iowa,  whose  grandmother 

married  Robert  Baird,  Sr.,  of  Uniontown,  Pa.) 
Ann  Rebecca. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  113 

Children  of  EbeNEZER  T.  and  Anna  McDoNALD  BaIRD. 

N'dtk. — lie   was  seventh   president  of   Wasliington  College,   Tennessee. 

Celia  Estha.      Married  Robert  W.  Pollard. 

Anna   McDonald.      Married   Beverly   Robertson. 

Thompson    McDonald.       Married    Miss    Johnson. 

Mary    Lamb. 

Julia   Hendersor.. 

Florence   Campbell. 

William   Logan. 

Children  of  James  HerVEY  and  Addie  Torrey  BaIRD. 
James    LI.      New    York. 

Addie.  \    A      1'    ■  /  ■' 

►  William    Torrey.     New    York    City,   j    Vt^  0->iXv*'  ^      "^'^    >    j  4^^'^    |,   p,v.C-N' 
Robert    Breckenridgc.  '»  ' ' 

George. 
Edward   P. 

Children  of  JoHN  Baird,  son  of  Moses,  machinist  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

No  record. 

Children  of  James  Baird,  son  of  Moses. 

NoTK.  —  Possibly  "our  Irish  cousin"  rrfcrrod  to  hy  William  Lnpan  Baird  as  James 
P.aird.  n.n.,  of  Patterson,  Putnam  County,  New  ^'ork.  lie  viid  Thomas  Dickson  was 
third    i-ou'-in    <it    Sir    David's. 

Children  of  Eliza  Baird  and  Rev.  George  Mechlin,  of  Dayton,  Ohio. 

No   record. 

Children  of  EsTHER  BaIRD  and  H.  P.  Willis. 
No   record. 

Children  of  MARGARET  Jane  BaiRD  and  Mr.  Kennedy,  Mount  Leb- 
anon, Pa. 
No  record. 

Children  of  Robert  Wilson  and  NeTTIE  M.  BaIRD. 

Ruth  Wilson. 
Nellie  Mann. 
Philip   Logan. 

Children  of  SuSAN  Jane  BaIRD  and  Captain  Francis  Brooks.  Berkley 
(C.  S.  A.). 
Evelyn   Spotswood.      Married   Dr.  Chas.   Robins,   Richmond,   Va. 
Francis. 

Edmund   Carter. 
Robert   Spotswood. 
Jean    Baird. 

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114  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Esther    Baird.  -■'''■'  .  , 

Maurice   Frilz  Harding. 
Shirley  Carter. 

Children  of  Celia  Esther  BaiRD  and  Robert  W.  Pollard,  D.D.S., 
Hot  Springs,  Ark. 
One   son.      No   record. 

Children  of  Anna  McDonald  Baird  and  Beverly  Robertson. 
Two  sons.     No  record. 

Children  of  Thompson  McDonald  and  MiSS  JoHNSON  BaiRD,  Chris- 
tiansburg,  Va. 

No   record. 

William  Logan  Baird.  after  conferring  with  the  "Irish  cousin," 
James  Baird,  D.D.,  of  Patterson,  said:  "Judge  Baird,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, was  right  when  he  said  we  came  to  Ireland  through  England. 
The  great  ancestor,  Francis,  came  from  Scotland  to  Sheffield,  and  tar- 
ried there  about  twenty  years,  then,  with  his  family,  removed  to  the 
north  of  Ireland." 

The  record  says  nothing  of  Margaret,  sister  of  Henry.  A  letter 
addressed  to  "Hennery  BaIRD,  Robertson's  Run,  near  Pittsburgh," 
dated  1829,  from  I  ulyhinny,  Ireland,  begins,  "Dear  Brother  and  Sis- 
ter," and  it  is  signed  Samuel  and  Margaret  McGowan,  so  Margaret 
probably  married  McGowan  and  stayed  in  Ireland  at  Tulyhinny.  Sev- 
eral of  the  older  members  of  this  branch  spoke  of  being  related  to  the 
Dr.  Robert,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  also  to  JuDGE  BaiRD,  of  Pittsburgh. 

John,  with  his  wife,  Rosanna,  emigrated  to  America  about  1802. 
He  brought  with  him  his  two  nephews,  John  and  James,  sons  of  Moses. 
They  went  to  Bucks  County,  Pennsylvania,  where  Thomas  Dickson, 
his  brother,   found  him  a  few  weeks  later. 

John  sailed  on  the  Edward. 

Thomas  Dickson  and  his  wife,  Isabella  Mackay,  and  children  sailed 
on  the  Warren,  of  New  Bedford,  Ireland,  bound  for  Philadelphia. 
He  landed  at  New  Castle,  Del.  They  joined  their  cousin.  Cap- 
tain John  Graham,  in  Blackmingo,  Williamsburg  District,  South  Caro- 
lina. Thomas  Dickson  lost  his  wife  and  children  with  the  fever;  his 
brother  John  also  died  of  it. 

Rosanna  with  her  children  returned  to  Pittsburgh  with  her  brother- 
in-law,  Thomas  Dickson,  about  1815.  Both  John  and  Thomas  Dick- 
son were  prominent  United  Irishmen,  and  were  forced  to  emigrate  for 
that  reason. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  115 

Thomas  Dickson  prepared  for  the  ministry.  He  married  in  1816 
Esther  Thompson.  During  the  war  he  was  editor  of  the  Chrislian 
Herald,  Pittsburgh.  He  was  director  and  trustee  of  Jefferson  College, 
Cannonshurg,  Pa.;  he  was  also  director  of  the  Theological  Semmary.at 
Allegheny.  He  was  born  near  Guilford,  County  Down,  Ireland.  Died 
en  route  to  Wilmington,  N.  C,  1839.  Thomas  Dickson  and  Dr. 
Robert  Baird,  of  Yonkers,  were  intimate  friends  and  claimed  rela- 
tionship. Rosanna  was  heard  lo  speak  of  cousins  James  and  Moses 
(father  and  uncle  of  Dr.  Robert).  Dr.  Samuel  John,  son  of  Thomas 
Dickson,  was  author  of  several  well-known  theological  works — "The 
Digest,"  "Elohim  Revealed,"  and  "Bible  History  of  Baptism."  This 
was  an  eminent   family  of  ministers  and  educators. 

[George  Ilaird  of  .VuclinieiJden  in  1550  niarrieil  Kliziibeth,  daiiKlitcr  of  Alix.  Keith  of 
Trou]).  I 

"ElizabetFi,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dickson,  and  Esther  Lamb,  had  Iwo  half  brothers, 
William  and  Henrv,  who  were  imprisoned  during  the  rebellion  against  Loid  Castle- 
leagh    in    I789."— (0/J   teller.) 

fN'oTK, — One  letter  savs  Elizabctli,  ilatiRl.tcr  of  Samuel,  anotlur  -av--  Thomas  — 
F.  D.  C.\  ' 

EXTRACTS  FROM  PAPERS  REGARDING  THIS  FAMILY. 

Charles     S.     Dode,     Jefferson   College,    Commonsburg,    Pa.,   says 

Thomas  Dickson  Baird 

"Uniformly  bore  a  high  character  as  a  scholar  and  a  gentleman.  Professor 
of  Mental  and  Moral  Philosophy  and  Ancient  Languages  and  principal  of  Cen- 
tral Hi^h  School,  Baltimore,  for  thirteen  years;  principal  Baltimore  City  College, 
1870;  president  of  Vigo  Collegiate  Institution  at  Terre  Haute,  Indiana;  recording 
secretary  of  Maryland  Historical  Society,  1867-73.  He  was  one  of  three  signers  to 
petition  to  secure  official  representation  for  the  Stale  of  Maryland  in  the  Inter- 
national Congress  appointed  lo  meet  in  city  of  London.  1869.  Nelson's  "Bio- 
graphical Historical  Reference  Booke  of  Fayette 'County,  Pennsylvania."  in  speak- 
ing of  this  family  and  the  one  from  which  Dr.  Robert  Baird,  the  temperance  mis- 
sionary and  historian,  came,  says:  'One  of  the  most  g'lfted  and  cultured  families 
that  this  country  has  given  to  the  world  is  the  Baird  family.  This  name  is 
recognized  and  represented  in  many  of  the  higher  ranges  of  culture,  especially 
in  hi'lory   and   theology.' 

"The  Bairds  of  New  York  (Robert  of  Yonkers  and  his  sons)  have  produced 
the  classic  histories  of  the  Huguenot  race  and  achievements  so  rich  in  memories 
and  inspiration,  while  'Elohim  Revealed'  and  the  history  of  the  'New  School 
Presbyterian'  arc  ihe  special  province  of  church  history,  and  theolooy  of  peculiar 
value  and  remarkable  interest.  These  last  two  works  were  the  productions  of 
Dr.  Samuel  John  Baird,  a  native  of  Fayette  and  one  of  the  most  subtle  and 
acute  of  American   theologians. 

"William  Logan  and  Thomas  Dickson  Baird,  both  of  this  family,  attained  fame 
in   scholarship   and   as   educationists    in    Baltimore   and    in    the   South. 

"They  were  men  of  large  acquirements  and  great  moral  force,  and  represented 
the    liberal    training    and    pure   culture   of    the    Presbyterian    Church    in    West    Pcnn- 


116  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

sylvania   In    ihose   days    that   have   passed    into   history   or   have    lingered    only    in    the 
dim   and   fading  light  of  expiring  tradition. 

Samuel   John    Baird: 

"This  venerable  minister  passed  away  at  the  residence  of  his  son  at  Clifton 
Forp,e,  Va.  Dr.  Baird  was  born  at  Newark,  Ohio,  1817.  When  two  years 
of  ag-  his  father  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  editor  of  Pittsburgh  Christian 
Herald,  in  the  office  of  which  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  his  early  years. 

"Later  his  father.  Rev.  Thomas  Dickson,  went  to  reside  at  Jefferson  College, 
to  give  his  sons  llie  advantage  of  an  education.  After  the  death  of  his  father 
Samuel  John  went  south  to  the  Abbeville  District,  South  Carolina,  where  he 
married  Miss  Jane  J.  ^\'ilson,  in  1840.  There  lie  was  engaged  in  teaching  for 
some  time.  I  faving  determined  to  study  for  the  ministry,  he  entered  Centre  Col- 
lege, Kentucky.  H''  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Transylvania  Presbytery, 
ordained  at  Bladensburg.  near  Washington.  For  nine  years  he  had  charge  of 
the  church  at  Woodbury,  N.  J.  There  he  wrote  "Elohim  Revealed."  He  was 
pastor  at  Muscaline,  Iowa,  and  Balpsvillc.  Ark.  He  occupied  pulpits  in  George- 
town  and  Covington,   Ky.,  and   the  Third  Church,   Richmond,  Va. 

"At  the  close  of  the  war  he  came  south  as  agent  for  the  American  Bible 
Society.  1  here  he  remained,  preaching  at  various  places  in  Virginia  and  West 
Virginia,  until  the  close  of  his  long  and  laborious  life.  Perhaps  the  greatest  work 
of  his  life  was  done  through  his  books,  among  which  were  "Baird  s  Digest  and 
the   "Bible    I  listory   of   Baptism.' 

'"Rev.  Ebenezer  Thomp.'^on  Baird  was  principal  of  Baltimore  Institute  in 
1847.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Dickson  Baird,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
He  was  a  professor  at  Lafayette  College,  Laslon.  Pa.,  and  in  1840  president  of 
Vigo  CoUeniale  Institute,  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  In  1850  he  was  ordained  to  the 
T'inistry  and  took  charge  of  a  church  at  Jonesboro,  Tenn.,  and  became  the  president 
of  Washington  College.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  took  the  office  of  Secretary 
of  Publication  for  the  church.  He  was  then  in  charge  of  a  church  at  Carrollton, 
Miss.  In  later  years  he  did  good  work  at  Uniontown,  Ala.,  Hot  Sunngs  and 
Searcy.  Ark.  His  last  work  was  in  connection  with  the  Montgomery  Female 
College  at  Chrisliansburp.  \'a.,  where  he  ended  his  life.  In  his  death  has  passed 
away  one  of  the  great  men  of  our  church,  a  man  of  wonderful  acuteness  and  clear- 
ness of   Intellect." — {Christian  Observer,    1893.) 

Rev.  James  Her\ey  Baird,  D.D.,  born  in  Allegheny  County, 
Pennsylvania;  son  of  Rev.  Thom.a.s  DicksoN  BaiRD;  graduated  Jef- 
ferson College,  Pennsylvania;  taught  in  Baltimore;  was  principal  of 
New  Castle  Academy,  Delaware,  1845-47;  licensed  to  preach  1847; 
pastor  in  Wooster,  Ohio.  Lock  Haven.  Pa.,  Fifteenth  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Philadelphia  and  at  Clarksburg,  W.  Va.  He  was  co-prin- 
cipal of  Montgomery  Female  College,  Christiansburg,  Va.,  1887.  In 
1849  he  became  principal  of  the  Synodical  College,  New  York,  and 
Chaplain  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  on  the  staff  of  Genera!  Mc- 
Cook. 

Dr.  BaiRO  married  in  1  849.  He  had  one  daughter  and  five  sons. 
In  1844  Dr.  Baird  was  one  of  the  principal  workers  in  a  great  tem- 
perance movement  in  Baltimore. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRCS    OF    AMERICA  117 

GROUP  4— Cornelius. 

(Probably  related  to  the  "William"  line;  born  in  the  same  town  and  came 
to  South  Carolina  about  the  same  lime.  May  also  have  been  related  to  Thoma* 
Dickson    Baird.) 

Cornelius    Baird   married   Sarah    Moore,    near   Coleraine, 
County  Derry,  Ireland. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 
Children  of  CORNELIUS  and  SaRAH  Moore  BaIRD. 

William.  Fought  in  Revolution.  Married  in  Ireland.  No  record.  It  is  thought 
he  settled  in  New  Jersey. 

Second    son.         No    record. 

John,  born  about  1760.  Mariied  Eli7abelh  Warden.  (She  was  about  14 
and  lived  to  be  84  years  old.)  Erriijrated  from  Coleraine  about  1820  to 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Moved  to  Tipton  County,  Tennessee,  1836.  Died  about 
1837.      (Tipton  about  ten   miles  south  of  Covington,   K.y.) 

Samuel       No  record. 

Cornelias.  Married  Miss  Kate  Barkley.  Emigrated  about  1800.  When  he 
was  about  twenty  years  old  he  came  from  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  to 
Charleston,   then   to  Winnesboro,  S.  C. 

There  were  three  sisters:  Nancy,  who  married  Samuel  Moore; 
Lydia,  who  married  Maltiiew  Gorely ;  Saline,  who  married  James 
Black.  John  mo^■ed  to  Yorkville  County,  tiien  Chester,  S.  C,  then 
Cornwell,  S.  C,  where  the  railroad  depot  of  Cornwell  now  stands. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  ELIZABETH  W.   BaIRD. 
Joseph,   born   in    Ireland. 

Cornelius,  born  in    Ireland.      Married   Eliza   Boyd    McQuiston. 
Jolin,   born   in    Ireland.      Married    Eliza    Miller. 
William,   born   In    Ireland.      Marrl.sd    Nancy   McQuiston. 
Elizabeth,    born    in    Ireland;    died    in    Ireland. 

Sarah   (Sally),  born  in  Ireland.     Married  John   Forsythe,  from  Coleraine. 
Margaret,    born    in    Ireland.      Single.      Died    at    91    years. 
Eliza,    born    in    South    Carolina.       Married    William     McQuiston.       Had    son. 

Rev.   James    McQuiston. 
Lydia,    born    in   South   Carolina.      Married   William    Wilson. 

Jane,  born  in  South  Carolina.  Married  William  Huey,  from  County  Antrim, 
Ireland 

Children  of  CORNELIUS  and  Kate  B.  BaiRD. 

Robert   Barkley.      Married    Margaret   Allen   in   Winnesburg,  S.  C,    184 — . 


118  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Mary.      Married    George    Allen,   brother   of    Margaret. 
Sarah.      Married   Ben  Wilson. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JosEPH  and  Jeanet  Wilson  Baird  (Jeanet  Wilson, 
sister  of  Rev.  John  Wilson).  They  lived  in  Chester,  S.  C,  until 
1884,   then  Tipton,  Tenn. 

John  \V*.     Died   from  wound  in   the  battle  of  Chancellorsville,   Va. 

Archie   M.      Died    from   wound    in   the   battle   of   Perryville,    Ky. 

Warden   J.      Died    from   wound    in    the   battle   of   Chiclcamauga. 

Robert   S.      Lived    in    Covington,    Tenn.      Married    Miss    McCalla. 

William  C.      Lived  at  Tipton,  Tenn.     Had  one  son,  Dr.  J.  S.  Baird,  of  Wilson, 

Ark. 
Martha.       Married    C.    Simonton.      Died    during    war    in    Alabama.       Her    son, 

J.  V7..  was  a  Congressman,  and  editor  of   The  Covi'ng/on  Leader. 
Elizabeth.      Married    Rev.   J.   L.    McDaniel. 

Children  of  CoRNELIUS  and  Eliza  McQ.  BaIRD. 
Rev.  James  W.,  of  Covington,  Tenn. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  NanCY  McQ.  BaiRD.  He  died  1878, 
aged  59. 

E.lizabcth.      Married  James  Hindman. 

Mary.      Unmarried. 

Margaret.      Married   James   L.   Cooper,    Illinois. 

John    L.      Married,   first,    Betty    McQuister;    second,    Sally    McQuister. 

Hugh    A. 

William    E. 

Children  of  Sally  Baird  and  John  Forsythe.  They  lived  in  Colum- 
bia. S.  C.  After  her  death  he  and  family  moved  to  Tipton,  Tenn. 
Four  sons  in  War  of  1861  to  1865.  Three  killed:  Andrev^ 
killed  at  Haywood,  Tenn.;  William  at  Perryville,  Ky. ;  James  in 
Battle  of  Gettysburg.    Pa. 

Joseph.      Married   Elizabeth   Sherrell. 

John. 

Three   daughters. 

Children  of  Jane  Baird  and  William  Huey.     He  died  1863. 

Samuel   Orr    (teacher),    Wilmer.   Ark.      Married   S.    P.    Ellis. 
John   M.     Married  Lola  J.   Miller,  Tipton,   Idaville,  Tenn. 
Mary.      Married   E.    M.    McDaniel.      Had   two  sons. 

.      Married   L  T.   Wilson,   Idaville,   Tenn. 

Sally. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  119 

Children  of  Robert  Barclay  and  MARGARET  A.  BaiRD.     They  moved 
from   Fairfield,  S.   C,   to  Pickens  County,  Ala.,   in    1844,  thence 
to  Louisiana.     They  had  five  sons  and  five  daughters. 
John    Cornelius,   born    1844,    Hanesville,    La.      Had    ten   children. 
Samuel    B.,    born    1846.      Married    Sarah    E.    Phillip*.      He    was    editor   of    ihe 
/Jj/i/cj)    Counl}^    Eagle,    Hamburg,    Ark. 

Children  of  Mary  Baird  and  George  Allen. 

Mrs.    M.   C.  Steele,    Birmingham,    Ala. 
Mrs.   E.   B.   North,    Birmingham,   Ala. 

Children  of  SaRAH  BaiRD  and  Ben  Wilson. 
Mrs.    Garner,    Birmingham,    Aia. 

Fifth  Generation. 

Children  of  SamUEL  Orr  and  S,  P.  EllIS  Huey.     Married   1884. 
Lived  at  Wilmer,  Ark. 

Issue:    Three   sons   and   Iwo  daughters. 

Children  of  Samuel  Barclay  and  Sarah  PhilliPS  Baird.     She  was 
a  daughter  of  John  Lawrence  Phillips,  of  Livingston,  Ala.     They 
lived  at  Hamburg,  Ark. 
R.  W. 

Samuel   L. 
Newton   P. 
Robert   H. 
Catherine. 
Maggie. 
Helen. 

Children  of  JOHN  W.   (son  of  Joseph  and  Jenett  Baird)   and  SaRAH 
Simpson  Baird.    Lived  at  Chester,  S.  C. 

John  Gner,  Charlotte,   N.  C.     He  was  a  prominent  teacher  in  Charlotte   Institute 
and  editor  of  Carolina  Python. 

Children  of  RoBERT  S.  (son  of  JosEPH  and  JeanET  Baird)  and 
Lucretia  McCalla,  his  first  wife,  and  H.  StevensoN  Baird,  his 
second  wife. 

Six  sons,  two  daughters.     Lived  al  Covington,  Tenn. 

Children  of  WiLLlAM  C.    (son  of  JoSEPH  and  JeanET)   and  MaRY 
McDanIEL  Baird.     They  lived  at  Wilson.  Ark. 
Dr.  J.  S. 

.      Married   William   Wrighl. 

Five  daughters. 
Three  sons. 


120  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

GROUP  5— James  Randall. 

This  James  may  belong  among  these,  judging  by  names,  Benjamin, 
James  and  Jolin,  also  dates  and  location. 

James  Randall  Baird  (captain  and  doctor),  was  born  about 
1780-85.  He  lived  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  died  there.  His  children 
were: 

John    Bolts    (Dr.),   born    in   CKarleslon    1811;    died    in   Atlanta    1871.      Married 

Mary  Louise   Bozeman. 
Emiiine. 
Fanny. 

Benjamin.      Died    in    New   ^  ork. 
Mary. 

F.liza   Caroline.      Married    W.    L.    Willicli,    Pensacola,    Fla. 
Laura. 

Children  of  JOHN  BoTTS  and  Mary  B.  BaIRD. 

James    B.    (Dr.),    born    at    Columbus,    Ga.,    1849.      Married    Lizzie    Gastrell, 

Atlanta.  Ga. 
John  Benjamin,  born    1850;    died  at  Washington,  D.  C,    1897. 

Children  of  Dr.  James  B.  and  LiZZlE  GasTRELL  BaIRD. 

James   Bozeman    (Dr.). 

Lucino  Gastrell. 

Mary   Louise.      Married    H.   G.   Russell,   Brooklyn,   N.   Y. 

Henry    Stewart. 

Daughter,  who  married   R.  S.  Skeer,   Atlanta,   (ia. 

W.  L.  Witlich  says  his  father  lived  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  had 
a  plantation  in  Abbeville  District  not  far  from  Washington,  Ga. 

[In  DodclriilKo's  "History  of  Early  .Settlers"  there  is  mention  of  .T.Tines  Reard  with 
Lieut. -Col.  l-'ranccs  Marion,  South  Carolina,  1779;  Capt.  John  Baird,  .ind  Georgia 
Battalion,    17^0.] 

GROUP  6— IsHAM. 

The  sons  of  Cornelius  were  William,  a  son  unnamed,  John,  Samuel 
and  Cornelius. 

IsHAM  may  have  been  this  second  son.  He  is  said  to  have  come 
over  with  six  brothers  and  settled  in  Tipton  and  Maury  Counties,  Ten- 
nessee.    One  of  his  sons,  James,  moved  to  Arkansas  in  1833. 

IsHAM  Baird  had  James;  Nancy  who  married  Shoemaker,  and  a 
son  who  was  the  father  of  JOHN  C.  S.  Baird,  of  the  Northwest  Texas 
Conference. 

Children  of  James  (son  of  Isham). 

Nancy    Jane,    born    1827.      Married    Craven    Harrison,    Conway    County,    Ark., 
1846. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  121 

Benjamin  W.     Died  in  Conway,  Ark. 
J.   Ilariison.     Died   In  Thornton,  Ark. 
Joseph.      Died   in   Valdo,   Ark. 
Alberl.      Died   in   Valdo,   Ark. 
George.     Died   in   Pidsburg,   Texas. 
Sister.      Married   J.    A.   Stewart. 

Children  of  Nancy  Baird  and  Craven  Harrison. 

Fannie. 

James    Benjamin. 

Elizabeth   Jane.    Married   1  larrison   Beal,   Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Children  of  JoSEPH  BaiRD.   i^'^.   £^<',  .  C-r-  ,^,y^,i'.C 

Robert  A     of   Morriilton    Ark.  ^-  j    ^^        j  ,  .^ 

Children  of  B.  W!   Baird.      <  ^' 

B.    F.    Baird,   of   Greenville,   Texas,   R.    F.   D.    No.   5.     (Wishes   to   locale   heirs 
of    Isham.) 

GROUP  7— Mathew. 

MatHEW  Baird,  bom  in  Tyrone,  Ireland,  in  1771  ;  died  1837  in 
New  York.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  son  of  Mathevv^.  He  was 
a  law  student  at  Trinity  College  in  Dublin,  and  was  a  Presbyterian. 
Orangeman  and  Freemason.  It  is  not  known  exactly  when  he  came  to 
the  United  States,  but  he  was  associated  with  Hoban  a?  draughtsman  on 
the  plans  for  the  President's  House,  now  called  the  White  House.  He 
modeled  the  heads  of  the  columns  for  the  National  Capitol  (east  front), 
also  for  City  Hall,  New  York  City.  Mathew,  his  son,  was  born  in 
New  York,  1805.  When  he  was  thirteen  years  old  his  parents  were 
living  in  Paterson,  N.  J.  He  was  apprenticed  to  a  machinist  in  New 
York  City,  serving  seven  years. 

Mr.  Horatio  Allen  had  procured  the  plans  of  an  English  passenger 
locomotive,  and  he  induced  Mathew  and  his  younger  brother.  Samuel, 
to  go  with  him  to  West  Point  Foundry,  where  the  two  BaiRDS  did  the 
machine  and  fitting  work  of  this  the  first  passenger  locomotive  that  was 
ever  used  on   this  continent. 

About  1830  Mathew  went  to  Alexandria,  Va.,  for  the  purpose  of 
building  locomotives  there,  but  did  not  succeed.  He  lost  what  money 
he  had  saved  and  that  of  his  wife,  who  was  a  Virginian.  They  then 
went  to  Baltimore,  where  he  engaged  in  steamboat  building. 

Mathew  Baird,  by  his  first  wife,  had — 

Margaret,  born    1794. 
Mary   Ann.   born    1796. 
John,  born   1799. 


122  BAIRD    AND    Or/ RD    FAMILIES 

Mathew,    born    1601. 
Margaret,   born    1803. 

MatIiew  Baird,  by  his  second  wife,  had — 

Malhew,    born    1805;    died    1874.      Married   Cathrine    Kleiber   of   Sunbury,   Pa., 

died    1849.     Issue:    George   W.    (Rear   Admiril). 
Rosanna,   born    1806.     Married    Roband    (French    Huguenot),    Philadelphia. 
Cathrine.   born    1808.     Married   Dr.  Schwartz,   Philadelphia. 
Rachel,   born    1810;    died    in    Baltimore    1839.      Married    1835    De   Garmo,   who 

changed    his    name    to    Brooks. 
^.,,  Samuel,    born    1812.     Married    Miss    Amelia    d<i    Garmo.     Issue:    Jane    Caroline 

and    Amelia.     Died    in   Cuba   about    1890. 


''^-''^   'J^Tane.    born    1816. 

0  r.luabelh,    1817-1839. 

Sally   Ann,   born    1819. 

Rachel. 

Harriet,  born    1822.     Married  Albert   Holland;    died    1890  in   Baltimore. 

Robert  C,  born    1824.    Died   at  Baltimore  in    1889. 

Rear  Admiral  George  W.  Baird  is  the  son  of  Mathew 
Baird.  The  world  is  indebted  to  him  for  many  scientific  inventions. 
Among  these  is  the  vibrating  steering  gear  and  motograph.  This  is  a 
httle  machine  which  is  placed  in  the  pilot  house,  and  shows  whether 
or  not  the  engine  is  in  motion;  if  in  motion,  astern  or  ahead;  if  at 
rest,  in  which  direction  the  engine  last  moved.  He  also  devised  the  fresh 
water  distiller  for  ships,  the  evaporator,  the  stern-steering  gear,  and 
the  first  storm  anchor  hoist  used  in  our  navy.  He  has  besides  other 
appliances  now  in  use  in  the  navy.      He  is  a  Mason. 

From  the  name  Rosanna  and  the  time  of  coming,  and  place  in 
Ireland  from  which  they  came,  I  should  say  these,  too,  were  related 
to  the  Francis  line. 

(Tlii-.  n.is  iKii  M.itlu-w  r.riinl  oi  U\c  I'.ililwin  Locomotive  Works,  Philadelphia, 
tiMiUK'li  it  i^  \civ  |irot);il)U'  tli.\t  they  u  1 1 c  C'm^itls.  They  may  have  been  grandsons 
,,f    .Mhms    of    liHaii.l.— ;•'.    li.    C.\ 

GROUP  8— David. 
Da\'ID    Baird,    born    in   Scotland    or    Ireland    about    1774;   died 
1854.      He  had  brothers,   John  and  James.      A  brother  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  he  and  his  father  came  later   (possibly  the  follow- 
ing year).    Probably  brother  of  MaRY  BaIRD  CorrigaN. 
David  Baird  had  seven  children. 

Thomas  William.     Settled  in  New  York. 

David   Alexander.      Married   Mary  Coxen  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

John  James.     He  had  a  daughter,  Hattie,  in  government  service  in  Washington. 

Cathrine    Elizabeth.      Married    Mr.   Thompson;    went    to   California. 

Marga;et   Jane.      Married    Dr.    McFec;    lived    in    England. 

Isabella    Margaret.      Not   married. 


Rear  Admiral  George  W.  Baird,  U.  S.  N.  (Retired), 

1505  Rhode  Island  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  123 

David  Alexander  came  to  America  with  his  father  in  1825.  Lived 
in  New  York,  then  in  Elizabethtown.  N.  J.,  then  Buffalo,  then  back 
to  New  York.  In  1843  he  went  to  Washington  and  in  1857  he  moved 
to  Paducah,  Ky.     He  studied  medicine  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

Mary  was  a  daughter  of  Geo.  Coxen.  builder  of  the  first  dredge 
boat  that  went  down  the  James  River.  They  were  English  people  who 
had  settled  in  Virginia. 

Da\ID  Alexander  Baird,  born  at  Stanmore,  Middlesex.  Eng- 
land, 1805;  died  1866;  married  Mary  Coxen,  1829.  In  the  family 
was  a  cane  which  was  said  to  have  belonged  to  David's  father,  an  Irish 
nobleman.     They  also  had  a  piece  of  the  Baird  tartan. 

Children  of  DavID  ALEXANDER  and  MaRY  CoXEN  BaIRD. 
David    George,    born    al    Buffalo,    N.   Y. 
Eleanor  Matilda,  born  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

William  Alexander.     Went   to  Washington,  D.  C.     He  had   a  son   Bruce. 
Josiah    Melvin.      Went    to   Washington,    D.   C.      Married    Elvina   Lavean,    1875. 
Mary    Louisa    (Mellie).      Went   to   Washington,   D.   C.      Married   Cyrus   Hatch. 
Robert  Murlis.  Went  to  Washington,  D.  C.     Unmarried. 
Thomas    William.      Went    to    Washington,    D.    C.      He    had    daughters,    Sadie 

and    Isabella,   New   York. 
Cathrine   Mary   Elizabeth,   born   in   Washington.      Married  John  Chalk. 
Isabella   Virginia,    born    in    Washington. 
Margaret  Jane,   born   in   Washington. 
Harriett  Anne,  born  in  Washington. 
Bruce.     Died   at   the   age  of    14  or    15. 

Children  of  Mary  Louisa  and  Cyrus  HaTCH. 

David   A. 
Ella. 

William   C. 
James  W. 
Louise. 
Harry. 
Sada   J. 

Children  of  CATHERINE  and  JOHN  Chalk. 
Addic. 

Dora. 
James. 
Cora. 
Robert. 

Children  of  Josiah  Melvin  and  Elvina  L.  Baird. 

Camille  A. 

Jesse  Read.     Married   Frances  Seachrist. 


124  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

David. 
Lula   May. 

Children   of  JesSE   ReAD  and   FRANCES  SeaCHRIST  BaIRD, 

Anna. 
David  H. 

GROUP  9— William. 

William  Baird,  Sr.,  rendered  brave  service  under  General 
Walker  at  the  siege  of  Londonderry.  He  was  a  young  man  in  1  690. 
His  son,  William,  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Dumma- 
cose,  BalleaE:h,  Londonderry.  This  William,  with  his  wife,  Martha 
Henry,  followed  his  children  to  America  at  the  age  of  eighty. 

William  Baird,  Jr..  of  Coleraine,  Newton,  Limavady,  County 
Antrim,  Londonderry,  Ireland;  married  Martha  Henry.  They  came  to 
this  country  in  1 81  7.  After  living  about  six  months  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  they  went  to  Tennessee,  where  William  died  in  1820.  His  wife 
died  in  Indiana  in  1840.  He  had  a  cousin,  William,  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  northern  Kentucky.  Their  children  were  all  born 
in    Newton.    Limavady,    Ireland.      They   were; 

Elizabeth.      Married  in   Ireland  to  Samuel  Taggart. 

'Vi'illiam.     Married  Miss  McCurdy  in  Ireland;   came  to  America  in   1811. 

Samuel.     Came  to  America  in    1809;    unmarried. 

James.  Came  with  parents  in  1817;  married  Miss  Murry,  Lexington,  Ky.; 
died   1849. 

John,  born  in  1787;  came  to  America  in  1810;  lived  in  Philadelphia  until 
1818;  then  to  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  and  in  1847  to  Indiana.  Married 
Sarah  Martyn,  of  Philadelphia,   1816.     Died  in  Clark  County,  Indiana,   1880. 

Henry.  Came  to  America  in  1835;  died  at  Charleston,  Ind.,  in  1869;  un- 
married. 

Ann. 

Both  William  and  Samuel  were  killed  in  the  battle  of  Lundy's 
Lane,    1812. 

After  James'  death,    1849,  his  family  removed  to  Missouri. 

William,  Jr.,  had  a  brother,  Jo!m,  who  lived  in  Ohio,  and  who 
had  a  son,  William.  This  William  had  sons,  John  and  William.  John 
is  a  Presbyterian  rnini.'^ter  at  Platlsmouth,  Neb.  William  lives  in 
Cincinnati. 

John  had  besides  the  son  several  daughters — Mrs.  Martha  Moore, 
Mrs.  Rachel  Taylor,  Mrs.  Pollock,  Mrs.  Reed  and  Mrs.  Kincaid. 

This  record  says  William,  Jr.,  had  a  brother,  Tliomas,  of  Bards- 


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town,    Ky.,    and    sisters,    Mrs.    Spencer    and    Mrs.    Martin.        It    says 
William,  Sr.,  was   from  Antrim. 

The  children  of  ELIZABETH  Baird  and  Samuel  Taggart  were: 

Ann.     Married   a   Mr.  Taggart;    one  son.  Dr.   Robert  T.,  of   Franklin,   Ind. 
James    (Dr.)-     Married,    first,    Childs;     second,    Welsh;     third.    

Bare.    Died   at  Charleslown,    Ind.,    1880. 
William    (Dr.).      Married,    first,    Sarah    Faris;    second,    Mary   Crawford.      Died 

in  Clark  County,   Indiana,  in    1888. 
John,   died  while  medical  student   in   Louisville  University,   Kentucky,  in   1829. 

Children  of  WiLLlAM  and   (Miss  McCurdy)    BaIRD. 

One  son  killed   in   Ireland. 

William.  Came  with  his  grandfather  to  this  country  in  1817.  He  settled  in 
Garrard   County,   Kentucky,   and   died   a   few  years  a^o. 

Children  of  JamES  and  (Miss  Murry)  Baird. 

Mary.      Married    Mr.    Giltner. 

James. 

Henry. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  SaRAH  MaRTYN  BaIRD. 

William,  born  in  1817  at  Philadelphia.  Married  Miss  Crouch.  Died  in  In- 
dianapolis,   Ind.,   in    1887. 

John  M.  (Dr.),  born  1818,  Germanlown,  Philadelphia.  Married  Nancy  Faris. 
Lived  at   Philadelphia,   and   in   Kentucky,  Ohio,  and   Indiana. 

Ilenry.     Died  when  21   yeais  of  age,  at  Charlestown,  Md. 

Sarah  Jane.     Died  in  infancy. 

Elizabeth.    Married  Thomas  McMillan;   died  in  Clark  County,  Indiana,  in  1893. 

George.     Married   Matilda   Henry;    died  in   Iowa,   in    1895;    no  children. 

Ann.     Married   Jacob    Bare,   Clark  Couniy,    Indiana. 

James.     Married    Martha   Burton,   Clark   Couniy,    Indiana. 

Robert.  Married  Hester  Burton,  Clark  Couniy,  Indiana;  possibly  Territorial 
Secretary. 

Martha.     Married   James    Kirby,    Princeton,    Iowa. 

Children  of  JamES  Baird  by  his  first  wife  (Childs). 

Samuel  C.  Taggart. 

Children  of  James  Baird  by  his  second  wife  (Welsh). 
Ann. 
Mary. 

Children  of  James  BaIRO  by  his  third  wife  (Bare). 

Amanda. 
Albert. 
William. 
John. 


126  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Alice. 
James. 
Marrus. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  BaIRD  by  Sarah  Paris,  his  first  wife. 

John. 

Mary. 

William. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  Baird  by  Mary  Crawford,  his  second  wife. 

Eliza. 

James. 

Josiah. 

Samuel. 

Sarah. 

Harry.  , 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  ( Crouch)  BaIRD. 

Sarah. 

John. 

Ida. 

Alice. 

Charles. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  Nancy  FaRIS  BaIRD. 

Mary. 

John   F.     Presbyterian   minister,  Linwood,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Anna.     Died   at  Charleston   in    1890. 

William.     Presbyterian  minister.     Missionary  to  Korea. 

Children  of  Ann  BaiRD  and  Jacob  Bare  Clark. 

John. 

.'\Imira. 

Sarah. 

Ida. 

Charles. 

Robert. 

Elizabeth. 

Children  of  James  and  Martha  B.  Baird,  Clarke  County,  Indiana. 

Ada. 

Sophia. 

Maggie. 

Carrie. 

Teveida. 

Willie. 


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Cora. 

Daisy. 

Gilbert. 

Children  of  RoBERT  and  HesTER  B.  BaIRD,  Clarke  County.  Indiana. 
Mallie. 
Florence. 
Chancellor. 
Orville. 
EcJward. 

Children  of  MaRTHA  BaIRD  and  James  Kirby,  Princeton.  Iowa. 

Charles. 
Robert. 

Of  this  family  it  is  said  Robert  was  Territorial  Secretary,  Indiana, 
and  there  was  a  Gen,  John  P.  Baird.  They  were  said  to  be  cousins 
of  James. 

This  record  was  given  by  Rev.  John  F.  Baird,  D.D..  of  Linwood 
County.  Ohio,  who  was  professor  in  Hanover  College,  Indiana,  in  1885. 

The  record  of  the  son  of  William,  killed  at  Lundy's  Lane,  who  had 
married  Miss  McCurdy  in  Ireland,  was  given  by  JOHN  TaYLOR  BaIRD, 
D.D.,  of  Plaltsmouth,  Neb.,  as  follows: 

Son.      Killed    in    Ireland. 

Daughter.      Married   Mr.  Reid   and  came  before   1816  to  America. 

Daughter.      Married    Mr.    Pollock. 

Daughter.      Married    Mr.    Kirkpatrick. 

Martha.      Married    Mr.    Moore. 

William.      Born   in    1792   at   Fermaquin,    Ireland;    died    1872.      Married    Isabella 

Morrison,  of  Newton,   Ireland.      (One  record  says  Washmglon,   Pa.) 
Daughter.      Married   Mr.   McLaughlin. 
Rachel.      Married  John  Taylor. 
Daughter.     Married  Mr.  Kincaid. 

William  at  the  age  of  24,  his  five  sisters  (one  sister  had  married  and 
come  over  before),  wife  and  grandparents  came  in  a  sailing  vessel.  They 
visited  relatives  on  the  French  Broad,  then  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in 
1818  (probably  Thomas  Dickson  and  JOHN  Baird,  as  they  were  in 
South  Carolina  about  that  time). 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  ISABELLA  M.  BaIRD. 
John  Taylor.  D.D..  born  in    1834,  of  Plaltsmouth,  Neb. 

William,  born  1836,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Married,  firit,  Maggie  Naylor;  second. 
M.  Morrison.  This  William  may  have  had  the  son  William  who  had  »on» 
Archibold,  John,  and  one  lame,  of  Garrard  County,  Kentucky. 


128  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

GROUP   10— Henry  Carey. 

This  Record   Was   C'wcn  h\)  Ilcnry   Carey  Daird,  Publisher,  Philadelphia. 

Henry  Baird  came  from  Dublin  to  Amerira  in  1803,  havinj?  been  involved  in 
what  was  railed  the  Rebellion,  in  which  Robert  F.nrmet  I05I  his  life,  i^enry,  with- 
out trial,  had  been  confined  at  Kilmonbane  one  year,  whither  Thomas  James,  a 
child  of  seven,  accompanied  him.  Menry's  wife  was  a  Miss  Burnside.  Thomas 
James,  born   1795.      He  and  his  father  came  to   this  country    1803. 

Robert,  the  oldest  son  of  I  lenry,  came  before  1803.  Henry's  family  came 
about  1805,  and  ihey,  the  parents,  lived  with  Henry  Samuel  at  Green  Bay,  Wis., 
where  they  both  died. 

Thomas  James,  brother  of  Flenry  Samuel,  born  at  Dublin,  was  appointed  cadet 
at  Vl'esI  Point,  1813.  He  tjraduated.  Lieutenant  of  Light  Arliileiy,  1814,  and 
served  m  the  war  at^ainsl  Great  Britain.  He  was  Captain  Third  Artillery,  resign- 
ing in  1828.  He  died  at  Poltsville,  1842.  He  married  Eliza  Catherine  Carey,  of 
Philadelphia.    1822.      They   had    two   sons   and    four   daughters. 

Edward  Carey,  the  younr^est  son,  served  with  "real  distinction  in  the  War  of 
1661-5,  and  became  .Adjutant  General,  with  the  rank  of  Major.  General  Meade, 
with  whom  he  served,  1861-2,  said:  "I  have  never  seen  a  man  who  had  greater 
capacity  for  handling  troops.  I  lad  he  been  in  the  line  instead  of  th<?  staff  he 
would   come   out   a    Major   General."      He  died   in    1874. 

Henry  Carey  is  possibly  the  oldefl  active  publisher  in  the  United  Stales;  born 
September,  1825.  "Who's  Who  in  America,"  1903-4,  gave  an  account  of  Henry 
Carey  Baird.      He  married   Elizabeth   Davis  Penin^lon. 

Lleniy  Samuel  Baird.  lawyer;  born  1800  in  Dublin;  died  in  Green  Bay,  Wis., 
1875;  married  Therese  Fisher,  granddaughter  of  an  Ollawa  chief.  Anpleton's 
I'.ncyclopedia  gives  his  father  as  1  homas.  but  he  v  as  Henry.  It  says  Thomas  was 
a  United  Irishman.  He  came  to  America,  1802,  being  followed  by  his  family  in 
1805.  ITcnry  studied  law  at  Pittsburgh.  Pa.  He  lived  in  Mackinac,  Mich.  In 
1824  he  removed  to  G^een  Cay.  In  1832  he  served  as  Quartermaster-General 
in  the  Black  Hawk  War.  In  1836  he  was  President  of  the  first  Legislative  Council 
of  the  territory  of  Wisconsin;  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  the  first  Attorney- 
General  of  the  same  territory.  He  was  secretary  of  Governor  Henry  Dodge,  U.  S, 
Commissioner,  and  was  the  last  \X'hig  candidate  for  Governor  of  Wisconsin.  He 
was  for  many  years  Vice-President  of  the  Historical  Society.  In  1861-2  he  was 
Mayor  of  Green   Bay. 

Henry  Carey,  son  of  Thomas  James;   born  in  Pottsville,   Pa.,   1836;    died  , 

X'lrginia,  18/4.  He  served  as  Assistant  Adjutant-General  ."^or  four  years  to  Gen. 
John  F.  Reynold*.  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  on  the  first  day  of  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg that  general  died  in  his  arm*.  Baud  was  promoted  lo  rank  of  Major  for 
gallant  conduct. 

rherese  Baiid.  born  at  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis.,  1810;  daughter  of  Henry 
Munro  Fisher,  fur  trader  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Fler  grandmother  was  Migisan, 
daughter  of  (he  Ottawa  chief  Kewinaquot  (Returning  Cloud).  Miss  Fisher  mar- 
ried at  Mackinac  Island,  where  she  spent  a  great  part  of  her  youth,  Henry  Samuel 
Baird,  a  young  lawyer  of  Green  Bay.  They  had  a  daughter,  Eliza  Anne  (Early 
Morn),  born   1825. 


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GROUP  II— Thomas. 
THOMAS    BAIRD   AND    MARY   DOUGLAS. 

1  al^en  frcm   Mr.   5.  :7/iorn.r\s   Chronicle. 

fTlii«  serins  \n  he  tlic  '•ami-  line  \.  I'..  Hniril.  of  K.'iituckv.  trils  of  in  hi;  K-tter. 
.■\.  r..  linird  nKo  s,  tnis  l..  t.iki-  in  tlir  Wi'Ii.im  "..I'ld.  ,.i  I  .ini.i\ ;  r,ly,  Ircl.inil.  .\ltli..u„-h 
lie  tlioutrlit  tlicv  c;mic  ilir^ct  from  I'cland  ri.iil  llu-v  li.nl  iivnl  l;i  I'r'n^vlvani.-i  •.nnc 
years.— R  B.   C] 

Thomas  Ra\rd,  of  Fa'hpj  Spring,  was  prohalily  a  son  of  Rebecca  and  Jf'hn 
Beard,  of  Christiana  Hvindrcd,  New  Casile,  Delaware  County.  De!.,  and  .New 
London  1  own^'iin,  Che?ler  Counly,  Pa.  He  was  horn  about  1724  and  died  before 
1775.  He  came  lo  Fallinn  Sprinj^  with  his  brother,  John,  about  1747.  ard  took  up 
292  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  Guilford  Township,  Franklin  (then  Lancaster) 
Counly,  Pa.  This  plantation  was  adjacent  lo  the  piesent  limils  of  Cham- 
bcrsburg.  Thomas  was  a  taxable  in  Gii:llo,d  in  '751.  Mr.  Baird  was  a  pro-n- 
inent  man  in  his  township  ard  .'■lied  a  number  of  township  offices.  I  lis  wife  was 
Mary  Douclas.       Their  children  were: 

James,  born  1748.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  assisted  Captain  James  Potter  lo 
resnrvcy  the  John  McMillan  lands  on  Monon^ahela,  1771.  He  was  on  the  assess- 
ment list  for  HempSild  Township,  Bedford,  afterward  Westmoreland,  Cointy. 
where  he  had  two  tracts  of  land  of  300  acres.  Lie  went  from  Westmoreland 
County  lo  Kentucky,  and  drew  lot  25,  afterward  88,  in  the  first  drawing  of  lets  for 
the  town  of  Louisville,  .'\pril  24,  1779.  f-{e  represented  Nelson  County  in  conven- 
tions that  made  Kentucky  a  state.  He  married  Mary  Potter,  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Potter,  the  first  sheriff  of  Cumberland  County,  Pennsylvania.  In  Captain 
John  Potter's  will  he  mentions  one  ;on  of  this  marriage,  James  Potter  Baird.  Ti.ere 
were  probably  another  son,  Thomas,  and  two  daughters.  1  his  son.  Thomas,  died 
without  issue  near  Bardslown  in  1/91.  In  his  will  he  gave  his  brollier  James 
200  acres  of  land  and  to  h  s  brothers-in-law,  John  Shields  and  William  \\  ilson, 
100   acres,    and    named   his  mother    as   residuary    legatee. 

