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From: Frederick T. Baird< >
Subject: Re: John Baird JR. family
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 08:21:31 -0600


On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 18:42:33 -0600 (Frederick T. Baird)
writes:
>Greetings to all:
>
>I want to explore the family of John Baird JR. a little more in
>depth.
>Later on some of this family spelled thei name Beard as
>well.--So---I'm sending to
>both groups.
>
>John Jr. is the son of OLD JOHN and MARY.bn. Hunderton,New Jersey
>He was bn. 28 Jan.1707 and md/ Avis -----who survived him and died 6
>Feb 1747.
>Only William is mentioned in his fathers will,but it mention wife and
>children,so , there were others.,believed to be Andrew bn. 1737 in
>N.J.md.1st.probably Mary (polly) Smith
>and had children William bn. 24 Jan. 1771 and Avis bn. 11 Sept. 1773
>md.John Wood
>24 Sept 1793 d. 24 Dec. 1840William md. Jane Hunt. He d. 3 Oct.
>1855.Barren,Co. Ky. William was bn. in Salisbury, N.C.He and Jane
>raised six children ,the 1st. three probably bn. there Mary, Elizabeth
>and Andrew and the next threein Barren,Ky.
>Obediah,Gersham and Sarah.,
>
>Andrew next,md. Hannah Green ,who was also pre viously md. probably
>to her cousin, Oliver.They had a son Oliver unmd. and daughters Martha
>md.George Reed,and Johanna md Abel Hunt.
>Hannah and Andrew had a dau. Hannah md. Moses Cox.
>Sons:
>Andrew Stokes Jr. md. Margaret Elizabeth Smith,Josiah md. Mary Sutton,
>and Jeremiah (Jeremy) md. Mary Pennington.
>all bn. Rowan,N.C.
>
>Hannah d. 2 April 1811.
>Most of these children and their spouses moved to Barren,Co. KY.abt.
>1800.
>Josiah and later Jeremy went to Smith,Co. Tenn.and seemed to stay in
>touch with
>each other.and the Barren Co. Ky. group (land records etc.)
>
>Now I'm going to build a little straw house and see how many can blow
>it over ,or build it of brick.
>
>So far I have only mentioned Andrew and his family.,son of John Jr.
>In addition to William and Andrew ,most agree that tyhere were other
>children;:
>MARY,JOHN ALEXANDER and ELIZABETH
>
>Birds of a feather flock together.
>In addition to the families i have previously explained,
>I now have land records of John and Alexander owning land toget her in
>Barren,Ky.
>F,B.C. says : If this is correct then the John and Alexander of Tenn.
>and Ky. probably belong here.
>I think they do .brothers,sisters and half brothers and sisters.
>
>I am ,However perplexed abt. another Andrew therebn. 1770. md. Molly
>(Mary)? and had eight children:
>William, Andrew,Alexander,Isabel,(Ibby),Margaret (Peggy),John,Mary
>(Polly)
>and Betsy (Elizabeth) THis Andrew had a will ,Barren, Co. Ky. 3 Feb.
>1827 and May ct. 1827,Executors: Two oldest sons Willim and Andrew.
>Can anyone help me with this one., Or the straw house I just built?
>
>Fred
>
>
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