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Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Re:BIRD of HAmpshire County, WV
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 20:22:02 EST


Hi,

I was excited to see your info on the the Abraham Bird below. Do you have
more inf on the Birds?

Is there a place called Sherman's Valley in Hampshire County, WV?

John Peters
Valatie, NY

In a message dated 12/4/2000 3:00:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:

<< I have an opinion who those Bird's, who lived thru Brock's Gap from
Hampshire-Hardy Co were, or Capt Abraham Bird, and the funder of
Henry Miller's ironworks,Mark Bird,were and where they were from ,based
on the
migration of a colony from very sw modern Berks Co,Pa to what became
Rockingham-
Shenandoah-Dunmore Co'S Va. Maybe 1748 era,though Mark Bird staying in
Pa running ironworks. And I'd watch Abe's Lincoln's,and Daniel's
Boone's,and
Antoni's Sadowski's. And if same as the Mrs Antoni Sodowski's,I'd watch
the Reformed
Dutch church at Flatlands,now Brooklyn area,w Long Island. I speak
theory.
Prove me wrong,and broadcast it to the Internet.

On Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:16:06 EST writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for other BIRD researchers in
> Hampshire County, WV.
>
> I have seen a Mary Bird(b.1725) m. Stephen Rudell
> in 1753. She died in 1780 in Hampshire County, WV. Her father was
> Lt. Andrew Bird.
>
> The reason I am researching these Birds is that I descend from 2
> BIRD lines one from an Effie Bird(b.1725 and dau. of Elisha &
> Cathrina 'Ringo' Bird) and a Mary Bird(ancestry unknown).
>
> Effie Bird married a Reuben Pownall and they had a daughter Rachel
> Pownall(b.1756), who married a John Peters(b.1750). John Peters'
> parents were James and Mary (BIRD) Peters. Both John & Rachel moved
> to Hampshire County, WV in about 1792.
>
> It is currently being speculated that there may have been other
> BIRD's that moved to Hampshire County, WV(then VA).
>
> Can anyone help me on this?
>
> John Peters >>

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