Thomas,  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Douglas,  born  at  Falling  Spring, 
1754;  died  in  Kentucky.  He  was  assessed  for  300  acres  of  hmd  in  Hempfield 
Township,  Bedford  Cornly.  Pa.,  aftciward  \\  es'moreiand,  1772.  He  bought 
from  his  brother  John,  1776,  a  part  of  the  old  I^aird  plantation  on  Falling 
Spring,  which  John  obtained  under  proceedings  in  partition  in  the  0;p!ian>  Court 
of  Cumberland  County.  He  was  in  Guilford  Township  during  part  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  was  enrolled  in  Captain  William  Longs  command,  Cumberland  County 
Associators,  as  company  clerk.  TV  was  Second  L,ieulfnanl  of  Capt.  James  Calder- 
wood's    Independence   Company,    1777. 

Lieutenant  Baird  went  to  Kentucky  with  his  brother  James  and  drew  lot  No. 
1  in  fiist  drawing  of  lots  for  Louis' i||e.  In  1 7'^'5  he  was  livina  in  Stielhvville,  Ky. 
He  was  appointed  guardian  in  Cumberland  County,  Pennsylvania,  of  his  son, 
Charles.  Fie  married,  first,  Esther  Kilgore,  da-ightcr  of  Chas.  and  Jane  Kilgore, 
of  Pennsborough  Township,  Cumberland  Coi.nly,  Pa.;  second,  the  widow  Handley, 
and    had    four   girls. 

John    Baird,    third    son    of    Thomas    and    Mary    Douglas,    was    born    at    Falling 

Spring,    1756;    married    Agnes    ,    and    died    in    Bea\er    County,    Pennsylvania. 

He  bought  the  Thomas  Baird  homestead  in  Guilford  Township,  1775.  adjacent  to 
Chambersburg,  his  elder  brothers,  James  and  Thomas,  having  renounced  in  hi« 
favor.  He  was  enrolled  in  Captain  William  Long's  Company  of  Cumberland 
County  Associators,    1779;    served  tour  of  duty  under  Lieut.  .Adam  Llarmony.     Late 

in  life  he  removed  to  Allegheny,  afterward  Beaver  Counly.      Married  Agnet  . 

Issue:  .Agnes.  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Martha,  John  Hugh,  James  and  Thomas. 
9 


130  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Samuel,  the  fourth  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  D.  Baird,  was  born  at  Falling 
Spring,  1737;  died  at  PittsviUc,  Pa.,  1820.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  was  interested 
in  the  coal  mines  on  the  Schuylkill  in  1784  with  Col.  Thomas  Polls.  He  sold  hii 
interest  in  the  mines  in  1768.  He  married  Rebecca  Potts,  daughter  of  Col.  Thom2i» 
Potts.     The   other   sons   and   daughters  of   Thomas  and   Mary  Douglas  Baird  were: 

Elizabeth.      Married  Mr.  Macham  or  Mecham. 

Mary.      Married    Hugh    Erwin, 

William.     Married  sister  of  Joseph  Kinkead  in   1776. 

Robert. 

Joseph.      No  record. 

Martha. 

After  the  death  of  Thomas  Sr.,  Mary  Douglas  went  with  the  children  to 
Kentucky,    1775. 

Capt.  Joseph  Kinkead  was  in  General  Clark's  expedition,  1776,  to  Kentucky. 
His  sister  married  Wilham  Baird,  one  of  the  founders  of  Bardstown,  Ky. 

One  record  says  William  Baird,  after  surveying  Bardstown,  returned  to  castero 
Pennsylvania   and   died    there. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  EsTHER  KiLGORE  BaIRD,  his  first  wife. 

Thomas.     Married   Elizabeth  Stevenson  of  Kentucky. 

Charles,  born  1777.  Married  Calhrine  Tyler,  born  1777;  daughter  of  Judge 
John  Tyler,  said  to  be  sister  of  John  Tyler,  tenth  President  of  the  United 
States.  Charles  was  born  at  Bardstown;  died  at  Clay  Village,  Ky.;  mar- 
ried in  1798.  Filled  many  state  offices.  -  Elected  Governor  but  died  before 
taking  office. 

Children  of  Thomas  Baird  and  Widow  Handley,  his  second  wife. 

Four  girls. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  AcNES  Baird  (one  letter  says  Venango  County, 
Pa.). 

Agnes. 
Mary. 
Elizabeth. 

Margaret.  ?.;,,? 

Martha. 
John. 

Hugh,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
James. 

Thomas.  Probably  married  Mary  McKinley,  Washington  County,  Iowa;  died 
1902. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  P.  Baird.     Lived  in  Reading. 
After  Samuel's  death  Rebecca  removed  to  Carlisle,  Pa. 
Thomas. 
William. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  131 

John. 

Samuel,   born    1786;    died    1833.     A   surveyor   and   quartcrma»ter   in  Revolution. 

Married  Lydia  McFunn  Biddle  in    1815. 
Mary  Ann. 
Deborah. 
Harriet. 
Rebecca   P. 
Martha  Rulter. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  ELIZABETH  StevENSON  BaIRD. 
Eliza  K. 
Thomas  R.     Had   a  son,  J.   B.,  of  Louisville,   Ky.     J.   B.  said  his  grandfather 

said  he  was  a  first  cousin  of  Robert  Baird,  of  Yor.ker*. 
Robert  F.     (Probably  the  "finisher  of  fine  hats.") 
Joseph  C. 

Children  of  CHARLES  and  CATHERINE  Tyllr  BaiRD,  of  Clay  Vil- 
lage, 

Robert  (Dr).  Born  1798;  died  1880.  Graduated  In  Philadelphia,  lived  at 
Middieburg,  Pa.,  moved  to  Clay  Village,  Ky.  Married  Sabra  Bower, 
born    1808.     Died  at  Shirleysburg,  Pa.      • 

Peter.      Born    1801. 

Thomas,    1805. 

Tyler.   1807. 

Charles  K.,    1811. 

Esther. 

Charles,   1816. 

Jessie  K.,  born   1818.     Twice  married,  each  time  Mr.  Baird,  Clinton,   Mo. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  McK.  Baird,  Iowa. 

James   McK.,   Mineola,  Kems. 

Thomas  J.      Married   Agnes   McGee   Wright.      Died    1900.      Issue:    Eva,   Nellie, 

Alice,  Mary,  William  and  Homer,  all  of  Ainiworth,  Iowa. 
Cyrus.     Evanslon,  Wyo. 

Calvin    Adams.     Married    Eliza.      Son,    Cloyce,    Washington,    Iowa. 
Hugh.     Clintonville.  Pa.     Died  Sandy  Lake,  Pa.,   1903.     Married  Mary  Thoin, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  B.  Baird,  Reading,  Pa. 

William   McFunn.   born    1817;   died    1872.      Married   Harriet  Holmes. 

Samuel. 

Spencer    Fullerlon    (Prof.),    bom    1823.      Married    Helen    Churchill.      Lived    in 

Carlisle.      Moved    to   Washington,    D.    C,    1850.      Distinguished    icientist   of 

the   Smithsonian   Institution. 
Thomas.     Lived  in  Westchester.     Married   Mary  Bill. 


132  -  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Rebecca    l^olts. 

Lydia  Spencer. 

Mary   Deborah.      Married   Henry   J.    Biddle,   of   Philadelphia. 

After  Samuel"?   death   Lydia   went    to   Carlisle,    Pa. 

Children  of  Dr.  Robert  and  Sabra  13.  Baird.  his  first  wife,  and  Mrs. 
W.  Lovell,  of  Clay  Village,  Ky.,  whom  he  married  in  1820.  He 
died  at  Shirleysburg,  Pa. 

Jnne,  lorn    1829.      Married   Mr.   Vanbleet. 

Charles   L.   G.,   born    1831,    Philadelphia;    lived   in   Terrc   Haule,    Ind.      He   had 
I  a  son,  J.  R.,  of  Si.  Louis,   Mo.,  born    1857. 

'       Rnrlon  d<-   Forest,    1834;    died    1863.      Married   Malinda  Wallace   in    1856. 

Mariiet,     1836.       Married,    first,    Dr.    John    Hardson;     second,    Dr.    Kellog,    of 

Kansas  City. 
Cnlhiine,    1838.     Married   Frank  llarriion.      I.isuc:      Ei^ht  children. 
1  honias   Cuipiiiins    (Dr.),    1841.      Married    Amanda   Kellog.      Had   a   son,    Ed- 
ward K.,  New  ^'olk  City. 
.Maiy  C.    1844;    died    1852. 
Robert  A..    1846;   died    1852. 
Frederick,  born    1848.      Lived   at  Three  Springs,   then   New  York,  then  Chicago. 

Had   a  daughter,   Jessie. 
Sabra  A..    1851.      Married   Mr.   Endress,   Los  Angeles.  Cal. 

Children  of  William  McFunn  and  HARRIET  H.  BaIRD. 
William. 
Samuel. 

Robert   H.      Philadelphia,    Pa. 
Mary   L.      Reading,   Pa. 

Children  of  Prof.  SpenceR  F.  and  Mary  C.  Baird. 

Lucy    Hunter. 

Children  of  Mary  DeboRAH  Baird  and  Henry  J.  Biddle. 

Jonathan   William.     Died    1877. 

Lydia   McFunn.      Married    M.   Robinson,   Philadelphia. 

Spencer   Fullerton. 

Christine  Williams. 

Henry  Jonathan. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  MaRY  B.  B.MRD. 

William   McFunn. 

Joseph. 

Lydia  Spencer. 

Henry  J. 

Caroline. 


Prof.  Spencer  F.  Baird, 

Smilhsonian    Institution,   Washington,   D.   C. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  1  33 

Children   of   BaRTON   DE   F.    (Dr.).   a.id   MalINOA   BaIRD.      Prac- 
ticed at  Three  Springs.  Pa.,  and  C'lny  Village.  Shelby  County.  Ky. 
AnRrlinn,  Horn   IH57. 
Rolicrl   Runli,    IHSB,  Colun)l)u»,   Gh. 

Mary  Sabra,    1(^60.      Married  J.  C.   Slever,   Rossilcr,    Indiana  County.   Pa. 
Charles   Bower,    1862. 
XoTK. — Mr.    Ku'-li    Haird   has   a   jiortrait   of   Charles,   Sr..   painted    in    1H46. 

There  were  Jesse  A.  Beard,  father  and  son.  from  Colum'->us. 
Ga.  (possibly  sons  of  ROBERT  Ru^H  BaiRD,  Morgan  County).  Mar- 
ried Tally.     Issue:  Mary  and   1  homas  O. 

There  was  a  JessE  Kilgore  BairD;  married  Priscilla  Vance, 
Louisville.  Ky. 

There  was  William,  of  Garrard  County.  Kentucky,  1859,  who  had 
three  son?,  John,  Archibald,  the  younger  lame,  supposed  to  be  de- 
scended from  Thomas,  son  of  Charles. 

There  was  a  JOHN  BAI!>n.  Mouse  of  Representatives.  Tennessee, 
in  1794. 

THF.  BAIRDS  OF  BARDSTOWN.  KY. 

Frcni    a    Lc'.Ur    from    A.    B.    Da'.rJ,    llortfoul,    K\;.,    1885. 

"My  grandfather,  James  Baird.  was  ben  and  raised  at  Newton,  not  far  from 
Londonderry,  North  of  Ireland.  His  fathers  name  was  Thomas,  and  he  d\cd  in 
Ireland  about  1730.  The  family  carre  from  Scotland  to  Ireland  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  seventeenth  century.     They  lived  in  the  neighborhood  of  Glascr.w. 

"Four  of  my  grandfather's  brothers  came  to  A.menca  a  short  lime  before  the 
Revolution,  to  wii:     Robert,  John,  Thomas,  William,  brothevs  of  James. 

"Three  of  thf>se  were  in  the  war  and  livcfd  through  it.  .After  the  war  they 
came  to  Kentucky  and  settled  in  a  place  in  central  Kcntuely,  calling  :t  Bairdslown, 
now  Bardstown. 

"James,  on  the  death  of  his  faihcr,  about  1780,  came  to  America;  spent  one 
year  at  Chambersburg,  Pa.  In  1733  he  moved  over  ti.c  mounla-n  to  Red  Stone, 
now  called  Brownsville,  Fayette  County,  Pa.  There  he  lived  one  year.  In  1785 
he  came  down  the  river  to  the  falls  of  Inc  Ohio,  where  the  city  of  Louisville  is 
now.  On  this  trip  several  of  the  crew  were  wounded  by  Indians,  among  them 
James.  He  went  to  Bairdslown,  where  he  lived  till  1790.  He  then  moved  to 
Hartford   and   lived   there  until   his  death,   in    1826. 

"William,  brother  of  James,  unmarried  at  that  lime,  went  to  Hartford  and 
carried  on  a  lanyard  till  1794,  when  '.Mad'  Anthony  Wayne  was  appointed  com- 
mander of  the  Northwestern  Army.  As  soon  as  William  heard  this,  having  served 
under  Wayne  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  he  and  a  companion,  William  Bart»etl, 
left  on  foot  and  went  to  Fort  Washington,  now  Cincinnati,  and  joined  Wayne. 
After  the  Indians  were  defeated  end  the  army  disbanded,  W  m.  Baird  and  Wm. 
Barnetl  settled  in  Pennsylvania.     He  married  and  raised  a  family. 

"One  of  the  sons  of  Thomas  moved  to  Fort  Nash,  Nashville,  Tcnn. 


134  -         BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

"Another  of  this  family  went  to  Indiana.  One  whose  name  was  Robert  wa» 
Territorial  Secretary." 

[The  father  of  John  P.  Baird  (of  Tcrre  Hiute,  Ind.)  was  a  cousin  of  James  (who 
was  son  of  James  aii^l  fatlier  of  A.   B.  Baird,  the  writer  of  the  letter). 

James,  tlic  sun  of  James  who  came  to  America  in  i"8o,  was  born  1781  in  Newton, 
Ireland;  died  1K68.  .\.  B.  was  his  youngest  son.  (These  seem  to  be  descendants 
of  William  and  John,  of  Limavndy,   Ireland.) 

This  letter  proves  that  Thomas  and  family  were  from  Ireland,  though  A.  B.  was 
mistaken  about   Thomas  dying  in   Ireland.      It   was   in    Pennsylvania. 

John  Baird,  said  to  have  been  born  about  i7-'5,  was  very  likely  Captain  John, 
brother  of  Thomas,  Jamo,  Moses  and  Robert,  possible  sons  or  nephews  of  John,  of 
Christiana  Hundred.  'I'radilion  says  he  went  to  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  in  1760  and 
met  Daniel  Boone.  He  is  supposed  to  have  returned  for  a  while  to  New  Jersey. — 
F.  B.  C] 

Mr.  Seilliamer  says: 

John  Baird,  presumed  to  be  the  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  Baird,  removed  from 
Chester  County,  Pennsylvania,  with  his  brother,  Thomas,  about  1747,  and  settled  in 
the  Cumberland  Valley,  taking  up  lands  in  Guilford  Township,  Franklin  County. 
As  his  name  does  not  appear  on  the  Guilford  tax  list  for  1751  it  is  probable  he 
removed  to  Peters,  where  he  was  a  taxable  at  that  time.  He  was  appointed  constable 
of  the  new  township,  Fannet,  in  1754.  He  married  Agnes  McFall.  Their  chil- 
dren were  William,  John,   Frcincis   (born   1754),  David,   Isabella,  Agnes  and  Jane." 

Alexander  and  Elizabeth  Ellis  had  a  son,  Francis,  born  1  747. 

John  Baird,  bom  in  Warwick  Township,  Bucks  County,  Pa,, 
had  a  son  and  grandsci,  Francis;  he  may  have  been  a  brother  of  this 
Francis  of  Warwick,  N.  Y. 


GROUP  12— Francis. 

Francis  Baird,  bom ;  died  1800.     Married,  1758, 

Esther  Eagles  (?). 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
Their  children  were: 

William  Eagles,  born  1765;   died   1814.     Married  Sarah  DeKay. 
John.     No  descendants.     Married  Esther.     Sandy  Hill,  then  Saratoga. 
Samuel,  born  1769;  died  1806.     Married,  1792,  Hannah  Minlhorn. 
Abia  Francis.     Died  at  Sandy  Hill,  New  York.       Unmarried. 
Anna.       Unmarried. 
Margaret.     Married  Joseph  Walling. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  E.  and  SaRAH  DeK.  BaIRD. 
Either,  1785. 

Nathaniel  Wheeler,  1787-1838.     Married  Abigail  Denton. 
Mary.   1790-1836.     Married  Thomas  H.  Burt. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  1  35 

Abia    Frances,    1792-1848.    in    Orange    County.    New    York.      Married.    1823, 

Lany    Forshee. 
Elizabeth.   1794. 
Jane  Anne.    1795-1833. 

Frances.    1800-1889.      Married   Abia   Blain. 
Sarah.    1802-1886.      Married   Nathaniel   Pellon. 
Juliana  E..   1805-1608. 
Christina  Eliza.  1809-1896.     Married  David  Barclay. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  M.  Baird. 

Nathaniel    M.      No  descendants. 

Frances.      No  descendants. 

Thomas  Eagles,  died  1852.     Married  Mary  Ann  Tyler,  bora  1798. 

Hannah   Minlhon.     Married,    1849,  John   R.   Master*. 

Esther. 

Esther.      Married   William   Lawson. 

Hannah.      Left  no  descendants. 

Margaret.     Married.   1841,  William   Browning,  born   1792. 

Nathaniel   M.      No  descendants. 

Jane.     No  descendants. 

Children  of  MaRGARET  Baird  and  Joseph  Walling. 

Francis    B.,   born    1766;    died    1861.      Married,    first,    Margaret    Perry;    second. 

Mrs.    Mary   VanCourt. 
Joseph.      Moved   West. 
Sarah. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  AbiA  F.  and  LanY  F.  Baird. 

Mary   J.      Married   John    Morrison. 
Cathrine.      Married   Philip   Martin. 
John  F.     Married  Mary  Hicks. 
Sarah.     Married  A.  J.  Saunders. 
David  F.     Married  Isabel  Green. 
Thomas  B.     Married  Mary  Ellen  Bachman. 
Martin  V.     Married  Cynthia  French. 
William  B.     Married  Caroline  Enock. 

Children  of  Thomas  Eagles  and  MaRY  A.  (Tyler)  BaIRD. 
Thomas. 
Anna  Elizabeth,  born  1824;  died  1897.     Married  William  H.  Marbury. 

Children  of  HaNNAH  M.  BaIRD  and  John  R.  Masters. 
John  Sommers. 
Edith. 
Elizabeth.     Married  Laurence  Stabler. 


136  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  EsTHER  Baird  and  William  Lawson. 

Samuel. 

1  honias  Baird.      Married   Mary  Dcnyse. 

Children  of  MargareT  Baird  snd  William  Browning. 

Samuel,  born    1847;   died   1892.      Married,   1668,   Lucretia  Burdell. 

Thomas,    born    1842.      Married,    1868,    Alice    Virginia    Marbury.      He    practiced 
law  in   New  \  ork  Cily. 

This  intcrestirg  family  is  written  up  fully  in  "Ti^c  Baird  Centen- 
nial,"  edited  by  Ferdinand  V.  Samford,  W^arwick,   N.  Y. 

FRA^,•CIS  Baird  settled  in  Warwick.  N.  Y.,  in  1765.  He  had 
previously  been  a  merchant  in  New  York  City.  Shortly  after  his  arrival 
he  pr.rchased  a  large  tract  of  land,  about  220  acres,  the  greater  part  of 
which  he  probably  bought  of  Hcrry  Wisner,  of  Goshen.  In  1  776  he 
built  l!,e  s'one  house  on  Mam  Slreel,  which  ;s  now  owned  by  Mr. 
William  B.  Sayer. 

Tins  was  the  Icodmg  inn  or  la'cin  m  the  village  Irom  the  time  it 
was  built  up  to  1830,  and  the  "shov.s"  t'^at  came  to  town  were  held  in 
the  large  lall-room. 

Anong  the  distingi'ithcd  persons  who  stopped  at  this  house  were 
Gen.  George  Washington  and  wife,  en  route  to  his  Newburg  head- 
quarters,  1  782. 

Francis  Bairo  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  wealth  for  that 
early  day.  He  was  one  ot  the  trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
V/arwick  and  one  of  its  incorporators,   1791. 

The  records  of  th.e  First  and  Second  Presbyterian  Churches,  New 
\  ork  City,  have  an  entry  among  marriages,  June  21,1  758,  of  FraNCIS 
BaIR1>  and  Fsli.er  Eagles,  believed  to  be  th.e  record  of  th»'  pioneer  and 
of  his  wile. 

Thomas  E.^gles  Baird.  son  of  Samuel,  went  to  Washington,  D. 
C,  where  he  met  George  ilodney  and  1  homas  Tyler,  who  had  contract 
for  furnishing  stone  for  the  United  States  Treasury  building  from  the 
quarry  on  the  Tyler  plantation  in  Stafford  County,  Virginia. 

Thom.\s  E.  wcni  witli  llie  Fylers,  who  were  related  to  the  Presi- 
dent, to  their  homo,  and  later  married  their  youngest  sister,  Ann  Tyler. 
He  survived  the  Tyler  brothers  and  finished  the  contract,  passing  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  Alexandria,  Va. 

Samuel  La^vson  died  belore  his  brother,  Thomas  B.  Lawson,  at 
Fall  River,  Mass.     He  was  in  the  iron  business. 

Thomas  Baird  Lawson  of  this  line  was  an  expert  account- 
ant in  New  York.  Fie  said  the  Bairds  came  from  Bally  Castle,  Ire- 
land, in  the  boat  King  William. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  137 

GROUP    13— Simon.  ,,    '  '' 

y' 

The   ancestor  of   this    family    (supposed   to  be  Simonj    came   from 
Dubhn,  Ireland,  and  settled  in  IVorth  Carolina.  \  j*     /•? -^ 

SILCOND  GENER/\TION. 

Simon.      Moved    lo    Missouri,    then    to   Hempstead   County,    Arkansas.      Died    ia 

1857. 

John.      Married  Sarah  Adams. 

Polly.      Married   Hewet   Burt., 

Nettie.      Married    Mr.    McClinlon. 

-.-^ 

Peggie.      Married   Mr.   McDonald.     _    , 

i.^iA  /'J  ,.     -^.        >  !.Vv.-,     3      '  ■"  •     ■ 

Children  of  SiMON  BaIRD  and,  first, Johnson. 

Lou   Nice.      Married,  first,  George  Shorer;    second,   Erwin  James. 
Edward,   born    1830;    died    1884.      Unmarried. 
John   (teacher),  died   1861.     Unmarried. 
Moirison,  died  at  age  of    18  years. 

Children  of  SiMON  BaIRD  and,  second,  SaRAH  BaILEY  BaIRD. 
William    .Augustus,    born    1639.      Married    Mrs.   Susanna   Curtis   Carter. 
Josephine.      Married  Newton   McLean,    1860.     Died    1897. 
Adrien.      Married  John  McLean,    1866.     Died    1867. 

['Ilirrc    ni.Tv    liavc    l)ccn    a    son    Siimm    who    iiKirric<l    Margaret    .\dams    in    .\bl>eville, 
S.  C.—t.  B.  C.\ 

Children  of  JoHN  and  Sarah  Adams  Baird,  of  Hempstead,  Ark. 

William. 

Albert   C.      Married    Phoebe   C.   Atkins. 

Jane. 

Margaret. 

Children  of  PoLLY  Baird  and  Hewett  Burt.      (He  died  at  BrowTis- 
town,  Sevier  County,  Ark.) 

Hewett. 
John. 
Franklin. 
William. 
James  Monroe. 
George. 
Mary  Jane. 
Maggie. 
Mary   Ann. 

Children  of  Nettie  Baird  and  McClinton  (died  in  Texas). 

Harvey. 
James. 


138  '  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  Peggy  Baird  and  McDonald  (died  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Titus 
County,  Texas). 
Simon. 
Mary. 
Jane. 
Black. 
Sydneyham. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  LoU  NlCE  BaIRD  and  Shaver. 
Austin.     Unmarried. 
Josie.     Married  Dr.  Wm.  Covington.     Children:  Nice  and  Joseph. 

Children  of  Lou  NiCE  BaiRD  and  Irving  Jones. 

Theresa.     Married  Dr.  T.   F.   Benlley.     Had   ihree  girls. 

Children  of  Sarah  Baird  and  Thos.  Wesley  Moore. 

Joseph  Dufilas,    1900,   Miller  County,   Arkansas. 
Marjorie  Sue,   1903. 

Children  of  DiXIE  Adella  BaIRD  and  Jas.  C.  Wilson. 

James    Baird,   born    1903. 
William  Wallace,  born    1904. 

Children  of  ALBERT  C.  and  PhoEBE  A.  BaIRD,  Washington,  Ark. 

Roy. 
Atkins. 
Louise. 
Joseph. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  AUGUSTINE  and  SuSAN  CARTER  BaIRD. 

Thomas    Waller,    born    1868    at    Hempstead    County,    Ark.      Married    Rebecca 

Ferguson,   Salida,   Colo. 
Joseph   Simon,   born    1869.      Married    Anna    Mary   Holman,   pastor   at   Brocton, 

Port   Arthur  and   Bridgeport,  Texas.      Had  son  Joseph. 
Endora    Adrian,    born    1873,      Married    John    McLain. 
Laura   Lucinda.   born    1875.      Lived    in    Miller   County,    Ark. 
Sarah,  born    1877.      Married  Thomas  Moore   1899. 

Dixie   Adella,   born    1881.      Married   James   C.   Wilson,    Bowie   County,   Tcxa«. 
Josephine,   born    1897.     Married   Newton   McLain    I860. 

William  Augustine  Baird  moved  from  Hempstead  County, 
Arkansas,  to  Miller  County,  Arkansas,  1871  ;  then  to  Bowie  County, 
Texas.  1878.  In  1894  he  returned  to  Miller  County,  Arkansas,  thence 
to  Texarkana,  Ark.  He  entered  the  Confederate  army,  1861,  in  Com- 
pany B,  Twenty-eighth  Arkansas  Division,  under  General  Price.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  at  the  siege  of  Vicksbvrg,  where  he  was  twice  wound- 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  139 

ed.      He  served   four  years,  was  in  the  battle  of  Corinth,   Miss.,  and 
Prairie  de  Hand,  near  Hope,  Ark. 

[Friim  tlie  names  Black,  Moore,  anil  Wilson  this  may  be  related  to  the  Cornelius 
line.— K   3.   C] 

Joseph   is   in   tlie   Isham   and   Cornelius   line. 

[Mrs.  C.  A.  Baird,  of  Washinston  County,  Ark.,  says  thit  licr  hu'-band  was  a 
grandson  of  Simon  B.  of  Abbeville,  S.  C.  lie  married  M.irg-arct  .\dams.  He  had 
relatives  in  Georgia.  Mrs.  C.  A.  is  an  aunt  of  Joseph  L.  .Vtkins,  of  Washington.  D.  C. 
She  had  a  cousin,  Joseph  Baird  She  seems  to  be  related  to  J.  S.  Baird  of  Bridge- 
port, Texas.  It  is  probable  that  Simon,  Isliam,  Cornelius,  and  James  were  all  brothers. 
—F.  B.  C] 

The  following  line  is  probably  related  to  the  Henry  Carey  line,  of 
Green  Bay,  Wis.,  also  to  the  Stephen  Beard  line,  of  Wilson  County, 
Ky. 

Stephen  of  this  line  moved  to  Osceola,  Iowa,  in  1870;  Thomas, 
of  the  Venango,  Pa.,  line,  went  to  Washington  County,  Iowa,  in  1 865. 


GROUP   14 — Thomas  (the  Wisconsin  Bairds). 

"Thomas  of  Scotland"  went  to  Ballina,  at  the  head  of  Killala 
Bay,  Northwest  Ireland,  during  the  religious  persecutions  by  King 
James. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Thomas  BaiRD. 
John. 
Robert. 
William. 
Stephen  James. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  BaiRD. 
Stephen. 
John    (killed). 

Children  of  RoBERT  BaIRD. 
John. 
Jamc». 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  Baird  (he  went  to  Pennsylvania  in  1723). 

James. 
William. 
John. 
Joseph. 


140  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  cf  STEPHEN  James  (went  to  Eastern  states). 

James. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  STEPHEN,  son  of  JOHN  BaIRD. 

William,    1769-1847.       Married    Calhrine    Carroll.       Buried    at    Vinland.    Osh- 

kosh,    Wis. 
John.      Clerk    to    Anglican    Bishop    at    Kellala,    Ireland. 
Samuel.      Married   Ann    (daughter   of   John,   son  of  James). 
Stephen.      Unmarried. 

Bessie.      Married    Mr.   Kilpatric.      Settled    near    Baird    relatives    in    Canada. 
Nancy.      Married  James   Baird. 

V7illiam  and  Catherine  came  to  America  in    1839.      Settled  near 
Burlington,   Vt.      Their  sons,   George  and   Stephen,   visited,   in    1835, 
cousins  tl-.ere  who  had  setlled  in  New  York  and  Pennsylvania. 
Children  of  Joseph,  t'ie  son  of  William: 
Ann. 
i:ii/a. 

John.      This    John    had    daughter    Mary    who,    "it    is    said,"    married    William 
Jennings    Bryan,   of    Lincoln,    Neb.,    1884. 

Ch.ildrcn  of  JaMES.  son  of  STEPHEN  JaMES. 
John. 
Robert. 
James. 

Children  of  RoBERT,  son  of  STEPHEN  J  AMES — not  traced. 

Children  of  JOHN,  son  of  STEPHEN  JameS. 
Jolin. 
Stephen. 
Ann.      Married  Samuel,   son   of  Stephen. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  CATHERINE  CaRROL  BaJRD. 
George,    1805-1884. 
Nancy. 
Stephen,    I8I0-190I.      Married  Jeanie  Chapman.    1843.      Moved  from  Waukesha 

County,   Wisconsin,   to  Osceola,    Iowa,   in    1870. 
Samuel,  born    1812.      Married   at  Waukesha.   Wis.,    1846.    Mary   A.   Carpenter. 

He  died    1888.      Both  buried   at    Prairie   Home   Cemetery,   Waukesha,   Wis. 
Cathrine.     Married  George  Clark,  of   Oshkosh,  Wis. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  141 

Children  of  JOHN  (who  married  in  Ireland  and  was  Clerk  of  the  English 
Bisi^op) — not  located: 

Mary. 

William. 

Sleplien. 

Belle. 

F.llcn. 

Jane. 

Children  of  Samuel  (buried  at  Oshkosh.  Wis.,  by  his  brother  Wil- 
liam, and  son  Stephen)  and  Ann,  daughter  of  John  (who  died 
1906.  aged  93  years): 

Jo'in.     Lived  at  Hopkinton,  N.  Y.      (,'\dopled  a  Gillespie  child.) 

Stephen    (of   Oshkosh).      Married    Ann    Baird    in    Vermont,    1840.      They    were 

first   and   third   cousins. 
Eliza.      Married    Peter    Aiken. 

Ann   (called  "Big  Ann").    Married  John  Gunncll,  of  Wisconsin. 
Jane.      Married  Samuel   Bullock,  of   Richland  Center,   Wis. 

Children  of  Nancy  Baird  and  James  BairD: 

Robert.      Had    two   sons,    John    and    James.      This    John    had    Mary,    Rob,    and 

James. 
Samuel. 
Jane. 
Nellie. 
Elizabeth. 
Ann. 

In  1835.  Stephen,  of  Oshkosh,  crossed  the  ocean  with  this  family 
of  Bairds.  They  stopped  at  Montreal,  Canada,  and  later  som2  of 
them  came  to  the  States. 

Children  of  JoHN,  son  of  JaMES. 

David. 
Henry. 
John. 

Children  of  RoBERT,  son  of  James. 

John    (called   Jack). 

James. 

Mary. 

Children  of  JOHN,  son  of  JOHN. 

David. 
Henry. 
John. 
Susan. 


142  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Bella. 

Rebecca. 

Maria. 

["These  were  cousins  of  the  Wisconsin  John,  and  came  to  America."] 

Children  of  STEPHEN,  son  of  JOHN. 

Alexander.  Lived  at  Green  Lake,  Wis.  Had  daughleri  Ellen,  Sarah,  and 
Laura.      Moved   to  Iowa. 

John  of  Wisconsin,  1820-1907.  Married  Mary  McConnel.  Buried  at  Ver- 
non, Wis. 

Ann.     Married  Stephen   (called  Red  Stephen),  of  Oshkosh. 

Hannah. 

Ellen.      Married    Benjamin    Bonnett. 

SIXTH  GENER.'\TION. 

Children  of  STEPHEN  and  JeaNNE  C.   BaIRD: 

John  W.,  born  1846.  Married  Ellen  Richardson  1873.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Beloit,  class  1869;  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary,  1872.  Ordained  at 
Waukesha,  1872.  Went  same  year  to  Turkey  as  missionary.  Married  an 
American  missionary  in  Brousa,  Turkey.  Returned  on  furlough  from 
Samakov,   Bulgaria.    1885-97   and    1908. 

Samuel  C,  born  1848.  Married  Joanna  Carpenter  at  Waukesha,  1874.  Lived 
at   Osceola. 

Elizabeth  C,  born   1850.     Married  Thomas   Lomas,  Cresco.   Iowa. 

Jennie  M.,  born    1853.     Unmarried.     Instructor,   Osceola. 

Alice   A.,   born    1865.     Unmarried.      Instructor,    Marshalltown,    Iowa. 

Children   of   Samuel   and   Mary  A.    (Carpenter)    Baird,   Wauke- 
sha, Wis.: 
Mary  Jane,   born    1847.     Married   Albert   Nelson   White,    1873. 
Sarah  Ann,  born  1849.     Married  William  Lowry,   1880. 
William   George,   born    1851.      Married    Margaret    Mann,    1881. 
Stephen  Austin,  born  1854.     Married  Ellen  Wyrill  Leadly,  1885. 
Moses  Wesley,    1859-1865. 

Children  of  CATHERINE  and  George  Clark: 

Elizabeth. 
Mary  J. 
Lomanda. 
Rebecca  Ann. 
Ellen   C. 

Children  of  STEPHEN   (son  of  Samuel  and  Ann),  and  ANN  BaIRD, 
Oshkosh.  Wis.: 
John  A.     Married  Mary  Payne,  of  Cogsell,  N.  D. 
Samuel  W.     Unmarried. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  143 

William   H.      Married   Miss   Brooks. 

Thomas    J.      Married    Ellen    Payne,    Necnan,    Wis. 

S.  Dennie.     Unmarried.     Judge  and  justice  of   ihc  peace,   Neenan,  Wis. 

Ellen. 

Eliza.      Married   William    Thomas. 

Isabella.      Married   Ambrose    Raymond,   Si.   Cloud,    Minn. 

Children  of  John   (son  of  John,  son  of  James  T.)  and  MaRY  McC. 
Baird,  of  Waukesha,  Wis.: 

Margaret,   born    1853.      Married   Fredric   Hoffman,    1873,   at   Oshkosh,   Wis. 

Sarah  Jane,    1855.      Married   Herman   Wright   at  Waukesha,    1884. 

James   Alexander,    1857.      Married   Jennie   Wright,    1863. 

Robert  Johnston,    1859.     Married  Oltie  B.  Jones,    I89I,  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

Moved  to  Pasadena,  Cal. 
Mary   Ellen,    1861.      Married   John  Stewart,    1890.   Waukesha. 
William    Hilton,    1863.      Married    Minnie   Schlagel,    1897,    Waukesha. 
John   Henry,    1864.      Married   Julia   Rayner,    1896,    Prospect,   Wis. 

Children  of  AnN,  daughter  of  John,  son  of  James  (S.).  She  mar- 
ried Samuel,  son  of  Stephen.  (See  Samuel,  who  was  buried  at 
Oshkosh.) 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  W.  and  ElleN   R.  BaiRD: 

Agnes    M.,   born    1876.      Graduated    in   Constantinople,    1894. 

Ethel    C.    born    1880.      Married    Robert   O.    Williams,    1908. 

Clara  C,  born   1881. 

Emma  L.,  born   1883. 

Arthur  R.,   1686.     Graduate   Pomona,  Cal.,   and  Claremont,  Cal.,    .908. 

Alice    Irene,    1888. 

Winifred  E.,  1895. 

Children  of  SaMUEL  and  JOANNA  C   BaIRD: 
Clarice  Janet,   born    1875, 
Nellie,  born    1877. 
Harry  Earl,  born   1879. 
Frank  C,  born    1886.      Mariied   Haze!  Sperry,    1907.   Osceola.    Iowa. 

Children   of   ELIZABETH    BaIRD   and  Thomas   Lomas: 

Dc  Witt.  E..  born  1870.     Married  Minnie  L.  McNaughton.  1893.  Valisca,  Iowa. 
Willis,   1872.     Graduate  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago.   1896.     Married  Alice 

B.  Calvin. 
Ida  E..   1874.     Married   E.   Merrill   Bowers.   1899. 
Frank  E..  1877.     Married  Mary  Farn»worlh,  Crcsco,  Iowa. 
Minnelte  J..   1879.     Married  Lieut.  George  S.  Simondi.   1903.     Died   1904. 


144  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  MaRY  J.  BaIRD  and  Albert  N.  White: 

Clarissa,  born    1873.      Married   Henry  A.   Busse,    1899. 

F.dilh   .'Xnna,    1875.      Married   Charles   G.   Quinn,    1895.   at   Decatur,   Neb. 

Jason    Baird,    1878.      Married   Clara   "Woodrich,    1905.      Graduate    in    law,    De- 

talur,  Neb. 
Jessie   Sarah,    1682. 

Children  of  William  George  and  MARGARET  BaIRD: 

James   Wesley,    1882.      Married   Anna    M.   Wright,    1907. 

William  G. 

Dau-htcr,    1686. 

William    Lorkhart.    1887. 

Samuel   Vernon,    1889-1892. 

Austin  Joseph,    1892. 

Leslie   Falon,    1895. 

Children   of  Stephen  Austin   and   Ellen   W.   L.    BaIRD,   Waukesha, 
Wis.: 

Robert  Leadley.  born    1886.     Married  Daisy  Doloris   Beali.     Children:  Janet  J. 

and    Ellen    Louise. 
Twin  daughters,    1889.. 
Arthur   Stephen.    1893-1898. 

Children  of  JoilN  A.  and  MaRY  PaYNE  BaIRD,  of  Cogsdell.  N.  D.: 

Hatlie. 
Charles  T. 
George. 
Frank. 
Ray. 

James  G. 
Grace. 
Delia. 

Children  of  ThoMAS  J.  and  ElleN  P.  BaIRD,  Menar,  Wis.: 
Jennie.     Married  Ora  Coats.     Children:    Kenneth,   lone,   and   Idabel. 
Alb-rt   J. 

Jessie.      Married   George   Casperson. 
Agnes. 
Annie. 
Mary. 
Estella. 
Helen    Irene. 

Children  of  Eliza  BaiRD  and  William  Thomas: 

Frank. 
William  O. 
Charle.   H. 


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Childien  of  ISABELLA  Baird  and  Ambrose  Raymond: 

Netlie. 
Claucje. 
Delia. 

Mable  Orton. 
Lomie. 

EIGHTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  Clarissa  White  and  Henry  A.   Busse: 

Albert   Henry,  born    1900. 
Fredric   Bryan,    1904. 
Agnes   Raymachcr,    1903. 
Mary   Baiid.    1907. 
Jessie  While.  1909. 

Children  of  Edith  A.  White  and  Charles  G.  Quinn: 

Ivan  White,  born    1899. 
Vale   Marion.    1902. 

Children  of  Jason  and  Clara  White  Baird : 

Paul,   born    1905. 
Clara.  1908-1909. 

Note. — Tliis  line  is  furtlicr  trnced  by  Jennie  M.  Enird,  Osceola,  Iowa. 

GROUP    15— John. 

John  Beard  of  Ireland  married  MaRY  BaiRD  of  Scotland.     John 
served  in  the  Revclulion  and  was  killed.     They  had  one  son: 

FIRST  GENERATION. 

John  Bcaid,  v^ho  was  reared  by  Mary's  people.  The  name  is  spelled  both 
Beard  and  Baird  by  the  descendants.  (One  record  says  John  lived  at  Cham- 
bersburg.  Pa.) 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

Children  of  John   Beard,  Jr.: 

Agnes.      Married    Mr.    WiUon. 
John.      Married    Miss   Duncan. 

Thomas,    born    1778;    died    1864.      Married    Martha    McKee. 
Hugh.     Married,  first.   Miss  Clemens. 
Martha.      Married   Mr.  Wilcox. 
Elizabeth    (Betsy).      Married    Mr.   McCombs. 
Polly.      Married    Mr.   Baird    (not  certain). 
Peggy.      Married    Mr.    Vaneman. 
ID 


146  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

John  settled  first  in  Franklin  County,  Pa.,  later  moving  to  Bedford  County, 
part  of  which  is  now  Westmoreland  County.  From  there  John  moved  to 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  settled  on  a  farm  west  of  there.  I  his  farm  is 
now  owned  by  Mrs.  Foster,  a  great-granddaughter  of  John,  granddaughter 
of   Flugh. 

Hugh  Baird  married  three  times,  and  with  his  three  wives  is  buried  on  the 
old  farm  near  Youngstown.  He  had  two  sons,  Utillis  of  Alleghany,  Pa., 
Clemens,  and  a  daughter  Mrs.  Alexander. 

Thomas  came  from  Westmoreland  County  and  purchased  a  tract  of  four  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  one  mile  west  of  where  Clintonville,  Venango  County, 
now  stands.  This  land  was  bought  for  $500  and  is  now  owned  by  his 
grandsons,  John  and  William.  Thomas  settled  on  this  land  about  1796. 
He  Wcis  taken  from  the  harvest  field  and  walked  to  Erie  to  serve  in  the 
War  of  1812,  belonging  to  Captain  McManigals  company.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneer  justices  of  the  peace.  1  Ic  married  Martha,  a  sister  of  Judge 
Thomas  McKee,  who  came  with  Thomas  from  Westmoreland  County. 
They  packed  flour  and  salt  over  tlie  mountains  from  Westmoreland  on 
horseback.  Thomas  and  Martha  were  buried  on  their  farm,  but  several 
years  later  their  remains  were  removed  to  the  McKee  Cemetery.  Clintonville, 
Pa. 

The  following  data  were  given  by  anolher  member  of  the  family: 

Thomas  Baird,  or  Beard,  went  from  Franklin  County  (possibly 
Chambersburg),  to  Venango  County,  Pennsylvania,  about  1796.  He 
went  to  Washington  County,  Iowa,  in  I  865  ;  and  he  spent  the  rest  of 
his  life  there,  dying  about    1905.      He  married  Martha  McKee. 

Children   of  TlIOMAS   and   MarTHA   McKee  BaIRD: 

John    (Beard).    1801-1866.      Married  Susan   McKee. 

Susan,    born    1803.      Married   John   Van    Dyke,    Indiana   County,    Pennsylvania. 

Mary,   born    1805. 

James,    1807-1864.      Married    Mary    Kilpatrick. 

Elizabeth    (Betsy),  born    1809.      Married   John   Coulter,    M.D. 

Thomas,   born    1811.      Married    Mary   McKin'.ey. 

William,   born    1813.      Married   Sarah   Parry.      Went   to   West   Virginia. 

Hugh  (Baird),  1815-1903.     Married  Margaret  Jones.     He  died  at  Sandy  Lake, 

Mercer    County,    Pa. 
Matilda,   born    1819.      Married  Gibson  Vincent. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  James  and  Mary  K.   Beard: 
Martha.     Married  John  Vincent. 
Ann   Eliza. 

Susan.      Married    Rev.    J.    M.    Foster. 
Sarah  Jane.      Married   Col.   Porter   Phipps. 
Mary.     Married  John   A.   Porter. 
John  M.     Married  Mary  Grace  Hovis,  Grove  City,  Pa. 


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William    A.       Married,    first,    Jennie    Courlhey,     second,    Susan    Smith,    Grove 
City,   Pa. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  Saraii  P.  BaIRD: 

Mary.      Married    Mr.    Hammond. 

Belle.      Mariied    Platle   Jenne. 

Matlie.      Married   E.  S.  Jcnne. 

Elvira.      Married   V.    B.   Archer. 

Thomas. 

William. 

XriTE. — Tlioinas  and  William  supiMj'^cil  to  liavc  gone  to  \'irginia  (pos^^ibly  Kentucky;. 

Children  of  Elizabeth,  or  Betsy,  Beard  and  Dr.  John  Coulter: 

Cyrus.      Married    Lizzie    Creasy. 
Adclma.      Married    Thomas   J.    Eakin. 
Mattic,   of   Kinnerdale,   Pa. 

Children   of   Thomas   and   Mary   McKinley   Beard: 

James   M.      Married   Lizzie   Maughlin,   who   lives   in    Mineola,    Kans. 

Thomas    Jcffcison.       Married     A^nes     M.    Wright.       He    died    in    WashinglOQ 

County,    lov^'a,    1902.      She   died   in   Monmouth,   HI. 
Cyrus.      Married,    first.    Narcissus   Wilson;    second,    Francei    B.    Burkhead.      He 

IS  judge  of   the   Supreme  Court  of   Wyoming,   his  home   bemg  in   Cheyenne. 
Calvin   A.     Married   Eliza  A.   Riddle. 

Children   of   HuGH   and   MargareT  J.    Baird: 

Martha.      Married    Hugh    McCulIough. 
Mary.     Married    Emile    Thorne. 
Matilda. 

FOURTH  GENER.ATION. 

Children  of  Martha  Beard  and  John  Vincent: 
Hallie. 
William.       Married    Nannie    Snyder.       Issue:     Mary,     Wilder,      Rose,      Porter, 

Charles,    Ernest. 
Gibson.      Married   Hallie   Atwell. 

Children  of  Susan  Beard  and  Rev.  J.  M.  Foster: 

Henry    (Rev.).      Married    Laura   Scott.      Issue:    Erne»l,    Wendell,    Utilli*,    Nor- 
man,   Mary. 
James. 

Children  of  Sarah  Jane  Beard  and  Col.   Porter  Phipps: 
Lyman.      Married    Vera    McKoon.      Issue:    Grace. 
Mary. 

Robert.     Married    Vinie    Vanderliss.      Issue:    Three    children 
John. 


148  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Eva.      Married   Harry   Lewis.      Issue:   Sarah,    Elizabeth. 
Grace.      Married   Fred   Boyce.      Issue:    Fredrick,   Robert. 

