BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

A GENEALOGICAL. BIOGRAPHICAL. AND HJSTORJCAJ...

COLLECTION OF DATA

BY

FERMINE BAIRD CATCHINGS

BAIRD-WARD PUBUSHER.S NASHVILLE. TENN. CoPYRICHT, 1918, BY

FUMINE B. CATCHINCS, GEN. SIR DAVID BAIRD, Son of Sir William of Newbyth. Created Baronet in I 809. Married, 1810, Preston Campbell, of Fern Tower, County Perth, Died without i11ue, 1829.

DEDICATION.

I dedicate thi. compilation to the 1pirit of freedom. civil and eccleaiutical, bom in the 1turdy, courageo111 Scola, who, like the "caglea of their craiga," were &Cell• 1ighted, atrong and fearleu. The apirit of democracy which at that di.tan! time proteated againlt autocracy of church and •late, having the courage of ill convic­ tion, tried to find freedom in Ireland, and later found it in the United Statea. Many of thae meo u "younger

10n1" left home, frienda and comforta to 11aDd for what ia ,baking the whole world today (a hundred and fif('!J years later) to ita foundation. Here thia 1trong offspring of liberty today 1tand1 ready to help the Old World take ill 1tand for the aame great principle-like David, having not the armor of Saul, but coming in the name of the Lord God of I.rael, not to kiJI, but to protect the great brotherhood of man.

PREFACE.

I have never worshiped ancestors and think the old saying is often true: "Ancestry is like 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 object 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 l01t 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 othen of different lines re­ sponded, so the data grew to include many branches; but as they seem to have sprung originally from 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 from given names, localities, counties from which. they emigrated, and 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 what· they have. untangle and make it into a complete whole. ., My information has been gathered from old colonial records, many genealogical histories at New York 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 Ui,iontown, Pa., who spent many years gathering data; MR. R. A. BAIRD, of Early Grove, Miss.; Miss M. E. BAIRD, of Bon Air, Va.; MR. DJ\VID BAIRD and Mr. Froman, of New Jersey, and MR. GEORGE W. ·BAIRD (Rear Admiral), of Washington, D. C., and Mn. Torrey, of Baird, Mi~s. Much historical and geographical information has been gained from "A Chronicle of the Bards," by G. 0. Seilhamer. To one and all I return thanks. FERMINE B. CATCHINCS. "A HINDRANCE TO GENEALOGY."

' , . , "Nolhing 1trikca tho ge11ealogiat of 1903-4 to forcibly as the va1t amount of w-.1ed power which hu been upended over the 1ubject (genealogy). l believe the cune which hu .fectecl Ollr ae!leaioaical inquiry hu been the de,ire for dcfuailellell. lnveatiiator after inveatigator hu trave1led prec:iaely . the same road, ~at. · uliu IIIOll travelen, he bu loo oftea failed to vouchaafe to po1terity the te1ulta of hia obaervatiOlll. Had he been content lo print, or· al any rate lo leave ia a form that -could be manipulated by othen, lhe reault of hia work, genealogy would atand on a far heller buia lhan it doea today. , ..For eumple. all the reaearch being put on the ducal line of the Cordon1-­ -f0f au hundred and &fty yean, which 'wu identical with the nation', hi,tory'-and nothiDa written of the numeroua branchea who were content to remain on the horden; and the1 more important cadell in the North remained without hi1torian1 -.tall• ..B7 the wa7 of a footnote I cannot help mcnlioniDg the ~ormoU1 activity of American genealogiall. Here i1 a people busy with the world of alfain in a •way we acarcely undentand: and yet the merest amateun there &ud lime to in­ . Wlblal$ their hiatory with releutle11 energy, 1ne fact i1 a uaeful reminder to lh- ,who rqard antiquarian and antediluvian u interchangeable word,."-(J, M. Bullock'• Hulorical Re-..ie•.) . · ' . J SOME PRESENT-DAY HAPPENINGS, 1917.

Excerpt, from the Chrutian Science Monitor (1917).