Children  of  Mary  Beard  and  John  A.  Porter: 

James.     Married  Mae  Eakin.     Issue:    Mary  Elizabeth,  Harold. 

Arthur. 

John.      Married    Hannah    Cross.      Issue:    Victor. 

Fred.      Married   Mina   Kollmeyer. 

Ada.      Married   Denton   Blair.      Issue:    Fredrick,   Jean   Louise. 

Utillis.      .Married    Grace    Harris.      Issue:    Jackson. 

Ella.     Married    Wiiliam     Ward.      Issue:    Helen,    Josephine. 

Anna. 

Children  of  JOHN   M.  and  MaRY  Grace  H.  BaIRD: 

Susan    May,    1874.      Married   James   Chambers,    1908.      Issue:    Herbert,   Vivian, 
Clyde,   John,    Florence. 

David    Edwin,    M.D.,    1876.      Married    Alice    Whitney.      Issue:    Donald,    Ruth, 

David. 
Frank    Pierce,    1880.      Married    Bessie    Baines,    1908.      Issue:    John,    Laurence, 

r  ranees. 
Alir.eda  Florence,   1881.     Married   Edward  E.  C.  Howe   (Rev.),    1914.     Issue: 

Almeda;    died   at   Presbyterian    Mission,   Canton,   China,    1915. 
Jesse    Hays,    1889.      Married   Sue    Bragstad,    1917. 
Clarence.      Married     Mary    Atwell,     1909-1915.       Issue:    Robert,    who    died    in 

infancy. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  A.  Beard  and  first  or  second  wife: 

Winifried.   1890.    Married  James  Riggles,    1915.    Issue:  James  B.,  born   1916, 

Mary   Courtney,    1893.      Married    Ross   M.   Archer,    1915. 

Leonard,    1891.     Commissioned    in    Company    M.    Sixteenth    Regiment,    National 

Guard,   Pennsylvania,   second   lieutenant,    1917,   in   the  World  War. 
Lillian    Francis.    1898.      Married    James    Harold,    1901. 
William   Harold. 

Children  of  MaRY  BaIRD  and  —  Hammond: 
Vida. 

Children  of  MaTTIE  BaIRD  and  E.  S.  Jenne: 

Forest. 

Children  of  Elvira  Baird  and  V.  B.  Archer: 

Zaliema   A. 

Children  of  Cyrus  and  Lizzie  C,  Coulter: 
John. 

Children  of  Adalina  Coulter  and  Thomas  J.   Eakin: 
Howard. 
Charles. 


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Mae.      Married  Jame$   Porter.      Issue:    Mary  Elizabeth,   Harold. 

Sarah. 

Martha. 

Marshall. 

Harold. 

Don. 

Children  of  JamES  M.  and  LiZZIE  Maughlin  BearD: 

Stella  A.      Married   George  Shaffer.    Issue:   Edward. 

Etta.      Married    Nathemiel   Smiley.      Issue:    Alfred,   George,   Blanch,   Mary. 

Frank.     Married  Anna  Smiley. 

Thomas.     Married  Lenora  Wilson.     Issue:   Everetia,  Clyde. 

Mabel.      Married   Mr.  Ward.      Issue:   Geraldine. 

Roy   C.      Married   Bessie   Hall.      Issue:    Evaline. 

John.      Married   Alice   McKlssick. 

William.      Married   Iva  .      Issue:    Pauline,   Keith. 

Children  of  Thomas  J.  and  Agnes  M.  \V.  BeaRD: 

Eva.     Married  Alvah  Hamilton  Hewitt.     Issue:  Halbert  B.,  Amy  A.,  Alice  H.. 

Morning   Sun,    Iowa. 
Nellie  Alice.     Married   Harry   A.  White.    Issue:   Edward,   Harry  H.,  Max   M., 

Frederic  A.,  Lcland  C..  Helen  G.,  Paul  C. 
Elmer. 

Mary   Gertrude. 
\\  illiam   Homer.      Married   Lina   Graham,   Ainsworth,    Iowa. 

Children  of  Cyrus  and  first  wife,  NaRCISSA  W.  BeaRD: 

Ma.y  Olive.      Married  Wynn   Wallace   Pefley.      Issue:   Wallace  B. 
Laurena   Leon. 
Clarence   Cleon. 

Children  of  CyrUS  and  second  wife,  FRANCES  B.  BeaRD: 

Clara  E.      Married  George  Daiber.     Issue:   George. 
Arthur   Ambrose. 

Children  of  CalvIN  and  Eliza  R.  BeaRD: 

William  Cloyce,  Washington,   Iowa. 

Children  of  MaRTHA   BaIRD  and   Hugh  McCullough: 
Ella.     Married  Harry  Paishall. 
Mas^gie. 
Marshall. 
Edward. 

Children  of  Mary  Baird  and  Emile  Thorne: 

Nora.      Married  Charle*  Wood. 

Je»$ie. 

Winifrid. 


150  I^AIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

On  O.i.^lvr  IS  (year  not  given)  there  was  a  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth 
anniversaiy  »>!  the  s-eiilement  of  Thomas  Baird  at  Clintonville,  Pa.  (this  being  a 
part  o!  ihc  original  ti\e-hundrcd-acre  tract).  He  settled  there  in  1796.  About 
tour  hundred  assembled.  Mr.  H.  C.  Foster,  of  New  Bedford,  Pa.,  was  historian. 
The  follov>inj:  wete  amonj;  those  present:  J.  M.  Foster,  of  Sandy  Lake;  Porter 
Phipps.  ci  KrnnerdcU;  Mrs.  Jennie  Baird,  Clintonville;  J.  K.  Vincent,  Harris- 
ville;  v^ .  R.  Coulter,  Kennerdell;  W'm.  Cross,  Kcnnerdell;  Perry  McFadden, 
Klennerdf'l:  Findiey,  Surrena,  Necterine;  J.  M.  Baird,  Clintonville;  S.  Thorn, 
Clintonville;  S.  R.  Porter.  Clintonville;  George  McKinley,  Polk;  Mrs.  Katie 
Ghost,  Konnetdcll;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Coulter,  Kennerdell;  Mrs.  Margaret  Yard, 
Clintonville;  Mrs.  Eliza  Eakin,  Clintonville;  Miss  Maggie  Kilpatrick,  Clintonville; 
all    of    Pennsylvania;    and    Mrs.    Mary   Thorn,    Youngstown,    Ohio. 

GROUP  16— William. 

William  Beard  married  Eleanor  Lyons  in  North  of  Ireland.    They 
came  to  America  in    I  782,  settling  in  Nelson  County,  Kentucky. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

Children  of  William  and  Eleanor  Beard: 

Alexander,  born   in   Ireland.      Married   Mary    McKinley, 

William,  born   in   Ireland.      Married   Elizabeth  Caruthers. 

Nellie    (Eleanor),  born   in    Ireland,    1806.      Married    Morris   Littlejohn. 

Stephen,    1782-1839,  born   on   the  ocean.      Married,   first,   Rebecca   Park,  widow 

of    Mr.    Boyle;    second.    Sarah    McDonald    Pierson    (1804),   widow   of    Dr. 

John   Pierson. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children   of   Alexander   and   Mary   McK.    Beard: 

John.      Married,    first,    Rebecca    Nicols;    second,    Kittie   Dunbar. 

George.      Married   Eleanor    (Nellie)    Wise    (his   cousin). 

James.      Married   Margaret  Johnson. 

Eleanor.      Married   William    McCrocklin,  Spencer   County,   Kentucky. 

Elizabeth.      Married   Newman   Wells.      Lived   in    Indiana. 

Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  C.  Beard: 

John   L.      Married   Juda   Francis  Wells    (his   cousin),   called   "Dank." 
Stephen.      Married,    first,    Asenath    Evans;    second,    Elizabeth    Wells    (sister    of 

Juda). 
James.     Married   Mary  Justice. 

Alexander.      Married   Nancy   Jane   Miller    (widow  of   Mr.   Moore). 
William.     Married  Polly  Dunbar.     (Polly  married  Felix  Beard,  son  of  Stephen.) 
Nancy.     Married  Edwin  Roll. 
Jane.     Unmarried. 
Nellie.      Married  McKinley. 


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Children  of  Eleanor  Beard  and  Morris  Littlejohn,  who  settled  in  Nelson 
County,   Kentucky,  later  moving  near  YoungstowTi,  Ind. 

Elizabeth. 
W  illiam. 
Stephen. 
Alexander. 

Children  of  STEPHEN  and,  first,  Rebecca  P.  BeaRD. 
Granbury,    1806. 

Felix,   born    1803.      Married  Polly  Dunbar  Beard,  widow  of  his  cousin  William. 
George  Parke.     Died,  aged  19,  in  1828. 
Caroline. 

Rebecca  Eleanor,  born   1812.     Died  aged   16. 

Sarah  Jane.      Married  George  Sloan,  Nelson  County.     Moved  to  Louisville,  Ky. 
Issue:    Four  children. 

Stephen     Culbertson.        Married,     first,    ;     second,    Sarcih     E.    Mannakee 

(widow  of  Abel  Crawford).      Issue:   One  child. 

Children  of  STEPHEN  and  Sarah  McD.  P.  BearD,  his  second  wife. 

Eliza   McDonald.      Married   Dr.  Samuel    M.  Wright.      Issue:     One  child. 

James. 

Mary  Woods.     Married  Mr.  Carolhers  in  Kentucky.     Issue:    One  child. 

Joshua. 

Fanny. 

John    Pierson.      Married,    first,    Louise   Smith;    second,   Alice    Hayv/ood.      Issue: 

One    child. 
Ludwell    McKay.      Married,    first,   Debora   Blount    (two  children);    second,  Ann 

Blount;    third,  Sarah  Schmidt    (widow  of  Peter'»on). 

Martha  Ann  Hazelline.     Married  Henry  F.  Blount. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  and,  first,  Rebecca  Nicols  BeaRD. 
Mary    (Polly). 

Isabel.      Married  Daniel   Wise   (her  cousin). 
Kittie.      Married   Henry   Scott. 

Alexander.      Married,   first.   Miss  Payne;    second,   Rachel  Wilson. 
James.      Married,   first,   Heady   Beard;    second,   Rapella  Cook,    Pitts   Point,   Ky. 
George.      Married   Miss  Guthrie. 
John   H.     Unmarried. 

Children  of  JoHN  and,  second,  KiTTIE  D.  Beard.  who  lived  at  Tay- 
lorsville,  Spencer  County,  Ky.  John  was  drowned  while  crossing 
Salt  River. 

William   Perry.      Married  Arzula  Z.   Buckner.     Died  at   Hutchinson,  Kant. 
Stephen  Thomas.     Married   Margaret  Gillerland,   Fithertville,   Ky. 


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BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 


Charles   Wickliff.      Married   M.   F.  Beauchamp.     Both  died  in    1863. 

Rebecca   Ann.     Married  James   Thomas   Reid. 

Nancy  Jane.     Married  A.  L.  Buckner,  Taylorsville,  Ky. 

Andrew    T.      Unmarried. 

Johnson.     Killed  by  a  cousin,  McCrocklin. 

Thompson. 

Children  of  GeorGE  and  NelLIE  W,  BeaRD. 

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Children  of  James  and  MaRGARET  J.  BeaRD. 

E'izabelh  (Betty).     Married  Thomas  Martin. 

Alexander.  Jr.     Married  Frances  Stallard. 

Mary.      Married  Samuel   Smitli. 

Mildred.     Married  John  Stone,  of  Kansas. 

Sle;)lien  M.     Manicd  Elizabeth  Thomas. 

John. 

Isabel.     Married,  first,  Thomas  King;   second,  William  Swearinger. 

Johnson  D.    (M.D.).     Ma.iied   Emiiy  West. 

Maria.      Married  John  Crutcher. 

James   P.      Married    Emarine    Keady. 

Children  of  Felix  and  PoLLY  B.  BeaRD. 

Sarah.     Married   Nelson  St.  Clair,  Youngslown,   Ind.     Issue:   Four  children. 

John.      Married    Minerva   Heady,   Indianapolis,   Ind. 

William.      Unmarried. 

Rebecca.     Unmarried. 

Stephen.      Unmarried. 

James.     Died  in  Civil  War. 

Parke.      Married   Belle   Wells. 

Children  of  SarAH  JaNE  Beard  and  George  Sloan. 

Irene. 
Alice. 
Bland. 
Ella. 

Nannie.     Married  Sloan    (a  cousin),   Lexington,   Ky. 

Rebecca. 
Louis. 


SCOTCH-IRISH    BAIRDS    OF    AMERICA  153 

Children  of  STEPHEN  and,  second,  SaRAH  M.  CraWFORD  BeaRD. 
"Manimic."     Served  in  U.  S.  Army. 
James  Sitphen.     Lives  in  Bardslown,  Ky. 

Children   of    Eliza   McD.    Beard   and   Samuel    M.   Wright.   Terre 
Haute,  Ind. 
Susan   Mary   (Mollie).     Married  Hubert   Malherson. 
Chas.   Henry.      Died   in   infancy. 
Sallie    B.      Died   in    infancy. 
William  C.     Died   in   infancy. 
Martha  B.     Died  in  infancy. 

Nellie  B.     Married  Ethan  Edwin  Whitehead.     They  live  in  California.     Issue; 
One   son. 

Children  of  Ludwell  McKay  and  DeborA  B.  BeaRD,  his  first  wife. 
Irene.      Married    Richard    L.    Dawes,    Evansville.      Issue:    Charles    and    Alice. 
(Changed   spelling  of   name   to   Baird.) 

Children  of  Ludwell  McKay  and  Ann  B.  Beard,  his  second  wife. 

John    Blount.      Unmarried.      Evansville,    Ind. 

Alice.     Unmarried.     Evansville,   Ind. 

William.      Unmarried.      Evansville,    Ind. 

Eliza.     Died   in   infancy. 

Jennie.     Died   in   infancy. 

Laura.      Died   in    infancy. 

Herbert   McD.     Married  Grace  K.   Kraft,   Evansville,    Ind. 

Children  of  Ludwell  McKay  and  Mary  S.  P.  BeaRD,  his  third  wife. 

Waller.      Married  Josephine   Kransen. 
Mary.     Married  John  K.   Brill. 
Nellie.      Married    Chas.   S.   Wigginlon. 
Martha.      Married  Charles  Bocke. 
Rose.     Married  Adolph  C.  Froelich. 
Anne.     Died   at  age  of    10. 

Children  of  Martha  Ann  H,  BeaRD  and  Henry  F.  Blount. 

Frederick    Ripley.      Married    Isabel    Nelson,    Gremd    Rapids,    Mich. 
Rose   McDonald.      Married  Samuel   Nisbet,    Evansville,    Ind.,    1878. 
Jessie.     Died  September,    1 862,   aged  6  months. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  William  Perry  and  Arzula  P.  B.  Beard. 

William  Charles  Lafayette.     Married  Nettie  E.  Wilcox.     Issue:   One  ton. 

Arzula.     Died  at  the  age  of  4. 

Johnson  Dunbar,  bom   1859.     Married  Nettle  E.  Abbott.     Issue:  Two  *on». 


154  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Lillic  Vian.      Married  Charles   Lee   Fareman.      Issue:    Four   children. 

Alonzo.      Died   at   the  age  of  2. 

Alonzo  Thomas.      Married   Bessie   Downs.      Issue:   Three   children. 

Children  of  Stephen  Thomas  and  MARGARET  G.   BeaRD. 

James    Alexander. 

kiltie.      Married  J.   Morry  Wakefield,  Shelbyville,   Ky. 

Children  of  RebECCA  Ann  BearD  and  James  T.  Reid.  She  was 
married  at  15,  They  lived  till  1910,  dying  within  two  months 
of  each  other. 

Theo.,  died   in  infancy. 

John   Thomas.      Married   Sallie    Beard    (or    Baird). 

James   B. 

Arzula.     Married  Mr.  Crenshaw.     Lives  at  Mt.  Washington,  Bullitt  County,  Ky. 

Nannie  Kale.      Married   Mr.  Cartwright.      Lives  in  Louisville,  Ky. 

Annie    B.      Unmarried. 

Aieiie  Belie.     Married  M.  G.  Boston,  Jefferson  town,  Ky.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  15. 

Lillie.     Married  Mr.  Hardman,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Willie  Wickliff.      Lives   in   Louisville,   Ky. 

Lucy  Jane.      Married   Mr.  Casey.      Lives  in   Indiana. 

Martye.     Unmarried. 

Children  of  NaNCY  Jane  BearD  and  A.  L.  Buckner, 

Alonzo  C. 

Eleanor.      Married   Lee    McCrocklin. 

Four   other  children. 

Children  of  Dr.  JoHNSON  D.  and  EmILY  W.  BeaRD. 
Mary   W.     Unmarried. 
Thomas    Stone.      Married,    first,    Miss    Wilson.      Issue:    Six    children.      Second, 

Annie  Tidings,   Louisville,   Ky. 
Phillip    J.    (Judge).      Married    Miss    Bryant,    Shelbyville,     Ky.       Issue:     Four 

children. 
Mattie  Gregsby.      Married   Rev.   Henry  C.   Morehead,  Sidous,   Miss. 
Emily    West.      Married    George    S.    Sccarce,    Shelbyville,     Ky.       Issue:     Four 

children. 
James  W.     Unmarried. 
Nellie    Litllejohn.      Married    Edward   Stout,    Garden    City,    Kans.,    First   Baptist 

Church. 
Edna.    Married   Sidney   Taylor,    Fort   Worth,   Texas. 

Children  of  JamES  P.  and  EleaNOR  H.  BeaRD. 

Morrison   H.      Married    Miss   Hall,   Lexington,   Ky. 
Laura  B.     Married  Alexander  A.   Beard,  son  of  A.  P.  Beard. 
Edwin   H.     Unmarried.     Lives   in   New  Orleans,   La. 
Charles  H.   (Dr.).     Married   Miss  Clark.  Chicago,   111. 


SCOTCH-IRISH   BAIRDS  OF  AMERICA  -      155 

James   H.     Unmarried. 

Julia   C. 

Mary  W. 

Lena.      Married  Thomas   Burnett,   Jacksonville,   Fla. 

Ruth.     Mar  ied   R.  O.  Cochran. 

Grace.     Married  R.  T.  Waters. 

(Ruth   and  Grace  were   twir,^.) 
Shirley.     Married.     Lives  in  Brooklyn,  N    Y. 

Children  of  Rose  McD.  Blount  and  Samuel  B.  Nisbet. 

Aimec  B.,  born   1879.     Married  Alfred  E.  Curtenius. 

George  B.,  born  I88L     Died  in  infancy. 

McDonald  Baird,  born   1884.     Married  Helen  Dickinson.   1915. 


CHAPTER  V.     SCOTCH  BAIRDS. 

The  first  Baird  whose  name  appears  in  New  Jersey  was  JaMES, 
one  of  the  adherents  of  the  Church  of  Scotland,  who  was  banished  to 
New  Jersey  in  America  July  19,  1684.  He  was  mentioned  in  "Cloud 
of  Witnesses,"  New  Jersey. 

A  probable  brother  of  James  was  William,  who  settled  at  Mans- 
field, Burlington  County,  in   1  690,  with  his  wife,  Katherine. 

James  may  have  been  father  or  brother  of  John,  of  Monmouth, 
wh.o  carne  from  Scotland  the  year  before. 

Alexander,  of  Bushwick,  Kings  County,  N.  Y.,  may  have  been 
another  !)rother,  as  the  tradition  at  Griggstown  was  "three  brothers 
came  o\er  and  one  settled  in  New  York." 

"Alexander  Baird,  sixth  son  of  Sir  Robert  of  Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land, came  to  New  York,  1 695 ;  left  large  family  in  V/ashington, 
Pennsylvania,  and  New  York.  His  brother,  William,  made  Baronet 
of  Nova  Scotia  the  same  year."  Sir  Robert  of  Saughton  Hall  was 
the  youngest  son  of  James. —  {An  eld  record.) 

According  to  Burke,  it  was  his  brother,  James,  who  was  created 
baronet  in  1695.  His  brother,  William,  was  a  merchant  and  one  of 
the  bailies  of  Edinburgh. 

Thomas  came  over  to  Virginia,  1635  (16  years  old),  supposedly 
from  England. 

The  James,  of  Carlisle,  Pa.,  who  married  Jane  Wilson,  may  have 
been  a  descendant  of  one  of  these. 

Robert,  who  died  in  St.  Mary  County,  Maryland,  in  1683,  had 
a  brother,  Christopher,  to  whore  son  he  left  "Beard's  Choice,"  if  he 
came  into  Maryland  within  a  certain  time. 

There  was  a  George,  son  of  Thomas,  li>'ing  in  1  704,  who  was  a 
nephew  of  Robert,  who  died  in  Maryland  in  1683.  This  makes  it 
likely  that  Robert  Christopher  and  Thomas  were  brothers  of  Alexander, 
as  William,  grandson  of  Alexander,  had  a  son,  Christopher. 

GROUP  1. 

Marriages. 

From  Dutch  Church,  N.  Y.,  1700.  pages  92.  1639,  1801   (iramlaled) . 

Alexander   Baird.      Young  man   out  of  Scotland,   obtained   license   April   23rd; 
married  24lh.  Magdalena  Van  Vleek,  widow  of  Henry  Kip      Both  live  here. 
[To  liavc  license  instead  of  rcniling  tl\c  bans  was  a  mark  of  gentility.] 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  157 

WILLS. 

Abstract  of   Wills,    Vol.    14,  page  42.  /V.    V'.,    1730-1744. 

November  8lh,  1740.  I,  Master  Alexander  Baird  (of  Busf.wick,  in  Kings 
County  on  Long  Island),  Esq.,  leave  to  Mary  Baird.  formerly  the  widow  of  my 
son,  Robert,  and  now  wife  of  "Cornelis  Van  Kingland"  (Dutch  for  Cornel  of 
England),  £30.  Whereas,  my  son,  William,  has  not  behaved  and  conducted  himself 
toward  his  parents  as  he  ought  to  have  done,  and  for  divers  other  causes  best  known 
to  us,  nevertheless,  that  shall  not  want  bread  with  God's  blessing  attending  him  du.ing 
his  own  lifetime,  I  Ra\e  him  the  use  of  all  my  plantation  or  farm  lying  in  Somerset 
County,  N.  Y.,  for  life,  and  then  to  his  children;  and  he  shall  pay  to  my  wife,  his 
moiher,  £12  yearly.  I  leave  to  my  beloved  wife,  Magdalena,  all  my  estate  in  Bush- 
wick,  real  and  personal,  and  make  her  sole  executor,  free  of  all  claims  from  my 
son  William,  etc.     Proved  March  28th,   1741." 

I'l'he    fact   tliat   lie   calls   himself   "Master"   indicated,  at   that   time,   good  birth.] 

Alexander  Baird,  of  BusHwick.  Klnp-s  County,  N.  Y.,  married 
Ma^dalena  Van  Vlcck,  widow  of  Hendrik  Kip,  April  24,  1 700. 
Children: 

William,  baptized  April    12,    1704.      Property  in  Somerset,  N.  J.      Married   Elsa 

Van  Cleef. 
Robert,   baptized   November   3,    1 706.      Married    Mary,   who   afterwards   married 

Mr.  Cornel. 
Mary. 

This  Alexarder  lived  at  Eushwicl:.  Kings  County,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.     Hi?  will  was  made  Nove.TiSer  8,  I  740;  probated  1  74  I . 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage,  A.LEXANDER  Baird  is  spoken  of  as 
a  lawyer  of  Newton,  Lon?;  Island,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Isaac 
Van  Vieek  and  Cornelia  Beekman. 

Magdalena  Van  Vleek  was  a  granddaughter  of  William  Beek- 
man of  New  York,  from  whom  she  obtained  a  lot  in  Pearl  Street.  He 
was  deputy  mayor  of  New  York  City  until  1681,  and  was  the  owner 
of  a  farm  north  and  south  of  the  present  Beekman  Street  and  extend- 
ing from  Nassau  Street  to  the  East  River.  William  Street  was  also 
called   for  him. 

To  this  branch  belongs  the  accompanying  coat  of 
arms  copied  from  an  old  silver  tankard  brought  from 
Scotland,  now  in  the  family  of  J.  H.  Baird.  Griggs- 
BAiRD  town,  N,  J.,  and  Amsterdam.  N.  Y. 


COAT    OF    ARMS 


SECOND  GENERATION. 


Children  of  WiLLlAM  (born  1704,  died  1793)  and  El-SA  VaN- 
Cleef  Baird.  (Bom  in  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey,  so  old 
record  says) : 


158  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Alexander,    born    1731.      Married    Elizabeth   Ellis,    1746. 

Magdalen,   born    1733:    died    1793. 

Benjamin,    born     1734;    died     1777.      Lieutenant-Colonel    and    Major,    receiving 

his  piomolion  on  his  deathbed. 
Elizabeth,   born    1735. 
Calhrine,   born    1739. 
Robert,  born   1741. 
William,  born   1742.     Served  as  Captain  and  First   Major  of  Second  Battalion, 

Somerset,  New  Jersey,  militia.     Married,  first,  Hannah  Scott;  second,  Catlina 

Hoagiand,   possibly   at   Griggstown. 
Henrietta,  born    1744. 
Ellen,    born    1749. 
John   (Major),  born   1755;    died   1834.     Married  Cathrine  Duboise,   1779.     She 

died    in    1837. 

[Olil    Kent,    M(l.,    record    says    one    of    tliese    Williams    tested    guns    in    Frederick 
County,    1776. 1 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  ALEXANDER  and  ELIZABETH  E.  BaIRD: 
Francis,    1747. 
Mary,    1749. 
Calhrine,    1751. 
Alexander,    1753. 
Ann,    1754. 
Ann.    1756. 

Alfred  and   Arthur,   twins,  born    1753. 
Elizabeth,   1760. 

Sarah  and  Rebecca,  twins,  born  1764.     Rebecca  married  Mr.  Hansard. 
Ann.    1766. 

Children  of  JoHN  and  CaTHRINE  DUBOISE  BaIRD: 
Elsa,   born    1779.      Married   George   Kershaw. 
Abram   D.,  born    1781.      Married   Sarah   Morgan,    1808. 
William,  born   1783. 

Jane,  born  1785.     Married  Mr.  Cooper.     Jerseyville,  III.     Issue:  Thomas  Abram. 
Magdalen,    born    1790.      Married    Johannes   Nevins.      Issue:     William   and    Ida. 

Calhrine,  Sarah,  Garett  V.,   Elsie. 
Margaret,  born   1793;   died   1877.     Married  Jeremiah  Van  Liere,  Jerseyville,  111. 
Issue:   Calhrine,  Fred,   Benjamin   B.,  and  John. 

Nicholas  D.,  born   1797.     Married  Miss  Creed.     Issue:    Henry  C,  John  W.  and 

Mary,   of   Bound    Brook. 
John,  born  1799;  died  1834.    Son,  S.  Dubois  Baird,  Westerville,  111. 
Isaac,   born    1802;    died    1873.      Married    Martha   Gaylord.      Issue:    Mary,   who 

married    Barzilla   Thatcher,    lived    in   Jerseyville,    HI.      (One   record   says  his 

wife  was  Martha  Cross.) 
Benjamin,  born    1804;    died    1892.      Married    1829  Susan   Post,  born    1808. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  159 

Children   of   WiLLlAM    (born    1742)    and   HaNNAH   ScoTT   BaiRD, 
his  first  wife  (married   1771): 

Alexander,    died    1773. 

Children   of  WiLLIAM   and  CaTLINA   HoaGLAND   BaIRD,  his  second 
wife  (married   1775): 
"William,  born   1776.  ^■ 

Christopher,  born   1777.     Ijsiie:  A  son,  Robert  C.     (Mrs.  J.  Sterling  Sill,  Water- 
town,   New  York,  is  a  granddaughter.) 
Hannah,  born    1779. 
William,    1781. 
Sarah,    1783. 

Elsa,   1785.     Possibly  married  Mr.  Ely,  of  Lakewood,  N.  J. 

Benjamin,  1786.  Married  Elinor  Miller,  born  1798,  Glen,  Montgomery  County, 
N.  Y. 

Abram   Scolt,    1788.      Possibly   married   Sarah    Kendall,    February    17,   . 

Robert,    1793. 

All  horn  in  New  Jersej'.     William  moved  to  Glen,  or  Charleston, 
Montgomery  County,  N.  Y.,  in    1796;  died    1830. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 
Children  of  Abram  and  Saraii  M.  BairD: 

William,   born    1810.      Married   Jane   V'oorhees.      Issue:    Five  children. 

John.    1811. 

Margaret   W..    1812.      Married    Mr.   Herder. 

Calhrine  Ann,  1815;  died  1890.  Married  Henry  Wilson  (Major  of  Home 
Guards). 

Elizabeth,    1816.      Married   James   Brokaw,   of    Harlinj^in,    N.   J. 

Alice,    1818.      Married    Mr.  Clark  Christopher. 

Andrew    M.,    1820.      Married   twice.      Issue:   Six   children. 

Nicholas   D.,    1821.      Married   Jane    Kershaw.      Issue:    Two   children. 

Jane,    1823.      Married  John  WycofI,  of  Griggslown,   N.  J. 

Mary  S..  1827.  Married  Henry  Brokaw.  Daughter,  Anna  Maynard,  Can- 
ton,  III. 

Abram  Statts,  born  1827.  Went  to  Ohio.  A  son,  Duboisc,  livet  in  Westcr- 
velt,  Ohio. 

Susan   L.,    1828.      Married   Mr.  Whilenack. 

Rebecca  1830;  died  1914.  Married,  first,  Peter  Voorhec*.  Millstone.  N.  J.; 
second,   Israel  Higgins. 


Children  of  BENJAMIN  and  SusAN  Baird   (Susan  died   1878) 

Abraham  Stalls,  born   1829;   died    li 

Five  children. 
Calhrine  P..  born    1832;   died    1839 


Abraham  Stalls,  born    1829;    died    1886.     Married  Mary  L.  Pope,   1859.     Issue: 
Five  children. 


160       '  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Cornelia  Bcckman,  bom  1834;  died  1855.  Married  Alexander  Hoagland, 
1854,  of  Ten   Mile  Run.     Moved  to  Jerseyville,   ill. 

Isaac,  born  1836;  died  1862.  Unmarried.  Soldier  in  Civil  War.  Firsl  Regi- 
ment, New  Jersey  Volunteers.     Served  in  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

Calhrine,   born    1839;    died    1842. 

Martha  C,  born    1842;    died    1870. 

Family,  born  1845;  died  1902.  Married  John  S.  Tunis  in  1873.  Issue:  Two 
children. 

Mary,  born    1848.      Mar.ied  William   B.   Wilson,   of   Neshanic.   in    1877. 

Theodore  Frclinnheuysen,  born  1853;  died  1881.  Married  Anna  Pattibone, 
1877.  Buried  at  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Had  son,  Charles 
W.   Baird,  born    1878,  Wood  Fiaven,   Long  Island. 

This  record  given  by  Mrs.  Mary  Wilson,  Princeton,  N.  J.  (R.  F. 
D.  No.  1  ),  a  daughter  of  Benjamin,  granddaughter  of  JOHN  and 
Cathrine  DuB.  Baird,  great-granddaughter  WiLLIAM  and  Elsa 
Van  ClreF  Baird.  William  Wilson  (her  cousin)  was  a  son  of 
Mayor  Henry  Wilson. 

She  says:  "My  grandfather,  JOHN  BaIRD,  had  some  brothers 
that  I  have  heard  my  father  speak  of — an  Alexander  and  Robert,  My 
grandfather  vvas  a  Major  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  I  have  heard 
he  had  three  broll.ers  (all  officers),  and  one  received  his  commission 
on  his  deatii-bed." 

Children  of  Bl.NJAMIN  and  EleANOR  M.  BaIRD: 

William,  born    1818.     Issue:    Mary,   Ella,   Hepzibah,  and  William  Hoagland. 
Jacob.    1822. 
Dorothy,    1827. 

Benjamin,    1858.      The   last   of   his    father's    family,   who  wrote   the   letter   giving 
this  cony  of  old  record  and  coat  of  arms.     He  married  Elizabeth  VanHorn, 
1857.  ' 
f<>iu.    I'.vtlicr,    (I.-uiu'litcr   of    Major   Willinm   of    Ilagerstown,   married   Joseph   Little, 
of    M.uylaii.l.  — /•.    B.   C] 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  CaTHRINE  Ann  BaIRD  and  Henry  V/iiscn   (Mayor)  : 
Aletha  Ann.     Married  Levi  Stout,  Tilusville,  N.  J.     Issue:   Four  children. 
Abram    Dubouse.      Married    Frances    Gorle.      He    died    in    1902.      Issue:     Two 

daughters. 
Jacob  \'an  Arsdale.      Married  Carrie  Smith.     Issue:  Two  daughters. 
William,    1848-1910.      Married    Mary   Baird,   daughter   of   Benjamin    Baird. 

Children  of  ELIZABETH  BaiRD  and  James  Brokaw: 
Alice.     Unmarried. 
Belle.      Married   Mr.  Apgar. 

Children  of  Alice  BaIRD  and  Mr.  Christopher: 

Thomas.     Served   in  Civil   War. 


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Sarah.      Married  Rev.  J.  O.   Van   Fleel.   West   Albany,   N.  Y.      Issue:      Three 

children. 
Mary. 

Maltie.     Married  Mr.  Beach,  Monlville,  N.  J.,  a  Princeton  graduate  of  , 

N.  Y. 
Children  of  Rebecca  BaiRD  and  Peter  Voorhees,  Millstone,  N.  J.: 

Abram   N. 

Wilson. 

Maggie. 

Children  of  Mary  Baird  and  William  Baird  Wilson.  She  says  her 
ancestors  fought  with  their  Bibles  under  their  arms.  Lived  at  Ten 
Mile  Run  near  Neshanic,  N.  J.: 

Henry   Alexander,   born    1881.      Married   Allhea   May   Gibson. 

Cornelia    Baird,    born    1884. 

Virginia,   born    1890.      Married    Roderic    McLean   Vandivert. . 

James. 

Edward. 

Emily. 

Magdalen. 

William. 

Allen. 

Children  of  BENJAMIN  and  ELIZABETH  V.  H.  BaIRD: 
Addie,  born    1860. 

Peter  V..  1862.  ,  ^ ,_    .      -     ,                   _     ^, 

^^.,..V   Ella,  1863.  -^    Joi.,-     -  ^^K^^:.^.    ^/..  R^f^^^O^^ 

B.  Franklin,    1872. 
Edith,  1879. 
Elizabeth,   died    1902. 

All  live  in  vicinity  of  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 
Garret  V.  Baird  was  son  of  one  of  these  Williams  of  Millstone, 
N.  J.     He  had  a  sister,  Hattie  Van  Buskirk. 

Record  of  Buwals. 

PoTi  Jervis  Cemeter)),  Orange  Counl\f.  N.  Y. 
In  one  lot: 

Jesse   H.   Baird,    1834-1911. 
Charles   W.   Baird.    1875-1879. 

(Above    names    on    fine    monument    and    four    foottlonet.    marked:    "Father, 
"C.  W.,"  and  two  with  no  marks.) 
In  other  lot: 

Abraham  D.  Baird.  Mch.  8.   1819-Sept.  4,   1883. 

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Margaret  Baird.  Dec.    17,    1815-Apl.  4.    1891. 
George  E.  Baird.   Mch.    17.    1866- May    15.    1881. 
Ira   H.   Baird.  Dec.    12.    1845-Dec.  24.    1909. 

David  S.  Baird.  Aug.  22,  1853-Apl.  18.   1890. 

[These  ti.TiiKs  in  oli.ilily  hcloiiK  tn  tliis  line,  tlioiigh  the   Frances  Bairds  of  Warwick, 
N.   Y.,   might   l)c    huriiii    llierc,   or   the   descendants   of    Robert  of   Yonkers. — F,   B,   C.2 

GROUP  2— James. 

James  Baird,  ncncommissioncd  oiTiccr  in  the  Revolutionary  Army, 
lived  at  Carlisle,  where  his  children  were  Bern.  He  was  with  General 
Harmon  durinr;  Indian  troubles  in  1789-90;  was  killed  in  action  at 
Fort  Wayne,  September  1 ,  1  790.  He  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Wilson  and  Lady  Alice  Murray,  of  Ireland.  Lady  Alice's 
father  opposed  her  marriage  and  disowned  her.  They  came  to  America 
and  settled  at  Wilson's  Mount  (now  Pennsylvania  Township,  near 
Piquea),  Their  children  were  James,  Jr.,  Jonathan,  William,  and  two 
daugli'.ers.  William  died  unmarried  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Jonathan 
moved  to  Ohio.  James  married  at  Path  Valley,  Pa.,  1 794,  and 
moved  to  Fort  Duquesne  (Pittsburgh),  thence  to  Erie,  Pa.  In  '796 
back  to  Pittsburgh;    1809  to  Si.  Louis,  Mo. 

Two  daughters  married  steamboatmen. 

In  1812  James,  Jr.,  organized  a  trading  expedition  to  Mexico, 
known  as  the  Baird,  Chambers  &:  McKnight  Company.  He  was  im- 
prisoned nine  years;  died  on  a  later  trip  in  El  Paso,  1826.  Jane 
Wilson  died  in  1859  in  Louisville,  Ky.  Her  oldest  son  had  kept  her 
records  and  diary.  They  were  carelessly  destroyed  by  one  of  the 
dau''h',ers. 

The  Pioneek  of  Mexican  Commerce. 

Gci'np  an  Account  of   the    Trials   anJ    Trihiilalinns   oj   James   Bald,    Who   Blazed   a 
Path   for   Progress   Across    the   Mexican   Border. 

"In  these  days  when  commercial  intercourse  between  the  United  States  and 
Mexico  rests  upon  the  firm  foundation  of  mutual  friendship  and  punctilious  inter- 
national understanding,  the  divers  difficullits  with  which  the  efforts  of  the  early 
pioneer  promoters  of  trade  between  the  two  nations  were  fraugat,  are  almost 
forgollcn. 

"1  hings  have  changed  mightily  during  the  half  century  everywhere — both  in 
the  United  States  and  Mexico — but  in  no  instance  has  the  transformation  been 
more  remarkable  and  complete  than  in  the  attitude  of  commercial  Mexico  toward 
comrrercial  United  Slates.  Mexico  likes  the  things  our  manufacturers  make,  and 
her  merchants  like  to  buy  them,  because,  thanks  to  the  tariff,  they  can  get  them 
cheaper  than  can  even  the  merchant  in  the  country  where  they  are  made.  But 
this  agreeable  slate  of  affairs  did  not  always  exist.  That  it  does  now  exist,  the 
manufacturer  owes  an  everlasting  debt  of  gratitude  to  a  pioneer  trader  who  blazed 
the  way  through  a  wilderness  of  hardships,  and  finally  met  his  death  for  the  sake 
of  the  cause,  nearly  a  hundred  years  ago. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  163 

"This  pioneer  was  James  Baird,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  born  in 
the  little  town  of  Carlisle,  that  state,  in  July,  1767.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by 
tr?de,  and  an  explprer  and  exploiter  by  inrlination.  In  his  early  manhood  he 
lived  at  Fort  Ducjursne.  where  the  boy.  Colonel  GeorRC  Washington,  as  an 
emissary  of  the  British  General  Braddock,  in  the  year  1754,  had  two  horses  shot 
from  under  him  and  got  four  bullet  holes  through  his  coat  and  then  came  out 
unscathed  in  a  healed  brush  with  the  French.  There  Baird  became  an  intimate 
associate  of  Lieutenant  Zebulon  Pike,  who  afterwards  made  his  name  immortal  by 
the  discovery  of  the  highest  peak  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  which  now  bears  hi* 
name. 

"In  1810.  seven  years  after  Thomas  Jefferson  bought  half  of  that  portion  of 
the  United  Stales  which  now  lies  west  of  the  Mississippi  River  from  the  French 
for  the  mere  pittance  of  $15,000,000,  thereby  perpetrating  the  biggest  real  estate 
coup  in  history,  Baird  saw  his  opportunity  in  this  new  poss'-ssion  and  moved 
to  St.  Louis,  then  a  frontier  trading  post.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  there  he  met 
Lieutenant  Pike,  who  had  just  returned  from  an  exploring  jaunt  into  that  section 
now  geographically  known  as  Loui";iana  and  Arkansas.  From  his  friend  Pike 
Baird  learned  of  wonderful  opportunities  for  wealth  that  lay  in   trade  with   Mexico. 

"Just  here  it  should  be  stated  that  Mexico  was  a  Spanish  province.  New  Spain 
it  was  called,  and  the  mother  nation,  ambitious  to  reserve  for  and  to  herself 
whatever  benefits  that  might  arise  from  trade  in  her  province,  placed  a  stringent 
embargo  upon  trade  with  the  United  Stales.  About  this  time,  however,  a  revolu- 
tion was  in  progress  in  Mexico,  with  the  priest  and  scholar,  Hidalgo,  at  its  head, 
one  of  th°  results  of  which,  it  was  anticipated,  world  be  the  removal  of  this 
embargo.  Although  the  revolution  failed,  for  the  lime  being,  and  the  priest. 
Hidalgo,  was  executed,  word  reached  St.  Louis  that  it  had  been  successful,  and 
in  accordance  wilh  this  information,  Baird  forthwith  organized  a  trading  expedition 
to  invade  Mexico.  Wilh  a  great  train  of  pack  mules  laden  wilh  merchandise  to 
the  value  of  at  least  $100,000,  and  a  band  of  a  dozen  assistants,  helpers  and  an 
interpreter,  Baird  left  St.  Louis  late  in  April,  1812,  following  the  course  of  the 
Missouri  River  to  about  where  Kansas  City  now  stands,  then  turning  in  a  south- 
westerly direction,  marked  out  a  route  which,  in  later  years,  became  widelv  known 
as  'Tht  Santa  Fc  T  rail.'  Santa  Fe,  the  oldest  Spanish  town  in  what  was  then 
North  Mexico,  was  ihe  destination.  In  due  course  of  time,  having  mastered  the 
many  hardships  of  the  thousand-mile  pilgrimage,  the  expedition  reached  Santa  Fc 
safely. 

"Baud  and  his  friends  were  well  acquainted  wilh  that  condition  of  things 
which,  under  Spanish  rule,  would  have  made  their  open  and  uncovered  entry  into 
a  Spanish  province  almost  impossible,  or  a  dare-devil  play  with  fate,  at  least. 
They  knew  that  Spanish  Isws  prohibited  the  entrance  of  all  forcij^ners,  English, 
French,  as  well  as  Americans,  on  any  pretense.  But  they  were  laboring  under 
the  impression  that  the  revolution  had  been  successful,  and  that  these  obstacles  had 
all  been  removed.  Therefore  their  surprise  can  be  imagined  wlien,  promp'.ly  upon 
their  arrival  at  Santa  Fe,  they  were  seized  as  spies,  thrown  into  prison  and  their 
rich  cargo  confiscated.  Baird,  together  with  two  of  his  companions.  Samuel 
Chambers  of  Pennsylvania  and  Robert  McKnight  of  New  Orleans,  were  shortly 
removed  to  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  where  they  were  incarcerated  in  solitary  confine- 
ment in  an  old  cathedral,  which  had  been  improvised  to  serve  as  a  prison  by  the 
Spanish  oppressors.  Peter  Baum,  of  Kentucky,  was  shot  at  Sante  Fe.  Of  the 
other*  the  record  is  silent,  but  inasmuch  as  they  were  never  heard  of  again,  it  is 
reasoiable   to  suppose   that   they  shared   the   fate  of   Baum. 

"1b  due  course  of  time,  the  ill  fortune  of  Baird's  expedition  reached  the  cars 
of  his  friends  at  St.  Louis.  Through  the  Federal  government  at  Washington  tre- 
mendous pressure  wm  shortly  brought   to  bear  upon  Spain   to  secure   the   release  of 


164  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

ihe  captive?.     But  the  mills  of  government  authority  and  prerogative,  both  republican 
and  monarchical,  then  as  nov*',  ground  slowly. 

"In  1817,  John  Scott,  delegate  to  Conr;r''ss  from  Mi'souri  Territory,  submitted 
a  report  of  the  incident  to  John  Quincy  Adams,  then  Secretary  of  State,  praying 
for  Federal  inlcr\ention  in  behalf  of  I'aird  and  his  followers.  Secretary  Adams 
laid  ihe  matter  before  the  Spanish  ambassador  at  Washington.  Luis  de  Onis,  and 
asked  that  urgent  steps  be  taken  to  liberate  Baird  and  his  men,  who  he  charged 
liad  been  unlawfully  imprisoned.  The  individual  last  named  leisurely  communi- 
cated with  his  majesty's  government,  who,  in  turn,  leisurely  referred  the  ijuestion 
to  the  Viceroy  of  New  Spain,  the  head  of  government  in  Mexico.  A  year  went 
by  and  no  action  was  taken  by  the  Spar.ish  government.  Baird's  friends  waxed 
wroth  at  the  d"Iay,  and  in  consequence  thereof,  in  April,  1818,  a  resolution  was 
offered  and  passed  in  the  Floiise  of  Representatives,  asking  information  of  the 
aulliorilies  on  the  subject.  1  his  resolution  brought  forth  a  special  message  to 
Congress  from  James  Monroe,  then  President  of  the  United  Stales,  in  which  the 
progress  of  the  case  up  to  that  time  was  reviewed.  The  message  contained  copies 
of  all  the  numerous  communications  that  had  passed  between  the  two  governmenlj 
bearing  on  the  matter.  Ihe  report  was  evidently  not  to  the  liking  of  Congress, 
for  it  was  laid  upon  the  table  without  action  or  comment.  It  failed  to  show  any 
satisfactory  progress,  such   as  the  resolution  had  contemplated. 

"Me.Tniiine  things  politicallv  in  Mexico  were  in  a  stale  of  fermentation.  Hidalgo, 
the  moving  spirit  of  the  previous  revolution,  was  a  Catholic  priest.  When  he  had 
been  executed,  Spain  called  a  new  junta  which  passed  certain  laws  unfavorable 
to  the  revolutionists,  and  made  sweeping  changes  in  things  that  concerned  the  priest- 
hood. This  caused  the  church  to  side  with  the  revolutionists.  Then  came  a  second 
revolulion,  and  tl'e  Mexicans  were  victorious.  An  empire  was  formed  and  General 
Iturbid;,  a  patriot,  was  made  emperor. 

"Ilurbide  doubtless  thought  it  would  be  to  his  interest  to  'stand  in'  with  that 
rapidly-gro\s'ing  nation  that  bordered  his  land  on  the  north,  and  promptly,  in  re- 
sponse to  representations,  in  1821  released  Baird  and  his  two  companions  from 
the  old  cathedral  at  Chihuahua,  where  they  had  been  rigorously  confined  for 
nine   y:-ars. 

"immediately  upon  their  release,  Baird's  two  companions.  Chambers  and  Mc- 
Knight.  set  out  for  the  United  States.  McKnight  was  killed  by  Indians  while 
crossing  the  Arkansas  River  in  what  is  now  western  Kansas.  Chambers  made 
good  his  escape  and  finally   reached  St.   Louis. 

"Baird.  hardy  explorer  that  he  was,  desired  to  familiarize  himself  with  condi- 
tions in  Mexico,  and  remained  there  for  that  purpose  several  months  after  libera- 
tion. Me  eventually  returned  to  St.  Louis,  making  the  long  and  dangerous  journey 
by  himself. 

"When  Baird  arri\ed  at  St.  Louis  he  learned  that,  fearing  an  uprising  among 
the  Indians  at  the  outbreak  of  the  War  of  1812,  his  family,  with  the  exception 
of  one  son,  had  leturned  to  Pittsburgh,  whither  he  hastened  to  join  them.  The 
trade  outlook  in  Mexico  so  impressed  him  with  its  roseate  possibilities  that  he  soon 
returned  to  St.  Louis,  and  in  conjunction  with  Chambers,  who,  with  himself,  was 
the  sole  survivor  of  the  former  ill-fated  venture,  organized  another  expedition. 

"This  second  expedition  left  St.  Louis  in  the  fall  of  1822,  and  followed  prac- 
tically the  same  course  as  before.  A  few  weeks  later,  while  it  was  attempting  to 
ford  the  Arkansas  River  in  the  throes  of  an  awful  blizzard,  all  of  the  animalf/, 
horses,  oxen  and  all,  were  lost,  and  Baird  and  his  followers  were  compelled  to 
winter  on  an  island  in  the  river. 

"Next  spring  the  expedition  proceeded  and  finally  reached  Mexico.  The  entire 
stock  of  merchandise,  valued  at  probably  $150,000,  was  sold  and  the  traders  set 
out   for  home   in   the  winter  of    1826.     The   winter   was   a   severe   one,   and    Baird, 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  165 

his  rugged  frame  and  indomitable  will  breaking  under  the  terrible  strain,  sickened 
and  died.  But  he  had  lived  to  witness  the  sucressful  culmination  of  the  first  trading 
expedition  from  the  United  States  to  Mexico.  News  of  his  death  did  not  reach 
his   family  until   two  years  later. 

Bai'ds  sen  and  namesake,  who  cli'^  not  arromriany  the  family  when  it  returned 
to  Pitlsbur^'i  a!  the  outbreak  of  the  V/a.'  of  1812.  became  a  member  of  Stephen  F. 
Austin's  colony,  which  came  to  Texas  in  1821.  This  son  was  a  soldier  'n  the 
Texas  army  in  the  Vv''ar  for  Texas  Independence,  and  afterwaids  sheriff  of  Fort 
Bend  CountVt  Texas,   for  two  terms. 

"Captain  Jamrs  B.  Thornpson,  now  an  honored  citizen  of  Corpus  Christi,  Texas, 
is  a  grandson  of  Paird,  the  tiad'r.  It  is  to  him  that  the  writer  is  indebted  for  the 
interesting;  account  of  the  career  of  his  iliustrioii-i  progenitor,  the  pathfinder  of  Amer- 
ican  commercial   progress   in    Mexico." — {Culf   Coafl   Line   MaSazine.) 

The  tradition  of  tiiis  family,  as  given  by  J.  W.  Baird,  of  Louis- 
ville. Ky.,  in    1909.  is  this: 

(J.   \V.    Baird,   who  wrote   the  letter,  was   a  grandson   of  James   the   trader.) 

"We  have  always  thought  that  our  ancestor  was  one  Alexander  Baird.  who  came 
to  New  Amsterdam  in  1695,  and  whose  father  was  Sir  Robeit  Baird,  a  merchant  in 
Edinburgh.  Scotland.  There  are  many  Bairds  in  New  ^  ork  who  claim  the  same 
ancestor.  Our  connection  wi'h  IrelanLl  came  throucih  Jane  Wilson,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Wilson,  Yeoman,  and  Lady  Alice  Murry.  They  were  married  in  Ireland 
in  1764  and  came  to  Pennsylvania  in  1767,  being  the  first  settlers  in  Pitt  (now 
Penn)    Township,   where  some  of   his  descendants  slill   live. 

General  Plarmer  was  the  officer  in  command  of  a  division  of  the  army  of 
St.  Clair.  In  the  action  at  Fort  Wayne,  September,  1790,  James  Baird*  father, 
who  was  a  noncominifsioned  officer  with  the  Pennsylvania  artillery,  was  killed. 
This  regiment  was  said  to  be  composed  of  old  men  and  boys.  The  Pennsylvania 
Historical  Society,  the  Stale  Adjutant  General  and  the  Adjutant  General  of  the 
United  Stales  all  say  the  rolls  of  these  troops  were  burned  when  Ross  burned 
the  capitol   at  Washington." 

[Tiiey  are  more  likely  descended  from  James,  tlie  exile,  wiio  was  possibly  brother 
of    Alexander. — /•".    B.    C.  1 

J.  W.  Baird  says  the  youngest  daughter  married  a  cousin  of  Sen- 
ator Zebulon  B.  Vance's  wife.  He  also  says  Mary  Elizabeth,  who 
married  W.  J,  Bryan,  was  a  descendant  of  Jonathan. 

J.  B.  Thompson,  of  Corpus  Ciuisli,  says  in  a  letter  dated  1909: 

"James  Baird  who  lived  in  Texas,  was  a  son  of  James  Baird  who  went  to 
Mexico  in  1813.  The  League  of  Land  was  his  head  right.  There  are  many  heirs. 
1  attempted  to  recover  it  but  some  of  the  heirs  demanded  security,  «o  I  dropped  it. 
The  land  then  was  worth  fifty  cents  an  acre,  and  is  now  possibly  worth  $10 
an  acre.  I  have  been  in  Texas  since  1653,  and  knew  several  parties  who  knew 
James  Baird.  He  was  known  as  'Deaf  Baird'  or  'Beard,'  and  was  sheriff 
of  Brazoria  County.  He  had  a  ranch  on  this  league  of  land.  I  had  a  letter  written 
to  his  brother.  William  B.  of  Pittsburgh,  dated  1837,  but  sent  it  back  to  J.  W, 
of  Louisville," 

[J.  B.  T'.icmi>son,  a  descendant  of  James,  Sr. — F.  B.  C] 

A  letter  (1909)  from  J.  W.  BaIRD,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  grandson 
of  James  and  Jane  W.,  says: 


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"My  father's  eldest  brother  (in  later  letter  he  says  James  was  an  adopted  son), 
James  Baird,  was  one  of  Stephen  Austin's  colonists  and  afterwards  a  soldier  in 
the  1  exan  army  in  the  War  for  Texas  Independence.  Subsequently  he  was  sheriff 
at  Fort  Bend  County  for  two  terms.  He  was  famous  as  a  guide.  His  allotment 
cf  the  Austin  lands  was  some  9,000  acres  and  the  allotment  for  military  service 
some  3,000  acres.  All  this  land  seems  lost  to  his  heirs  by  reason  of  a  fire  at 
Portsmouth,  Ohio,  in  1850,  which  destroyed  all  the  family  papers,  making  proof 
of  relationsliip  almost  impossible.  So  far  as  we  know  he  was  never  married. 
He  died  at  Opelmas  [indistinct].  La.,  1847,  and  we  did  not  hear  of  it  till  after 
the  Civil  \\  ar.  J  have  tried  to  find  who  administered  on  this  estate,  but  can  find 
no  record  at  Richmond,  Texas  (Fort  Bend  County)  or  at  Opelmas,  La.  His  heirs 
are  in  Maine;  Corpus  Cl.risti,  Texas;  Los  Angeles;  Salt  Lake;  Seattle;  Muscatine, 
Iowa;  Little  Rock;  St.  Louis;  Walla  Walla;  Denver;  Colorado  Springs; 
Ohio;  Long  Island;  Sandwich  Islands,  and  five  in  Louisville.  Some  are  very 
rich  and  don't  care.  Sorac  are  very  poor  and  it  would  be  a  godsend.  As  I  am 
77  years  old,  I've  done  all  I  can,  but  would  give  any  information  or  sign  any 
contract  with  anyone  who  desired  to  undertake  the  recovery.  " 

|"The  James  mentioned  ir.  the  Culf  CoasI  Magazine  article  was  my  grand- 
father."—J.  W.  B.,  927  Cherokee  Road.  Loui3\ille.  Ky.J 

SECOND  GENERATION. 
The  children  of  James.  Jr.,  were: 

James   (who  was  said  to  have  been  an  adopted  son.  a  record  of  which  adoption 

was   in   the   Diary   which   was  destroyed.) 
Marraret.    born    1798    at    Erie.      Married    Thomas    Fulton,    Allegheny    County. 

1822;    died   Louisville.   Ky..   in    1868. 
Nancy   Innway,    1800.  at  Erie.      Married  James  Thompson    1830;    died  Jefferson 

County.  Ky.,  in    1841. 
William,    1802    at    Erie.      Married    Julia    Baldwin    1830.    Charters    Creek,    Pa.; 

died   in   Cincinnati,   Ohio,   in    1850. 
Harriet    Irwin,    born     1805    at    Erie.       Married     1823    Sylvanus    Thompson,    of 

Pittsburg;    died   at   Peoria.    111.,    1855. 
Thomas   Wilson,    born    1806    at    Erie.      Married    Ann    Carter    1832.    St.    Louis; 

had   lived  at   Little   Rock.   Ark.;    died   at  Jeffersonville.    Ind.,    1855. 
Marv    .A,nn.    born     1809.    Allegheny    County.     Pennsylvania.       Married    James 

Thompson    1842    (her   sister's   husband);    died    Louisville.    Ky. 
Alexander.    1812.    St.    Louis.       Married    Harriet    Knowles      1837;      died     New 

Orleans.   La. 

I'l'his  l.Tiues  may  have  l)cen  lirotlicr  of  'riiom.-.s  and  Alexander,  as  he  lived  in 
Carlisle.  IVnnvylvania.  and  bis  cliildrcii  in  Kcnliicky.  I'.otli  he  and  Alexander  have 
sons  .Mcxandor!  and  Wilson  is  a  middle  name  in  each  family.  Alexander  had  a  son, 
lames,  of  Texas  (deaf  guide).  This  may  have  been  the  adopted  son  of  James. — 
F.  B.  C] 

Children  of  WiLLlAM  and  JULIA  BALDWIN  BaiRD: 

Robert. 
Samuel. 
One  lived  at  Davenport,   Iowa. 

Children  of  Thomas  Wilson  and  MaRY  Ann  CaRTER  BaIRD: 

James  W..  born    1833  in  St.  Louis.     Lived  at  Louisville,  Ky.  , 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  167 

Thomas    W.,    born    1836.      Married    Maria    Huddleston.      Issue:    Harry    Price, 

Irene,    Mary. 
Julia   B.      Married   Mr.  Neltleton.  Seattle,   Wash. 
Mary.      Married    Mr.    Hollingsworth,    Louisville. 
Louise  S.     Louisville. 
Heniy  C,   born    1846.      Boonville,    Mo. 

Children  of  ALEXANDER  and  HARRIET  KnowlES  BaIRD: 
J.   William    (who  wrote   the   letter),   Louisville. 
Alexander. 
A   daughter,   Jeffcrsonville,    Ind.      Married    Mr.    Brewer. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  JULIA  B.  EaiRD: 

Robert. 
Samuel. 

Children  of  Thomas  W.  and  Maria  H.  BaIRD: 

Harry   Price,   Little   Rock. 

Irene.      Married    Mr.   Murry,   Little   Rock. 

Mary.      Married    Mr.   Gray,    Little    Rock. 

Three  sons  of  James  and  Jane  W.  BaIRD.  namely:  Thomas  W., 
William  and  Alexander,  were  steamboatmen.  Jane  \V.  BaiRD  often 
talked  of  her  husband's  family.  She  said  James  was  a  grandson  of 
Robert  of  Edinburgh. 


GROUP  3— John. 

1  he  descendants  of  ihis  JoHN  BaIRD  claim  Scotch  descent.  John, 
born  in  Virginia  about  I  723,  had  several  children.  He  served  in  the 
Revolution.  He  came  to  Richmond,  N.  C,  about  1  775.  He  owned 
a  large  mill  on  Mountain  Creek,  which  was  buili  in  I8-t0  and  reljuilt 
in  1873.  He  also  owned  a  large  larm  on  the  Pee  Dee  River.  Tradi- 
tion says  there  were  several  brothers,  some  going  to  Pennsylvania  and 
some  to  Virginia.  He  had  a  son,  Alexander,  who  married  Elizabeth,<7'fl</^/ 
Jenning?. 

Children  of  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  J.  Baird:  ^,    /^       ,^  f,  / 

Thomas,  born   1798.     Married  widow  Hill,  Robertson  County. 

Miles,    Gibson   County,   Tennessee. 

John,  Gibson   County,  Tennessee. 

William,    Wilson   County,   Tennessee. 

James,  supposed  to  have  joined  Sam  Flouston.  He  went  to  Missouri;  wai 
never  heard  of  after  battle  of  San  Jacinto.  He  had  son  James  who  went 
lo  Texas   in    1813,   and   William   of    Pittsburg.      Many   letters   from   Pennsyl- 


168  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

vania  lawyers  concerning  his  heirs,  which  slate  that  there  is  a  large  tract  of 
Texas  land  belonging  to  him.     He  never  married. —  (^From  an  old  letter,) 

[James  of  Carlisle  had  an  adopted  son  James  with  the  same  kind  of  record.  It 
may  be  James  (who  was  in  .Missouri  later)  was  an  uncle  and  adopted  Tliis  one. — F. 
B.  C] 

Scldon,  born   1791.     Married  Sarah  Billingsly,  Wilson  County. 

David.  ."V      r     r^./rfi^    '',L.O.Cf, 

Wilson.  ' 

Charles. 

One    record    says   Alexander. 

Children  of  Thomas  and  ,   the  widow  Hill,  nee  Robertson, 

Baird: 

Charles.      Married   Nancy   Roberts,   West  Tennessee. 

Daniel   Could.     Married   Mary  Hart,  Adamsville,  Ky.     Had  one  son,  Thomas, 

and   daughter,   Mrs.   Brown,   Nashville,   Tenn. 
Elizabeth.      Married    Martin   Powell.     Tyree  Spring*   property,   Tennessee. 

Children  of  Miles,  Simpson  County,  Ky. : 

David. 

Charles. 

Benjamin.     To  whom   the   old   home   was   left. 

Thomas. 

John. 

Nancy. 

Mary. 

Miles,  by  a  second  marriage,  had 

Thomas. 
Charles. 

Children  of  BENJAMIN  BaIRD  by  his  first  wife: 

Wilson.     Issue:  A  son,  J.  W.,  of  Sommerville,  Tenn. 

Mary   Elizabeth. 

Martha  J. 

Nancy. 

Sarah. 

Ann    Eliza.      (Lived    in    Texas.) 

Laura. 

Benjamin. 

Robert. 

Miles. 

Rosclla. 

Minerva. 

William. 

Note. — On  account  of  many  intermarriages  with  relatives,  this  record  may  not  be 
correct. — F.  B.  C. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  169 

Children  of  BENJAMIN  BaiRD  and  his  second  wife: 

John. 

Thomas. 

Charles. 

Children   of   WiLLlAM    Baird,   near   Baird's   Mills,   Wilson   County, 
Tcnn.     He  had  two  wives  and  twelve  children: 

Two  sons.      Lived   in    Maury   County.      Married    Fox  girls. 

Miles.     Lived  in  Mitchciville,  Tcnn.,  then  in  Kentucky.     Had  one  son  in  Texa*. 

Children  of  Seldon  and  Sarah  B.  BaiRD: 

John  Barnct,  born   1813.     Married  Reliccca  Gwyn.     Died   1894. 

Thomas  Jefferson  (Dr.),  born  I8I8,  North  Carolina;  died  I84I,  Wilson 
County,   Tennessee.      Unmarried. 

Emeline  Clementine,  born  1819,  North  Carolina.  Married  her  cousin,  William 
Baird.  Issue:  Prof.  R.  M.,  J.  S.,  Rev.  S.  C,  and  Sarah,  who  married 
Mr.   Tracy. 

William    Henry    L.,    1821.      Issue:    Two   daughters. 

Robert   Powell,    1824;    died   Lebanon,  Tenn. 

Clem  J.  T.,    1826.      Issue:   Sons. 

Mary  Clementine,    1831.      Married   Mr.   Fakes. 

Martin  V.  B.,  1834.  First  Lieutenant  Company  K,  Seventh  Tennessee  Volun- 
teers,  C.  S.   A.      Wounded   at   Seven   Pines;    captured   at   Gettysburg.      Died 

1864. 
Daniel  W.,   1636.     Married  a  daughter  of  Capt.  James  Hardy. 

Children  of  ChaRLES  and  NancY  BaIRD: 

Lamiza  Ann.      Married   Mr.  Stark. 

William    T. 

Mary   E.      Married   Mr.   Neely. 

Robert   H.      Married   Miss   Kriuer. 

Benjamin   F.    (Dr.),    1836.      Married,   first,   Julia   Mitchel    1857,  Vildo;    second, 

Julia   Ubank,    1875,   Tennessee. 
Emma  H. 
Miles.     Died   the  same  year  John's  wife  died,  and  John  married  Miles*  widow. 

Two  of  Miles'  children  married  two  of  John's  children. 

Daniel  W.  Baird.  of  Nashville,  says  he  knew  Zebulon  of  Leba- 
non well,  and  they  were  distantly  related.  Zebulon's  widow  and  his  two 
daughters — Mrs.  Laura  McAuley  and  Mrs.  Mattie  Terry,  both  widows, 
live  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal.    Zebulon  was  a  son  of  ANDREW  BaIRD. 

Children  of  Daniel  Gould  and  MarY  BaIRD: 

Ann  Jemima.     Married  Dr.  Brown. 

Amanda  M. 

Helen. 

Mary  A.     Married   Frank   Miller. 


170  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Caroline.      Married  Chas.  Conn. 

Ella   T.      Married   Dr.  Sam    Brown. 

Virginia  C. 

Alice.      Married    Rev.    Mr.   Warren. 

Lizzie.      Married    Thomas    McLure. 

Lucy.     Married   Mr.   Ration  in    1857. 

Thomas   Henry.      Married   Fannie   Conn   in    1873. 

Children  of  DaNIEL  W,  and   (Miss  Hardy)   BaIRD: 

James    H-      Business    magazine,    Southern    Lumberman,    Nashville.      Died    March 

16.    1915. 
Anne  Sherrill.     Paducah,  Ky.,  Editor  Hoo-Hoo  Bulletin. 
Tirzah  Sarah.     Married  Emmet  Russell,  Paducah,  Ky. 
Florence  C.     Nashville. 

Children  of  RebECCA  BaIRD  and  John   Barnet: 

William  G. 
Albert  E. 
Harriett    Brown. 

El.I  Baird  died  at  Lakewood.  N.  J.,  in    1904.      He  had  a  son, 
Samuel  S.     May  have  belonged  to  one  of  these  lines. 

GROUP  4— John. 

IVill   Bool(   No.    I,   Page    95,    Dunbur^,    Northumberland    Count]),    Pa. 

Extracts  i  rom  William  Baird's  Will  (Son  of  John,  Sr.). 

1,  Willinni,  of  the  Township  of  Pine  Creek,  County  of  Northumberland, 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  yeoman,  August,  1789.  Bequeath  to  beloved  sons  William, 
Zebulon,  Benjamin  and  Joseph  all  lands  situate  in  Pine  Creek  township  to  divide 
the  whole  in   lour  equal   parts  as  to  quality   as  well   as  quantity. 

Bcfjucalh  to  daughier  Phcl)e  or  her  husband  Daniel  Seely  the  sum  of  five 
fcliillin(js;  to  daughter  Mary  five  sliillin';s;  to  beloved  daughter  Anna,  bed,  spinning 
wheel,  cow  and  calf;  to  daughters  Sarah  Dillon,  Anna  and  Lydia  Dunn  the 
sum  of  live  pounds  in  gold;  to  dearly  beloved  wife  Tabiiha  the  whole  of  the 
residue  not  be<|iienthcd  and  the  house  occu|>ied  by  Peter  Grove;  each  of  the  sons 
are  to  deliver  to  her  on  1st  of  November  each  year  of  her  natural  life  five  bushels 
wheat  and   tliiee  bushels  of   Indian  corn.  William,   Benj.,  and  Zeb.,  Ex. 

Approved,    1792.     J.  Simpson,   Regr. 

There  is  a  record  of  Bedent,  John,  Zebulon  and  Mary  (children 
of  John  Baird)  being  baptized  in  Old  Tennent,  1787.  They  may 
have  been  children  of  John,  son  of  David,  Sr. 

"The  Bedent  Seal:  Three  boars'  heads  or,  affronte  on  feese  and 
in  the  chief  a  bird."— r (Mrs.   Roxvland.) 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  171 

EXTRACTS  FROM  JOHN  BAIRD.  JR.S  WILL. 

Lee's  CcnealogXf  of  A'ciw  Jersey,    Vol.  2,  page   567. 

In  ihe  name  of  God,  this  5lh  day  of  February,  1747-8,  I  do  ordain  this  my 
last  will  and  testament:  First  and  foremost  I  do  bequeath  my  soul  to  Almighty 
Cod,  and  as  touching  my  worldly  estates  I  give  and  bequeath  in  the  manner  and 
form  following.  First  and  foremost  I  desire  that  all  my  just  and  lawful  debts 
be  honeslly  paid,  and  the  remainder  of  my  estate  I  leave  to  my  wife.  Avis  Baird, 
so  long  as  she  dolh  continue  lo  be  my  widow,  to  bring  up  my  children  and  family. 
Upon  and  after  she  dolh  cease  lo  be  my  widow  I  do  oidain  and  appoint  that  my 
estate  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  wife  and  children  which  may  be  li\mg  at 
that  time  except  £10  I  give  more  to  my  oldest  son  William  Baird  than  ihe  rest, 
and  this  I  do  ordain  and  confirm  to  be  my  last  will.  I  do  appoint  for  my  execu- 
tors my  two  brothers,  Andrew  and  Zebulon  Baird,  my  wife  Avis,  and  Peler  Bowne. 

Extracts  from  Andrew  Bmrd's  Will   11th  of  October,   1773. 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  Sarali  (life  interest  in 
portion  left  to  sons  Obadiah  and  Jonathan).  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  eldest 
son  Bedent  Baird  in  bar  of  his  claim  as  heir  at  law.  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings 
proclamation   money   to   be   paid  him  by  my   executors  one   year   after   my   decease.' 

Leaves  land  lo  son  Barzilla,  he  paying  oft  bonds  due  lo  Peler  Bowne's  estate, 
to  Joseph  Bowne,  etc.  He  gives  his  son  Obadiah  lands.  Fie  g'ves  his  son  Jona- 
than all  ihe  remainder.  Fie  gives  his  son  Samuel  il^O.  He  gives  his  son  Ezekie! 
£150.  Money  due  from  !i:s  sons  Bedent  and  John  he  appropriated  in  paying  the 
last  mentioned  legacies.  (Bedent  the  eldest  and  John  the  youngest  are  left  without 
legacies.) 

Witnessed  by  Jonathan  Bowne,  Zebulon,  Baird,  etc.  Acknowledgment  of 
Bedent  Baird  (heir  at  law)  made  at  llie  same  lime  before  Flenry  Waddell.  sur- 
rogate. New  Jersey  Prerogative  Court.  (J.  S.  D.  Dickinson  witnesses  this  Is  the 
same   as  page  29  of  the  original.) 

Mary  Bedent  (a  widow)  sailed  from  Staines,  England,  to  Massachusetts  (pos- 
sibly Cambridge),  with  her  sons:  Morgan,  born  1654,  who  never  married;  Thomas, 
born  1654;  John;  and  Mordecai.  Thomas  married  Mary  and  moved  lo  Fairfield. 
Conn.;  died  1698.  They  all  came  lo  Fladley,  Mass.,  to  claim  an  estate  devised 
to  them  by  their  mother's  brother,  John  Barnard,  who  seems  to  have  lived  first 
ai  Cambridge,   then  at  Hadlcy,   Mass.,  where  he  died. 

Morgan  Bedent  died  at  Port  M^/nmoulh,  N.  J.,  and  Thomas  at  Westchester 
in  1698. 

Mary  Bedent,  after  her  arrival  in  America,  married  Roger  Townsend,  and 
the  three  younger  sons  are  mentioned  in  his  will. —  {IVcilchaler  Couul]^,  N.  Y. 
RccofJs.) 

Thomas  died  intestate  at  Westchester,  and  his  wife,  Mary,  was  his 
administratrix  in  1698.  It  seems  more  than  probable  that  this  Mary 
Bedent  was  the  second  wife  of  JOHN  BaiRD,  of  Topenemus,  N.  J., 
and  mother  of  his  children.  Though  he  married  Mary  Hall  in  1684, 
no  children  were  born  until   1  700,  when  John,  Jr.,  was  born. 

In  Bedent's  letter  he  says  his  "grandpa,  John,  married  a  woman 
named  Mary  Bedent,  and  to  perpetuate  the  name  they  called  their  first 


172  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

child  Bcdent."  hie  was  mislal.en,  for  the  father  of  the  firsl  Bedent 
was  Andrew,  as  ll:e  will  proves,  so  lie  must  have  meant  his  great- 
grandfather, John,  wiio  was  John,  Sr. 

In  this  letter  Bedent  BaIRD,  Jr.,  says  after  the  battle  in  which 
Tippoo  Sahib,  the  last  of  the  Mogul  Emperors,  was  killed,  throui^h  the 
clemency  and  urbanity  of  my  cousin,  GENERAL  SiR  David  Baird, 
the  royal  family  was  saved  alive.  (See  Robert  Tear's  "History  of 
India  and  China.")  Through  him  also  the  Kohinor  diamond,  now  in 
the  Tower  of  London  amonf^  the  jewels  of  Queen  Victoria,  was  found 
among  the  jewels  of  the  Emperor  Tippoo  Sahib, 

Bedent  says  Susana  Blodget's  father  was  a  volunteer  under  Gen- 
eral Washington  (then  a  Colonel),  in  the  old  French  War  under  Gen- 
eral Braddock,  and  was  killed  at  a  narrow  defile  near  Fort  Duquesne, 
where  Braddock  was  mortally  wounded  ^nd  his  army  totally  defeated. 
With  Braddock's  consent  Washington  sounded  the  retreat  and  brought 
off  the  regulars  and  wl.at  few  rangers  were  left. —  (Bedent  Baird,  Sugar 
Grove  P.  O.,  Lapland,  Buncombe  County,  N.  C.) 

John  Baird,  Sr.,  in  1741,  conveyed  land  to  his  son  John  Baird,  Jr.,  which 
the  elder  John  had  purchased  in  1688  from  Thomas  Warne.  John  B.,  Jr.,  in  hii 
will  mentions  only  one  son,  William,  by  name,  and  lo  him  (William)  he  evi- 
dently devised  the  land  he  purcliased  from  his  father  in  1741.  !f  William  did 
not  ?ell  this  land  prior  to  his  death,  then  it  descended  to  his  eldest  son  John.  It  is 
bel'cved  the  other  unnamed  children  of  John,  Jr.,  were  Mary,  John,  Alexander 
and  probably  Elizabeth." — (A   genealogist.) 

(If  this  is  correct  tlie  Tolin  aiifl  Aloxniidcr  of  Kcntiickv  and  Tennessee  may  be- 
long here.— F.  B.   C.  | 

Near  the  BaIRD  premises  at  Topenemus  the  Quaker  Church  was 
built  on  a  lot  e;ranted  by  Thomas  Boel,  and  there  George  Keith  and 
his  Quaker  followers  worshiped  and  buried  their  dead.  Keith  was  a 
Presbyterian  minister  from  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  who  turned  Quaker 
and  preached  at  Topenemus.  He  afterwards  became  an  Episcopalian. 
John  Baird  had  possibly  known  him  in  Aberdeenshire,  Scotland,  as 
he  is  said  to  have  come  from  Aberdeenshire  also.  JOHN  Baird  was 
married  twice,  as  one  tradition  says  he  met  Mary  Hall  in  the  woods 
and  asked  her  to  marry  him.  Another  says  he  heard  of  a  shipwreck 
and  rode  over  and  found  a  comely  woman  and  asked  her  to  marry  him. 
He  died  in  1735. 

Trenton  archives.  Book  A- 155,  gives  names  of  people  deported 
from  Scotland  to  America.     JoHN  Baird,  four  years'  service. 

FIRST  GENERATION. 

John  Baird,  born  1665,  came  from  Scotland,  1683,  on  Ex- 
change, aged   1  8.       Buried  at  Topenemus,  Monmouth  County,  N.  J., 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  173 

near  Marlboro,  where  his  home  was.  It  is  said  he  rescued  Mary 
Hall  from  a  wrecked  vessel  near  old  Perth  Amboy  and  married 
her  in  1684.  Died  April.  1755.  "Mary  B.,  Sr.,  was  admitted  to 
the  Lord's  table  at  White  Hall  meeting  house,    1736." 

This  Mary  (the  elder)  was  likely  a  second  wife  (Mary  Bedent), 
as  his  first  child  was  born   1  700,  sixteen  years  after  his  first  marriage. 

[Two  sons  of  John,  Jr.,  liavc  sons  nanic<l  Hcilcnt,  possibly  named  for  their  prand- 
mother's  family.  The  name  Zchiilon  was  ;:rohably  for  Zebulon  Pike  (for  whom  Pike's 
Peak   was  name<l).      He  was  a   very   d.irinR  iiioncer  of  those  days. — F.  B.  C] 

SECOND  GENRRATION. 
John's  children  are  said  to  have  been  as  follows: 

Andrew,     1700-1773.      Sarah,    his    wife,    owned    larjre    tract    of    land    in    Mon- 

modth.       In    will    gives    eldest    son,    Bedent,    twenty    shillings.      Divides    real 

estate  among  next   three  sons. 
John,  Jr.,   born    1707;    died    1747.      Married  Avis.      Buried   at  Topenemus. 
David,   born    1710;    died    1801.      Married   Sarah    Complon,    1744.      Buried   Old 

Tcnnent  churchyard. 
William,    1713-1793.     Was  probably  a   son   also,   judging  by  date?,  location  and 

names   of   children.      He   married    Tabitha.      (Said    to   have   been    captain   of 

2nd    Battalion,    Somerset   County    Militia,    New   Jersey,    and    1st    Major,   2nd 

Battalion.  Somerset  County   Militia.) 
Zebulon,    born    1720;    died    1804.      Married    Anna    Smith,    who    died    in    1794. 

Buried  at  Topenemus. 

William  BaIRD  lived  in  Morris  County,  New  Jersey,  but  re- 
moved to  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Dunstable  Township,  Northum- 
berland, now  Clinton  County  (which  was  a  part  of  Nor'.humberland 
County  at  that  time),  where  he  bought  218  acres  of  wild  land  in  1  785, 
called  "Partnership."  It  is  supposed  Tabitha  had  died  in  New  Jersey 
previously. 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  ANDREW  and  SaRAH  BaIRD: 

Bedent.     Served  in  Jersey  Blues.     Went  to  Ger  Flats,  Canada.     Married  twice. 

Supposed  to  have  been  one  of  the  sixteen  who  caused  the  Tea  Riot. 
Barzilla.      Married   Miss   Mary   Bullman. 
Obediah.     Served   in   Revolution. 
Jonalheo). 

Samuel.     Married  Susanna  Rogers.     In   1762  moved  to  New  York  State. 
Ezekiel    (Dr.).     Married  Susana  Blodgett. 
John.     (May  have  been  John  William.) 

Ezekiel  came  from  New  Jersey  to  South  Carolina,  thence  to  Wa- 
tauga Valley,   then  Ashe  County    (which  is  now  Watauga   County). 


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Laler   he   went   West   and   died.      Susana   stayed   with   children — died 
in    1831.  aged  79. 

(In  Monmouth  County,  a  Rachel  BaIRD  married  David  Logan 
in   I  747.     May  have  been  a  sister.) 

John  had  a  plantation  in  Lower  Freehold  Township,  Monmouth 
County,  N.  J. 

Jacob  and  John  sened  in  Morris  County  militia  in  Revolution. 

"One  of  Bedent's  sons  after  the  war,  it  is  said,  went  with  the 
Marquis  of  Haslinsjs.  Sir  Arthur  Wellesley,  and  his  brother  to  the 
reduction  of  the  Mogul  Empire." 

Wellesley  was  the  man  promoted  over  General  Sir  David  just  after 
the  war,     Bedent's  son  may  have  joined  General  Sir  David. 

Children  of  JoHN,  Jr.,  and  AviS  BaiRD: 

William.     Married    Margaret    O'Rilcy,    December    1.    1758.     Died    in    1794,    in 
Morris   County,    New  Jersey. 

In  1755.  one  Andrew  deeded  his  property  to  his  brother  Zebulon. 
The  will  of  John,  Jr.,  mentions  wife  Avis,  oldest  son  William,  brothers 
Andrew  and  Zebulon,  and  "family."     Peter  Bowne,  Ex. 

Children  of  Da\1D  and  Sarah  C.  BaIRD: 

Jacob,   born    1744.      Moved    to    Morris   County,    New   Jersey,    to   a   farm   of    his 

father's.      Married  Cathrine;    died    1818. 
Mary,   born    1747;    died    1836.      Married   John    Dey,    Esquire. 
John,    born    1750.      Married,    first,    Phoebe    Ely;    second,    Elizabeth    Edwards. 

Elder   in  Old  Tennent.     Died   in    1834.     No  children. 
David,  Jr.   (Capt.),  born    1754;   died    1839.     Married,  first,  Rebecca  Ely,   1777; 

second.  Lydia  Gaston   (nee  Tapscott)  ;   ihird,  Mary  Edwards,   1795. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  TabiTHA  —  BairD: 

Benjamin,     1751-1825.      Married     Frances    Slggins.      Have    a    descendant,    Dr. 
'Ldward    Baird,   of   Lock   Haven,   Pa.  ,;    ,,    ,-  .  .    .. 

William,   1757-1813.     Married  Mary  Ogdon.  daughter  of  Dartt^-O..  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier. 

Zebulon,    1762-1848.      Married    Martha   Brown    (1772-1848). 

Lydia,     1766-1830.     Married    William    Dunn.     Descendant,    Anna    M.    Shaw, 
Avis,    Pa. 

Sarah.      Married    Arthur   Dillon. 

Ann.     Married   Mr.  McGill. 

Tabitha.     Married    Mr.   Dickerson. 
-Joseph.      No   record. 

Phebc.     Married  Daniel  Scely   (mentioned  In  will). 

Mary. 

[One    of    these    Williams    secured    payment    from    Quartermaster   Joseph    Lewis    at 
Morribtown,  N.  J.,  of  nearly  $10,000.00  from  July  to  November,  1780. — F.  B.  C] 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  175 

Children  of  ZebULON  and  Anna  BaIRD.     Will  mentions  ihese: 

Andrew.      Married  Sarah   Helridge,    1762. 

James,   died    1819.     Married    Deliverance    Bowne.     In    1806   moved    lo   Ohio. 

David,  born   1760. 

Joseph,  born    1762.      Married  Jane  Van  Cleve,    1785.     Died   in   1833. 

Anna.     Married,  first,    1772,   Derwick  Bankalaw;    second,  James  Tapscott. 

Lydia.      Married   Mr.  Craig. 

Zebuion.      Married   Lyda   Mildnlh. 

Debora,    died    1848.      Married    Thomas    Hankerson,    1776-1846. 

Sarah.      Married,    1772,    James    Tapscott. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  BaRZILLA  and  MarY  Bullman  Baird: 

[N<'Ti;. — Rnrzilla,  bcirii  in  \cw  Jersey,  paiil  for  a  snhstit\i'c  in  tlu-  Rovolntionary 
War.  His  ai'prcnticc,  I'arkcr  by  name,  "ina'le  many  tours  t'lT  liis  old  master."  who 
was  a  slioemakcr.      .Mrs.   I'.cl^lic   of  Chicago  ha~  a   certified   rccoril  ni  Iii-,  service.] 

Thomas  Bullman  Baird,  of  North  Carolina.  Married  Mary  Smith  soon  after 
the  Declaration  of  Independence.  She  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  Thomas 
and  v/ife  emigrated  to  Kentucky  about  the  year  1800  and  this  son,  Barzilla 
.'\dams,  was  born  at  Paris,  Bourbon  County,  November  4,  1803.  Married 
first.   Miss  Scanlan. 

Children  of  EzEKIEL  and  SusaNA  BaIRD: 
Bedent,  born    1770.      Married   Mary   Harmon,    1800. 
Blodget.     Went  "West. 
William. 

Tradition  says  William,  who  lived  near  Newark,  N.  J.,  married 
Margaret  O'Riley,  in  Delaware.  One  tradition  says  that  this  William 
was  a  son  of  David,  a  Scotch  General,  and  his  wife  Mary,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Mary  Bedent,  settled  at  or  near  Newark,  N.  J., 
the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Three  or  four  brothers  are 
supposed  to  have  come  to  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania.  Another 
says  this  Scotch  General  was  John.  Still  another  says  three  brothers 
came  over  in  the  Caledonia,  supposedly  from  Scotland.  These  may 
have  been  James,  Alexander  and  John. 

Children  of  WiLLlAM  and  MaRGARET  O'RileY  BairD: 

John,   born    1760.      Married   Elizabeth  Winkler. 

Andrew,  born    1762;    died    1827.      Married   Anna   Locke   (Burke  County,   North 

Carolina),   daughter  of   Mathew   Locke. 
Zcbulon,   born    1764;    died    1826.      Married   Hannah   Irwin    (Buncombe   County, 

North   Carolina). 

Bedent,   born   1766;    died    1839.      Married   Mary   Ann  Welsh,    1800. 

Isaac,    born    1769.      Married    Phoebe   .      Went    West.      Issue:    Jeb.    and 

Phoebe.      (One    record   says   John,   whose   daughter    Mary    Elizabeth  married 

W.  J.   Bryan.) 


1  76  3AIRD  AND   BEARD   FAMILIES 

William,   born    1772. 

Israel,  born    1774;    died    1777,   New   Jersey. 

Elisha,   born    1776.      Unmarried. 

Mary  Jane   (Polly)   born    1779.      Married   Mr.   Martin. 

Andrew  established  an  iron  foundry  where  Gunpowder  Creek  runs 
into  the  Catawba  River,  near  Morgantown  Center,  Burke  County, 
1800-3. 

Zchulon  and  Bedent  donated  land  for  a  courthouse  and  public 
square  upon  which  now  stands  a  monument  to  one  of  Zebulon's  grand- 
sons. Zebulon  represented  Buncombe  County  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons.   1800-3,  and  Senate  of  Slate.    1806-9-18-21-22. 

Tradition  says  all  except  John  came  with  their  widowed  mother, 
Margaret  O'Riley  Baird,  and  sister  to  Burke  County.  North  Caro- 
lina, about  1  790  to  I  795.  near  Morgantown.  Elisha,  Zebulon  and 
Bedent  went  to  Buncombe  County  among  the  first  settlers.  They  crossed 
the  Blue  Ridge  on  horseback.  Asheville  was  first  owned  by  Bedent 
and  Zebulon,  except  the  Eagle  Hotel,  owned  by  William  Welsh. 
Bedent  and  Zebulon  had  the  first  store  in  Asheville,  and  brought  over 
the  first  wagon  and  jew*s-harp.  Zebulon,  member  of  legislature.  An- 
drew settled  in  Burke  County.  Zebulon's  old  log-house  was  constructed 
with  loop  holes  as  it  was  to  be  used  as  a  blockhouse.  It  was  two  and 
a  half  miles  north  of  Asheville,  but  is  now  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets. 

Children  of  JaCOB  and  CATHERINE  BaIRD: 

David. 

Margaret.      Married    Mr.    Miller. 
Sarah.      Married    Mr.   Seward. 

Cathrine  survived   her  husband   and  was  administratrix  with  John  Stark,  admin- 
istrator. 

Children  of  MarY  BaIRD  and  John  Dey: 

James. 
John. 
Daniel. 
Elias. 
Marv   B. 
David   B. 

[Dr.   A.   T.   Applegate,   Mrs.  John  J.   Ely,  and  Mrs.  Josephine  Dawes  are  descend- 
ants of  this  line.] 

Children  of  David,  Jr.   (Captain)  and  Rebecca  E.  Baird,  his  first 
wi  f  e : 

Rebecca,  born    1777.      Married   William   Ely. 

Children  of  DavID,  Jr.   (Captain),  and  Lydia  G.  BaiRD,  his  second 
wife: 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  177 

Sarah,   Horn    1780;    died    1881.      Married    Thomas   Applegale,    «on   of   Anthony 

Applegale. 
Mary,  born    1782.      Married   Louis  Dey. 
John,    borii    1784.      Married   Sarah    Davidson. 
Jacob,  bom   1785;   died   1823.     Married  Rachel  Applegale. 
Lydia,  born    1788.     Married  William  JohribOn. 
Phoebe,   born    1790.      Married   David    Perrine,   died    1835. 

lilclren  of  DavID,  Jr.    (Captain),  and  MarY  EdWARDS  BaIRD,  his 

third  wife.     Married  November  25,   1795: 
David,    Jr.,    born    1797.      Married    Amy    Hendrickson.       Went     to     Hamilton 

County,  Ind. 
Rel   B.    (General),   born    1798.      Married   Sarah   Clayton;    died    1835. 
Elizabeth,    1600-1895.      Married    Peter  Wycoff.   son   of   Jacob   Wycoff. 
Thomas,  born    1802;    died    1880.      Married   Elenor   Maria   Bilycv/    (daughter  of 

Peter  and  Maria  Ogbourne  Bilyew),  Upper  Freehold  township. 

Ann,    born    1803.      Married    Hartshorn   Tanlom. 

Evelina,  born   1805;    died   1883.     Married  William  Forman. 

Joseph,  born   1807;   died   1814. 

James,   born    1810.     Married   Rebecca  Ely,   Illinois.     Lived  at  Millstone  Brook, 
then    llhnois. 

Rachel,   born    1812.      Married   Elias   Riggs. 

Elenor,   born    1815.      Married   George  Sutphine. 

Zebulon,  born   1 81 9.     Married  Caroline  Perrine,    1854,   Illinois. 

z^ebulon  and  James  moved  to  Illinois,  1854,  near  Jerseyville;  David 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Captain  David,  First  Re^^Iment  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey 
ilitia,  1776-77.  Promoted  from  private.  First  Sergeant,  Ensign, 
eutenant  and  Captain.      Quartermaster  of  regiment. 

lildren  of  WiLLlAM  and  MaRY  OgdeN  BaIRD: 

John.      Married   Mary  Shade. 

Benjamm.      Married    Ella  Summerson. 

Harrison.      Married    Cathrinc   Stout. 

William,    1793-1865.      Married    Margaret  Stout. 

Mary.     Married  William  Caldwell. 

Tabitha.      Married   John   Quigley. 

Elizabeth.   1789-1851.     Married,  first.  Mr.  Reed;   second.  Mr.  Suthcland. 

[Mrs.  Gertrude  A.  Maxwell,  a  descendant  of  Captain  David.  Mary  Haird  Cald- 
11  h.id  a  daughter.  Mary  J.  Lindsay,  who  had  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Susan  Baker,  Claren- 
n.  Iowa.  Tabitha  Baird  Quigley  has  descendant,  Miss  McDonald  of  Fort  Scott, 
ins.— F.  B.  C] 

bildren  of  Zebulon  and  MaRTHA  Brown  BaiRD: 

Annie,  born   1790. 
William,  born   1792. 
Benjamin,   born    1793.  i 

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1  78  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Mary,  born    1795. 
Jeanny,  born    1797. 
Sarah,   born    1800. 
Rebecca,  born    1802. 
Joseph,   born    1804. 

David,   born    1806.      Married   Tabitha    Baird,    Quigley,    1837. 
Elizabeth,  born  1809.  --         *  -      • 

Zebulon,   born    1811.     Daughters:    Anna,   married   Jacob    Miller;    Mary   married 
Andrew  White. 

David,  son  of  Zebulon,  lived  on  the  west  branch  of  the  Susque- 
hanna, and  raised  the  first  tobacco  cultivated  as  a  business  in  Clinton 
County.     He  was  County  Commissioner   1855-58. 

"William  was  probably  identical  with  William  Bard,  who  was 
appointed  Second  Lieutenant  of  Captain  William  Works'  Company, 
Twelfth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  line,  October  16,  1776.  Lieutenant 
Bard  has  been  claimed  as  son  of  Peter  and  Mary  Bard,  of  Mount 
Holly,  N.  J.,  but  their  son  William  died  in  infancy. 

"That  he  was  William,  son  of  William,  who  emigrated  to  North- 
umberland County,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  Twelfth  Pennsylvania 
Was  raised  on  the  west  branch  of  the  Susquehanna. 

"Zebulon  Baird,  born  1  762,  died  in  Clinton  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania.    He  removed  to  Pennsylvania  with  his  parents  in   1  785. 

"He  built  a  house  for  himself  on  the  west  branch  oi  the  Susque- 
hanna on  a  part  of  the  Baird  homestead  that  he  inherited  from  his 
father.  He  married  Martha  Brown,  January  1,  1789,  who  died 
\  847. "—(Seilhamer.) 

Children  of  JamES  and  DELIVERANCE  B.  BairD: 

Zebulon.     (May  have  gone  to  Lebanon.) 

David.  . 

Joseph.      Moved  South.      Remained   single. 

Andrew.     Moved  South.      Remained   single. 

Amanda,   born   near   Freehold   in    1811.     Married   Randolph   Hunt   at   Franklin, 

Ohio.    1824.      Issue:    Judge  Samuel    and    Mrs.   Leigh   Weathcrly,  Cincinnati, 

Ohio.   Trenton,   New   Jersey. 
Mary  Ann. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  Thomas  Bullman  and  MaRY  S.  BaIRD: 

Barzilla  Adams,  born   1803.     Married,  first,  Mary  Scanland;    second,  Elizabeth 
Wright. 

Children  of  Bedent  and  MarY  H.  BaiRD: 

Dclila.  born    1802. 
Alexander,  born    1804. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  I  79 

Franklin,  born    1807.     Son  D.   F..  of  Valle  Cruces.   N.  C. 
Euclid,  born    1810. 
Blodgel,  born    1812. 
Palmer,   born    1814. 
Rillenhou'c,    born    1816. 

Bedent  represented  A^he  (Watauga)  County  in  the  General  As- 
sembly about  1840.  A  letter  from  Watauga  County,  North  Carolina, 
dated  January  28,   1858,  speaks  of  his  uncle  Bedent. 

John  Baird,  born  1  760,  married  Elizabeth  Winkler.  He  came 
from  New  Jersey  to  Lenoir,  Burke  County,  N.  C,  when  William  was 
four  years  old.     His  children  were: 

William,   born    1766;    died    1856.      Married    Mary    H.    Baker    in    1825. 

Jacob.      Married   Tabitha   Owens. 

Mary.      Married  James  Davis. 

Elizabeth.      Married   John   Sitsee. 

Ann.      Married /^^an   Braswell.         *■  \   '•'  <       '       ■    j        ■  *'•-        -  -    '■-*    '•     > 

Rachel.     Married  Caleb  Gobcl.     Sell'cd  in   Bartholomew  County,   Indiana. 