Before taking up the record of the past I would like to call atten­ tion to some of the fruits of the stand our fathen took, in establishing democracy in this country a hundred years ago, by excerpts from a current newspaper: "Little more than a century ago a British army, acting under one of the malicious and senseless orders of George Ill, was burning Washington; thia year Mr. Balfour, the British minister, addreaaed Congreu, and our Preaident. Mr. Wilson, made a new precedent in the annals of Congres, by attending the HOUH lo hear him." In thia year [ 1917) when it waa impossible to remain out of the war, the question whether a volunteer or a regular anny ahould be tent to France muat remind everyone of the fact that, in the crisia of the American Revolution. two French generals came to the United States-the one Lafayelle, the head of a body of volunteen, the other Rochambeau, in conunand of the French regular troops. At a dinner at which M. Juaterand waa present. he said, "It', General Rochambeau', visit General Perthing ia returning." Thia ia the year when the beautiful statue of Lafayette was unveiled by Rene Viviani, of the French Mia­ sion, and when such an ovation was given Marsh.al Jolfre. At the time the dia­ tinguiahed British Mission landed, the Stara and Stripea was Boating beside the Union Jack from the Victoria Tower at Weatminater for the fi.nt time.· President Wilson says: ''To auch a task we can dedicate our livea and our fortunes, everythin11 that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America i, privileged to spend her blood and her misht for the principlea that gave her birth and happincas, the peace which ahe bu treasured. God helping her, 1he can do no other." He dedicated, as the Chief Executive of the nation, the energies of this country to the prosecution of the war.

Without a single diasenting voice in either houae, the Congre11 of the United States hu paaaed a bill providing for the iasuance of $7,000,000,000 in bonqa, the proceed, of which are to be uted in helping to defray the coat, to itaelf and to it, sister nations, of carrying on a defensive war against military autocracy. The people of the United States do not hesitate a moment when the choice lies between billion, and an ideal, between anything material which they poaseu and the realization of world democracy. Sooner or later democracy will have lo real~e the fact that it muat fight out the battle with autocracy. Neither can make .lerma with the other, for the simple, obvious fact "there ia not room for both of them lo live al peace in the aame world." "He haa aounded forth the trumpet that ,hall never call retreat." · The envoys of the Allies went in the Mayflower to Mt. Vernon to oav tribute to W ashini;rton. JO SOME PRESENT DAY HAPPENINGS

France sent by them a bronze palm to be placed on the tomb. Mar­ shal Joff re. the spokesman, said: "I respectfully salute lhe great soldier and la1 upon hia tomb the palm we olfer our aoldien who have died for their country.' Mr. Balfour said: -Jnere can be no spot oa earth where any word on the subject of 'liberty' · cu . have greater meaning than at the tomb of W uhington. Great Britain sent 11 bronze wreath, with the inscription. 'Dedicat~ by the British Minion lo the inunortal memory of George Waahington--aoldier, atateaman, patriot-who would have rejoiced to have seen the country of which he waa by birth a citizen, and the country which his genius called into existence, fighting aide by aide to save mankind from subjection to military despotism.' " A telegram from Donald B. McMillan (fonncrly one of Peary's · lie11tenants), leading the Arctic exploration, says: "Blocked again at Cape Henchel, I found a way through the mountaina into Baird'• Inlet. Here at E.akind Point the walla of three atone houses and rcmaim of a boat marked tho 1ite of lhe 6nt encampment of Greely', party; Before tuming · back I searched the cape carefully for record. and boat of Brililh expedition of 1876. The mail found wu legible and in fairly good condition. Mapped Baird'• · Inlet oa retum.''

"It WIii Mr. Lloyd George who, in one of hi, picturesque phrases; described the military airmen III the 'Bayard, of the clouds.' There ia III a matter of fact some• thing peculiarly 6tting in the name, for the fighting in the air haa been carried on with leu rancor than anywhere else, In the air al all evenll there has been no g111, no submarine, no violation of white Bag• and 10 the fighlen in the air have come to adopt towards each other something of the chivalry of the great fighters of the p111t. They are, in lhort. like Bayard-'1am peur et 1an1 reproche.' " , .. , "A few·.mil• away, acr011 the uplands, lica Sularave Manor, with the Wash- . ington 1tara and ,tripes carved on the lintel over the doorway." · ·· "Americana in England accepted from the English the gift of Sulgrave Manor, in Warwicbhire, acaling the centennial of Anglo-Suon peace.'' -,, ,.0. December ti, 1917, General Allenby made his ,tale entry into Jerusalem. A very deep impreuion hu been caused throughout Palestine by what the in• habitanta of the country regud III the ful61lment of an ancient prophecy. ~ Kaiser made a apectacular Clllry into Jeruaalem in 1898, riding through '11 hole in the city wall. At that time the ancient prophecy wu unearthed to the 'ellect that the real deliverer would combine the ler1111 'Alla.' or Cod, and 'nabi,' or prophet. and would come in on ..foot. General Allenby1 name ia considered nerywhere in Palatine to be that combination. , . "The Kaiser h111 maintained hil own dacent from David. If thi. claim were true. the real repreacntalive of the Davidic line would be the present Prince of , Wal-. who on hi. birth waa deliberately chri11ened David." . • ,