Ciiildren  of  ANDREW  and  ANNA  LoCKE  BaIRD  (daughter  of  Mat- 
thew Locke).  He  and  all  his  family,  except  Mrs.  Coleman, 
moved  to  North  Mississippi: 

Matthew,  born  1791;  died  1829.  Burying  ground  at  Granite  Falls,  Caldwell 
County,  N.  C.  Unmarried.  Senate.  1826;  House  of  Commons,  1818-20, 
Burke  County. 

Margaret,  born  1793.  Married  Max  Wilson,  of  North  Carolina.  Died  at 
Holly  Springs,  Miss. 

Mary,  born    1795.      Married   Mr.  Connally.      Died   in   Mississippi   about    1840. 

Elizabeth.  Married  Alex  Phifer  (born  1797).  Burke  County,  North  Carolina; 
died    in   Arkansas. 

William  Locke,  born  1800;  died  1855.  Married,  first,  Mary  Patton;  sec- 
ond, L.  C.  Perkins,  Burke  County,   North  Carolina. 

John  Locke,  born    1802.     Married  Mjm  Perkim.  Buikc  County.   North  C*ro- 


1  78  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Mary,   born    1795. 

Jeariny,  born    1797. 

Sarah,   born    1800. 

Rebecca,  born   1802. 

Joseph,  born    1804. 

David,   born    1806.      Marriec]    Tabitha    Baird,    Quigley,    1837. 

Elizabeth,  born   1809.  „  *  -,      . 

Zebulon,   born    1811.     Daughters:    Anna,   married   Jacob   Miller;    Mary   married 
Andrew  White. 

David,  son  of  Zebulon,  lived  on  the  west  branch  of  the  Susque- 
hanna, and  raised  the  first  tobacco  cuUivatcd  as  a  business  in  Clinton 
County.     He  was  County  Commissioner   1855-58. 

"William  was  probably  identical  with  William  Bard,  who  was 
appointed  Second  Lieutenant  of  Captain  William  Works'  Company, 
Twelfth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  line,  October  16,  1776.  Lieutenant 
Bard  has  been  claimed  as  son  of  Peter  and  Mary  Bard,  of  Mount 
Holly,  N.  J.,  but  their  son  William  died  in  infancy. 

"That  he  was  William,  son  of  William,  who  emigrated  to  North- 
umberland County,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  Twelfth  Pennsylvania 
was  raised  on  the  west  branch  of  the  Susquehanna. 

"Zebulon  Baird,  born  1  762,  died  in  Clinton  County.  Pennsyl- 
vania.    He  removed  to  Pennsylvania  with  his  parents  in   1  785. 

"He  built  a  house  for  himself  on  the  west  branch  of  the  Susque- 
hanna on  a  part  of  the  Baird  homestead  that  he  inherited  from  his 
father.  He  married  Martha  Brown,  January  1,  1789,  who  died 
\Q47. "—(Seilhamer.) 

Children  of  James  and  DELIVERANCE  B.  BaiRD: 

Zebulon.      (May  have  gone  to  Lebanon.) 

David. 

Joseph.      Moved  South.      Remained   single. 

Andrew.      Moved  South.     Remained   single. 

Amanda,   born   near    Freehold   in    1811.     Married   Randolph   Hunt   at   Franklin, 

Ohio,    1824.      Issue:    Judge   Samuel    and    Mrs.   Leigh  Weatherly,   Cincinnati, 

Ohio,   Trenton,    New   Jersey. 
Mary  Ann. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  Thomas  Bullman  and  MaRY  S.  BaIRD: 

Barzilla  Adams,  born   1803.     Married,  first,  Mary  Scanland;   second,  Elizabeth 
Wright. 

Children  of  Bedent  and  MarY  H.  BaiRD: 

Delila,  born    1802. 
Alexander,   born    1804. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  179 

Franklin,  born    1807.     Son  D.  F..  of  Vallc  Cruces.  N.  C. 
Euclid,   born    1810. 
Blodgel.   born    1812. 
Palmer,  born    1814. 
Ritlenhouse,   born    1816. 

Bedent  represented  Ashe  (Watauga)  County  in  the  General  As- 
sembly about  1840.  A  letter  from  Watauga  County,  North  Carolina, 
dated  January  28,   1858,  speaks  of  his  uncle  Bedent. 

John   BaIRD,  born    1760,  married  Elizabeth  Winkler.      He  came 
from  New  Jersey  to  Lenoir,  Burke  County,  N.  C,  when  William  was 
four  years  old.      His  children  were: 
•       William,   born    1756;    died    1856.      Married    Mary    H.    Baker    in    1825. 

Jacob.      Married   Tabitha   Owens. 

Mary.      Married  James  Davis. 

Elizabeth.      Married   John  Sitsee. 

Ann.     Married  ^^an   Braswell.    <^' «:■  r^;'./ ''.t  -  •  .■  ■  ,,\..'.' .       >',,.''"-■-    /:    '•'  7 -WV  .<  ^ 

Rachel.     Married  Caleb  Gobei.     Settled  in   Bartholomew  County,   Indiana. 

Children  of  ANDREW  and  Anna  LockE  BaiRD  (daughter  of  Mat- 
thew Locke).  He  and  all  his  family,  except  Mrs.  Coleman, 
moved  to  North  Mississippi: 

Matthew,  born  1791;  died  1829.  Burying  ground  at  Granite  Falls,  Caldwell 
County,  N.  C.  Unmarried.  Senate,  1826;  House  of  Commons,  1818-20, 
Burke  County. 

Margaret,  born  1793.  Married  Max  ■^'ilson,  of  North  Carolina.  Died  at 
Holly  Springs,   Miss. 

Mary,  born   1793.     Married   Mr.  Connally.     Died  in   Mississippi  about    1840. 

Elizabeth.  Married  Alex  Phlfer  (born  1797),  Burke  County,  North  Carolina; 
died    in    Arkansas. 

William  Locke,  born  1800;  died  1855.  Married,  first,  Mary  Patton;  sec- 
ond, L.  C.  Perkins.   Burke  County,   North  Carolina. 

John  Lo:ke,  born  1802.  Married  Miss  Perkins,  Burke  County,  North  Caro- 
lina,  near   Holly  Springs,    Miss. 

Eveline,  born  1804.  Married  William  Coleman,  Buncombe  County,  North 
Carolma. 

Robert,   born    1806;    died   at   college.   Chapel    Hill,    N.  C. 

Jane  L.  Married  Thomas  Ornsby,  West  Tennessee  (1810);  died  in  Missis- 
sippi,  1842. 

Andrew  and  his  son,   Matthew,  represented  Burke  County  in  both 
branches  of  the  legislature  several  times. 

Children  of  ZebULON  and  HanNAH  IrWIN  BaIRD: 

John.      Married  Laney  Wilson.     They  lived  at  Searcy,  Ark.,  and  In  Tennessee. 
James.     Married    Isabella    Narcissa    Walker,    daughter    of    Hon.    Felix    Walker, 
Mississippi. 


180  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Andrew. 

Joseph.  , 

Adolphus   E.      Married   Lorella   Hunter. 

Myra  Margaret.      Married  David  Vance. 

Sarah.      Married   Baccus  Smith,  Asheville,   N.  C. 

Mary   Adelaide.      Unmarried. 

James,  Andrew  and  Joseph  went  to  Alabama.     Joseph  returned  to  French  Broad 

River,    ten   miies   below   Asheville.    Supposed    to   have    had    three   sons.     Mr». 

Benjamine  and  Josephine  daughters  of  one  of  these. 

[Note. — There   was   an    -Andrew    at   Leb.inon,    Tcnn.,    whose    son   was   Zebulon.] 

Zebulon,  St.,  died  suddenly  while  on  a  visit  to  his  brother.  Bedent. 
Adolphus  was  three  years  old;  Mary  was  bom  three  months  after  his 
death. 

Hon.  Felix  Walker,  ConsreE!man  from  Morgan  District,  North 
Carolina,    1817-23,  was  a  Lieutenant  in  the  American  Revolution. 

Children  of  Bedent  and  Marv  Ann  BaIRD: 

Israel,    born    1801.      Married    Mary    Tate,    of    Bedford    County,    Tennessee,    in 

1825;   died  at  Asheville,    1349.     One  record  says  of  Philadelphia. 
Margaret    O'Riley,    born    1802.     Married   Samuel    Smith,    Cocke    County,    East 

Tennessee,  in   1822. 
Jolin,  born   1805. 

William  R..  born  1807.     Married  Christina  Weaver,   1840. 
James    Madison    (Dr.),    born    in    1809;    died    1878.      Married    Eliza   Taliaferro 

Rupert,  of  Georgia,  September   10,   1837.     He  was  from  Columbus,  Miss. 
Jane    Eliza,    born    1811;    died    1900.      Married    MontaviUe    Weaver    in    1830, 

Weaversville,  N.  C. 

Mary  Ann  Welsh  (the  wife  of  Bedent)  was  the  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Welsh  and  Jane  Thompson,  of  Maryland. 


Children  of  RebecCA  BaIRD 

and  Wm. 

Ely 

David    B. 

Joseph  W. 

Harvey. 

John. 

Isaac. 

George  A. 

Mary. 

Sarah. 

Lucy. 

Phebe. 

Elizabeth. 

William. 

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Children  of  SaRAH  BaIRD  and  Thomas  Applegate: 

Anlhony. 
Lydia. 
Abigail. 
David    B. 
Sarah  D. 
Disbrow. 
Thomas. 
John. 

Children  of  LydIA  BaIRD  and  William  Johnson: 
Lydia. 
William   B. 
Mary. 
John  Conover. 

Children  of  PhEBE  BaiRD  and  David  Perrine: 

Lydia    Ann,    1809-1882.      Married    William   Snowhill. 

John    D.,    1811-1892.      Married    Mary    Matilda    Mount. 

Mary,    1813-1836. 

David  Claik,  born  1816.     Married  Hannah  Matilda  Vanderveer,  who  died  1888. 

Alfred,    1818-1879.     Married    Elizabeth   C.    Moore. 

Rei    B.,    born    1820,   died    in    infancy. 

Deborah    Ely,     1822-1893.      Married,    first,    Richard    Mount;     lecond,    Gilbert 

W.    Mount. 
De   Lafayette,   1824-1829. 

Caroline,  1826-1861.  Married  Gilbert  W.  Mount. 
Charles,  1829-1872.  Married  Mariah  A.  Mallock. 
Edwin   A.   Stevens.    1832-1881. 

Margaret  Cook,   1835-1904.     Married  John  A.  Bownc. 
[David  Perrine,  born  1784;  died  1843.     Interred  at  Perriiieville,  N.  J.] 

Children  of  DavID  and  Amy  HendrICKSON   BaIRD: 

One  son  and  three  daughters,  Clay  township,  Hamilton  County.   Indiana. 

Children  of  General  Rei  and  SaRAH  C.  BaIRD: 

Matilda. 
John  R. 
Jacob.     Died  iin  infancy. 

Jacob. 
Mary. 
Catherine  E. 

Children  of  ELIZABETH  Baird  and  Peter  Wycoff: 

Lydia. 
David  B. 


182  BAIRD   AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Jacob  P.  . 

John   B. 

Mary   Ann. 

Gertrude. 

Elizabeth. 

Peter. 

Gertrude  A. 

Children  of  ThoMAS  and  ElENOR  BaIRD: 

Emerson    P. 

Charles  A. 

Howard. 

David,  Jr.  (Dr.),  born  1829.     Had  twin  brother  Jonathan. 

John   H.,   Fort   Valley,   Ga. 

Sarah,   born    1833.      Married    John    E.    Hunt. 

Children  of  Ann  BaiRD  and  Hartshorn  Tantom: 

Hiram. 

Morrison. 

Amos. 

Lena. 

Mariam. 

Louisa. 

Mary  Ellen. 

Mary. 

Children  of  EvELINA  BaiRD  and  William  Foriiian: 

John    B.     Died   in    infancy. 
Franzincky  R. 
Mary  Elizabeth. 
Peter. 

Children  of  James  and  Rebecca  F.  Ely  Baird  (daughter  of  Richard 
Ely): 

John.     Killed   in  Civil   War. 

Ma.y. 

Amy. 

Richard. 

Rei. 

Thomas. 

Children  of  Rachel  Baird  and  Elias  Riggs.     Married  1892: 

Mary   Elizabeth. 

Lewis.     Married  Margaret  Allen.  i 

David  Baird.     Married  Clara  A.  McMiuhel. 

John  C.     Married  Emma  Embly.  ]. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  183 

Ida  L.     Married  C.  H.  Perrine. 
Addison  H. 

Children  of  EleNOR  BaIRD  and  George  \V.  Sutphine: 

Matilda. 

Elizabeth. 

Jane. 

Evelina. 

Eleanor. 

George. 

Children  of  ZebulON   and  CAROLINE  P.   BaIRD    (moved  to  Illinois 
in  1854): 

David. 

Mary. 

Rei. 

Samuel. 

Amy. 

Evelina. 

Rebecca. 

"Old  Tennent"  was  the  church  home  of  most  of  these  early  Bairds.  The  Baird. 
Wycoff  and  Riggs  Association  is  a  very  large  one.  It  meet*  each  year  at  "Old 
Tennent,"  N.  J.      Mr.  C.  C.  Riggs.  Langhorn,  Pa.,  Secretary. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  MaRGARET  S.  BaIRD: 

Adaline. 

Demetrius. 

William  P. 

John. 

Zebulon. 

Byron. 

Sarah   Ann. 

James   Harrison. 

Calhrine.      Has  daughter,   Mary   Baird   Bowman. 

Mary  Jane. 

Benjamm   Warren. 

Children  of  David  and  TabiTHA  BaIRD  of  Pennsylvania: 

Arvilla,  born   1838.     Married  Samuel  Hartzell. 
Virginia  C,  born   1840.     Married  Richard  Dorey. 

John  Quigley,  born    1842.      Private  in  Company,    128tii  Reg.  P.  V.,   from  Feb- 
ruary 24,  to  July  18.   1865. 
Martha  Jane,  born  1844.     Married  A.  Farewell. 
Robert  S.  Q.,  born   1847;  died  1859. 
MoUie   F..   born    1853.      Married   K.  J.   Farewell. 
Anna  Blanch,  born    I860. 


184  EAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  BarZILLA  Adams  and  SCANLAND  BaIRD,  his  first 

wife: 

William    Thomas,    born    1835;    died    1911.      Married   C.    HanneJi.      Banker   of 

KIrksville,  Mo. 
Parker.     Retired   farmer  m  Carrollton,   Ky. 
John  T.      Merchant,   Belolt,   Kans. 

Mary  Elizabeth.     Married  Jesse  Edwards,  Garden  City,  Kans. 
Martha  Jane.     Married  John  W.  Hoggins,  Carroll  County,  Kentucky. 
Agnes.      Garden  City,   Kans. 
Nancy  Tandy  died    1697.      Married   W.  T.  Easlerday,  Watsonville,  Cal. 

Children  of  Barzilla  Adams  and  ELIZABETH  W.  BaIRD,  his  second 

wife: 

I'our  boys  and  two  glils.      No  record. 

Richard  B.  Baird,  one  of  these  sons,  lived  at  Jelllco,  Tenn. 

Bascom    Baud.      (Possibly   another   son.) 

Children  of  WlLLIAM  and  MaRY  BakER  BaIRD: 

John    N..   born    1826. 

James  H.     Served  in  Confederate  army.     Killed  in  action. 

Joseph  C.    Served  in  Confederate   army. 

William  J.     Served  in  Confederate  army.     Killed  in  action. 

Nancy   B. 

M.  Caroline. 

[Tlicy    are    ^^l.IHl^c(l    to    h.ivc    had    seven   cliildren. — F.    D.    C] 

Children  of  William  Locke  and  MarY  PaTTON  Baird,  his  first  wife 
(1832): 

Mary  Anne,  born   1833.  Married,  first,  George  Carruth;   second.  Col.  A.  Jamct 

Grier,  Mississippi. 

Robert   A.,   boin    1835.  Married   S.   Cornelia   Lowe.      Represented   his   county 

1884-86-96,   Marshall  County,   Mississippi. 

Laura  E..  born   1837.     Married  R.  J.  Baird;   died  1905. 

Jos.  Andrew,  born   1839. 

Mary  J.,   born    1843;    died    1845. 

Jane  E.,  born   1844. 

Children  of  William  Locke  and  L.  C.  P.  BaiRD,  his  second  wife: 

Melissa.     Married  J.  A.  Reid. 
Louisa.     Died  in  infancy. 

Children  of  EvELlNA  BaiRD  and  Wm.  Coleman: 

Robert    L.,    born    1835.      Married    Victoria    Rice,    of   South    Carolina.      Issue: 
William    (married    Evelyn    Coleman),    and    Agnes. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  185 

Thaddeus,  1837-1895.  Married  Mary  Sloan.  Issue:  Sarah  (married  O. 
Henry,  the  writer);  James  S.  (married  Gladys  Crawford);  Evelyn  (mar- 
ried \Vm.  Coleman);  Thaddeus  W.  (married  Miss  Parquard).  He  was 
an  eminent  civil   engineer. 

Children  of  James   (son  of  ZebULON  and  HaNNAH  J.  Baird)   and 
Isabella  Narcissa  Walker  Baird: 

Felix  Walker.  Married,  first,  Harriet  Ann  Puckett  in  Mississippi,  in  1826; 
second,   Isabella  Henry.     He  died  in    1836. 

Children  of  AdolPHEUS  E.  and  LoRETTA  H.  BaIRD: 

Alexander. 

Alfred    H.    (Col.).      Married    Abbie    Robinson,    Texas.      Issue:    Ten    children. 

Served  in  Civil  War. 
Joseph. 
Zebulon.      Married    Emma   Smith,    Franklin,    N.   C.     Six   children.     Served    in 

Civil  War. 
Hannah.      Married    W.    E.    Weaver,    of   Weaversvile,    N.    C.      Issue:    Zebulon, 

Congress,    1917. 
Mary  E.     Married  Gaston  Ward,  Greensboro,  N.  C.     Asheville. 
Myra  Sue.      Married.    1898,  James  O.   Howell,  Asheville. 
James  A.     Lived  in  El   Paso,  Texas,  and   New   Mexico. 
Nannie  J. 

Sallie  L.,  died   1900.     Married  Gov.  Robert  Taylor,  of  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Laura  Kate,  died  1901.     Married  H.  B.  Carter   (Judge).  Asheville.  N.  C.     Had 
three  girls,  one  boy. 

Children  of  Myra  M.   BaiRD  and  David  Vance: 

Zebulon   Baird.      Twice  Governor   of   North   Carolina,   and   served   two   terms   in 

U.  S.  Senate.      (See  photogravure  of  statue,  overleaf.) 
Robert   B.      General   in   Confederate   army.   Congressman. 
Laura.      Married  Dr.   M.  L.  Neilson,  East  Tennessee. 
Anne.      Married   Rev.   R.    N.   Price. 
Noel.      Died    when    about    twenty-one    years   of    age. 
Sally   P.      Married   Mr.   Hale,   of   Tennessee. 
Hannah.     Married  E.  W.  Herndon,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

The  Statue  of  Zebulon  Vance,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

The  General  Assembly  of  1899  appropriated  $5,000  for  the  pur- 
pose of  erecting  this  monument.  In  the  address  at  the  unveiling  of  thi.s 
statue  by  Richard  Battle,  LL.D.,  he  said:  "North  Carolina  had  many 
heroes  of  the  Revolution,  but  she  did  not  honor  them  separately,  but  sent 
$10,000  to  Canova  for  a  splendid  statue  of  Washington,  and  as  an 
inspiration  to  her  statesmen,  she  also  hung  a  portrait  of  him  on  the  walls 
of  the  House  of  Commons.  When  the  capitol  was  burned  the  statue 
crumbled,  but  patriotic  citizens  carried  the  picture  on  their  shoulders 
out  to  safety.     They  erected  another  statue  of  Washington  in  bronze. 


86 


BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 


And  now,  nearly  a  century  and  a  quarter  after  she  adopted  a 
constitution,  as  a  sovereign  slate.  North  CaroHna  has  discovered  that 
one  of  her  ovi'n  t;ons,  nourished  at  her  breast,  was,  for  reasons  satis- 
factory to  her,  worthy  of  similar  honor,  and  to  be  distinguished  from  her 
other  great  and  good  sons  by  like  testimonials  in  his  memory.  Today 
we  can  see  on  the  wall  of  the  House  of  Representatives  a  large  portrait 
opposite  that  of  Washington  and  this  noble  statue  at  the  east  front  of 
her  capitol  corresponding  in  position  to  Washington  on  the  south,  both 
representing  the  face  and  pose  of  North  Carolina's  best  beloved  son, 
Z.  B.  Vance.  Why  thus  selected?  The  votes  of  legislators,  the  ma- 
jority of  whom  were  not  of  his  political  faith,  three  years  after  his 
death  ordered  the  portrait  and  this  statue  by  unanimous  vote  of  the 
General  Assembly — political  friends  and  political  enemies  uniting  in  the 
tribute  five  years  after  his  death. 

"For  nearly  forty  years  his  was  a  public  life  in  the  noonday  glare, 
subjected  to  the  searchlight  of  political   foes. 

"He  was  made  Governor  in  1862  and  left  the  capital  in  1865,  the 
day  before  its  occupation  by  Sherman.  His  father  was  David  Vance. 
It  took  three  generations  of  heroes  and  patriotic  citizens,  Vances  and 
BaiRDS,  Scotch-Irish  people,  from  King's  Mountain  down,  to  make  a 
Zebulon  B.  Vance. 

"Great  and  attractive  as  he  was  as  Governor,  in  public  and  in 
social  life,  he  appeared  at  his  best  in  his  home  as  husband,  father  and 
host. 

"He  married  Miss  Harriet  N.  Espy,  who  died  in  1878,  during 
his  third  term  as  Governor.      They  had  four  sons. 

"In  1880  he  married  Mrs.  Florence  Steele  Martin,  of  Kentucky. 
On  April  15,  1894,  'the  whole  state  was  a  house  of  mourning.'  No 
event  since  the  surrender  had  so  moved  the  people  as  the  word  which 
announced  'Vance  is  dead.' 

"Representative  Swanson,  of  X'irginia,  after  a  beautiful  tribute 
to  him  as  our  (Virginia's)  brave  'champion  and  defender,'  said  he  is 
sometimes  called  the  Senator  from  North  Carolina  and  Virginia." 

In  1863-4  Zebulon  Vance  left  Raleigh  (when  the  disasters  at 
Gettysburg  and  Vicksburg  caused  such  despondency  that  desertions 
were  depleting  the  Army),  visited  the  armies,  made  wonderful  speeches, 
whereby  hope  was  substituted  for  despair,  and  the  battered  regiments 
of  other  states  as  well  as  North  Carolina  were  nerved  again  with  cour- 
age. Partly  as  the  result  of  this  campaign  oratory  General  Lee  was 
able  to  make  his  wonderful  resistance  to  General  Grant,  who  had 
trebled  his  numbers.  It  is  said  that  Lee  said  Vance's  speeches  were 
worth  more  than  5,000  recruits.  President  Davis,  who  had  not  at 
first  been  partial  to  Vance,  on  the  eve  of  the  collapse  grasped  his  hand 
at  parting,  saying,  "God  bless  you.  Governor,  and  your  noble  State." 


Zebulon  Baird  Vance, 

United   Slates   Senator    from   North   Carolina. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  187 

Children  of  Israel  and  Mary  Tate  Baird   (he  died  in   1849  at 
Asheville). 

There  were  seven   daughters   and   three   sons,   among  ihcm — 
Harriet.      Married   Mr.  Atkinson,  Asheville. 

James    S.    T.    (Dr.).      Married,    first,    Sarah    L.    Abbott,    1857;    second,    Clara 
Cottrell,  of  Richmond,  Va. 

[lie  was  a  surgeon  in  the  Civil  War  and  served  in  the  State  Legislature.] 

Mary  P.     Married  U.  S.  Senator  Lee  S.  Overman,  North  Carolina. 

William    B.      Married   Lillian   Small. 

Margaret  S.      Married  James   B.   Kenny. 

Charles  J.      Married   Jennie   Bently,    New   York. 

Maud  S. 

Susana.      Married    Mr.    Reynolds.      Issue:    N.    A.    Reynolds,    Asheville,    N.    C. 

Children  of  Margaret   R.   BaIRD  and  Samuel  Smith    (Samuel  was 
a  son  of  Coleman  and  Tabitha  Thatcher  Smith)  : 

Joseph    Hale,    born     1822.       First    Lieutenant    29lh    North    Carolina    Regiment. 

Died    1865.      Unmarried. 
Mary   Evelina,  born    1826.      Married   William   M.   Weaver,    1847.      Issue:    Nine 

children,   Asheville,   N.  C. 
Jane   L.,   born    1828.      Married   Col.   John   A.    Fagg,    1859    (Colonel   in    Mexican 

War).      Issue:    Two   children. 
Cathrine   P.,   born    I8?0.      Married    Michael    Myers   in   Tennessee,    1866.      Lived 

at   Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Margaret    A.,   born    1831.      Married    Thomas    Draper,    Knoxville,    1855.      Issue: 
Sally,   Rowland,  Joseph. 

,      William     B.     (Capt.),     born      1834.      Wounded     at     Malvern     Hill.      Married 
Catherine,  daughter  of  James  R.  Rupert,  of   Mobile,    1871. 
Myra   Roxanna,   born    1836.      Married   N.  W.   Easterly,    1865. 
James   Madison    (Lieutenant   in  Civil   War),  born    I84I.      Married   Kale  Barker, 
of  Carrolton,   Mo.,    1869. 

Hannah    E.,    born    1842;    died    1862.      Married    Osborn    Deaver. 
Sarah  A.   E..   born    1846;    died    1867.      Unmarried. 

Children  of  James  Madison  and  Eliza  T.  BairD: 

Mary  J.,  born    1838;    died    1878.      Married  Thomas  J.  Lee,   Mississippi,  Decem- 
ber 26,   1854. 

Ann    Cathrine,    born     1840.       Married     John     H.     Richards,    Columbus,     Miss.. 

October,    1859.      Issue:    Bessie  and   Kitty. 
John    Rupert,    born    1841.      Married    Miss    Nannie   Clendenin.   Catchings,    Mis»., 

April  26.    1866.    He  died    1916.    She  died   1913. 
James    Israel,  born    1842;    died    1844. 

William    Henry.    M.D.,    born    1844.      Married    Addie    McLemore.    Mississippi; 
died    1903. 

Joseph    Bedent    (planter),    born    in    1845    in    Inverness.    Mi«».      Married    Susan 

Evans. 
Victoria  Ann,  born  1847;   died  at  Aiheville.  N.  C.   1897. 


188  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

George  Young,  born   May  31,   1849;   died   1853. 

Thomas  Rupert   (lawyer),  born    1850.     Married  Annie   Montgomery,   Indi{uiola« 

Miss.     He  died  in   1911. 
James   Madison,  born    1852;    died    1854. 

Robert  Wade,  born    1855.      Married   Margaret  Dabney   McLemore,   Ft.  Loring, 

.Miss. 

Delia  Virginia,  born   1857.     Married  Mr.  Richards  of  Columbus. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  CHRISTINE  WEAVER  BaIRD: 
1.  N.  (Capl.). 
William. 
Zebulon. 
Elisha   (Dr). 
John. 
Mary. 
Catherine. 

Children  of  Jane  Eliza  Baird  and  Monleville  Weaver: 

Fulton.     Unmarried. 

John.      Married   Miss  Garrison.      Issue:    Annie  Laurie. 

Bascombe   (Dr.).      Issue:    Mary   Ann   Reagan,   Martha  Vandiver    (married   Mr. 
Parker). 

Children  of  Lewis  and  Margaret  A.  Riggs: 

Addison   H.      Married   Norah  Albright. 

Frank   P.      Married   Annie   Herbert. 

Mary  Blanch.      Married  J.  P.  Lisk.     Issue:  Helen. 

Drusilla. 

Children  of  David  B.  and  Clara  McM.  Riggs: 

C.  C.     Married  Jennie  Connor. 

Elmer    B.      Married   Mary  Woodruff. 

Lillie  F.     Married  Chas.  Havens. 

Clara. 

Lewis  Lisbon. 

Children  of  John  C.  and  Emma  E.  Riggs: 

Elias  E.     Married   Mary   Basto. 

Children  of  Ida  L.  Riggs  and  C.  H.  Perrine: 

Elias   R       Married   Etta  Sexton. 
Elizabeth  E.     Married  F.  H.  Gordon. 
Frank. 
Bertha. 

Children  of  Addison  H.  and  Norah  A.  Riggs: 

Earl.     Married  Terese  Gallager.     Issue:  A  daughter,  Dorothy. 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  189 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  William  Thomas  and  C,  HaNNAH  Baird,  Kirksville,  Mo.: 

Frank. 

Alia.      Married   E.   L.    Belshe.      Issue:    Two  boys    and   two   girU    (R.    F.   D.   2, 
Balswood   Farm,    Noi"WOod   Park,   Chicago,    ill.). 

Children  of  RoBERT  A.  and  CoRNFXIA  LoWE  BaIRD: 
Laura  May,  born    1863. 

Robert   Douglass,    born    1868.      Married    Jessie    F.    Pryor. 
Ada  Cornelia,  born  1871;   died   18S8. 
Malcolm,  born   1873.     Married  Eva  Pearson,   1902. 
James  Lock,  born    1875.     California.      Unmarried. 
Mary    Alice,    born    1877.      Married    Cliarles    Woodward,    1894,    Sterling.    Colo. 

Issue:   Two  children. 
Eveline,  born    1879.      Married  W.  S.  Tyler,  Colorado  Sprinf;s,  Colo. 
Norma  Elise,  born  1884  at  Holly  Springs,  Miss. 

Children  of  Felix  W.  and  HARRIET  BaIRD: 

Isabella  Ann,  born  1827.     Married  Mr.  Hogan  in   1844.     She  died  in   1854. 
\Vm.  Tazewell    (Dr.).    1829-1906.      Married   Martha  T.   Hampton.     Dr    A.  T. 

B.,  of  Darlington,  S.  C,  is  a  son.     Grandson,  Tazewell   W.   McNary,   La. 
Felix   Walker,    1831-1848. 
Buncombe,   born    1833. 
Narcissa    Ann,    born    1835.      Married,    first.   Sylvian   Trichelle    in    1854.      Issue: 

A   daughter,    Estelle.      Married,   second,    F.   W.    Grant,    1870.      Issue:    Two 

daughters. 

Children  of  ALFRED  H.  and  AbbIE  R.  BaIRD,  Texas: 

Redford   Erwin,  died    1889. 

Alfred  H. 

Robert  R. 

James  A. 

Joseph  C. 

Loretia    T.      Married    W.    A.    Fry,    Denton    County,    Texas.      Issue:    A    too, 

Alfred    F. 
Margaret   A. 
Mary  E. 
Hannah  M. 
Myra  Sue. 

Children  of  ZebULON  and  EmMA  S.  BaIRD,  North  Carolina: 

Carnaro. 

Adolphuf. 

Hannah. 

Aileen. 

L — ,  a  daughter. 


190  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  HARRIET  Baird  and  Mr.  Atkinson: 
Five  children  (no  record). 

Children  of  Dr.  Ja\:es  S.  T.  and  SaRAH  A.  BairD  (first  wife)  : 

Seven   sons   and   three   daughters,   among   them: 
Charles  W. 
James  R. 
I  hurman  G. 
Kenneth   B.  ^  , 

Children  of  Mary  P.*©aw©  andXee  S.  Overman:^  j-ro  iAa     iV  •  **> 


Li  Iron. 
/oroViy. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  B.  and  LiLLlAN  S.  BaIRD: 

Lillian.  , 

Children  of  MarGARET^.  Baird  and"Ja2ia6  B.  Kenny: 

Augustus  S. 

Children  of  Charles  J.  and  Jennie  B.  BaIRD,  New  York: 

No  record.  i  .         ,—         —  ^vn  ./^       I  '  /        J 

U    ,  «o  ■  o  ^  „K  0^^ ^   7  ^ *'•-■<      //c'/* 
Children  of  MARGARET  BairD  and  A.  S.  Merrimjjn: 

Mdgar.      Married  Ndarj/ Foreman\    Usij^ :   Augusta,  Sterling,  Ashley. 
Branch   H.      Married^eliie  ScalQ<f)^of    North   Carolina.      Issue:    Nellie,    Bessie, 
Margare!.   .Mary^  /  '^.^  ^  ^  <  Wi  ^    ^X    -^ 

Children  of  CATHERINE  Phebe  BaIRD  and  Michael  Myers: 

Michael,   born    itt68;    died    1900.      Unmarried. 

Catherine,  born   1871.      Married  R.  M.  Rowland,  1895.     Issue:  Nene,  Catherine, 

Meredith,    Maude,    Mary   S. 
Joseph  S.,  born    1873.     Issue:    Possibly   Ruth,   Alice,   Eugene,    Robert. 

Children  of  Mary  J.  Baird  and  Thomas  J.  Lee: 

Thomas   B.      Married  Sue   Rupert. 

Joseph  L. 

Annie  V.      Married  Sam  Richardson,   Mississippi. 

Edna  B.     Married  B.  Welmot,  Mississippi. 

Mamio  B. 

James  H.     Married  Cora  Baker,  Mississippi. 

Children  of  Anna  CATHERINE  Baird  and  John  H.  Richards: 

Charles   Richardson.      Married   Corinne    HoUoway. 
Elizabeth.     Married  Jack  Copewing. 


SCOTCH    BAI.RDS  191 

Rupert.      Married  Addie  Davis. 
Cathrine.      Married   Kennedy. 
May.      Married   Cary   Cooke. 
William  D. 

Children  of  John  Rupert  and  NaNNIE  C.  BaIRD.  Mississippi: 

Thomas  C.  (Dr.).  born  1872;  died  1916.  Married  Elvira  G.  Terrell.  Issue: 
Dorothy,  Nancy,  Thomas  (died  1911);  Anna  (married  at  Quincy,  Miss^ 
October    4.    1900). 

James  C,  born  1877.  Married  Mary  E.  Long.  Issue:  John  R.,  James  C^ 
Henry   Long.      Married   in   Memphis,   Tenn.,  July  30,    1902. 

Children  of  JoSEPH  Bedent  and  SusAN  (EvANs)  BaIRD: 

Ladv   Mildred.      Married   John   M.   Montgomery,  of   Meridian,   Miss.,  April  26, 

1917. 
Anne  E.     Married  Jas.  Branden   Moore,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Children  of  Frank  P.  and  Annie  H.  Riggs: 

Frank  Jr.     First  husband  of   Fannie  Reed.     Issue:   Rachel,  Robert,  Margaret. 
Frederick.      Second   husband  of   Fannie    Reed. 

Children  of  Mary  B.  Riggs  and  J.  P.  Lusk: 

Helen. 

Children  of  Elmer  B.  and  Mary  W.  Riggs: 

Helen. 

Charles  Clifford. 

Children  of  Lillie  F.  Riggs  and  Chas.  W.  Havens: 
Charles   R.     Married   Cora  A.   .     Issue:    Dorothy. 

Children  of  Elias  F.  and  Mary  B.  Riggs: 
John   MiltoB.     Married  Miss  Case. 
Emma. 

Children  of  Elias  R.  and  Etta  S.  Perrine: 

Lacona. 
Vivian. 

Children  of  Elizabeth  E.  Perrine  and  F.  H.  Gordon: 

Maud   Ethel. 
Russell. 
Ida  Louisa. 

Children  of  Dr.  Wm.  Tazrwell  and  MarTHA  H,  BairD: 

Inman,  born   1861. 

Samuel   T.    (Congressman),   died    in   Washmgton,   D.   C,    1899. 

Andrew   T.    (Dr.),  of   Darlington,  S.  C. 

C.  T.      Editor   in   Bastrop,    La. 

Felix  Wilmer,  died  at  the  age  of  21. 


192  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Samuel  T.  BaIRD  was  well  known  in  Norlhern  Louisiana,  where 
for  seventeen  years  he  had  been  a  prominent  factor  of  the  bar,  on  the 
bench,  and  in  politics.  He  was  a  son  of  Dr.  TazEWELL  BaIRD,  of 
Louisiana,  and  was  born  at  Oak  Ridge,  La.,  1861.  In  1884  he  was 
elected  District  Attorney  of  the  Sixth  Judicial  Circuit,  serving  four 
years.  He  was  made  District  Judge.  After  occupying  this  position 
four  years  he  rclinquisl.ed  it  to  resume  his  private  practice.  In  1896 
he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Democratic  Convention  in  Chicago  in  1 896.  Mr.  BaIRD  had  just 
finished  his  first  term  in  the  House  of  Representatives  and  had  been 
re-elected  to  the  Fifty-sixth  Congress  when  he  was  stricken  with  acute 
rheumatism.  He  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  1899.  His  body  was 
taken  to  Bastrop,  La.,  accompanied  by  a  Congressional  Committee  con- 
sisting of  lourleen   Representatives.      He  left  a  wife  and  two  children. 

Children    of    Estelle   Trichelle    and    Prof.    G.    M.    Hayden,    her    first 
husband,    1871  ;  he  died   1884: 

Rstellc    Trichelle. 

Children  of  Estelle  Trichelle  and  H.  C.  Oltrogge,  her  second  husband, 
1885,  of  New  York  City: 
Annie  F. 
Henry   Carl,    born    1&89. 

Children  of  David  Clark  and  Hannah  V.  Perrine: 

David  Vanderveer,   born    1853    at   Freehold,   N.   J.      Married   Elizabeth   Wycoff 

Conover   (born   1837),  November  29,   1900. 
William    Conover,    1855-1856. 
John  Rhea.   1857-1861. 
Mary   Conover.    1863-1873. 

Arthur  D..   1868-1869. 

The  following  record  given  by  William  B.  Baird,  Lacrosse,  Ark.: 

In   1878  he  was  in  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  on  a  visit.,  and  gathered  this 
information. 

JosiAH  Baird  was  a  native  of  North  Carolina.     He  had  three  broth- 
ers, Jeremiah,  William,  Andrevv. 

Josiah  and  Jeremiah  about  1 805  or  1810  moved  to  Smith  County, 
Tennessee,  twenty  miles  from  Lebanon. 

William  and  Andrew  about  the  same  time  went  to  Barren  County, 
Kentucky. 

There  were  two  sisters.     One  married  Hunt  and  settled  near  her 


SCOTCH    BAiRDS  193 

brothers  in  Kentucky;  tlie  other  married  Wood  and  went  to  Arkansas. 
Josiah's  son  Reuben  was  born  1801.     Married  and  liad  issue: 

Jeremiah. 

Josiah. 

Jesse. 

Sarah. 

Hannah. 

Nanc}'. 

Molly. 

Jesse  Baird  told  W.  B.,  1878.  that  a  coi:?;n,  Zf.rulon  Baird, 
lived  at  Lebanon.      (He  may  have  been  a  son  of  Jeremiah.) 

W.  B.  met  a  Mrs,  Wood  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  who?e  maiden 
name  was  BaiRD,  who  said  Governor  Vance  wr.s  related. 

Those  may  have  been  sons  of  Zcbulon  (who  died  1804,  who^e 
wife  was  Anna  Smith),  though  his  will  mentions  only  Andrew,  David, 
James  and  Joseph.  They  may  have  been  r^randsons  of  his  by  his  son 
Andrew,  who  h.ad  a  sister,  Mrs.  Hunt.  I  think  this  Zcbulon,  of  Leba- 
non, went  to  California. 

"When  Carolina  was  divided  in'.o  North  and  South  Carolina,  the  frst  cjovrrnot 
the  kinf>  appointed  for  North  Carolina  was  named  Salisbury.  After  h?  resigned, 
the  king  appointed  a  man  named  Vance  governor.  In  the  course  of  lime  th« 
grandson  of  Governor  Salisbury  ma-^rird  the  granddaughter  of  Governor  Vance. 
Their  daughter  married  Jno.   Ray." — (An  ohi  Idler.) 

GROUP  5— John. 

John  Baird,  of  Morris  County,  New  Jersey,  born  1760,  died 
1808.  He  married  Mary  Bockoven  in  1783.  She  was  born  in  1765 
and  died  in  1  853.  He  sened  as  a  private  in  the  Revolution.  He  entered 
at  sixteen  and  served  till  the  close.  Tradition  says  his  uncle  was  an 
officer  and  opposed  his  entering  the  army.  His  sons  v.'ce:  Vv'ilham,  John, 
George,  Elisha.  In  William  and  Margaret  O' Riley's  family  occur  the 
same  list  of  names  (except  George).  He  may  have  been  a  son  of 
John,  Jr.,  mentioned  as  "family."  The  fact  of  "Avis'*  still  bein^  used 
as  a  name  among  his  descendants  seems  to  prove  it.  JOHN  P.  BairD 
has  a  cousin.  Avis,  named  by  her  t''?nd father  for  his  great-grandmotlter. 
Avis. 

SECOND    GENERATION. 
Children  of  JOHN  and  MaRY  EockOVEN  BairD: 

William.     1784-1858.      Married    Rhoda    Pruden     (1737-1835). 
Margaret,    1786-1807.      Married    A.    Chamberlain. 
Mary,  born    1789.      Married   Lewis   Pruden. 

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194  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Eii^abelli.   Lorn    1791.      Married    E.    Hayden. 

Hannah,  lorn    179—.      Mariied   Mr.   Gable. 

John,  born   1798. 

George,  born  1801.  I^ad  a  son.  Archibald,  who  died  in  1917,  aged  102  years. 
Has  a  grandson,  James   E.   Baird,   of   Basking  Ridge,   N.  J. 

Elisha,  born  1803.  Married  Eliza  Shelly.  Issue:  A  grandson  and  grand- 
daughter.   Miss   Young. 

Sarah,  boin    1886.      Married   Mr.   Eddy. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

Children  of  WiLLIAM  and  RhODA  P.  BaIRD: 

Jemima,    born    1809.      Married    Mr.    Hinds    (possibly   Jas.    P). 

Phoebe,  born   1811.     Married   Mr.  Guerin   (possibly  John  D.). 

John,  born    1813.     Went  West. 

Peter.    1814-1850.      Married    Nancy    Bockoven    (1816-1889)    in    1837. 

Henry,  born    1816.      Married    Esther   High. 

Johanna,   born    1818.      Married    Finley    Southard. 

William,  born    1820.      Married   Mary   Potts. 

Bryan,   born    1822.      Married   Hannah   High. 

[X.Tiicy     Bockoven     was    .t    daug.itcr    of    Cicnrv;c    Hockovcn    and    Margaret    Smith. 
George   15.   was  a   brother   of    .Mary    15.,   wlio   ni.irricd   joKn   Baird.] 

Peter  Baird  and  wife.  Nancy,  with  Charles  Breeze  and  wife, 
Phoebe  Brockman,  made  the  trip  to  Ohio  in  a  wagon  and  visited  home 
three  times;  the  last  trip  both  couples  had  three  children. 

Children  of  PeTER  and  NaNCY  BoCKOVEN  BaIRD: 
William.    Had   eight  children,   who  lived   in  Ohio. 
Peter.    Had   four   children,   one   by   name   of   Avis. 
Margaret.    Had   three   daughters. 
Rhoda. 
John. 
Charles. 

John  Baird,  Sr.,  joined  the  Army  in  1  776  as  a  private  and  served 
till  the  close.  He  was  made  Corporal  and  Sergeant,  and  was  Second 
Lieutenant  at  the  Battle  of  Tarrytown,  where  he  was  slightly  wounded. 
He  was  in  battles  at  Ash  Swamp,  Martins  Woods,  Woodbridge,  and 
Short  Hills.  He  served  under  Captain  Ward  and  Colonel  Seely.  It  is 
said  his  uncle  was  an  officer. 

WILLS. 

3508  N.  of  IVilh. 

Secretary  of  State  of  New  Jersey. 
Mary    Bockoven    Baird,    widow   of   John    Baird,    late   of    Morris   County,    leaves 
her  ton   William  six  cents   and  no  more.      Mentions  daughters   Margaret  Chamber' 


SCOTCH    BAIRDS  195 

lain,  Mary  Prudcn,  Elizabeth  Hayden,  Hannah  Cable,  and  Sarah  Eddy;  and 
sons  Gcorgt  and  Elisha.  Mentions  widow  and  children  of  deceased  son  John.  Ex.: 
Sons  George  and  Elisha,   1842.     Uiinesses:  John  V.  Abrahani  and  Henry  Steven*. 

3381   A',  of  IVilh. 

William  Baird,  of  Township  County,  of  Morris,  N.  J.,  mentions  housekeeper 
Elizabeth  Vreeland.  Sons:  John,  Henry,  William,  and  Bryan.  Daughter:  Johanna, 
wife  of  Turley  Southard  of  Newark.  Children  of  daughter:  Jemima,  "who  may  be 
living  at  the  time  of  my  death,  excepting  however  Jas.  P.  Hinds,  who  is  hereby  ex- 
pressly  excluded    from  any   share."      Ex.:   Sons   Henry  and   William,    1857. 

V.  Dalrimple,  Aug.  W.  Cutler,  and  John  D.  Guerin,  witnesses. 

Codicil  December  21,  1857:  Provision  is  made  for  the  children  of  son  Peter, 
now  deceased,  who  lives  in  Ohio.  "My  son  Wm.  shall  not  be  an  executor."  Wit- 
nesses: J.  H.  Osborne  and  John  H.  Anderson.  Proved  by  Augusta  Cutter,  1858. 
Proved  and  recorded  June  7,   1858.     (Liter  C,  p.  724.) 

Mrs.  John  P.  Baird  (nee  Bertha  Hamilton)  of  Little  Rock»^ 
Ark.,  wife  of  John  P.,  a  descendant  of  PetER  and  Nancy  B.  BaiRd/ 
of  Ohio,  sent  the  preceding  record. 


CHAPTER    VI.     ENGLISH    BEARDS. 

In  the  jpring  of  1639  the  English  first  began  to  make  a  set- 
tlement in  Milford,  Conn. 

The  colonists  arrived  in  Boston,  Mass.,  1637,  in  two  ships,  one 
called  Hector.  They  came  down  to  New  Haven  and  remained 
there  during  ihi'  year  1638.  In  1639  agents  made  first  purchase  of 
land  from  the  Indians.  "It  comprehended  the  tract  of  land  lying  be- 
tween ti-.e  East  River  and  the  Housatonic,  and  the  sea  with  the  island 
south  and  the  two-mile  Indian  path  to  Paugus   (Derby)   north." 

The  consideration  given  was  "6  coats,  10  blankets,  1  kettle,  12 
hatchets,  12  hoes,  2  dozen  knives  and  a  dozen  small  glasses   [mirrors]." 

The  body  of  planters  traveled  from  New  Haven  to  Milford  by 
land,  following  th.e  Indian  footpaths,  driving  their  cattle  and  other 
domestic  animals  before  them.  Sergeant  Timothy  Tibbals  piloted  the 
company  through  the  woods,  he  having  been  there  before. 

As  soon  as  they  were  established  they  combined  themselves  into  a 
little   republic. 

The  number  of  free  planters  in  th.e  colony  was  forty-foar,  no  otiiers 
having  the  liberty  to  act  in  the  choice  of  carrying  on  public  affairs  in 
the  plantation.  They  were  all  professors  of  the  Christian  religi3n. 
Altogether  there  were  probably  about  200  individuals  and  fifty-four 
families  in  the  settlemen!:. 

The  pastor  of  th.is  colony,  Peter  Prudden,  came  from  Edgeton, 
Yorkshire,  England,  and  probably  most  of  the  colony  came  from  York- 
shire and   Herefordshire,  where  he  had  preached. 

Martha  Beard's  husband,  James  (tradition  says)  died  on  the  ship 
coming  over.     Mr.  Chas.  C.  Beard  has  the  sword  Martha  brought  ever. 

Their  children  were: 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

James,  died  1642.     Unmarried. 

John.  Tradition  says  a  carpenter  by  trade.  Born  in  England.  Came  with 
mother  in  1639.  Married  Anna  Hawley,  1653.  Died  1690.  Kis  name 
appears  in  Colonial  Recordi  as  Capt.  John.  He  was  captain  of  a  military 
company   and  took  part  in   King  Philip  s  War. 

Jeremiah.     Married.     Had  no  children.      Propounded  Freeman,   1671. 

Sarah.     Married  Nicholas  Camp.     Died  1689. 

Martha.     Married  John  Streame.   1649.     She  died  in   1706.     He  died  in  1685. 


ENGLISH    BEARDS  197 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

Children  of  JOHN  and  AnNA  H.   BeaRD: 

John,  born    1654.     Married,  first,  Sarah  ;    second,  Abigail   Hollingworlh. 

He  died  in   1708. 
Eli/abelh,  boin  1656.     Unmarried. 

Mary,  born  1658.     Married  Sergt.  Timothy  Baldwin,  son  of  Timothy,  the  settler. 
James,  born   1661;   died   1709      Unmarried. 
Anna,   Lorn    1664.      Married   William   Fowler. 
Joseph,    born    1666.     Married,    first,    Sarah   Sanford,    of    New    Haven;    second. 

Mary   Baldwin  Smith. 
Samuel,  bo-n   1669.     Married  Sarah  Clark,   1696.     He  was  ensign  of  the  Milford 

Trainc   Band,    1715,    and   lieutenant,    1723.      Moved   to   Riptoa   Parish,   nov/ 

Huntington,  in   1726.     Died  in   1754. 
Jeremiah  and  Ebinezar  (twins),  born  1672.     Jeremiah  married  Martha  (Mercy) 

Petiit.     Ebinezar  died  in  1674. 
Sarah,   1675.      Married  John  Buckingham. 

Children  of  John  and  Martha  B.  Streame: 

Mary,  born  1653.     Married  David  Baldwin. 

Abigail,   baptized    1655.      Married  Thomas  Tibals,    1672. 

John,  born    1657.      Married  Mary  Coley.     No  children. 

Thomas,  born    1661. 

Martha,  born   1664.     Married  Thomas  Coley. 

Sarah,   born    1667.      Married   Ephram   Burwell.    1698.      She  died  in   1729. 

Children  of  Sarah  Beard  and  Nicholas  Camp: 

Abigail. 

Samuel. 

Joseph. 

Mary. 

John. 

Sarah. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  John  and  first  wife,  Sarah  Beard: 

Sarah,   baptized    17C3. 

Children  of  John  and  second  wife,  Abigail  H.  Beard: 

Abigail,  born   1 706.     Married  Rev.  Jonathan  Arnold,  of  West  Haven.  Conn. 
Children  of  Mary  Beard  and  Timothy  Baldwin: 

Mary,  baptized    1682.      Married   Mr.  Camp. 
Anna.      Married   Nathaniel    Farrand. 
Billings,   baptized    1697. 
Timothy,  baptized   1700. 


198  BAIRD    AND    DEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  Anna  Beard  and  William  Fowler: 

Elizabeth,   baptized    1691.      Married    Nathan   Clark. 
Hannah,  baptized    1695.     Married  Ebcnezer  Smith. 
Margaret,  born   1698.      Married  Samuel  Smith. 
William,   born    1700.      Married   Eunice   Hayes. 
Jonathan,  baptized   1703. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  (first)  Sarah  Sanford  Beard: 

John,   born    1702.      Married   Maiha  Burwell. 

Children  of  Joseph  and    (secoiid)    Mary  Smith  Beard: 

Joseph,  Korn   1707.     Married  Sarah  Piatt. 

Sarah,  born   1708.     Married  Samuel   Prudden,    1742. 

Mary,  born   1710. 

Benjamin,   born    1714.      Married   Abigail   Clark.      He   fought   in   the   French  and 

Indian   War.      His   sword   with    1744   cut   into   it   was   used   by   his   son,   Col. 

Andrew   Beard,   in   the   Revolution. 

Children  of  Samuel   and  Sarah  C.   Beard: 

Samu?l,     1697.      Married    Sarah    Buckingham.       No    children. 

Deborah    (Elizabeth),    1699.      Married   Enoch   Davis,   of   Huntingdon. 

James,    boin    1703.      Married    Joanna    Walker,    of    Stratford,    1723.      Lived    in 

Huntingdon,   Conn.      He   had   a  gun   given   him  by   his  great-uncle,  which  he 

brought  from  England. 
Nathan,   born    1706.      Married   Sarah   Smith.      He   died   in    1769.      Had   a   grist 

mill   near  Siradford,   Conn. 
Abigail,  baptized  1708.     Married  Israel  Woodward,  of  Waterlown,  Conn.,  1730. 

He  commanded  a  company  in  the  French  and  Indian  War.     They  had  eleven 

children. 
George,  baptized    1719.      Married   Mary  . 

Children  of  Jeremiah  and  Martha  P.   Beard: 

Sarah,  born   1698.     Married  Samuel  Piatt,  of  New  Milford,  Conn. 

Ann,    born    1701.      Married    John    Eells,    New    Canaan,    Conn.      He    preached 

first  sermon  in   the  n3W  meeting  house  in   Milford. 
Mary,  born   1706.      Married  John  Smith. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  John  and  Maitha  B.  Beard: 

John,  baptized   1729.    Married  Abigail  Clark,    1753.    Justice  of  Peace. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  P.  Beard: 

Sarah,  born  1738.     Married  Abraham  Baldwin,  Milford,  Conn. 

Abigail,  born  1740.     Married  John  Arnold. 

Mary,  boin    1743.     Married  Timothy  Camber,  Wateibury,  Conn. 

Joseph,  born   1751.  i 


ENGLISH   BEARDS  199 

Children  of  Benjamin  and  Abigail  C.   Beard: 

Abigail,  born   1750.     Married  Joshua  Baldwin. 

Andrew,  born   1752.     Married  Susan  Rogers,   1779. 

Sarah. 

Mary. 

Ann. 

David,  born   1762.     Married,  first,  Polly  Comslock,    1790,    second,  Sarah  Hine, 

1814.     No  children.     He  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Comfort,  born    1764.      Married  Benajah  Neltlcton,    1789. 

Children  of  Debcra  Beard  and  Enoch  Davis: 

Samuel  B.,  born   1734.      Married  Rebekah.     He  died  in   1779. 

Children  of  James  and  Joanna  W.  Beard: 

David,  born  1725  in  Long  Hill,  Huntingdon,  Conn.  Known  as  Deacon  David. 
Lived  in  Isinglass,  Huntmpton.  Four!!!  in  the  Revolution.  Married  Anne. 
Died   1812.     Wife  born    1724;    died    1776  in  Ripton. 

James,  born  1728.  Graduate  of  College  of  New  Jersey.  M.A.  at  Yale.  1754. 
Lived  in  De  by.  Conn.  Fought  in  l!ie  Revolution  in  Captain  Holbrook's  com- 
pany under  Nathan  Smith.  For  many  years  Judge  of  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  for  New  Piaven.  Married,  first,  Ruth  Holbrooke*  1754;  second, 
Mrs    Hobart,  of  Guilford,  Conn.,   1781.      No  ehrkhrry. 

Sarah,  born    1730.     Married  Zarharlah   Blackman.     Lived  in   New  Haven. 

Sarruel,  born  1734  in  Lon-i  Hill,  Huntington,  Conn.  Known  as  Deacon  Samuel. 
Sergeant  Beard  in  Revolution  in  Cap'ain  Eirdsey  s  company,  and  was  also  pri- 
vate in  Connecticut  militia  during  W  ar  of  1812  under  William  Edward*. 
Married    Elizabeth,    daughter   of    Moses    Wheeler. 

Eunice. 

Children  of  Nathan  and  Sarah  S.   Beard: 
Sarah,   born    1730.      Married   Henry   Garlick. 
Samuel,  born    1734. 
Nathan,    1742. 
Azariah,  married  Thankful. 
Dolly,  married  Whilmore  Beardslee,    178 — . 

Children  of  Abigail   Beard  and  Israel  Woodward: 

Nathan,  born    1732.      Married,   first,  Sarah   Hickox;    second,    Enise   Painter. 

Anna,  born   1733.     Married  Wait  Scolt,   1753.     Nine  children. 

Abel,   born    1736.      Married    Lucy    Atwood,    1765. 

Abigail. 

Israel,  bom   1740.     Married  Abigail  Stoddard,   1765.     Five  children. 

John,  born   1741.     Married  Lydia  Trobridge.     Five  children. 

Asa,   born    1743.      Died   at   the   age  of  85   year*. 

Eunice,  born    1746.      Married  Asa  Curliss,    1765.      Eight  children. 

Elijah,  born   1747.     Married  Polly  Giiswold.     Eight  children. 


200  BAIRD    AND    BEARD    FAMILIES 

Children  of  George  and  Mary  Beard: 

Timolhy,  baptized   1746. 
Gideon,  baptized  1747,  Huntington,  Conn. 
Jeremiah,   baptized    1750.      Married    Phoebe   Riggs.    1785. 

Charles.     Married  Sarah  Ann  Clark,  April   13,   1788.     Blacksmith.     "Went  from 
Milford,  Conn.,  to  Goshen,  Orange  County,  N.  Y.     Sarah  died  in   1788. 

Children  of  Mary  Beard  and  John  Smith: 

Mary,  born   1731.      Married  John  Gibb. 

Beard,  born   1733;   died   1736. 

Mehiiable,  born   1735. 

Beard  Still,   born    1737;    died    1750. 

John,  born   1740. 

Amniel,  born   1745;   died    1750. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 
Children  of  John  and  Abigail  C.  Beard: 

John,  born    1754,  died    1756. 

Ephraini,  born    1756. 

Martha,  bom   1758;   died   1783. 

John,    born    1760.      He   enlisted    for    King's   army    in    the    fort    at    New    Haven. 

Member   of    While    Button    Company    at    lime    of    the    Revolution.      Married 

Ann  Benjamin. 
Abigail,  born   1761. 

Children  of  Sarah  Beard  and  Abraham  Baldwin: 

Sarah,  born   1769;   died   1770. 

Beard,  born    1771.      Married  Sybil.     Issue:     Eleven  children, 

Sarah,  born   1773;   died    1823. 

Comfort,  born  1774;  died   1807. 

Mary,  born    I77«;   died   1818. 

Abigail,  born   1780. 

Children  of  Abigail   Beard  and  Joshua  Baldwin: 

Hezekiah,  born   1775. 

Mary,  born   1779. 

Abigail.     Married  Joseph  Fowler. 

Elizabeth.     Married  Joel  Hinc. 

Sarah.     Married  Samuel  Tibbals. 

Elijah,  born    1789.     Graduate  of  Yale,    1812.     Minister. 

Children  of  Andrew  and  Susan  R.  Beard: 

Sally,  born  1781.     Married  Samuel  Baldwin,   1802. 

Andrew,  born    1784;    died   1785. 

Andrew,  born  1786.     Called  Colonel  Andrew.     Married  Nancy  Camp,  1811. 


ENGLISH   BEARDS  201 

Benjamin,  born   1788;  died  1876. 
Susan,  born   1790.     Married  William  Smith. 
Abigail,  born   1793.     Married  Samuel  Clark. 
Mariah,  born    1796.      Married  Hczekiah  Smith. 
David,  born    1798,  died    1879.     Unmarried. 
Joseph,  born   1800.     Married  Mary  Ann  Baldwin. 
Minerva,  born    1802;    died    1887. 

Children  of  David  and  Polly  Comstock  Beard: 

Homer,   born    1791.      Married   Phoebe   Morehouse,    1841. 

Benjamin,  born    1794. 

Maria,  born    1797. 

Minerva,  born    iBCO.      Married  Samuel   Beebe,  New  Milford,  Conn. 

Seymore,  born   1805;   died   1836. 

Eliza,   born    1809.      Married   Daniel   Morehouse.    1850. 

Children  of  Comfort  Beard  and  Benajah  Nettleton: 

William,  born   1790. 
Abigail,  born    !79I. 
Seman,  born    1793. 
Hezekiah,   born    1796. 
Joseph,  born  1798. 
Anna,  born   1801. 
Edward,  born    1804. 
Charles  A.,  born  1807. 

Children  of  David  and  Anne  Beard. 

David,  born  1755  in  Huntington,  Conn.  Married,  first,  Polly  or  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Beach  and  Charity  Tomlinson.  1789.  She  died  1793.  He 
manied,  second,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Ruth  Holbrook  and  James  Beard,  1793. 
In    1834  he  moved  to  Pompey,   N.  Y.,  with  his  son  David.     He  died   there. 

Sarah,  born  1757.     Married  Zachariah  Blackman,  Slradford,  Conn. 

Ebenezer,  born  1759.  Lived  at  Isinglass,  Conn.  Married  Ann  Thompsoa. 
Soldier  in  Revolution. 

Anna,  born  1761.  Married,  first,  David  Curtiss,  Stratford;  second.  James  Black- 
man. 

Samuel    Buckingham,    1764;    died    1776. 

Mary,  born    1766;   died   1776. 

Children  of  James  and  Ruth  Holbrook  Beard: 

Annet,   born    1756.      Married   Levi   Tomlinson. 

Samuel,  horn   1757;   died   1758. 

Ruth,  baptized    1759.      Married   her   cousin,   David    Beard. 

Lucy,  baptized    1762.     Married  Rev.  Daniel  Tomlinson. 

James,  born  1765,  in  Derby.  Conn.  Married  Harriel  Wolcott.  of  Hartford. 
He  was  a  sea  captain. 

Daniel   (Dr.).  born   1767.     Married   Betsey   Field,  West   Brookfield,   Mas*. 


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David,  born   1770.     Married  Elira  Chapin. 
Elizabeth,  born    1772.     Unmarried. 

William  (Dr.),  born  1775.  Married,  first,  Abigail  Blaksee;  second,  Hannah 
Farnum,   Worcester,   Mass.      No  children. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Wheeler  Beard,  Huntington,  Conn.: 

Lavinia,    1760-1830.      Married,   first,   Lewis   Judson,    1780,   no   children;    second, 

Lemuel    Wooster,     1790.       Issue:     Lewis,    Anna,    Rebecca,    Judson,    Lyman, 

Harriet,  Tommie. 
Rebecca,    1763-1807.      Married   Joseph  Smith,    1788,   Torrington,   Conn.      Issue: 

Nine  children. 
Joel.    1763-1849.      Married,    first,    Mercy   Blackman,    1787;    second,    Mrs.   Abby 

Hawley,   1829. 

James,  1768-1855.  Married,  first,  Phoebe  Newton,  1797;  second,  Mary  Ann 
Ford.    1826,  Milford,  Conn. 

Elizabeth.  1771-1863.  Married  John  Wooster,  Jr.,  1791.  Well's  Hollow. 
Huntington,    Conn. 

Sarah,  1773-1862.  Married  Stiles  Curtiss,  1794,  Woodbury.  Conn.  He  died 
in   1850. 

Joanna,  1776-1866.  Married  William  Summers,  1798,  Woodbury.  Conn.  Is- 
sue:  Seven   children. 

Samuel,  1779-1S75.  Married  Arlicretia  Wooster,  1804,  Oxford,  N.  Y.,  and 
Troy.   Pa. 

Polly,  1783-H372.  Married,  first,  Augjslin  Beardsley;  second,  Joel  Champ; 
third,   Fliiah  Sherman.     She  died  in   East  Troy.  Wis. 

Children  oi  Azariah  and  Thankful  Beard: 
Jehoida.   1770-1773. 
HoJa,  1777. 
Anna,    1782. 
Charity.   1784. 

Children  of  Charles  and  Sarah  Ann  Clark  Beard: 

He   may   have   had   other   children.      One   son  was— 

James    Clark    Beard,    born    1803;    died    1898.      He    had    a    son,    Niram    Curtis 

Rundal   Beard,   who  had   a  son,  James  Clark  Beard,  who  had  a  son,  Curtis 

J.    Beard,   of    New   York   City. 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 

Children  of  Joan  and  Ann  Benjamin  Beard: 

Nancy.     Married,  first,  Mr.  Fitch,  of  New  Haven.  Conn.,  had  one  son,  George; 

second.  Smith,  of   Milford,   Conn. 
Polly.     Married,  first.   Mr.   McNeal.  two  children;    second,  Thaddeus  Netllelon, 

of  Milford,  Conn. 
Abby,     Married  John  Plumb,  Milford. 

John.     Died  in  infancy.  ' 

John. 


ENGLISH   BEARDS  203 

Frederick,    born    1794,    in    Edford,    111.;    died    1861.      Married    Roxanna    Cone, 
1818.     Issue:   John   Guslavus   Beard. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Sally  Baldwin  Beard: 

Noah.    1804. 
Lavinia,   1806. 
Sally.  1807. 
Sybil  C.    1810. 
Samuel,   1812. 
David,    1814. 
Susan,    1815. 

Children  of  Andrew  and  Nancy   (C?,mp)    Beard.    Milford,  Conn.: 

Rogers  Andrew,    1811-1894.      Married  Martha  Baldwin.    1833. 

Allen   Camp.    1813-1897.      Married  Abigail  Smith,    1840. 

Addison.    181 5-1895.     Married  Anna  Maria  Baldwin.    1837. 

George  Newton.    1817.     Married,  first,  Sarah  Peck  Glenny.   1853;  second,  Abby 

Perkins. 
Elcazer    Judson,    1819-1886.      Married    Martha    J.    Carringlon.    1864.    Mulford. 

Conn.      (George  Newton  cind  Eleazer  lived  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.) 
Ira,    1821-1880.     Married  Isabella  Orr  Shaw,   1850.  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. 
Andrew,   1824.     Married  Mary  . 

Children  of  William  and  Susan    (Beard)    Smith: 
William,   1807-1812. 

Beard,   1815-1885.     Married,  first.  Mary  Hine.   1839;   second.  Susan  Plait,  1863. 
Susan,    1817-1897. 

Abigail.   1821-1870.     Married  Allen  Camp  Beard.   1840.  Bethany.  Ci^nn, 
Grace  Ann.  1822-1873.     Married  Nathan  Clark.  Jr. 
Celia  Kalhrine,   1 826- 1881. 

Children  of  Hezekiah  and  Maria   (Beard)   Smith: 

Minerva.    1822.      Married  Almon   Neltleton. 

Dennis.    1826-1895.      Married   Abigail   Alicia   Beard,    1863. 

Lucretia.    1828-1870.     Unmarried. 

Martha    Maria,    1833.      Married   Joel   Smith. 

Hezekiah  Prosper.  1835-1863,  in  the  army  near  Falmouth.  Va. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Ann   (Baldwin)    Beard: 

Joseph  Treat.    1840.      Married  Alice  Davis,    1872.   Milford.  Conn. 

Children  of  Samuel  Beebe  and  Minerva  (Beard)  Sterling: 

Homer.    1829  1865. 

Edward,    1832.      Married   Cornelia  S.   Hine,    1875.      Son,   Herbert  Chester. 

Martin.    1834. 

Henry.    1836-1863. 

Mar/  Elizabeth.   1839.     Married  Ambrose  B.  Judy.  1879.     Illinois. 

George,    1842. 


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Children  of  David  and  Polly    (Tomlinson)    Beard: 

Unnamed,  bom   1790. 

Deach,    1791-1881.      Married    Frances    Curtis,    1816.      Resided    in    Fayettevillc, 

N.  Y. 
Linson,  1793-1804. 

Children  of  Stiles  and  Sarah   (Beard)  Curtis: 

Amzi.    1795-1869.     Unmarried. 

John.    1797-1886.      Married   Maria  Gilbert.    1818. 

Maria.    1800-1895.      Married    William    Graham    Moselcy,    1821.    of    Soulhbury, 

Conn.     They  lived   in   Boston.   Mass. 
Caroline,   1802-1846.     Married  Samuel  Smith,  of  South  Britain,  Conn. 
Harriet,    1804-1885.     Married  Truman   Mmor,  Woodbury,  Conn. 
Eliza.    1806-1840.     Unmarried. 
Charles.  1812-1872.     Married,  first.  Emily  Lambert.  1838;  second,  Mary  Gleason 

Goodwin,    1842.     They   lived   at  Cleveland.  Ohio. 
Henry  Stiles.   1814-1869.     Married  Elizabeth  Benham.  1840. 

EIGHTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Beach  and  ^ranees    (Curtis)    Beard: 

Beach  Cuitis,   1817-1891.     Married  Caroline  Hannah  Callcnder.   1840. 

Henry  Linson,   1619-1888.     Married  Ann  Maria  Callendar,   1846. 

Morris,   1821.     Married  Almira  Wells.   1845. 

Ira,    1822-1844.     Unmarried. 

Huntington,    1826.     Married  Sarah  E.   Hale,    1869. 

Frances,  1828-1862.     Married  Napoleon  B.  Gardner.  1848. 

Randolph.   1831.     Married  Helen  Knapp. 

Ellen.   1838.     Married  Robert  Crouse,   1858. 

NINTH  GENERATION. 

Children  of  Randolph  and  Helen  A.  (Knapp)  Beard: 
Gertrude  L..  1854.     Married  Charles  H.  Price,  1873. 
Minnie  A..   1856.     Married  Seth  D.  Baker,  1877.     She  died  in   1881. 
Francis  A.,   1858-1874. 
Robert  Huntington,    1863. 
This  record  is  brought  still  further  by  Ruth  Beard,  of  Shelton,  Conn. 


APPENDIX. 


THE  WASHINGTON  FAMILY. 

For  years  historians  and  genealogists  were  keen  on  the  trail  of 
tlie  Washington  family  in  Enf;land.  They  knew  that  Washington 
himself  had  once  slated  that  his  family  had  come  from  o.ne  of  ihc 
ronhe'n  counties  of  Fiigland,  but  this  information,  vague  as  it 
was,  threw  many  off  the  scent;  ihcy  did  not  take  into  account 
the  migrations  of  the  family,  and  so  were  perplexed  bv  the  per- 
sistent claims  of  the  I:tlle  town  of  Sul|;rave,  in  North  li'antt,  that 
it  was  the  "cradle  of  the  Washinjlons."  Traces  of  the  familv 
are  at  Whilfieid  or  Tuwhilf.eld,  Warlon  Parish,  Lancashire,  not  to  mention  carlisr 
footprints  of  the  Was'iini^tons  in  and  near  Durham,  in  the  vicinity  of  which  are 
Washington  Hall  and  the  hamlet  or  "Town  of  the  \X'ass!ngs,"  dating  back  to  the 
days  of  the  Conqueror.  These  were  trails  enough  to  confuse  searchers,  all  the  way 
from  Washington  Irving  down  the  line.  It  wis  a  Mr.  Waters  who  at  length  had 
the  success  of  linking  tlie  Reverend  Lawrence  Wasliin^lon,  M.A..  of  Purleic^h,  with 
the  Sulgra-.e  family,  and  thus  w;lh  John  and  Lawrence  who  left  England  for  Vir- 
ginia in   1657. 

The  town  reco  ds  of  Northampton,  \vhich  lies  only  a  few  m-lcs  distant  from 
Naseby,  f>r  Navesby,  traditionally  the  very  center  of  Frfr'and,  tell  us  of  a  Law- 
rence Washinglon,  r,cn  of  John  WasSint^ion  of  Wartop.  Lancashire,  who  was  twice 
mayor  of  ;he  borous^h;  llicie  was  a  Jc";n  Xv'ashinsitcn,  fa'hcr  of  Lawrence,  who 
is  belisved  to  havi-  come  from  Whildcld  in  the  same  county,  though  there  seems 
to  be  proof,  as  before  alluded  to,  that  th.s  family  of  good  yeomen  stock  once  was 
living  in  Durham,  and  one  genealogist  has  even  liaced  the  family  back  to  Odin, 
King  of  Scanel'r.avia.  Bu'  it  is  siiHicicnt  for  us  to  r'>  back  in  the  family  annals 
as  far  as  that  Lowrenre  Washington  who  became  Mayor  of  Nonhampton  1532. 
His  mother  was  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  Kitson,  of  ^'arton.  Through  the 
Sir  Thomas  Kitson  referred  to.  a  member  of  the  Mercers  Company  and  triply 
icia'.cd  to  Lawrence  Washington,  the  lailer  had  another  powcrfi:!  friend.  He  be- 
came still  more  wealthy,  and  in  time  he  desired  to  have  a  country  estate  of  his 
own,  rear  to  his  business  in  the  town.  The  lands  of  Sulgrave  Manor,  for  sale 
since  l.'-.e  dissolution  of  the  monasteries,  lay  conveniently  at  iiar.c!,  and  of  these 
lands  Lawrence  Wasninglon  quickly  became  posseisor.  Me  at  once  proceeded  to 
build  hims'iif  a  handsome  house  at  Sulgrave,  where  he  seilled  down  to  the  com- 
fortable  life   of   one   of   (he  proud   magnates  of   the   county. 

Lawrence  Washington  had  several  sons.  Of  these,  Lawrence  became  a  man 
of  considerable  culture,  having  been  at  Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  then  joining 
Gray's  Inn  in  1582,  after  which  he,  like  his  father,  became  a  Bencher.  Fo.- 
several  years  he  was  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Maidstone.  Bui  it  was  Robert 
Washington  who  succeeded  to  the  Sulgrave  lards,  continuing  to  own  them  until 
1610,   when   some   embarrassment  seems   to  have   overtaken   the   family. 

When  leaving  the  old  home  at  Sulgrave,  Robert  Washington  seems  to  have 
gone  to  live  at  Bringlon,  close  to  Allhorp,  the  country  seat  of  Lord  Spencer,  whom 
we  may  conceive  of  as  befriending  the  Washington  family  during  its  dilTiculties 
of  whatever  nature.  Both  Lawrence  and  Robert  Washington  seem  to  have  lived 
at    Bringlon. 

A    house   wai    found,    close    upon    the    quaint    street   of    Little    Bringlon,    which. 


206  BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 

ihougli  not  a  proper  habitation  for  the  gentry,  yet  had  an  air  bespeaking  its  having 
been  built  for  people  in  rank  above  the  peasants  of  the  village.  Together  with 
its  high  gabled  roof  and  thatch,  it  has  four  mullioned  windows,  an  inscription  above 
the  square-headed  doorway  and,  in  the  garden,  an  ancient  sundial  unmistakably 
bearing   the   Washington  arms. 

But  let  us  get  on  to  the  Reverend  Lawrence  Washington  of  Purleigh,  third  son 
cf  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave  and  Bringlon,  for  if  was  through  this  one 
ol  the  numerous  Lawrences  of  the  family  that  the  American  branch  was  founded. 
The  most  interesting  thing  about  this  man  is  that,  while  holding  the  rectorship  of 
Purleigh,  in  Essex,  he  was  ejected  in  1643,  by  order  of  Parliament,  for  being  a 
"malignant  Royalist.'  In  this  connection,  the  gentleman  was  referred  to  as  "a 
common  frequenter  of  ale-houses,"  and  as  "dayly  tippling  there  and  also  encour- 
aging others  in  that  beastly  vice;  but  it  is  quite  certain  that  his  fault  was  really 
that  of  loyally  to  the  Royalist  cause,  a  feeling  which  was  shared  by  practically 
the  whole  of  the  Washington  family.  Elsewhere  the  rector  was  termed  a  "moderate 
and  sober"  man,  praiseworthy  in  all  his  works;  yet  he  was  dismissed  from  his 
parish  and  only  reinstated  in  the  m;nislry,  much  later,  by  being  offered  a  little 
post  in  the  vicinity  of  Tring,  Elerts — this  Tring  being  the  village  in  which  was 
found  the  precious  bit  of  parchment  which  finally  established  the  line  of  the 
Washington*  of  Virginia  from  Lawrence  Washington  of  Sulgrave.  His  two  sons, 
Lawrence  and  John,  resolved  to  try  their  fortunes  across  the  ocean,  in  accordance 
with  the  well  known  colonizing  instincts  of  the  English,  and  founded  the  American 
branch  of  the  family,  George  Washington  having  been  the  son  of  Augustine, 
giandson  of  John  Washington  of  Tring,  who  went  to  Virginia  in  1657. — (^Chriilian 
Science   Monilor,  of  July   5,    1918.) 


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INDEX. 

BAIRD. 

Aaron:    73.  80.  81.  87.  88,  89,  99.  Anne:     77.    78.   79.   83.   84.   85.    153. 

A.  B.:    129.  133.  134.  177;  N.  93;  S.  170. 

Abbie    R.:    189.  Annie:     48.   58,    144;    F.    102;    R.    111. 

Abia  F.:    134.  135.  A.   P.:     154. 

Abigail  D.:    134.  .  Archibald:     41,   44,   53.   54.   69,    127. 

Abner:    81.  133^    |94 


Archie:      118. 
Armenia:     102. 


Abraham  D.:     160. 

Abram:     159;    D.   158;  S.  159. 

Ada:    126;  C.  189. 

Adahne:     183.  Arthur:      158;     A.     149;     R.     143;     S. 

Addie:    64.    161;    T.   113.  '•^■^;    W.    100. 

Addiscn   H.:     183.  Arv.lla:     183. 

Adelade:     100.  Arzula:     153. 

Adolphus:    189;   E.  180.  185.  Alkins:     138. 

Adrien:     137.  A.   T..    Dr.:      189. 

Agatha:     100.  Austin:    J.   141. 

Agnes:    42.  51,  52,  57.   110.   111.   129,  Avis:    171,  173.   174.  193;  A.  89. 

130,     134.     144.     145.     184;     M.     111.  Barnes:     59. 

143,    149;    McF.    134;    T.    103.  Barton:     DeF.    132.    133. 

Ailecn:     189.  Bar^illa:     171,    173.    175;    A.    175,    178. 
Albert:    64.    121.   125;    B.  92;    C.   137,  '*^- 

138;  J.  !44;   R.  107.  Bascom:     184. 

Alexander:     56.  57.  59,  69.  81.  85.  86.  Bedent:     170.    171.    172.    173,    174.   175. 

97.  134,  142,  150,  151.  152,  154.  156,  176.   178.   179.   180. 

157.    158.    159.    160.    165.    166.    167.  b    f-    121     161 

168.  172,  175.  178.  185;  J.  76;  P.  66.  g'.,,^'/  ,4,  ',^7  ' 

Alfred:    59.  64.   158;    H.   185.   189.  Benjamin:  '  120,"    158.     159.     160.     161. 
Alice:      126.   131.   153.  159.   160.  170;  168.    169.    170,    174,    177;    B.    102; 

A.  142;  H.  149;  J.  143.  F.   169;   W.   121.   183. 

A'meda  F.:     148.  Bessie:     140. 

Alonzo:     154;    B.    100;    T.    154.  Bella:     142. 

Al'a:      189.  Blanch:      100. 

Amanda:     125;    M.    169.    178.  Blodgel:     175,    179. 

Amelia:     122.  p,uce:     123.   '  . 

Amy:     182,    183;    A.    149;    H.    181.  B    W  •     121 

Andrew:     43,    50,    51,    56,    58.    78.    Ill,  Brvan-     194     195 

159,    169.    171.    172.    173.    174.    175,  Buncombe:    189.  ■ 

176.  178.  179.  180.  192.  193;  T.  152,  Byron:     183. 

'91.  C.   A.:     139. 

Angeima:      133.  Calloway  or   Galway   H.:    68. 

Ann:      124.    125.    126,    140,    141,    142.  Calvin:     92.    147.    149;    A.    131.    147. 

143.    158.    174.    177.    179.    182;    B.  Camille  A.:    123. 

153;    C.    187;    E.    135.    146.    168;    J.  Camarc:      189. 

169;    N.    103;    R.    112;    T.    136.  Carolme:      132.    151.    170;    E.    135;    T. 

Anna:     102.   124,   126,   134,   170.   175,  183. 

178,    191;    B.    183;    C.    190;    E.    191;  Carrie:     126. 

F.  89;    L.   179;    McD.   113.   U4.  Catlina:     159. 


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Cathrine:    93.    119.    122.    132.   135.    140. 

158.    159.    176,    183,    188;    A.    157. 

IbO;   C.   140;    B.   160;   E.  122,  123; 

P.    160.   190;   T.   131. 
Celia   E.:     113.    114. 
Chambers:     77.    83.   84.   93. 
Chancellor:      127. 
C.   Hannah:     189. 
Charily:     ICO. 
Charles:     93,    126.    129.    130.    131,    133. 

168,  169,  194;  A.  182;  B.  96,  133; 

H.    97,   99.    154;    J.    187.    190;    K. 

131:    L.   G.    132:    M.    107;    P.   57, 

86.   97;    T.   64,    144;    W.   89,   90, 

150.  161.  190;  V.  W.  64. 
Chauncy:    69. 
Chcslcr:     69. 
Christiana   E.:     135. 
Christine    W.:     188. 
Chrislna    M.:     59. 
Christopher :     43.    156.    159. 
Cl.ira:    92.  145;   C.  143;   E.  149;  W. 

145. 
Clarance:     148;    C.    149, 
Clarice    J.:      143. 
Clarisra    M.:     59. 
Cicm    J.:      169. 
Clemens:     146. 
Clementine:     107. 
Clinton:    92. 
Clovce:      131. 
CIvdj:     149. 
Cora:     127. 

Cornelia   B.:     160;    L.    189. 
Cornol-'us:     117.    118.    120.    139. 
C.   T.:     191. 
Cvnthia   E.:     68. 
Cvrus:     131,    147.    149. 
Daisv:     127. 
Daniel:     152;    G.   168.   169;   W.   170. 

David:     46.   47.   51,    54.    59.   63,   65. 

92.    108.    109.    113.    122,    124.    134. 

141.   168.   170.   172.    173.   174.   175. 

176.   177,   178,   181,   182,   183.   193; 

A.  88.  100.  109.  122,  123;   E.  148; 

F.    135;    G.    123;    H.   59,    124;    S. 

162. 
Debora:     131,    175;    B.    153. 
D.  P.:    179. 
Deliverance  B.r     176. 
Delila:     178. 
Delia:     144;    V.    188. 
Demetrius:     183. 
Diana  P.  A.:    99. 
Dixie   A.:     138. 


Donna:      107. 

Dorothy:      160,    191. 

Duboise:      159. 

Ebenezer:     54,    92;    T.    111.    113.    116. 

Edgar:    91. 

Edith:      161. 

Edna:     154. 

Edward:    127.   137.   174;   C.  97.  128: 

K.  132;   L.  102;   P.  88.  97.  113. 
Edwin:      100;    H.    154. 
Eleanor:     67,    149.    150,    177.    182;    H. 

154;  L.  150;   M.  123,  160. 
Electa:    92. 
Eli  H.:    100.  170. 
Eliphlet   H.:    89. 

Elisha:     175.  176,   188,   193.   194.   195. 
Eliza:    64.  85,   87,   96.  99,    102,    111. 

112,    113.    117,    126,    140,    141,    143. 

144,  153;  A.  93.  128;  C.  112,  120. 
126,  142;  E.  Ill;  J.  89;  K.  131; 
McD.  151.  153;  McQ.  118;  McW. 
107;  R.  149.  150.  151;  T.  187; 
W.  99. 

Elizabeth:  43,  44,  43.  49.  51,  52,  55. 
56,  59,  65.  C7,  72,  77,  79,  80,  81.  83. 
84.  91,  92,93,  94.  110,  117.  118.  122, 
124,    125,    129,    130,    135,    141,    143. 

145,  146,  150,  152.  158.  159.  160. 
161.  167,  168,  172,  177.  178,  179. 
!81,  194;  B.  91.  96;  C.  67.  150;  D. 
110;  E.  134;  F.  66;  R.  49;  S. 
131;  V.  H.  161;  W.  93.  117.  179, 
184. 

FJla:     161;    T.    170. 

Ellen:     141.    142.    143.    158;    P.    144; 

R.    143;    \V.    144. 
Elsa:    158.   159,   160. 
Ellon   D.:     107. 
Elvina    L.:      123. 
Elvi-a:     147. 
Emeline   C:      169. 
Emery :     64. 

Emily:     160;   C.  87;   W.   154. 
Emma    C:     89,    96,    100;    H.    169;    L. 

143;  S.  189. 
F.mmerson   P.:     182. 
Er.do^ea    A.:     138. 
Enoch:    96;    F.  85. 
Enhraim  W. :     66. 
E'$t»lla:     144. 
Esther:   52.72.  110.  112.  113.  131,  134, 

135.    136.    160;    E.    112.    134,    136; 

K.  129.  130;  T.  Ill,  115. 
Ethel  C:    143. 


INDEX  209 

Etta:      149.  Haltie:    69.    122.   144. 

Euclid:     179.  Heady:     151. 

Eva:     131.  148.   149.  Helen:     119,    169;    J.    144. 

Evalina:     177.    182.    183.    184.  Henrietta:     158. 

Evaline:     149.    179.    189.  Henry:     109.    110.    111.    114.    124.    125. 

Everetta:    149.  I28,    141.    147.    194.    195;    C.    128. 

Ezekiel:    171.   173.  175.  1 39_    i58_    157.    q    59.    j    132;    l. 

Fannie  L.:    96.  19|  .     ^^     g]^    39     90.    91,    95.    102. 

Fanny:     120.    151;    L.   T.   64.  103;    S.    120.     128;     Stevenson    119; 

Felix:     150,    151.    152;    W.   185,    189.  j    103. 

^'*^''  .         n,      o^      r.^      r.n      ,^-,  Herbert:    64;McD.   153. 

Fermine:      83.     86,     89,     90,     97,     107;  Hester-    43    49-    B     126 

DuB.   102;   O.  89.  Homer:      131.     '       ' 

Florence:      127;     C.    93.     113,     170.  Honour:     52. 

Frances:     109,    135.   148.   149;    M.  97.  Howard:      182. 

Francis:     48,    51,    56,    114,    122,    134,  Hu?h:     42,    51.    129.    130,    131.    145. 
136.   158.   162.  146^   I47.   ^    ng 

Francois:     56.  jj^.     |26;    L.    183. 

Frank:     92.     144,     149,    189;     C.    143;  Inman:     191. 

P.    148.  Ira   H.:      !62. 

Franklin:     179.  I. one:      152,    167.    175. 

Fred:     64.  Isaac:     49,    54.    55.    58,    59.    158.    160. 

Frederick:      132.  Isabel:      151,    152. 

Garret   V.:     161.  Isah-lla:     109,   111,   123.   134,   143.   145: 

Gennett:     43.  A.    189;    M.    122.    127;    V.    123;    W. 

George:    48.   51.   52,   60,   63.   64.   67.  |85. 

113.    115,    121.    125,    140.    144.    150.  j^^^^.    ^6    PO    121     139 
151.    152.    156,    193,    194.    195;    A.  ,•    ,7,    ±    ,«7 

59;  C.  99;  E.  162;  G.  88;  H.  102;  , '^^'=     '^^'   ''^-   '"'• 

P.    151;    Rev.   65;    U.    188;    W.   89.  ,   -,1;    '^-.flfl 

91,   122.  ■  l^---  ,'3^ • 

Gertrude:      100;    A.    181.  JabezC.:    91. 

Gibson:     147  Jackson:     148. 

grace!^  58    144,   147,  148.   155.  J-^'^^    4^'  '^0.  174,  179.  181. 

Granburv:     151.  James:    41,  42.  43.  44,  45.  48,   49.   50. 
Halb^rt'B.:    149.  51.   54,   56.   57,   58.  63,   76.   77.  78. 

HaUey    O"      107  79.    83,    84.    92.    93.    99.    108.    110. 

Hammie:     153.      '  111,    113.    114.    120.    122.    124.    125. 

Hannah:    43.48,49,50,51.52.56.59.  126.    127.    129.    130.    133.    134.    139. 

72.  73.  78.  81.  84.  87,  93,  159.  189,  140,    141.    143,    146.    150.    151,    152. 

193,     194;    J.    179.    185;     M.    135.  156.    162,    163,    164.    165,    166.    167. 

142    189  168,    175,    176.    177,    178.    179.    180. 

u    ,  '  J      ,4  182,   185,   193;   A.  59.  92.  154.  185. 

nlrlen   P       97  '^"^^    ^-    ^^^'-    ^     '*^' '•    ^-    '^-   ^^^■' 

HarZ:    122,  131.  132.  187.  189,  190;  ^-    '^0.    184     188.    194;    F     102; 

A.  83,  86.  92,  93.  123;  E.  59;  F.  91 ;  ^{.^\?I'  \\t'  ^..^\^J,'  '    ''    11 

fis^R-  9V''  '""^  ^-  '''-'  "*•  •"•  L.%8V;''  M^-wMt-m.   %. 

'^'  :,.,  188:    McK.    131;    N.    83.    91.    93; 

Harrison:      177^  p     75     77.    gg,    99,     129.    152.    154; 

Harry:     126;    E.    143;    L.  97;    P.   167;  r     ]20.    190;    S      153;     S.    T.    187 

T-  108.  190;    T.    143;    W.   59.  66.  75.   llf.. 

Harvey  B.:    83,  92.  144,    154,    156,    162.    165.    166.   167. 

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210 


BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


\ 


Jane:  50.  51.  56.  67,  69.  78.  79.  83. 
84.  88,  92.  93,  98.  99.  100,  102. 
111.    117,    122,    132,   134,    135,    137. 

141.  150,  158,   159;  A.  135;  C.  92, 
122;   L.   179;   W.   116. 

anct:     109.    119. 

ason:      145. 

can:     57. 

tanne   C:     142. 

canny:     178,    190. 

emima:    194,    195. 

cnnett:    48. 

cnnie:      144.     150,     153;     C.     147;     M. 

142,  145;  N.  68. 

ercmiah:    73,    102,    192.    193;    P.  89, 

erome:      102. 

esse:    68,    193;    A.    133,    143;    H.    148, 
161;  K.  133;   R.  123,  124. 

essie:    64.    100,    132.    144;    K.   131. 

.   H.:     121. 

oanna  C:     143. 

ohanna:     194.    195. 

John:  41,  42,  43,  44,  45.  46.  47,  43, 
49.  50.  51,  52,  55,  56.  57,  58,  62,  65, 
66.  67.  68.  69.  76.  77.  78,  79.  83, 
84,  92,  102,  109.  110,  111,  T12, 
113,  114.  117.  120,  121.  122.  124, 
125.  126.  127,  129.  130,  131,  133, 
134,  137.  139,  140,  141,  142,  143, 
145,  146,  147,  148.  149,  150.  151. 
152.    156.    158.    159,    160,    167,    163, 

169,  170.  171,  172,  173,  174,  175, 
176,  177,  179,  180,  182.  183,  188, 
193.  194,  195;  A.  88,  99.  100.  142, 
144;  B.  66.  120.  153.  169;  C.  119, 
120;  F.  126,  127.  135;  G.  76.  119; 
H.  67,  83,  111,  143,  151,  182;  J. 
122;  J.  H.  157;  J.  M.  150;  L.  118, 
150,  179;  M.  125,  146,  148;  N. 
92.  107,  184;  P.  127.  134,  151. 
193,  195;  O.  183;  R.  91,  !81.  187, 
191;  T.  127.   184:   W.  68,  99,  107. 

118,  119,   142.   143,   158. 
Johnson:     152;   D.   153,   154. 
Jonathan:    64,  162,   165.  171.   173,   182. 
Joseoh:    42,  46.  55.  67,  99,   117,   118, 

119.  121,    no,    132,    138,    139,    140, 

170,  174,  175,  177,  178.  180.  185. 
193;  A.  100,  184;  B.  187,  191;  C. 
71.  92.  131.  184.  189;  C.  V.  83. 
92;   S.  107.   138. 

Josephine:    92,  137.  138.  139.  180. 
Josiah:    67.    126.    192.    193;    M.    123; 
W.  67.  88. 


Joshua:    84.  92.  93,   151;    M.  93;   R. 

93. 
J.  R.:     132. 
J.  S.:    118.  119.  139,  169. 

judge:     114. 

Julia   A.:     59;    B.    166,    167;    C.    155; 

F.  102:  H.  113. 

Julian  \V.:    59. 

Juliana:     135. 

Kate    B.:      117. 

K=thrine:    48.    156. 

Keith:      149. 

Kenneth   B.:     190;    E.  58. 

Klilie:     151.    154. 

L.:     189. 

I.ady   M.:     191. 

Lamiza  A.:     169. 

Lany  F.:     135. 

Laura:     120,    142,    153,    154,    168;    Ann 

64;    E.    184;    F.    138;    K.    185;    M. 

189. 
Laurence:     148;    L.    149. 
L    C:    68. 
Lena:      155. 
Leslie    E.:     144. 
Lester:     64. 
l^conard:     148. 
Leonardus    F.:     66. 
Levi:     81. 
Lewis:     68. 
L.  H.:    107. 

Lilian:     190;    F.    148;   S.    190. 
Lillie  v.:     154. 
I,i77ie:     170;    B.  96. 
Lorella   H.:     185;    T.    189. 

Lou   N.:     137,   138. 

Louisa:     184. 

Louise:    138;  S.  167. 

Lucinda    M.:      59. 

Lucino   C:     120. 

Lucrelia   McC:     119. 

Lurv:     170;    H.  97,   132;   J.  64;  O.  59. 

Ludwtll  McK.:    151,  153. 

Luelia  T.:     64. 

Lula   A.:     102;    M.    124. 

Lydia:     81,    89.    117,    131.    132.    170. 

174.    175.    177.    181;    G.    108.    176; 

McF.  131;  S.  132. 
Lvnan  B.:    91. 
Mabel:     149. 
Maqdalcn:      158. 
Ma^dalena  V.:     156.    157. 
Masgie:     119.    126;    M.    106. 
Malcolm:      189. 


INDEX  211 

Malinda:     91;    W.    132.    133.  M.   C:     184. 

Marcus:     126.  M.   D.:    o9. 

Maria:     87.   92.   98,    142.    152;    C.   92;  Melissa:     184. 

H.  167;  W.  99.  rviild.rd    A.:     91,    152.    191. 

Marion:     109.  Miles:     167.    168.    169. 

Margaret:     43.   48,   49.    52,    54,    57.   58.  '^'-'o"   ^■-     64. 

69,  77,  78,  79,  81.  83.  84.  85.  87.  93.  ^1'''°"  T.:     100. 

94.    100.    103.    no.    112.    114.    117.  Mmcrva:     168. 

118.    121.    122.    129.    130.    134.    135.  M'randa:    59. 

136.    137.    143.    144.    158.    159.    162.  Collie:    92.  193;  F.  183. 

166.     176.     179,     190,     193,    194;     A.  Morrison:     137;    M.    154. 

88    10?    117    119    139    189-   B    77  Moses:    39,  44.  45.  49.  51,  76,  77.  79. 

79;    C.'l94;'  E.  'l03,  'i08:'d.'91;'  «0.  81.  83.  89.    102.    110.   113.   114. 

G.   102,  154:  J.  112.  113.  122,   123.  '22,    134;    A.    102;    J.   91;    L.    110. 

147.    152;    M.    142;    McK.    146;    O.  H 1 :   N.  63.  92;   W.   142. 

175,  176.   160;   P.  99;  S.   183.   187.  Myra  M.:    160.  185;  S.  185,  189. 

190;    W.   91.  Myrta   M.:     107. 

Martrery   F.:     102.  Myrtle  F.:    66. 

Martha:     41.   42.   49     51.    52.    57.    107.  ""TaT  lit'    15o''l6?' irl'*  .9.'-   Ill 

118.    125,    126,    127,    129.    130.    145.  ^J'.  '^'-    '^0.    168    169    19  .     93. 

146,  147.  149.  153,  160;  A.  151.  153;  l^-]'  ,^,    p^cf  p  Vqt   ?'J^* 

B.    177.    178;    H.    124.    191;    J.  99.  ^j^'    "V  fJ   f^AM'r^  •.«''/• 

168,  183.   184;   M.  100;  V.   183.  \f^-   '"•   ^^'^'   '^^=    ^^^Q-   "^^   ^^ 
Martm:     92;    V.    135.    169.  ^I,,„,:,    Q:      191;    J.    185;    S.    147. 
Mary:    42,  51.  56.  57,  58,  59.  65,  66,  Na'ccsa   A.:     189:    W.    149. 

67.  77.  83.  84.  92.  94,  iOS.  109.  110.  Nathaniel:     135;    W.    134. 

111.  118,  119.  120.  125.  126.  129.  Nellie:  131.  141,  143.  150.  153;  A. 
130.  131  133,  134.  NO.  141.  144.  149;  H.  86.  97;  L.  154;  M.  113; 
145.    146,    147.    143.    149.    151.    152.  W.  152. 

153.    157.    153,    160.    161.    167.    168,  nv,,;^.     n7-    M    113 

169.  170,    172,    174,    175,    176,    177.  Newton-    99*    p"ll9" 
178,    179,    180.    181.    182.    163.    188.  ^-.,,^1  D.:'  15^  159. 

?l'    ,^;    ^l.®^-    ®^-    '^''    *^2-     '11.  Norr^an    E.:     189. 

112.  121.    131.    135.    166.    169.    178.  oVdiah-    46    171     173 
160,    164.    189;    B.    120.    131.    132.  CHv      P       91 

171.    173.    175,    193.    194;    C.    126.  q.^  S-  "66     ' 

132.    148.    169;    D.    129.    130.    132;  O-Ille'-'    P7 

E.  92.  94.  99.    110.    112.    143.    165.  Palmer-    179' 
168.    169.    175.    177,    184.    185,    189;  Pake-'  IS''' 

F.  Ill;    G.    103.    108.    143.    149;    H.  Par'e,--     184 
178;   J^  86.  93.  97,   135,    142,   144.  Pa„„k:    55.' 65. 

176.  183.    184.    187.    190;    K.    146;  p^^].    145 
L.   113,   120,  123.  132;   M.  92.  100,  Pauli'ne-    r49 

102;    Mc.    14^:    McC.    110;    McD.  p^^.v  '  137  'l38    145 

il'^=,o'i^''5o,'^"c'.^o'f;   'J^\,?-  P^'-  =  '  66, 'l08.'l09.'l31.    178.    194. 

92,    184,    187.    150;    R.  84;   S.   133.  195.   y    161 

]^?'  ,1?',1^®',J-    '^^'    ^^^'    "^-  ^^^''-'-    '70.   174,   181. 

151.  154.  155.  161.  PSIllp.    J.  ,54.  L.  113. 

Mathe«r:    49.    121.    122.   179.  Phllo:    69. 

Matilda:     146.    147.    181.  Phoebe:     175.    177.    194;    A.    138. 

Mattie:     127.    147.    148;    G.    154.  Polly:    66.  137.  145.  152;  G.  67. 

Maude   3.:      187.  Priscilla   V.:      133. 

May:     100.  Rachel:    42.  64.  89.  93.    102.    122.    127. 

Maynard:    68.  174.    177,   179,   182. 


212  BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 

Ray     144  T.   125;   J.  57.   109.   111.   112.   115. 

Rebecca:    41.   50.   51.  52.  69.  78.  79.  116;    L.    119;    M.  89.    102;    M.  C 

110,    111.    112.    129.    134.    142.    152.  85;   S.   170;   T.   191.    192;   V.   144; 

158.    159,    161.    170,    176.   178,    183;  W.  142. 

A.    152,    154;    B.  66.    180;    E.   67.  Sanford  W.:    89. 

151.    176.   182;    H.  96;   N.   151;    P.  Sarah:    43.  45.  48.  84.  93,   118,    119. 

112.  130.  131.  132.  151:  S.  79.  |26.    135.    138.   142.    152.   158.    159. 

Red  ford   E.:     189.  168.    169.    170.   171.    173.    174,    175. 

Rei:    182.  183;   B.  177.  181.  176,    177.    178.    180,    181.    182.   193. 

Rcub'^n-    193  194;    A.   94,    137.    142.    183.    190; 

RKoda:'   194;'  P.    194.  B.    137;    C.    174,    181;    D.   59;    DeK. 

Richard:    44.  48.  49.  54,  182;  B.  184;  134;    E.    66.    89;    F.    126;    J.    99. 

P  66  125.    143.    146.    147,    151.    152;    M. 

o,.'  L             170  117.    125,    153;    McD.   151;    P.   119, 

^"","784  147;    S.    119;    T.    112. 

R.  M.:    169.  S.  C:     169.   189. 

Rob:     141.  S.  Dcnnie:     143. 

Robert:    39,  42,  43.  44,  46.  47.  50,  51,  -^['^""^    '^J'   '^'^• 

52.   53,   55.   56,   57.  58,  64,  65.  66,  ^hjrlcy:     155. 

74,   76,  77.  78,  79.  80,  81,  82.  83.  ^l^^^y:    \U- 

85,   86,   89,   90,   91.    102,    112.    114.  •^I"'"";       o,     -V   o,          ' 

115.    125,    127,    128,    130,   131.   132.  ^'"^  ^;>      A 

133,    134,    V39,    140,    141,    148,    156,  -°'°"        ,"J 

157,    158,    159,    160.    162.    165,    167.  ^oph>a:    '^t, 

168,   178,  184;  A.  83,  94,  100,  103.  l^'J}'".^''-    '^''   '^'^■ 

121,  132.   189;   B.  66.  88,  113,  117.  -"^"^  ^■-     '^^■ 

119-    C    122-    D    9!     189-    F    66  Stephen:    66,81,89,92,97,141,146. 

131;'   H.  119.'l32',  169;  J.  96. '143 •  147,   151.   160;   A.  83,  97;   B.   102. 

K.  108;  L.  144;  M.  92.  123;  P.  169;  103;    C.    138;    E.    191;    F.   83:    G. 

R.   133,   189;  S.  118.  119.  183;  W.  93;    J.    111.    112.    113;    L.   159;    M. 

100,   112,    113,    188.  148;   R.  91;  S.   107;    (Sadie  97). 

Robinson:    84,  93.     .  Susana:     111.  174.   175.   187. 

Romania-     92  Sydney:     78. 

Rosanna:'     114.    115.    122;    H.   Ill;    M.  Tabitha:     170.    174.    177.    183;    B.    178. 

67.  Tazewell   Dr.:     192. 

Rose:     153.  Tevclda:     126. 

Rosclla:     168.  Thadous  M.:      66. 

Roy:     138;    C.    149.  Theodore:      160. 

Rovden   K.:     107.  Thomas:     42.    44,    45,    47.    48.    51,    52, 

Ruffm:    65.  55,   56.   58.  60,  63.  64,  65.  68,  69, 

Rufus  K.:    64.  76,   77.   78.   79.   93.    109.    124.    127. 

Ruth:     155;   W.   113.  128,    129,    130,   131.    132,    133,    134. 

R.  W.:    119.  135.    139.    145,    146,    147,    140.    150. 

S.:    147.  156.    166.    167.    168.    169.    177.    182. 

Sabra  A.:    132;  B.  131.  132.  191;   B.  59.  135.   175,  178;  C.  132, 

Sadie:     123.  191;  D.  57,  76.  no.  111.  112.  113. 

S.    Dubois:     158.  114.    115,    116.    117;    E.    135,    136; 

Saline:     117.  H.    170;    J.    128,   131,   143.    144,   147. 

Sallie:      (Sarah)    117.   118;    A.    122.  149.    169;    M.   69;    McD.    113.    114; 

Samuel:    41.   42.   51.    57.   58,   69.   81.  O.   133;    R.  49.   131.   188;   S.   154; 

111.   112.   117.   120.    121.   122.    124.  W.  93.  122,   123.  138.  166.  167. 

126.    130.    131.    132.    134,    135.    136.  Thompson:     152. 

140.    141.    142.    143.    166.    167,    171.  Thurman  G.:     190. 

173.  183:  A.  91:  B.  119;  C.  142;  C.  Tirzah  S.:    170. 


INDEX 


213 


Tvler-    64    131  183.    184.    188.    190.    192.    193.    194. 

UJ,!,,:     146       ■  195;    A.    123.    137.    138.    147.    148; 

Vernon-     64  B.  66,    107.    135.    187.   192,   193;   C 

V.ctona  A.:'  187.  59.  67.  90.    118.    119.    149,   153;   E. 

VIrg.nia:    100;  C.  170.  183.  118,    134;    F.  85.  96.   102;   G.   152. 

Wallace   B  •    97  154;  H.  96.  143.  148.  1 49.  169,  187; 

Waller:     55.    107.    153.  J.  59.  88,  99,   184;   L.  57.  109.  111. 

Wa.-drn   J-     118.  113.    114.    115.    144,    179.    184;    M. 

Washmr,ton:     84.    93.  97;     McF.    131.    132;    P.    151.    153. 

Wilder-     147  183;   R.  59,   18U;  T.  113,  169.  184. 

William:    41,  42,  43.  44.  45.  47.  48.  '8*^.  191=  W-  90.  100.  107. 

49,  50.  51.  52,  54.  55.  56.  57.  58.      W.llle:    126. 

59,   64.   65,   66,  67,   68,   69,   78.  84.       W.lson:     169. 

93,  97,  99,  108.  112,   117.  118.  120,      Um.frecl-    148-    E    143 

124.    125.    126.    127.    129,  130.    131.       }J.:"'^"^^   'f^'    ^-   '^^• 

132.    133.    134.    137.    139.  140.    141,        W^nona  C:     Wl. 

!46,    147,    149.    150.    151.  152.    153.       Winston:     68. 

156,    157,    158,    159.    160.  162.    165.      Zebuion:    169.  170.  171,  173.  174.  175. 

.06.    167.    168    169.    170,  171.    172.           176,    177,    178.    179,    180,    183.    183, 

173.    174,    175.    176.    177.  178.   179.           isS.  189.  193. 

BEARD. 

Aaron:    46,  61,  63.  Charles:     200,    202;    C.    1%;    H.    154; 

Abigail:    61,  62,    197.   198,  199,  200.          W.   152. 

201;   A.  62.  203;   C.  199.  200;   H.       Charlotie  J.:    62. 

197  Christopher:     60. 

Abby:     202.  Clemens:       146. 

Abncr:    61.  Cleveland:     61. 

Adam:     66.  Comfort:     199.  201. 

Addison    C:     203.  Curtis  J.:     202. 

Adclina:     147.  Cyrus:      14/. 

Agnes:      145.  Daniel:     152.   201. 
Alexander:    55.   150.   151,   152;   A.  154.        David:     43.   55.  61,  63.    199,  201.  202, 

Alice:    133.  203.  204. 

Alison:    62.  Dcbora    1^.:      153,    199. 

Allen  C:     203.  Dolly:     199. 

Alonzo:     134;    T.    154.  Dorcas:    61. 

Ami:     53.  Ester:     64. 

Ann  B.:    153.  202;  E.  146.  199.                 E.  E.:   69. 

Andrew:     46.    60,    61.    198.  199,    200.        Ebenezar:    60.    197;    J.  203. 

203;   T.   152.  Edna:     154. 

.    Anna:     61.    197,    196.   202;  H.    197,            Edwin  H.:     154. 

'  Anne:     153.   201.  Eleanor:     150,   151;    H.   154;    L.   150. 

Annel:     201.  Elijah:     64. 

Archibald:     53.  33.  Eliza:     153.  201;    McD.    151.   153;   W. 

Arzula:     153.  62. 

Azariah:      199.    202.  Elizabeth:     55.    61.    62.    145.    147.    130. 

Beach:    204;    C.  204.  152.   197.  202;  C.   130;   N.  61. 

Benjamin:      198.    199.    201.  Ellen:     204. 

Brid^t:     63.  Emily   W.:     154. 

Calvin:      147.  Ephraim:     200. 

Caroline:     151.  Esther:     60.   63. 

Charity:     202.  Eunice:     199. 


214                                    BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES  , 

Fannie:    60.    151.  Kiltie:     151.   154. 

Felix:     151.    152.  Laura:     153;    B.    154. 

Frances:     204.  Lavinia:     202.  203. 

Francis:    60;   A.  204.  Lena:      155. 

Frederick:     203.  L^wis:    60,  69. 

George:    41.   47.   55.  60,   63,    150,  151.       Lillie  v.:     154. 

152,  200;    N.  203;    P.   151.  Linson:     204. 

Gertrude   L.:     204.  f^'/'n^^J^V        ,  =  ,      ,c, 

Gideon:     200.  b"'^^^^''    '^^^^V     '^1,    153. 

C-ace-     155  Viarcv    1-.:     62. 

G^anbury:      151.  ^i""^"' =    o^^n^?^    ^-    '^^=    J"    '  ^2- 

Hammie:      153.  M--=     '52.   201. 

Hannah:    62,  63;    E.  61;  T.  62.  Martha:    44.  60.  61.  145,  146,  147,  155; 

Helen  K.:    204.  A.   151.   196,   198,  200. 

Hcn.y    C:     61;    L.   204.  Mary:     61.   62.   63,   64,    133,    146,    147. 

Hcp.cbah:    61.  151.   152,    153,   197.   198.   199.  200; 

Herbert   C:    203;    McD.   153.  K.  146;    McK.  147;  S.  153.  197;   W. 

Hester:    63,  64.  62,   151,   154,  155. 

Hoda:     202  Mathen:     60. 

L,     l"',.c     ,.<:  ^Ia'»i^=     147;    G.    154. 

Hu?h:     145,    146  Minrrva:     201.    203. 

hunt,n.!on:     204.  ^lj„„;^   ^  .     204. 

,a:    203    204.  ^/[i^^^    75 

^''"•^=     '"•  Morris:    204. 

Label:     61.    151.    152.  j^l^^^.     45 
Itbamar:     61;    E.   62;    M.   62;    W.  61,        Nancy:     150.  202;   E.   152;  J.  152.   154. 

62.  Nathan:    61.    199. 

Jacob:    60,   61.  Nellie:    150.    153;    L.    154;    W.    152. 

James:     4!,    42.    45,    49.    63,    69.  120.        Niram   C.   R.:     202. 

146.    150.   151,    152,    196.    197.  199,      Noah:    203. 

201,  202;    A.   154;   C.  202;   H.  155;        Parke:      152. 
M.    147;    p.    152,    154;    S.    153;    W.       P'-^Vie:     145. 

154.  Phil.p  J.:    154. 

I-inp-     55    "ifi     I'in  Phoebe:     61. 

Jeh:ida     •202:  Poll^:     '45;    B.   152;   C.  201,  202;   T. 

Jeremiah:     196,197.20.  u"u          '      44      'iA     An      1 '^9      909        A 

leremv    63  Rebecca:      44.    56,    60,    152,    202;     A. 

lesTe  A.:     133.  '52.   154;   E.   151;   N.  151;   P.   15L 

Joanna    \V.:     i99,    202.  R-   H.:    69. 

Joel:     202.  Richard:    44,  60.  69. 

Jonathan:     61,   64.  Robert:    43.  46,  55,  56.  60;    H.  204. 
John:     39,   41.   43.   44.   46.   47,   48,   60,        Rogers  A.:    203. 

61.  65.  69.  129.  145.  146.  150.  151.      Ro'e:    153. 
152,    196.    197.    198.   200,   202;    B.      Ru'^i:   44,60.155,201.204. 

153;  G.  203;  H.  151;  L.  68;  150;       Sally:    200,  203. 

M.   146;   P.  151;  Q.  A.  62.  Samuel:     42,    63,    64,    66,     197.    199. 

Joseph:    46.  61.  62.  63.  64,  197,  198,          201,  202,  203. 

201.203;  T.  47,  203.  Sarah:    55.    152,    196,    197,    198,   199, 

Joshua:    151.  200,  202,  204;    A.  202;    E.  62;    J. 

Judith:    56.  141,    151;     McD.    151;    P.    198;    S. 

Julia  C.:    155.  198,  199. 


INDEX 


215 


Scymore:    201. 

Shirley:     155. 

Simon:    47.  60.  64;   J.  63,   146. 

Stephen:     139.    150.    151,    152.    153;    C. 

151;   M.  152;  T.  139.  154. 
Susan:     146.    147.    152.   201,  203;    R. 

200;  W.  62. 
S'bil  C:  203. 
thankful:  202. 
Theodora:    62. 


Thomas:     41.    60.    62.    63.    145,    146. 

147;  J.  147;  O.  133;  S.  154. 
7  hompson  :     I  52. 
Timo.hy:     2C0. 
Utiilis:     146. 
Valentine:      46. 
Walter:     153. 
W.  D.:    69. 

William:  41.  43,  47,  55.  60.  61.  62. 
63.  64.  73.  146.  147.  150.  152.  153, 
202;  C.  153;   E.  60;  P.  151,  153. 


BARD. 


Adam:     56. 
Alexander:     69. 
.'Mien  C:    52. 
Archibald:      53.    54,    55. 
Barnet:     52. 
Denoist:     70. 
Catherine:     52. 
Chri?ti?.n:    52. 
Christine:     52. 
Christopher:     50. 
Daniel:     52. 
David:    53.  55.  56. 

David   James:     57. 


E.d% 


d:     63. 


F.dwin  C:    52. 
Eliza:    52. 
Elizabeth:     52. 
Elisha:    52. 
Emma:    53. 
Ephraim:    52. 
Ezekiel:     52. 
Francis:     47,    52. 
Erank    P.:     52. 
Gcorae:     52.    56.   60. 
Hannah:     52. 
Harrison:    56. 
Henry  D.:    69. 
Hugh:    56. 

saac:    52,  54.  73. 

sabella:     57. 

Jacob:    52. 

lames:     56.   57.  76;    H.  49. 

lane:    47. 

Jennie:     52. 

Jeremiah:     52. 


Jesse:     52. 

John:  45.  46.  47.  49.  52.  55.  60.  63, 
70.  76;  G.  76;  O.  57. 

Jonathan:     52. 
Joseph :     52. 
Josliua:     56. 
Lvdia:     50. 
Madalina:    52. 
Margaret:     52.   57.  63. 
Mark:     52. 
Martin:     52. 

Marv:    52.   56.  63.    178;    M.  70. 
Michael:     52. 
Moses:    76. 
Nannie  S.:      49. 
Nancv:     56.   63. 
Nicholas:    47.   52. 
Paul:     52. 

Peter:    47.   52.   70.    178;    B.  69;    P.  52. 
Philip:     52. 

Richard:    46.  53.  54.  55.  60. 
Robert:    45.  76.  78;  B.  49. 
Samuel:    45,  47.  52.  56.  69.  70;   M.  57. 
Sarah:     63;    F.    52. 
Scv;!la:     52. 
Stephen:     46,    52. 
Susanna:     52. 

Thomas:  45.  56.  65.  76;  D.  49;  H.  52; 
O.  57;  R.  49.  53. 

\^eronica:     52. 
\^^arren:     63. 
Weslev:    49. 

William:  45,  46.  49.  52.  53.  56.  63, 
76.  178;  D.  49,  53.  54.  55;  M.  49; 
S.  57. 


216 


BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


INTERMARRIAGES.  ETC. 


Abbotl:    Nellie  E.   153;   Sarah  L.   187. 
Abraham:    Joiin   V.    195. 
Ackhn:     Nancy  88,    100. 
Adams:     FJizabclh    79;    James    H.   92; 
J.    C.    92;    John    Q.    163;     Margarel 
137,     139;     Martha     54;     Mary     79; 
Moses  N.  83,  92;    Robert  79,  83,  92; 
Sarah    137. 
Aiken:     Peter    141. 
Aikins:    James,  Capt.  47. 
Apnew:     Join    42;    Rebecca   85. 
Albright:     188. 
Alexander:     Mrs.    146. 
Alford:     85. 

Allen:  David  71;  E.  B.  N.  119; 
George  118,  119;  Horatio  121;  James 
71;  M.  C.  S.  119;  Margaret  71,  81, 
88.  117,  119,  182;  Ma.-y  B.  119; 
Susar  71. 
Allison:     Edna   107. 

Anderson:       Eldridge     94;      Eliza     84; 
Jam.'S    84,    94;     Jessie    94;     John    H. 
195;    Lizzie  94;    Mary  94;    Paul  72; 
Robert  84,  94;  William  94. 
Andrews:     John   42. 
Apgar:     Mr.    161. 

Applegate:  Abigail  181;  Anthony  177, 
181;  A.  T.  176;  David  B.  181;  Dis- 
brow  181;  John  181;  Lydia  181; 
Rachel  177:  Sarah  188;  D.  181; 
Thomas  177,  180.  181. 
Archer:     Elvira   B.    148;    Ross   M.    148; 

V.  B.   147.   148;   Zalielma   148. 
Argyle:    Duke   109. 
Arnold:     John    198;    Susan   86. 
Atkins:    Joseph  L.   139;   Phoebe  C.  137. 
Atkinson:      Harriet    T>.     190;     Lucy    A. 
65;  Mr.  187,  190;  Rodger  66;  Thom- 
as (Dr.)  66. 
Armstrong:    89;   Thomas  84. 
Atv^•ell:    Hallie   147;    Mary   148. 
Atwood:    Lucy  199. 
.'\ustin:    Stephen  F.   165,   166. 
Bachmon:    Ellen   135. 
Baines:     Bessie    148. 
Bailey:    Sarah    137. 
Baker:     Cora    190;    Henry    100;    Mary 

179.   184;  Seth  B.  204;  Susan  177. 
Baldridge:    85;    James  94. 
Baldwin:     Abigail    200;    Abraham    168, 
200;  Anna  197;  M.  203;  Beard  200; 


Billings  197;  Comfort  200;  David 
197;  Elijah  200;  Elizabeth  200; 
Hczekiah  200;  John  61.  71;  Joshua 
199.  200;  Julia  166;  Martha  203; 
Mary  197,  200;  A.  201.  203;  Robert 
71.  72;  Susan  89;  W-lliam  72. 

Bali:     John    51. 

Baltimore:     Lord  64. 

I'anklaw:     Derwick    175. 

Barclay:     David    135. 

Bare:    Jacob   125:    Miss.   125. 

Backer:    Kate   187. 

Barkley:    Elizabeth  85;    Kate   117. 

Barnard:    John   171. 

Barnes:     Hanna  74. 

Bornett:  Albert  E.  170;  Harriet  B. 
170;  John  170;  William  133;  G.  170. 

Barron:     Joseph  68;    Nancy  68. 

Barry:     Lucy  64. 

Baslo:     Mary    188. 

Bates:    Emily  86;   Thomas  L.  62. 

Baum:     Peter    163. 

Bayard:  Anna  70;  Balthazar  70; 
Catherine  70;  James  A.  39;  John 
46,  70;  Lazarre  70;  Martin,  Col. 
70;  Nicholas  70;  Petrus  70;  Sarah 
71;    Samuel    70.    71;    Signieur   70. 

Beach:     Mr.    161;    Mary   or   Polly  201. 

Beal:  Daisy  D.  144;  Ellen  L.  144; 
Harrison  121;  Janet  J.  144;  Louise 
John  67;    Louise  D.  70;    Rachel  81. 

Bean:    40. 

Beardslee   or    Beardsly:     Augustin   202; 

Whitmore    199. 
Bcasley:    C.  C.   107;    Jacob   100. 
Beauchamp:     M.    F.    152. 
Bedeni:      170;     Mary     171.     173.     175; 

Morgan    171;    Thomas    171. 
Beebe:    Mrs.  74.  80;  Samuel  201. 
Bcekman:     Cornelia    157;    William    157. 
Bccler:     Margaret  54. 
Bell:      Edwin     107;     E.    R.     103.    107; 

Everett    107;    Frances  55;    John    107; 

Louella   McC.    107;    William   107. 
Belshe:    E.  C.   189. 
Bcnham:    Elizabeth  204. 
Benjamin:    Ann  200.  202;  Mrs.  180. 
Benstead:    Susan   56. 
Bentley:    T.  F.   138. 
Bently.    Jennie   187. 
Berkley:    John   F.    112. 


INDEX 


217 


Berryhili:     William   51. 
Berlran:     David   59. 

Biddle:     Christine    W.    132;    Ellen   93 
Henry  J.  132;   Lydia  McF.  131,  132 
Jonathan    W.     132;     Mary    B.     132 
D.   132;  Spencer  F.   132. 
Bill:     Mary    131. 
Billinqslcy :    Sarah   163. 
Bilyew:      Lienor    M.     177;     Maria    O. 

177;    Peter   177. 
Birdscy:    Capt.    199. 
Bishop:    Molly  66.  Mrs.  52. 
Black:     Ephraim  62;    Grace   58;    James 

117,    139;    Mrs.  59;   Saline  B.   117. 
Blackman:    Zachariah   199,201;    Mercy 

202. 
Blaksee:    Abigail  202. 
Blam:     Ab.a    135. 
Bland:    66. 
Blair:      Denton     148;     Frederick     148; 

Jean   L.    148. 
Blodget:    Susana    172,    173. 
Blount:     Ann    151;    Debora    151;    Fred- 
erick   R.    153;     Henry    F.    151.    153; 
Jessie    153;    Rose   McD.   153.    155. 
Bocke:    Charles   153. 
Bockoven:      George     194;      Mary     193; 

Nancy    194. 
Boel:     Thomas    172. 
Bonnet:     Benjamm    142. 
Boone:     Daniel   76. 
Booth:    Rebecca  66;  Sally  66. 
Bower:     Alice   D.    107;    Ella    M.    107; 
Louis  E.    107;    E.   Merrill    143;    Mar- 
garet 89;    Sabra    131;    Sadie  V.   107; 
T>^omas   D.    105. 
Bowles:    92. 
Bowlsby:    Elizabeth  48. 
Bowman:      Elias    68;     Mary    B.     183; 

Sarah  68;   Sherrod  68. 
Bowne:      Deliverance     175.     178;     John 
A.    181;    Jonathan    171;    Joseph    171; 
Peter    171,    174. 
Boyce:       Fred      148;      Frederick     148; 

Grace   B.    148;    Robert    148. 
Boyd:      Alexander     48;     Andrew     48; 
Harry    R.     103;     Margaret    A.    108; 
Margaret   B.    108. 
Boyle:     Mr.    150. 
Bozman:     Mary   L.    120. 
Braddock:     General    172. 
Bradley.    Paige   108. 


Bragstad:    Sue   148. 

Branch:     Mary   L.   B.    (Molly)    96. 

Crasvwll:     Br  van    179. 

Braxdale:     John    54;    Mary    K.    54. 

Breading:     Clark    71.    72;     David    72; 

James  72;   Judge  80;    Nathaniel  72. 
Breckcnrid<3e:     James   57. 
Breeze:    Charles    194. 
Brcnneman:     Charles  96;   John  R.  96. 
Brewer:     167. 
Brill:    John  K.   153. 
Brii;on:       Nellie    H.    86,    97;    William, 

.Maj.  86. 

Brockman:     Phoebe   194. 

Brot^den:    Pierce  65. 

Brokaw:      Alice     160;     Anna    N.     159; 

Belle     160;     Henry     159;     James    59. 

160. 
Brooks:      Ec'rnund    C.     113;     Esther    B. 

113;    Evelyn    S.    113;    Francis,   Capt. 

113;     Jean     B.     113;     Maurice    F.    H. 

113;     M,ss    143;    Mr.   95;    Robert   S. 

113;    Shirley    113;    Susan   J.    113. 
B.-own:      54;     Aaron    99;     Albert    99; 

Alexander   71,   79;    Andrew  41;    An- 
nie  96:    Charles   85,    96:    David    74; 

Dr.     169:      Eliza     A.     93:      Elizabeth 

98;     Enoch    71:     George    71.    96,    98; 

Hannah    G.    98:    Jane    98,    99;    John 

75;     lohn    A.    99:     Margaret    51,    71. 

76.  99;    Marshall  S.    103;    Martha  71. 

96.     174,     177.     173;     Marv     F.    %; 

Miss    83.    88:     Mrs.    168;    Nancv   %; 

Robert   41,   96,   99;    Samuel    75.'  170; 

Susannah    96;      1  homas    71;     \X'cndeI 

71;    William  41,   71,  87.  88.  98.  99; 

William   F.  96. 
Browning:     Margaret   136;   Samuel   136; 

Thomas   136;    William   135. 
Buckingham:    John   197;  Sarah  198. 
Buckncr:     A.   L.    152.    154;    Alonzo  C. 

154;    Arzula    Z.    151;    Eleanor    154; 

Nancy  B.   152.   154. 
Bullman:     Mary    173. 
Bullock:     Samuel    141. 
Bunker:    James  62. 
Burdctt:     l.ucricetia    136. 
Burf^ess:    William  44. 
Burkhead:     Frances   B.    147. 
Burnap:     Elizabeth  61. 
Burnett:     Edward    81.    89;    Eliza    102; 

Ezekiel  V.  89;  George  G.  89;  George 

M.     102;     Jame.    H.    89.    102;    John 


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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


41;  John  N.  89;  Lvdia  V.  102; 
Mary  D.  102;  Mr.  98;  Robert  B. 
89;  Sarah  E.  89;  Thomas  155; 
Thomas  J.  89;  William  41;  Wil- 
liam   H.   89. 

Ruinsldo:     Mis5    160. 

Burr:     Aaron  66. 

Burl:  Franklin  137;  George  137;  Hcw- 
cl   137;   James   137;   John   137;    Mary 

A.  137;  Marv  J.  137;  Polly  137; 
Ihon.as  H.   137;   William   137. 

Burton:    Hester   125;    Martha   125. 
Bussc:      144:     Agnes    R.     145;     Albert 
II.    145;    Clarissa   W.    145;    Frederick 

B.  145;  Henry  W.  145;  Jessie  W. 
145;    Mary  B.   145. 

Byrne:     Daniel    108.    109. 
Calclerwood:     James,    Capt.    139. 
Caldwell:     Mary   V.    177;    William   44. 

177. 
Calender:     Ann    M.    204;    Caroline    H. 

204. 
Calvert:     Leonard   64. 
Calvin:     Alice    143. 
Camber:     Timothy    198. 
Camp:    Abigail    196;    John   196;    Joseph 

196:     Marv    196;     Nancy    200.    203; 

Nicholas     196;     Samuel     196;     Sarah 

196. 
Campbell:     Alex    84;    Colin    70;    Mar- 

narct  84,  93;    Samuel  98. 
Carey:    Eliza  C.   128. 
Carkrncr:    Charles  86;   Emily  B.  87. 
Car;  "nicr:    Joanna    142;    Mary  A.   140, 

142. 
Carrin?lon:     Martha  J.  203. 
Carroll:       Arthur      51;      Margaret     74; 

Cali.rlne   140. 
Carru'.h:     George    184. 
Carter:     Ann    166;    H.    B.    185;    Mary 

A.  166;   Susannah  C.   137.   138. 
Cases:    William  44. 
Casperson:     George    144. 

Catrhings:  Baird  and  Silas  108;  Ben- 
jamin S.  107;  Elizabeth  McK.  107; 
Fermine  B.  107;  Joseph  McK.  107; 
Marjorie  107;  Nannie  C.  187,  191; 
Nellie    108;    Thomas    B.    108;    Paige 

B.  107;   William  B.  97.   107. 
Catlin:     Mr.  72. 

Chalk:  Addie  123;  Catherine  B.  123; 
Cora  123;  Dora  123;  James  123; 
John   123;   Robert  123. 


Chamberlain:     A.    193;    Margaret    194. 
Chamberlin:     George   H.    102. 
Chambers:     164;   Abraham  G.  71;   Ben- 

iamine  71;   Clyde  148;   Elizabeth  67; 

George    71  ;    Herbert    148;    James   71, 

148;   James  H.  67;  John  148;  Joseph 

67,    71;     Florence     148;     Sarah    71; 

Samuel     163;     Susan     71;     B.     148; 

Thomas  71;  Vivian  148;  William  71. 
Champ:     Joel   202. 
Chnmpnigne:    John   55. 
Chapin:     llliza  202. 
Chapman:    Jeanie   140. 
Childs:     Miss   125. 
Christopher:    Alice  B.   160;   Clark   159; 

Mattie     161;     Mary     161;     Mr.     160; 

Sarah  161  ;  Thomas  160. 
Churchill:     Helen    131. 
Clark:      Abigail     198;     Agnes    72;     Al- 

mira     126;     Ann    B.     126;     Catherine 

B.  140,     142;     Charles     126;     David 
52.    72;    Ellen   C.    142;    Elizabeth   72, 
126,     142;     George    R.    40;     Giddion 
72;     Ida    126;    Jacob    B.    126;    James 
72;     John     72,     126;     John    C.     72; 
Kenoz     72;     Lomanda     142;     Martha 
P.     72;     Ma.y     72;     Mary    J.     142; 
Miss     145;      Nathan    203;     Nathaniel 
72;     Rachel    44;     Rebecca    A.     142 
Robert     126;     Sarah     72,     126,     197 
Sarah     A.    200,    202;     Samuel    201 
William    71,   72. 

Clary:     lienjamin  66. 

Clayton:    J.  B.  92;  Sarah  177. 

Clemens:     Miss    145. 

Coats:     Ora    144. 

Cochran:    85;    Leah  P.  94;    R.  O.   155. 

Cole:     Ella  T.   105. 

Coleman:  Mrs.  179;  Agnes  184;  Eve- 
lina B.  184:  Evelyn  184,  185;  James 
S.  185;  Robert  L.  184;  Sarah  185; 
Thabeus  185:  Thabeus  W.  185;  Wil- 
liam  184,  185. 

Coley:    Thomas   197;    Mary   197. 

Col  Ion:     Peggy  68. 

Colvin:  Fermine  107;  Gratton  107; 
Jane    107;     Marjorie    107;     Marjorie 

C.  107. 
Compton:    Sarah   173. 
Comslock:    Polly  199,  201. 
Conde:     Blondna  70. 
Cone:     Roxanna  203. 

Conn:    Charles  170;  Fannie  170.  , 


INDEX 


219 


Connaly:     Mr.    179. 
Conner:     Jennie    183. 
Conover:     Elizabeth  W.    192. 
Conrod:    56. 

Cook:     Cary     191;     Mrs.    83;     Repella 
151. 
^  Coonrod:     Alfred   59. 

Cooper:      James     L.     188;     Mrs.     158; 

Thomas  A.   158. 
Copcwing:     Jack    190. 
Cordcr:    Cora  E.  106;   Flora  106;  Hus- 
ton  F.    106;    James   M.    106;    Magf^ie 
M.    106;    Mr.    98;    Robert    Y.    106; 
Roy  B.   106;    William  E.   106. 
Cormont:    Ami   55. 
Cornel:     157;    Mary  B.   157. 
Corrigan:       Mary     B.     64.      109.     122; 

Michael   109. 
Cottrell:     Clara    187. 

Coulter:      Adelina     147;     Elizabeth     B. 
147.     150;    Cyrus    147.    148;    C.    R. 
150;     Lizzie    C.     148;     Mattie     147; 
John    146,    147.   148. 
Courlley:     lenn-e   147. 
Covert:     Fred   P.   105. 
Covington:    Joseph  138;  Nice  138;  Wil- 
liam   138. 
Cox:     Catherine    83;    James    83;    Mary 
G.    108;    William    B.    108;    V.    103. 
108. 
Coxen:     George    123;    Mary    122.    123. 
Craft:     Broomfield   86;    Mary   72. 
Craig:     Mr.   175;    John   P.    100. 
Crawford:      Gladys     185;      Mary     125. 
126;  William  74;  Valentine  74;  Able 
151;   Sarah   M.   153. 
Creasy:    Lizzie   147. 
Creed:     Miss    158. 

Crocket:      Addie     T.     108;     Anna     M. 
103;     Charles    E.     108;     Elmer    108; 
Ethel     M.     108;     Donnell     B.     108; 
Frank  M.   108. 
Crory:    Esther  B.   112;    Mr.   112. 
C.oss:    Hannah  148;   Martha  158;  Wil- 
liam   150. 
Crouch:    Miss  125.  126. 
Grouse:     Robert    124. 
Crow:     John    69;    Josiah    B.   96. 
Crute:     Amanda  89. 

Culbertson:    Capt.  Joseph  46;  Col.  Sam- 
uel 56. 
Cummins:    Albert  Baird  80. 


Cunningham:      Marjorie    73;     Mrs.    83; 

Samuel  43. 
Curtis:  Asa  199;  Amzi  204;  Beach 
204;  Caroline  204;  Charles  204;  Da- 
vid 20i;  Eliza  204;  Frances  204; 
Harriet  204;  Henry  S.  204;  John 
204;  Maris  204;  Stiles  202.  204. 
Gushing:     Jonothan  63;    Gutter  Aug.  V. 

195. 
Dalber:    Geor-e   149;   Clara  B.   149. 
Dalrimnlc:     V.    195. 
Darlington:     Meredith  83. 
Davidson:    Sarah   177. 
Davis:    Addie  191  ;  Alice  A.  47;  Alicia 
203;     Andrew     84;      Elizabeth     105; 
Enoch    198.    199:    Margaret  83;   Sam- 
uel    199. 
Dawes:    Alice   153;   Charles   153;   Jose- 
phine 176. 
Dear:     Eugene   B.    105. 
Dearth:     Aaron    R.    103;    Clark    B.   72. 
91;    Evans    103;    George   72;    W.  91. 
103;    James    72;    John    W.    72.    103; 
Jonah    103;    Lacv    E.    103;    Randolph 
72.    81,   91:    Robert   J.   91;    Ruth   M. 
103;  Sarah  J.  91. 
Dcavcr:     Crbom    187. 
DeFreeze:     Mary    108. 
DeGarmo:     Amelia   122;    Brooks  122. 
DeKay:    Sarah    134. 
Denton:     Abigail    134. 
Dcnvsc:     Mary    136. 
Dev:      Daniel     176;     David     B.     176; 
Elias     176:     James     176:     John     174. 
176;    Louis    177;    Mary  B.   176. 
Diamond:     Elizabeth   49.    56. 
Dickson:      Elizabeth     109.     115;     Eliza- 
beth   L.    110:    Esiha    L.    no,    115; 
Henry    115;    John    109;    Samuel    115; 
Thoi.ias     110.     115;     Mr.    174;    Wil- 
liam  115. 
Dillon:     Arthur    174;    Sarah   B.   170. 
Dodge:    Henry,  Gov.   128. 
Doe:     54. 

Dorev:     Richard   183. 
Doughty:    Belle  93. 
Dow:     Monteville   64. 
DowTis:     Bessie    154. 
Draper:       Roland      187;      Josepn      187; 

Sally  187;  Thomas  187. 
Du  Bois:    Louis  72;   Uriah  72. 
Duboise:    Gatherin    158. 
Du   Boisson:     Fermine  O.  81.  82. 


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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


Dourjas:     Mary  42,    129.    130. 
DufTinbaugh :      Fcrmine    M.     108;     John 
M.   99.    108;    Marrielta    108;    Waller 
108. 
Dunbar:     Killy    150;    Polly    150.    151. 
Duncan:     Miss   145. 

Duniap:     Agnes    G.     105;     Harriet    R. 
105;    Howard    105;    Joseph    R.    105; 
Robert  95.    105;    William  B.   105. 
Dunn:     FJizabelh    H.    49;    Flora    108; 
Lydia   B.    170;    Samuel   49;    William 
50,    174. 
Dunning:    James  43,  49. 
Duy:     Hannah  58;   Sarah  58. 
Eagles:     Esther    134,    136. 
Eakin:     Adalina  C.    148;    Charles    148; 
Don    149;    Eliza    150;    Harold    149; 
Howad    148;    Mae    148.    149;    Mar- 
shall    149;    Martha    149;    Sarah    149; 
Thomas  J.   147.    148. 
Eames:   Hannah  61  ;   Sarah  61. 
Early:    Mrs.  John  56. 
Easterday:    W.  T.    184. 
Easterly:     N.   W.    187. 
Eastman:    Albert  59. 
Easlon:    Lydia  103,  107. 
Eclcley:    87. 

Eddy:    Mr.  194;  Sarah  195. 
Edwards:     Elizabeth    174;    Jessie    184; 

Luta  66;    Mary   174;   William   199. 
Eells:     John    198. 
Eldridge:    Jessie  94. 
Ellicol:    Anne  55. 

Ellis:    Elizabeth   134;  S.  P.  118.  119. 
Elwood:    Elizabeth  58. 
Ely:     David    B.    180;    Elizabeth    180 
George   160;   Harvey  180;    Isaac  180 
John  176:  Joseph  W.  180;  Lucy  180 
Mary    180:     Mrs.     159;     Phebe    180 
Rebecca    174.    177,    180;    Rebecca    F 
182;    Richard    182;   Sarah   180;    Wil- 
liam 176,   180. 
Embly:    Emma    182. 
Emerson:    John  61. 
Emison:    Hugh  42;  Mary  42. 
Emmet:     Robert    128. 
Endre$»:     Mr.   132. 
Enock:    Caroline   135. 
El  win:    Hugh   130. 
Espy:    Harriet  N.   186. 
Evans:    54;  Aseneth  150;  Susan  187. 
Ewan:    Richard    103. 
Ewing:     Ann   72;    Elizabeth   72;    Gcnl 


72;  George  72;  George  B.  92;  James 
72,  83.  92;  Thomas  72;  William  72, 
80. 

Fagg:    John  A.   187. 

Fairs:    Nancy  125. 

Fakes:     Mr.   169. 

Fareman:    Charles  L.   154. 

Farewell:    A.    183;    K.  J.    183. 

Paris:    Nancy  126;  Sarah  125,  126. 

Farnesworlh:     Mary    146. 

Farnum:     Hannah  202. 

Ferguson:    Rebecca   138. 

Field:     Betsy  201. 

Findley:    John  Col.  49;   Surrena   150. 

Finlry:  53;  Aaron  B.  99;  .Anne  E.  99; 
Fnozer  73.  99;  Eli  H.  87,  98;  Elliot 
73;  Ely  73;  Erwln  66;  Fermine  O. 
99;  Huston  98;  James  73.  98;  James 
F.  73;  I?mes  K.  100;  Jane  98;  Jane 
S.  73;  John  40;  John  F.  73;  Joseph 
40.  73;  Lydia  M.  73;  Marraret  98; 
Maria  98:  Mary  M.  73.  89.  98; 
Michael  73;  Phoebe  J.  95,  104;  Rob- 
ert 73;  Robert  E.  93;  Samuel  73; 
Samuel  E.  73;  Samuel  F.  73;  Sam- 
uel R.  73;  Thoma:.  W.  73;  William 
73;    William    E.   99. 

Fisher:  Henrv  M.  128;  Theresi  128; 
John  55;    Molly  96. 

Fitch:  George  94,  202;  Hattie  94;  Her- 
bert 94;  James  84,  9^.  94;  Laura  94; 
Lilly  94;   Mr.  202;  Warren  94. 

Fitsimmons:     fames  55. 

Fleming:     Jacob  C.   59;    Thomas  59. 

Fletcher:     Martha  J.  64. 

Flint:    William  64. 

Folsom:    Samuel  47. 

Foibes:    Genl.  39. 

Fo'man:      Evelina    B.    182;     Franzincky 
182;    lohn  B.   182;    Mary  190;   Mary 
E.     182;     Peter     182;     William    177. 
182. 
Forshee:    Lany  135. 

Forsythe:  Andrew  118;  James  118; 
John  117.  118;  Joseph  118;  Mary 
110.  Ill;  Sally  B.  118;  Sarah  B. 
117;  William  118  (109). 
Foster:  Elizabeth  61;  Ernest  147; 
James  147;  John  61;  H.  C.  150; 
Henry  147;  J.  M.  146;  Mary  62. 
147;  Mrs.  146;  Normand  147;  Utillis 
147;  Susan  B.  147;  Wendell  147; 
William    147. 


INDEX 


221 


Koulk:    Mallie  98. 

Fowler:    Anna   B.    198;    Elizabeth   198; 

HannaS    198;     Margaret    198;    Jona- 

tran    198;    Joseph  200;    William   197. 

198. 
Fox:     Misses    169. 
Frame  or   Fream:     James  84;    John   73; 

Margaret  84,   94;    Susan   79.  84.  94; 

Thomas  79,  84. 
French:     Assey    73;    Calvin    Capt.    94 

Cynlhia    135;    Enoch   73.  81.  85.  94 

Francis    47;     John     73;     Joseph    41 

Nancy  81.  85;    William  41. 
Iresv:     Isabella  71. 
Froelich:     Adolf  C.   153. 
Frost :    Susan  61 . 

Fry:    Albert  F.   189;   W.  A.   189. 
Fulmore:     Jane  69. 
Fullon:      Alex    73;     Donaldson    E.    73; 

John   73;    F.   73:    Persus  81,   88.  89; 

Robert  73;    Thomas    156. 
Ga'^le:     Mr.   194;    Hannah    195. 
Gailor:     Holly   67. 
Gallaher:      Charles    98;     Eliza    A.    87; 

George   81,   87,   97;    N.   97;    W.   87. 

9S;     Hannah    R.    73;    James    73;     B. 

87;    John   73;    W.  97;    Lydia  N.  87; 

Martha  98;    Mary   J.  87;    Nancy  87. 

97;    Robert  J.  87.  98;    Theresa    188; 

Will.am   F.  97;    K.  87.  97. 
Callielt:    J.  S.   103. 

Gardner:     Napoleor   204;   William   106. 
Garlick:     Henry    199. 
Garner:     119. 
Ga«ton:    Lydia   174,    176. 
Gastrell:     Lizzie    120. 
Gales:    Sarah  87. 
Gaviord:     Martha    158. 
Gcedon:     Miss  93. 
Gerberdinp;:     Mary    B.    54. 
Gerr;er:     Henrv    56. 
Ghoil:     Kalv    150. 
Gibh:      Elizabeth    42;     Hugh    42;    John 

200. 

Gibfon:      Alphea    N.     161;     Daniel     P. 

98;   James  43;   Jean  43;   Susan  84. 
Gilbert:    Sarah  E.  89;    Maria  204. 
Gillcrland:     Margaret   151. 
Gillespie:     141. 
Gilmore:     Robert  44. 
Giltner:     Mr.   125. 
Givens:    John  Capt.  47. 
Gleason:     Mary  204. 


Glen:    John  42. 

Glendenning:     Lydia    108. 

Glenny:    Sarah  P.  203. 

Gobci:     Caleb    179. 

Gordon:      Elizabeth     191;     F.    H.     188. 

191;     Ida    L.    191;     Maude    £.    191; 

Russell   191. 
Gorely:     Lydia    B.    117;    Mathew    117. 
Gorie:     Frances   161. 
Gortschoir:     Margaret   65. 
Graham:     John.    Capt.    104,    110;    Lina 

149;    Mar-aret  93;   William   110. 
Grant:    F.  W.   189. 
Green:      IsabcIIe    135;     Nathaniel    Cenl. 

66;  Timothy  45.  78;  William  S.  1C3. 
Gicgor:     John  76. 
Grev:     Mr.    167. 

Gribble:     Margaret  89;    Savilla  97. 
Grier:     A.    James    184. 
GrifF.n:     Marv   89. 
Griswold:     Pollv    199. 
Grove:     Peter    170. 
Guerin:     John    D.    194.    195. 
Gunnell :    John   141. 
Guthrie:     Miss   151. 
Gwyn:     Rebecca    169. 
Hale:     M'.    165;    Sarah   E.  204. 
Hall:     Bessie   149;   Joseph  63.  64;    Mary 

172.  173;   Miss  154. 
Hamilton:     Alexander  66;    Bertha   193; 

CaSheripc    71;     James    50;    John    71; 

Rev.    45. 
Hammond:      Marv     B.     148;     Mr.     147. 

148;   Vida   148. 
Hampton:    James  63;   Martha  T.  189. 
Hand:    Carohne  E.  103. 
Handlev:     129.    130. 
Hannah:     C.    184. 
Llsrah:     Ret  ecca  85. 
Ha'chon:    Jolin    132. 
Hardy:    James  169;   Miss  169,  170. 
Flare:     Florence   '03. 
Harford:     Mary  81. 
Harmer:    Genl.  40,   165. 
Havmon:    Genl.   162;    Mary   173. 
Harmony:     Adam  Lieut.    129. 
Harold:    James  148. 
Flnrpcr:     Marv  88. 
Harris:    Dodridge  91  ;    Grace  48. 
Flarriion:     66;    Benj.    69;    Craven    120, 

121;    Elizabeth  J.    121;    Fannie    121; 


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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIIiS 


Frank   132;   Janios  B.   121;    Nancy  B. 
iZl;    William    F.  66. 
Hart:     Mary    168. 
Harlsork:     Mrs.    52. 
Harlwick:     Mrs.  52. 
Hartzell:     Samuel    183. 
Harvey:     Charles  65. 
Hastings:    Mollie  66. 

Hatch:      Cvrus     123;     David    A.     123; 
Ella  123;  Harry  123;  James  W.  123; 
Louise    123;    Marv   Louise    123;   Sada 
J.   123;    William  C.   123. 
Hatrick:    Samuel  56. 

Havens:    Charles  R.   191;   W.  188,   191. 
Hawley:    Anna   196;   Samuel   102. 
Hayden:    E.  194;  Elizabeth  195;  Eslelle 

T.  192;  G.  N.  192. 
Hays:     Landgarlha    100,    107;    Leonora 

105. 
Flaywood:    Alice   151;   Hannah  63. 
llelrid^e:    Sarah   175. 
Henderson:     Jane   72. 
Hcndrick?on:     Amy    177,    181. 
Henry:     Libby   91;    Isabella    185;    Ma- 
tilda   125;    Martha   124;    William  C. 
91. 
Herbert:    Ann   188. 
Herder:     Mr.    159. 
Herirk:     Mrs.   52. 
Hendon:     E.  W.   185. 
Heron:    James  Cant.  46. 
Hervey:    James   110;    Margaret  B.   110; 
M.irv    110;     Rebecca    110;     Rosanna 
110,'lll. 
Ik  welt:    Alva  149. 
Hibbs:     Harriet  95.    104. 
Hickox:    Sarah    199. 
Hickr,:     Mary    135. 
Hidalgo:     L.    163. 
Hipgins:    Israel   159. 
Hi<^h:    Esther   194;    Hannah   194. 
Hildreth:    Lydia  175. 
Hill:    Mrs.   167.   168. 
Hinds:    James  P.   195. 
Hindman:     James   118. 
Hine:    Cornelia  S.  203;  Joel  200;  Mary 

203;  Sarah  199. 
Hoapland:      Alexander     160;     Catalina 

158.  159. 
Hoban:     121. 
Hobart:     Mrs.    199. 
Hoffman:    Fredrick  143. 
Hogan:    Mr.  189;  Grace  107. 


!:ogg;ns:     Jol.n    W.    184. 

Hogshead:     Margaret    112. 

Holbrook:    Rulh   199,  201. 

Holland:     Albert    122. 

Holiirosworlh:    Abigail   197;    M.   167. 

Holloway:    Corinne   190. 

Holman:     Mary    138. 

Holmes:    Asher  116;  Harriet  131;  John 

42;    Nancy  96. 
Hook:    James  64.  93. 
Hope:    David  83. 
Hopkins:    Sarah  60;   Samuel  60. 
Hosick:    James  67. 
Houston:     Thomas  S.   59. 
Houls:     Faith  97,    107. 
Howard:    Dorcas  61;   Dr.  F.  103. 
Howe:    Aimer  148;   Edward  E.  C.  148. 
Howell:    James  O.   185. 
Hozen:    Col.  46. 
Hubbard:     Phoebe   64. 
Huddleston:    Mira  167. 
Hudson:     John   63.   64. 
Huev:      Culbertson     HI,     112;     H.    B. 
112;  Jan-  B.  117,  118;  John  M.  118; 
Mary     118;    Sally     118;     Samuel    O. 
118,    119;    S.   P.    119;    William    117. 
118. 
Huggins:     Belle  94;    Charles  94;    Law- 
son  94. 
Hunt:      Arr^a-da    B.    178;     Leigh    178; 
John    E.    182;    Mrs.    192.    193;    Ran- 
dolph 178. 
liunler:    Car'ie    112;    Loretta   180. 
Huston:    William  Cap  46. 
Hutchinson:     Gordon  41. 
Ingersoll:    Mary  63. 
Iturblde:    Genl.   164. 
Irwin:     Hannah    175,    179. 
Jack:    Patrick  Cant.  46.  78. 
Jackson:     Andrew   74;   Jack  86;   Stone- 
wall 87. 
James:    Irwin   137. 

Jamison:    James  67;   William  F.   105. 
Jefferson:    Thomas   163. 
Jcmison:    Robert  56. 
Jenne:     E.    S.    147;    Piatt    147;    Forest 

148;   Mattie  B.  148. 
Jennings:     Elizabeth    167;    Lucinda   74; 

Obediah. 
Johns:    Sarah  73. 

Johnson:  Genl.  87;  John  68;  C.  181; 
Lydia  181;  Margaret  150;  Mary  181; 
Miss  113.  114,  137;  William  177, 
181. 


INDEX 


223 


Jones:  B.  M.  Col.  65;  Irving  138; 
N.  138;  Lucy  A.  65;  Margarel 
Otiie  B.   143;   Theresa  138. 

Judson:    Lewis  202. 

Judy:     Ambrose  203. 

Justice:     Mary    150. 

Juxon:    Thomas  65;   William  65. 

Kannel:     Celesta   99. 

Keith:     George     172;     Alexander 
Amanda  89;    Elizabeth    115. 

Ktllog:     Dr.    132;    Amanda   132. 

Kelly:    Jean  43. 

Kendalh    Sarah   159;    Mr.  95,   104. 

113. 

Kennedy:     Mr.    191;    Frank    104; 

nic     104;     Margaret    J.     113;     M 

W.    104. 
Kenny:    Augustus  190;  James  187. 

Margaret  B.    190. 
Kershaw:    George  158;  Jane  159. 
Kewlnaqi;o!:     128. 
Kidall:      Abigail     61;     Anna     E. 

Harriet  E.   105;   Joseph  H,   105; 

becca    A.    105;    Steven    95.    105 

105;    William    105. 
Kilgore:     Charles    129;    David   52; 

llier  29,    130;   Jane    129. 
Killer.aar:     Laurlnta  71. 
Kilpatiick:      Maggie     150;     Mary 

Mr.    104. 

Kinraid:    James  73;  Joseph  54,  66, 

Mr.   127. 
King:    Ira  104;    Mrs.  83;    124;   Mr 

Thomas  95,   104. 
Kinkead:     73;    Joseph    130. 
Kip:     Henry    156. 
Kirby:     Charles    127;    James    125, 

Martha  B.   127;   Robert   127. 
Kirker:     Georpe  94. 
Kirkpatrirk:     Mr.    127. 
Kliher:     Catherine    122. 
Knapp:     Helen   204. 
Knight:     Capt.   D.  91. 
Knowlcs:     Harriet    166.    167. 
Kolmeyer:     Mina    143. 
Koontz:     Maria   103. 
Kraft:     Grace   K.    153. 
Krausen:      fosephinc    153. 
Krider:     Miss   169. 
Lambert:    Cheney  49. 
Lardner:     David   72. 
Lavine:     Elvina    123. 


Lue 

146: 


115; 


112, 

Jen- 
artlia 

190; 


105; 

Re- 

;    R. 

E»- 


146; 
130; 
.96; 

127; 


Lawson:     Esther   B.    136;    Samuel    136; 

Thomas   B.    136;    \\  ilKam    135.    136. 
Leadly:    Ellen  W.    142. 
Lcalheis:     63;    Edward  62. 
Lcckey:     Elizabeth  85. 
Lee:      Annie    V.    190;     Edna    B.    190; 

Genl.   87;    James   i  I.    190;    Joseph  L. 

190;     Mamie    B.     190;     Mary    J.    B. 

190;     Thomas    B.     190;     Thomas    J. 

187.    190. 
Leffenwell:    Clausscn    103. 
Leggett:     Francis   91;    Judith   84.   93. 
Lewis:      Elizabc'.h     148;     Eva    B.    148; 

Harry   143;   Joseph    174;   Sarah   148. 
Lindsay:     Mary  J.    177. 
Lisk:     Helen    Wo;    J.  P.   188. 
Little:    Joseph  60,   160. 
Littlejohn:     Alexander    151;    Eleanor   B. 

151;      Elizab-lh      151;      Morris     150. 

151;   Steven    151;    William   151. 
Livingston:     John,   Rev.  45. 
Locke:     Anna    175.    179;    Mathew    179. 
Logan:    David   174. 
Lomas:     DeWitt    E.    143;    Elizabeth   C. 

142;     Frank    B.    143;     Ida    E.    143; 

Minnette     143;     Thomas     142; 

143. 


Willis 
Mary  E.  191;  Wil- 


Long:    Andrew  66; 

Ham,  Capt.    129. 
Lord:     Abigail    72. 
Lorrimer:     Sus.inn.-i    112. 
Lovell:     W.    132. 
Lowe:    S.  Cornelia   184.   189. 
Lowrie      or      Lov/rev:       Elizabeth      74; 

Howard    112;    Miss    111.    112;    Violel 

73;    William    142. 
Lowlhes:     109. 

Lusk:      J.    P.     191;     Helen     191;     Mary 
B.   191. 

Lyons:     Elleanor    150. 

Mc.Aulev:     Mrs.   169. 

M'-Call:     Elizabeth   55;    Mary  58. 

McCalla:     Lucr-iia    119;    Miss   118. 

McCarmack:     Margarel   98. 

M-Clelland:    John.  Capt.  45,  77;  Sarah 

H.  79.  80. 

McClennan:    Cathrinc  65. 
MrClintock:     Abraham   43;    Sarah  43. 
McClinton:     Harvey    137;    James    137; 

Mr.    137;    Nettie    B.    137. 
McClurc:     William    102. 
McCulIoch:     Margaret  67. 


224 


BAiPD  AND   BEARD   FAMILIES 


MrCombs:     145;    Anne  98;    Bertha  98; 

Elizabeth    98;     George    98;     Hannah 
98;    James   98;    John   87,   98;    Lydia 

M.  98;    Maria  98;    Mary  J.  98.   101; 

Sarah  93;    William  98. 
McConnell:      John,     Capt.     56;     Mary 

142. 
MrCov:     Alonzo    B.    103;    Anna    103; 

Ediih     104;     Eliza    B.     103;     Euoene 

103.    106;    Helen    104;    John  95,    103; 

Louella    103.    107;    Louisa    103;    Wil- 
liam   103. 
M-Cmcklm:      152;     Lee    154;    William 

140. 
McCue:     William    110. 
McCullouc^h:     Edward    149;    Ella    149; 

H-.gh    147;    Maggie    149;    Martha   B. 

149:    Marshall    149;    Mary  E.    112. 
McCully:     Mary  76.    110. 
Mc  Curdy:     Miss    124.    125,    127. 
McDaniel:      E.    M.    118;     J.    L.     118; 

Maiy    119. 
McDonald:      Anne      111,      113;      Black 

138;  Jane   138;    Mary  133;    Mr.  137; 

M's.     177;     Peggie    B.     138;     Simon 

138;   Sydncyham    138. 
McEadden:    John  84;    Perry    150. 
McFall:    Agnes  51.    134;    Brise  51. 
MrFce:     Dr.    122;    Matilda  71. 
McFunn:     Lydia    131. 
McGaea:     George  50.  51. 
McGill:     Mr.    174. 
McGowan:        Margaret      114;      Samuel 

no.    Ill,    114. 
Mclntvrc:      Calhiine    A.     103;     Charles 

T.   'l03;     Elizabeth    J.     103;     Fannie 

A.   103:   Geor-e  K.   103;   Hattie  103; 

James    93;    Jesse    F.    103;     Mary    E. 

103. 
McKav:    Georr-ie   105;   Isabella  P.  105; 

Louie  B.    105;    Mary  W.    105. 
M.-K.ee:     Martha   145.   146;   Susan   146; 

1  homas    146. 
McKeevcr:     Martha  87. 
McKinlev:     Mary    130.    131,    146,    150; 

Mr.  150;  George  150. 
McKissick:     Alice    149. 
McKnighf:      53;     Eliza     112;     John    B. 

112;    Mary   112;    Rebecca   112;    Rob- 
ert   112.    163.    164;    Samuel    112. 
McLaughlin:     Mr.    127. 


McLean:  Elizab?lh  89;  John  137, 
138;    Newion    137,   138. 

McLelland:     Tliomas   69. 

McLemore:     Addie    187;     Margaret    D. 

188, 

McLure:     Thomas    170. 

Mc.Vianigal:     Capt.    146. 

Mc  Master:     James   83,   92;    Maria  91. 

McMillan:     John    129;    Thomas    125. 

McMitchel:    Cla-a  A.    182. 

McNaughton:     Minnie  L.    143. 

McNeil:     Mr.  202. 

McQuister:  Betty  118;  Eliza  B.  117. 
118;  Nancy  117;  Sallie  118;  Wil- 
liam   117. 

McWilliams:     Anne    E.    100. 

Macham  or   Mecham:     Mr.   130. 

Machcy:     G?ort;e    50. 

Mackay:     Isabella    114. 

Maclay:     Jane   49. 

Ma-ian:     Robert    145. 

Ma'-aflv:     Jacob    H.    93. 

Mallo-k:     Maria   A.    181; 

Marn:     Margaret    M.    142;    Nettie    142. 

Mannakee:    Sarah   E.    151. 

Manr-ur:     Abbie   W.   62, 

Marbury:  Alice  V.  136;  William  H. 
135. 

^';alion:     Francis  69;    Lieut.  Col.    120. 

Marmion:     Dinah  70. 

Martin:  Agnes  liO;  Florence  S.  186; 
Jane  56;  Mr.  176;  Mrs.  125;  Philip 
135. 

Martvn:    Sarah    124,    125. 

Masters:  Edith  135;  Elizabeth  135; 
H-->nnah  B.  135;  John  R.  135;  S. 
135. 

Mathas:     Frances  62. 

Mauplin:    Lizzie   147.  149. 

Maxwell:    Gertrude  A.   177. 

Meade:     Grnl.    128. 

Me3l<ip:  Elizabeth  43.  60;  Margaret 
43;    Robert  43.  60;   William  43,  60. 

Mechlin:  Eliza  B.  113;  George  III, 
113. 

Menthon:     47. 

Merchant:     Rosannah  67;    Ruben  67. 

Merrinan:     Augusta    190;    A.   S.    190; 
Bessie    190;    Branch    H.    190;    Edgar 
190:    Margaret  190;   Mary  190;   Nel- 
lie   190;    Sterling    f90. 
Meyer:    Ludwig   145. 


INDEX 


223 


Middleton:     Mrs.  56. 

Migisan:      128. 

Miller:     Alexander   98;    Alfred    B.   99. 
108;      L.     103;      Amanda     C.     101; 
Amanda      K.       10!  ;       Andrew      74; 
Anna       101;       Anne      99;       Blanche 
101;       Benj.      F.      87.      99;       Bertha 
V.      72;      Elinor      159;      Ellie     98; 
Eliza    99.     117;     Elizabeth    C.     101; 
Emily   F.    101;    Esther  T.    108;    Fer- 
mine  O.  99.  103;   Franklin  99;   Frank 
169;    Frank  B.    101,    108;    George  74, 
98;     George    G.    89;    Frederick    108; 
Harriet  E.   100;   Harry  C.  101;   Hen- 
ry 98;    Hollice    101;    Jacob   74.    178; 
James   73.    74,   98;    A.    101;    B.   89, 
99,    101;    G.   87;    Jennie    101;    Jessie 
B.    101;    John    44.    74.    78,    98;    A. 
89.   100;  G.  101;   H.  101;  N.  101 
Johnson    A.    101  ;    Johnston    89,    101 
Joseph    74;     Lola     118;     Lvdia     101 
A.    100.     101;     M.    98;     Mabie    101 
Maria  98;    Martha  98.   100;    Margar 
et     100;     J.    99;     Mary    DoF.     105 
Mary     G.     lOI;      Matilda     B.     lOI 
Maude   M.    101;    Mr.    176;    Nancy  J 
150;     Oliphart    89,     lOI  ;     Polly    74. 
Rebecca     74:     M.     100;     Robert    42 
99,     101.     103;     Samuel    44.    74,    81 
89;    \V.    101;    Sarah  A.  98;    E.    100 
101;    F.    101;    Susan    74;    Tilla    101 
Thomas    98;     Viola    J.     101;    Wash 
ington    89.    101;    William    67.    74;    J 
98;    F.   101:   W.  89.   101;   Wilson  P 
89.   101;   Wylie   101. 

Mills:     Elizabeth   72. 

Minor:     Truman    204. 

Minthorn:     Hannah    134. 

Mitchcl:  Eliza  J.  90;  Jane  100;  Julia 
169;    Mary  66. 

Monroe:     James    163. 

Montgomery:    Anne   188;   John  N.   191. 

Mooberry:     Margaret    107. 

Moon:     Mr.  66. 

Moore:  Bella  99;  David  43.  49;  Ed- 
win P.  95;  Elizabeth  43;  C.  181; 
James  B.  191;  Joseph  D.  138;  Mar- 
garet 43;  Marjoric  S.  138;  Martha 
124;  Mr.  92.  .27;  Nancy  V.  117; 
J.  150;   RuiK  91. 

Naylor:     Maggie   127. 

Neely:     Mr.    169. 

Neil:    Dorcus  61. 

Netlleton:     Abigail    201;    Almon    203; 

15 


Anna  201;  Benajar  199.  201; 
Charles  A.  201  ;  Edward  201  ;  Hez- 
ekiah  201;  Joseph  201;  Mr.  167; 
Seman  201;  Thaddeus  202;  Wil- 
liam  201. 

Nevin:  Catherine  158;  Elsie  158; 
Garrett  V.  158;  Ida  158;  Johanes 
158;    Sarah    158;    William    158. 

Newby:     Elizabeth  59. 

Newhand:     Mary  93. 

Newkirk:    Capt.  46. 

Newton:     Phoebe  202. 

Nichol:  Elizabeth  61;  Louisa  67;  Re- 
becca   150;    Sarah   61. 

Nisbel:  Aimce  C.  155;  George  B.  155; 
McDonald    B.    1S5;    Samuel    B.    155. 

Nock:    Sylvanus  63.  64. 

Normandv:     Maria  70. 

North:     E.    V.    119. 

Ogdon:     David    174;    Mary   174.   177. 

O  Hara:     Margaret  48. 

O'Henry:     185. 

Oltrog-e:  Annie  F.  192;  Eslelle  T. 
192;    Henry  C.   192. 

Onis:     Luiis   de    163. 

ORiley:     Margaret    174.    175.    193. 

Ornsby:     Thomas    179. 

Orr:     Margaret  57. 

Osborne:    j.   H.    195. 

Oslrander:     Henry  59. 

Overman:  Do'ot^iy  190;  Gertrude 
190;  Lillian  190;  Lee  S.  187,  190; 
Mavde   190;   William   190. 

Owens:     Tabitha    179. 

Painter:     Fnise   199. 

Paishall:    Harry    149. 

Palmer:     Nancy   L.  97. 

Pardue:     Turner   94. 

Parker:  175.  1S8;  Elizabeth  70;  Je- 
rusha.   Gen.  63;    Martha  V.  W.   188. 

Parks:     Eliza   93;    Rebecca    150. 

Parquead :     Miss    185. 

Parry:     Sarah    146. 

Patterson:  Martha  72;  Rebecca  111; 
Robert    17. 

Patlibone:     Anna    160. 

Palton:     Mary    179.    184;    Mr.   170. 

Paul:    Samuel   68. 

Pavne:  Ellen  143;  Mary  142,  144; 
Mi.s    151. 

Pearis:     Nancy  71. 

Pearson:     Eva   189. 


226 


BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


Peflcv:      Mary     B.     149;     Wallace    B. 

149;    Wynn   \V.    149. 
Pellon:     Nathaniel    135. 
Pendl'.ton:     John   B.   66;    Nathaniel  66. 
Penir.glon:     Elizabeth   D.    128. 
Penl.«cost:     Mrs.   83. 
Perkins:    Abbie  203;    L.  C.   179;    Miss 

!;9. 

Perrine:  Alfred  181;  Arthur  D.  192; 
Bertha  188;  Caroline  177,  181; 
Charles  181;  C.  H.  183,  188;  David 
177,  181;  C.  181.  192;  V.  192;  De- 
bora  E.  181;  DeL.  181;  Edwin  A. 
181:  Elias  R.  188,  191;  Elizabeth 
E.  188.  191;  Etla  S.  191;  Frank 
188;  Hannah  V.  192;  John  D.  181; 
R.  192;  Lacona  191;  Lydia  A.  181; 
Margaret  C.  181;  Mary  181;  C. 
192;  Phebe  B.  181;  Rei  B.  181; 
Vivian   191;   William  C.   192. 

Perry:     Ernest    107;    Mr.  64. 

Peterson:     Mr.    151. 

Pettit:     Martha    197. 

Pfifer:     Martin   46. 

Phifer:     Alfx    179. 

Philbrick:     Esther  63. 

Phillips:    John  L.    119;   Sarah  E.   119. 

Phipps:  Eva  147;  Grace  147;  John 
147;  Lyman  147;  Mary  147;  Por- 
ter.  Col.  146.  147.  150;  Robert  147; 
Sarah   J.   B.    147. 

Pierce:     Mary   83. 

Piersol:     Ely  99;    Miss  71. 

Pierson:  Mary  DeF.  99;  John  150; 
Sarah    150. 

Pike:  James  41;  John  41,  64;  Thom- 
as 41;    William  41;   Zebulon  41,   163. 

Plait:  Samuel  198;  Sarah  198;  Susan 
203. 

Pleasants:    Anne  65,  66. 

Plumb:     John   202. 

Plumber:     Frances  68. 

Pollard:  Cclia  E.  114;  Robert  W. 
113,    114. 

Pollock:    Mrs.  124.  127. 

Pollylhress  or  Poythress:  Robert  66; 
Thomas    65. 

Poque:    85. 

Pope:     Mary  L.    160. 

Porter:  Anne  84,  85,  94;  Cephas  85, 
95;  Charles  79,  80,  83,  84.  85,  94, 
95.  104;  Col.  146,  147,  150;  Cora 
B.  104;  Cynthia  104;  Cyrus  98.  101; 


Daisy  74;  Eliza  B.  95.  103;  George 
F.  104;  R.  104;  Georgia  101;  Guy 
104;  Harriet  85,  95,  104;  Heziah 
J.  95;  Harry  W.  104;  Isabella  95. 
105;  James  84,  85,  94,  95,  101. 
104;  lane  84,  85.  94,  95;  John  45. 
79,   83,   84,   85,   94,   95.    101.    104; 

Leah  84.  85,  94;  Lula  B.  104;  Mag- 
gie 104;  Mari^aret  84,  85,  94,  95. 
105;  Martha  95,  104;  Mary  85,  95, 
101,  104,  105;  Maude  104;  Moses 
B.  85,  94;  Newel  95;  Phoebe  J. 
104;  Rachael  95;  Robert  85.  95, 
101,  104;  R.  Amanda  95.  Samuel 
85.  94,  95,  104;  Sarah  E.  104; 
Steven  39.  85.  95,  104;  Wiley  95, 
104;    William  74,   104. 

Post:    Susan    158. 

Potter:  Isabella  71;  James  71;  Capt. 
129;     John.    Capt.     129;     Mary    129; 

Miss  53. 

Potts:     Mary   194;   Nathan  39;    Rebecca 

130;    Thomas,  Col.   130. 
Powell:     Martin    168. 
Powers:    John  67. 
Pratt:     Margaret  88,   98. 
Printice:     John,   Capt.   45. 
Price:     Charles   H.  204;    Nathaniel   61; 

R.  N.  185. 

Pritchard:     Lieut.  73. 

Pruden  or  Prudden:  Lewis  193;  Mary 
195;  Peter  196;  Rl.oda  193;  Sam- 
uel   198. 

Pryor:     Jessie   F.    189. 

Puckelt:     Harriet   A.    185. 

Purvis:     Isabella  C.  98. 

Qui-ley:      John    57,     177;     Tabitha    B. 

177,  178. 

Quinby:     Sarah  74. 

Quinn:      Charles    G.     144,     145;     Edith 

W.    145;     Ivan    W.    145;    Vale    M. 

145. 
Rammage:    James  56. 
Ramey:     Mary  95. 
Ramsey:     William  48. 
Randolph:    Edmund  66. 
Ray:     John    193. 
Raymond:     Ambrose    143,    145;    Claude 

145;     Deala    145;     Isabella    B.    145; 

Lomie    145;     Mabel    O.    145;    Nettie 

145. 
Rayner:    Julia  143. 


INDEX 


227 


Read:     William   98. 

Reed    or    Reid:     Ailie    B.    154;    Annie 

B.    154:    Arzula    154;     Fannie    191; 

James  B.   154;   T.   154;   John  T.   154; 

Lillie     154;     Lucy     J.     154;     Marlyn 

154;  Mr.  III.  127.  177:  Mrs.  124. 
127;  Nannie  K.  154;  J.  A.  184; 
Tlico.  154;  Thomas  152;  Rebecca 
A.   154;   Willie  W.   154. 

Reeves:  Abncr  74,  79;  F.lizabclh  74. 
79.  80.  61;  Hannah  B.  79;  John  74; 
Manassah   74,  80;    Michael   74.  80. 

Reside:     Sarah   55. 

Reynolds:  John.  Genl.  128;  Margar- 
et 60;    Mr.    187. 

Rice:    Victoria    184. 

Richards:  Anna  B.  190;  Catherine 
190;  Charles  R.  190;  Elizabeth 
190;  John  H.  187,  190;  Kilty 
or  Bessie  187;  Mr.  188;  May  191; 
Rupert    191;    William   43.   56.    191. 

Richardson:  Ellen  142;  Lieut.  45; 
Sam    190. 

Riddle:     Eliza  A.    147. 

Rid^eway:     Elizabplh  88,    100. 

Riaqles:  James  148;  B.  148;  Wini- 
fred   148. 

Riggs:  Albert  R.  106;  .Alexander  106; 
Alice  H.  106;  Aimer  W.  106; 
Anna  E.  106;  W.  106;  Charles  H. 
106;  N.  106;  Charlotte  106;  David 
182;  Edwin  H.  106;  Elias  177; 
Elsie  106;  Elizabeth  C.  106;  Ema 
E.  106;  I.  106;  Evadne  106;  Fan- 
nie A.  106;  Harriet  B.  106;  Henry 
E.  106:  John  C.  182;  Joseph  E. 
106;  Kale  1C6;  E.  106;  Lewis  182. 
188;  Lucy  106;  Margaret  A.  188; 
Mary  C.  106;  E.  182;  May  F.  106; 
Rachel  B.  182;  Samuel  106;  Steven 
D.  106. 

Riley:    Harriet  88,  99. 

Roband:     Mr.    122. 

Robb:  Andrew  75;  James  93;  John 
93;  Joseph  93;  Mary  74.  75.  93; 
Moses  93;  Robrrt  93;  Washington 
93;    Wiley  93;    William  84.  93. 

Robbinnet:     Samuel    56. 

Robertson:  Anna  McD.  114;  Bever- 
ly   113.    114;    Miss    168. 

Robinson:  Abbie  185;  Allen  106;  Ca- 
milla 105;  Eliza  Jane  105;  Fred 
H.    106;    Genevieve    106;    Harry    G. 


105;    John    45;    Joshua   V.   95.    106 
Kate    L.     105;     L.    95;     L.    N.     105 
Louella    A.     105;     Martha    R.     106. 
Mary   44.    79;    Mr.    132;    Patrick   39. 
40;  Samuel  41;   Steven  B.   106;   Wil- 
liam  44. 

Rodney:    George   136. 

Ropers:     Susan    19^;    Susanna    173. 

Roll:     Edwin    150. 

Romero:     Mrs.    52. 

Ross:    Elizabeth  48. 

Rowland:  Catherine  190;  Mary  S. 
190;  Maude  190;  Meredith  190; 
Mene   190;    Mrs.    170;    R.   M.   190. 

RufTm:     Samuel   65. 

Rupert:  Catherine  187;  Eliza  T.  180; 
James  R.   187;  Sue  190. 

Russel:  Emmet  170;  H.  G.  120;  James 
98. 

Ryland:  Charles  100;  Dora  100;  Em- 
ma G.  100;  Francis  H.  100;  Fred- 
erick W.  100:  Henry  100;  James 
89:  E.  100;  Kenneth  R.  100;  Mary 
P.   100;   Wallace  McC.   100. 

Salisbury:    Dr.   103;   Gov.   193. 

Samford:     Ferdinand    B.    136. 

Sandford:     Sarah    197.    198. 

Saunders:     A.   J.    135. 

Sayer:     Mr.    136. 

Scales:     Nellie    190. 

Scanlan:     Mary    178;    Miss   175.    184. 

Scearre:     Georcje  S.    154. 

Schla-zel:     Minnie    143. 

Schmidt:     Sarah    151. 

Schrivener:     Lottie    107. 

Schuyler:     47. 

Schwartz:     Dr.    122. 

Scott:  Hannah  158.  159;  Henry  151 
John  163;  Laura  147;  Miss  110 
Thomas  44,  53.  77.  80.  83;  A.  53 
Wait    199. 

Scarhrist:     Frances    123.    124. 

Seelly:  Col.  194;  Daniel  170.  174; 
Phebc   B.    170. 

Selgler:     Nathan   45. 

Sellers:     Mrs.   Jacob   56. 

Sevier:     40. 

Seward:     Mr.    176. 

Sexton:    Etta   188. 

Shad-:     Mary    177. 

Shaffer:  Edward  149;  George  149; 
Stella   B.    149. 

Shannon:     Emma    102. 


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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


Shaver:     Austin    138;    Capt.   46;    Josic 

138;    Mr.    138. 
Shaw:     Isabella  O.   203. 
Shelby:    40. 
Shelly:     Eliza    194. 
Shellon:     i  lannah    72. 
Shepard:     Heniy  59. 
Sherman:     Elijah    202. 
Shcrrcll:     Elizabelh    118. 
Shields.    John    129. 
Shoemaker:    Nancy  B.   120. 

Shook:  Alice  97;  Baird  97;  Fermine 
M.  97;  George  97;  Hassie  R.  97; 
Ida  97;  John  97;  Levi  97;  Mary 
B.  97;  W.  R.  86.  97. 

Sliorer:    George    137. 

Shuilz:    Susan  92. 

Siggins:     Frances    174. 

Sill:    Serlinu   159. 

Simonds:     George,    Lieut.    143. 

Simonlon:    C.   118;    J.  W.    118. 

Simpson:     Clara    106;    Sarah    119. 

Silsee:    John    179. 

Skcer:     R.   S.    120. 

Sloan:  Alice  152;  Bland  152;  Ella 
152;  Irene  152;  George  151,  152; 
Louis  152;  Mary  185;  Nannie  152; 
Rebecca   152;   Sarah  B.   152. 

Smiley:  Alfred  149;  Anna  149; 
Blanche  149;  Etta  B.  149;  George 
149;    Mary   149;    Nathaniel   149. 

Smith:  Abigail  203;  Almira  A.  102; 
Anna  173,  193;  Amniel  200;  Bac- 
cus  180;  Beard  200,  202;  S.  200; 
Carry  161;  Cale.ine  P.  187;  Celia 
K.  203;  Coleman  187;  Dennis  203; 
Dora  66;  Emma  185;  Estelle  107; 
Grace  A.  203;  Hannah  E.  187; 
Hezekiah  201.  203.  P.  203;  James 
M.  187;  Jane  97,  167;  Joel  203; 
John  197,  200;  Joseph  202;  H.  187; 
Louisa  68,  151;  Lucrefia  203;  Mar- 
garet A.  187;  B.  187:  Martha  M. 
203;  Marv  B.  197.  198.  200;  Me- 
hitable  200;  Minerva  203;  Mr.  202, 
Mrs.  52;  Myra  R.  187;  Rebecca 
55.  71.  198;  Samuel  180.  187.  204; 
Sarah  55.  198.  Susan  92.  147.  203. 
A.  187;  B.  200.  203;  Tabiiha  T. 
187;  Theodore  94;  William  201. 
203;   B.  187. 

Snowhill:      William     181. 

Snyder:    Nannie   147. 


Southward:     Finiey    195;    Turley   195. 

Southwood:    Olive  59. 

Spear:     John,    Capt.    45. 

Spencer:     Mrs.    125. 

Spcrry:    Hazel    143. 

Squel:     John.   Capt.    72. 

Stabler:     Laurence   135. 

Staik:    47;    John    176;    M.   169. 

Steel:     M.  C.    119. 

Sterling:  Edward  203:  George  203; 
Henry  203;  Homer  203;  Samuel  B. 
203;    Mary  E.  203;    Martin  203. 

Slcnet:    p.ebecca  41.  78. 

Stevens:     Henry    195. 

Stevenson:     Eliiabcth   130.   131. 

Stever:     J.  C.    133. 

Slewait:  Hannah  50;  J.  A.  121;  John 
50.    143. 

Stickier:     Ophelia  99;   Susan  71. 

Stockton:     Joseph   72. 

Stoddaid:    Abigail    199. 

Stonebroken:     Lydia   89. 

Stout:  Bennett  91;  Catherine  177;  Ed- 
ward   154;    Levi    160;    Margaret    177. 

Sireame:  Abigail  197;  John  196,  197; 
Martha  B.  197;  Mary  197;  Sarah 
197;   Thomas    197. 

Strong:  Margaret  89,  90;  Mary  72; 
Theodosius   90. 

Stuyvesant:     Peter  39,  70. 

Summers:  Anna  McC.  107;  Berlran 
106;  Charles  103,  106,  107;  Flor- 
ence 106;  Hera  106;  Lealand  106; 
John  T.  93;  Maude  106;  Ray  107; 
William  202;    Winnified    106. 

Summerson:     Ella    177. 

Sumrall:    John   144. 

Suthllf:     Delia   92. 

Sutphine:  Elenor  B.  183;  Elizabeth 
183;  Evaiina  183;  G?orge  183;  W. 
177;   Jane    183;    Matilda    183. 

Swanson:     186. 

Sweeting:     Elizabeth  49,   55. 

Tag^ert:  Ann  125,  Elizabeth  B.  125; 
James  125;  John  125;  Mr.  125;  Rob- 
ert 125;  Samuel  124,  125;  William 
125. 

Tally:     133. 

Tan  torn:  .Amos  182;  Ann  B.  182; 
Hartshorn  177;  Hiram  182;  Lena 
182;  Louise  182;  Ma>iam  182;  Mary 
182;    E.    182;    Morrison    182. 


INDEX 


229 


Tapscolt:    James    175;    Mrs.   174.  Van  Court:     Mary    135. 

Tarbell:     Ann   99;    Ephraim   61.  Vanderliss:     Vinnie    147. 

Tale:     Mary    160.  Vandcrveer:     Hannah   M.   181. 

Taylor:      Gov.    60;     Harriet    59;     John  Vandivcrl:     Roderick    161. 

127;    Mary  E.  95;   Rachel   124;   Rob-  Van    Dyke:     John    146. 

erl    188;    Sidney    154.  Vc,r.eman:     Mr.    145. 

Tearse:     47.  Van   Flee.:     J^  O     161 

Terrell:     ElriraG.   191.  Van   Horn:     Elizabeth    160. 

Terry:    Natlie   169.  Van  Kirk:    Avie  A.   102;   Cephas   105; 

Ihatcher:     Barzilia   158.  Cinthia  95,    104;    Ella  J.    105;    James 

Thomas:     Ann    201;    Charles    H.    144;  C    '05;  John  95;   H.  105;   Kate  105; 

J.     105;     Elizabeth     B.     144;     Esther  Mary  95,    104.    105;    Mr     105;    Sad.e 

no,     111.     115;     Frank    144;     James  E.-    105;    Tiicodore   89.    102;     I  hom- 

166;    B     165;    Jane    180;    Robert  W.  as    H.    105. 

105;   Sarah  E.   105;    Virginia  B,  66;  Van  Liere:     Bcnj.   158;    Catherine   158; 

William    143,    144;    William   O.    144.  Fred   158;   John   158. 

Thompson:    Mr.  95.  105,  122;  Sylvanus  Van     VIcck:      Isaac     157;     Magdalena 

166.  156.  157. 

Thorn:     Col.  44;    Emile    147.    149;   Jes-  Vernon:     Lydia   A.    102. 

sie    149;    Mary    131.    149.    150;    Nora  Villeam:    Susanna  70. 

149;   S.    150;    Winifred   149.  Vincent:      Charles     147;      Ernest     147; 

Tibals   or   Tibbals:     Samuel   200;    Tim-  Gibson    146.    147;    Hattie    147;    John 

olhy    196;    Thomas   197.  146.  147;  J.  K.  150;    Martha  B.  147; 

Tidmgs:     Annie    154.  Mary    147;     Porter    147;     Rose    147; 

T.lton:    Capt.  64.  Wilder   147;  Wilham   147. 

Todd:     Mary    A.   62.  Voories:     Abram    W.    161;    Jane    159; 

Tomlinson:      Daniel     201;     Levi     201;  Lamantha     102;     Maggie    161;     Peter 

Polly  204.  159,    161;    Wilson   161. 

Torry:    Addie    111,    113.  Vreeland:     Elizabeth    195. 

Town:     Agnes   W.  94,    103.  Waddell:     Henry    171. 

lownsend:    Roger   171  Waldron:     Elizabeth  63.  64. 

Tritchelle:     Eslclle    189,    192.  ._,  ,,            ^  ..       1 70     i  an      r^           19.1. 

T     L    J           I     J-      IQQ  Walker:     Felix    179.    180;     Gene    1/4; 

Irobridge:     Lydia    IVV.  ,             .t      r          ii      \         ax      I„,.s„.> 

-r     L         i"L  •  .•     Ai  James  43;   Jane  43;   Jean  45;   Joanna 

Truby:    Christie  44.  •{_,„       i  1        -^      \/i            ,   ax.    M,,., 

T-       •'      c-   ■   Qi  198;    John    t3 ;    Margaret    43;    Mary 

Irucit:     oini   oj.  ._      ,,                  , -7n     ,  ^.r      c                  CA 

Trvndal:    Margaret  65.  ^3 ;    Marcessa    179.    1»5;   Susanna  56. 

Tunis:     Johns.    160.  Wallace:     Matilda    132;    Mrs.   60,    11, 

Tyler:     Annie    89;    Ami    136;    Gather-  112;     Robert    43;    Samuel    56;    Wil- 

ine    130,    131;    John    130;    Mary   A.  ham   45. 

135;   Thomas   136;   W.  5.   189.  Walling:      Francis     135;     Joseph     134. 

I  TL     I        If      lAQ  135;  Sarah   135. 

Ubank:     Julia    loV.  ,,      n       ,d     ^ 

L'mstead:     Catherine    52.  Ward:    Capt.    194;    Ella    B.    143;    Gas- 

Ulley      Mary    59  ton    185;    Geraldine    149;    Helen    148; 

Van    Buskirk:     Hattie    161.  Josephine  143;    Mable   149;   Mr.  149; 

Vance:    Annie   185;   David  39,  74,   180.  Tenny    108;    William    148. 

185,     186;     Gov.     193;     Hannah    74.  Wark:     James    112. 

185;    Flarriet  E.   186;   John  74;    Lau-  Warne:      Elizabeth   172;    Thomas   172. 

ra   185;    Mr.  79.  80;    Noel    185;    Pat-  Warren:     Mary  61;    Mr.    170. 

rick    41,    42;     Priscella    133;     Robert  V;a,hinglon:     Genl.    136.    163.    172. 

B.    185;    Sally   P.    185;    William   74;  Waters:     Fli/abeth    54;    R.   T.    155. 

Zebulon   B.    165.  Watson:     Jonathan    62. 

Van   Cleff:     Elsa    157.  Wayne:    Anthony  45.    133. 

Van  Cleve:    Jane   175.  Weathcrly:     Mrs.    Leigh    H.    178. 


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BAIRD  AND  BEARD  FAMILIES 


Weaver:      Annie     L.     188;     Bascombe 
188;  Christine  180.  188;   Fullon   148; 
Jane   E.    188;    John    168;    Martha  V. 
188;    Mary   A.    188;    Montvillc    180; 
W.  E.    185;   William  M.   187. 
Webster:     Mary  J.   63. 
Wellesley:    Arthur  174. 
Wells:      Almira    204;     Elizabeth     150; 

Juda  F.    150;    Newman   150. 
Welmot:     B.   190. 
Welsh:     Jane   T.    180;    Mary   A.    175; 

Miss   125;    William   176.    180. 
Wesley:     Joshua   75. 
Westfall:    47. 
Wigginton:    Charles   158. 
Wilcox:     Mr.   145;    Nellie  E.   153. 
Wilkinj:     Maria   88. 
Willard:     Harry  S.    105;   Samuel    101. 
Williams:    Alexander  B.  97 ;  Annie  97; 
Charles  L.  97;    Edward  F.  97;    Har- 
riet A.  97;  James  M.  97;   Nathan  86. 
92;    Robert    B.   97;    Robert   O.    143; 
William   E.  97. 
Williamson:     Elizabeth    84;    Mary    60; 

Thomas  42. 
Willis:  Esther  B.  113;  H.  P.  112.  113. 
Wilson:  A.  161;  Abram  D.  160; 
Adam  43;  Aletha  A.  160;  Allen 
161;  Ben  118.  119;  Catherine  A.  B. 
160;  Charles  41  ;  Cornelia  161  ;  Dixie 

A.  138:  Edward  161;  Eliza  88; 
Emily  161;  Henry  159.  160;  Hugh 
100;  Idue  W.  156;  Jacob  V.  160; 
James  39.  41.  43,  45.  74.  75.   161; 

B.  138;    C.    138;   Jane  75.   161.   165; 

J.  111.  112.  116;  John  41.  42.  74. 
118;  Joseph  43,  75;  Laney  179; 
Leonora  149;  Lydia  B.  117;  Mag- 
dalen 161;  Mary  160;  Mas  179; 
Miss  154;  Mr.  145;  Narcissus  147; 
Rachel  151;  Sally  or  Sarah  85.  95; 
B.  119;  Samuel  T.  40;  Thomas 
74,  162.  165;  Virginia  161;  Wil- 
liam 43,  49,  74,  117.  129.  160;  B. 
160,  161;  W.  138. 

Winkham:    50. 

Winkler:    Elizabeth    175.    179. 

Wlnthrop:    Gov.  60. 

Wise:    Daniel    151;    Elcnor   150. 


Wisncr:    1  Icnry    136. 

Witlich:    W.  L.  120. 

Wolcott:     Harriet  201. 

Wood:    John  93;    Mrs.  83.   193. 

Woodrich:     Clara    144. 

Woodruff:     Mary    188. 

Woodward:  Abel  199;  Abigail  B. 
199;  Anna  199;  Asa  199;  Charles 
189;  Elijah  199;  Eunice  199;  Israel 
198.  199;  John  199;  Martha  98; 
Nathan   199. 

Woodworth:     Rebecca  E.  91. 

Woolsey:     Elizabeth   68;    William  74. 

Wooster:  Anna  202;  Articretia  202; 
Harriet  202;  John  202;  Judson 
202;  Lemuel  202;  Lewis  202;  Ly- 
man    143;     Jennie     143,     John,    Capt. 

Works:  William.  Capt.  178. 
Wright:  Agnes  M.  147;  McG.  131; 
Anna  M.  144;  Charles  H.  153; 
Eliza  B.  153;  Elizabeth  178;  Her- 
man 143;  Jennie  143;  John,  Capt. 
45;    Martha   B.    153;    Mr.  97;    Nellie 

B.  153;    Sallle    B.    153;    Samuel    M. 
151,    153;    Susan    M.    153;    William 

C.  119,  153. 

Wycoff:  Elizabeth  182;  David  181; 
Gertrude  182;  Jacob  177,  182;  John 
159;  B.  182;  A.  182;  Lydia  181; 
Mary  A.   182;    Peter   177,   181.   182. 

Yard:     Margaret   150. 

>'oung:    Miss   194. 

Wheeler:  Elizabeth  199,  202;  John 
44;   Moses  199. 

White:  'Albert  N.  142,  144;  Andrew 
178;  r.cnj.  84,  94;  Clara  B.  145; 
Clarissa  144,  145;  Edith  A.  144. 
145;  Edward  149;  Frederick  149; 
Harry  A.  149;  H.  149;  Helen  G. 
149;  Jason  B.  144;  Jessie  S.  144; 
Leland  C.  149;  Max  M.  149;  Nel- 
lie B.  149;  Paul  C.  149;  Stephen 
M.  49;    Susan   71. 

Whitenack:     Mr.    159. 

Whitney:  Alice  148;  David  148;  Don- 
ald 143;  Edward  D.  102;  Eliza  102; 
J,  C.  89.  102;  Joseph  H.  102;  Liz- 
zie 102:  Oliver  102;  Ruth  148; 
William  A.   102;  Winona  C.  102. 


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