· 1, _ 0. July 8th the Chridian Science M onilor told the people of the United States that ill Congre11 had plllled a reaolulion that all people should aay the Anpl111 (a Roman Catholic prayer} at twelve o'clock, when the bell or siren whittle blew. It bu not plllled the committee or President yet. Some of ua arc not III wideawake u our forcfatheu 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 BAIROS, BEARDS AND BARDS

OF AMERICA •••••••••••••••• '! •••• 76

CHAPTER V. Sco'rCH BAIROS OF AMERICA ••••••••••• 156

CHAPTER VI. ENGLISH BEARDS OF AMERICA ...... 196

APPENDIX ...... 205

ILLUSTRATIONS.

General Sir David Baird ...... •.... . Frontispiece

PACIKQ PAia Rev. Robert Baird ...... • ...... • • • • 82

Rev. A. J. Baird ...... ••••...•..• . . 86

Rear Admiral George W. Baird ...... 122

Professor Spencer F. Baird ...... • • . . . . . • ...... • 132

Zebulon Baird Vance 186

PAGZ 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

CHAPTER I. ANCIENT HISTORY.

ITAUAN AND FRENCH DATA.

(From Seilhamer and othm.)

Ugone de Bard, Val de Ao.ta, Italy, ranked next to the V11COunt of Ao.ta. 6nt lord of the Valley. Hi, home wu "Ca.tie Bard." He made allegiance to Tomuo I of Savoy in 1191. He had three sona-Ugone, Anaelmo, and Guglielmo (probably Hugh. Andrew, and William). · Ugone the elder gave his youngest aon, Guglielmo, the Signoria di Bard. Thia arouaed the jealousy of the other 10D1. Ugone the younger pursued a life of brii!andage, and the "Pua Bard," called alao "Rock Bard," was a place of terror. He wu 6nally overcome by the Count of Savoy, renouncing all right to home and land rather than bend hi■ head u a vanal. Anaelmo having al,o incurred the wrath of hi, 10vereign, wu likewiae deprived of hi1 badly-governed lands. Conquered but not tamed, the two brothen departed from the Valley of Aosta. It i1 probable that Ugone took with him hi■ two younger IODI, Rainero and R011etto, but his two elder sona, Marco and Aymone, refuaed to join their father in hi■ revolt. They received from the Count the Signoria of Sure and the Cutle Argent. The Count reaerved for himaelf the Cutle Bard. Both brother■ look the name of Sarriod, and were known u Sarriod d'lntrod and Sarriod de la Tour. A will of Guglielmo Sarriod, dated 1279, leaves the Cude Argent to Domina Leonardo, hi■ wife. After the Duke of Savoy acquired Cutle Bard, in 1238, he preaented Rock Bard (according to a document dated 1244) to his brother, Tomuao di Savoya, Count of Flanders and Heinault, and it then became a state fortress. The fort com• manda the St. Bernard puses and resisted Napoleon's pa11age of the Alps in 1800 for fourteen days. . Val de Aoata ia in the province of Turin, aouth of Savoy in Piedmont, Italy. The village of Bard ia a long borough at the foot of Rock Bard. The river Doria Bahe• flows on the south aide. At the watern end ia a fairly 6ne palace belonging to Count Federico di Bard. The coat of arms of the Signori di Bard (Ugone) 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 which were three golden lions decorated with blue. Aymone adopted the same, with a red and black tower in the left corner. 16 BAIRD AND BEARD F AMlLlES

From the resemblance of name and coat of arms some historians infer that Seipori di Bard descended from the very ancient family of Lorraine. · The Lords of Lorraine called themselves "Bar." The place today is called Bar-le-Due. Coat of arms is almost the same as Seignori de Bard's. There was a family of Bard in Alvemia. In the ancient duchy of Bourgogne there is a small town not far from Dijon called Montbard; this .town boasts a castle with a title attached to it. The coat of arms of Montbard was: On azure two barbi (fish) of sold. Tradition says that in the sixteenth century one of the members of the Montbard family was sent to Aosta lo claim titles and to prove the fact of their springing from that family. [IA "Memorial of the· Huguenots," Rev. A. Stapelton gives the names of two Bairda, Francois and William, who emigrated from Lorraine in 1754 (possibly to .Ireland) and later to America.) Siegnellf do Berd wu with William. !he Conqueror, 1066. Hugo de Bard wu wilneu lo the "Safe conduct granted by King Richard l lo King William tho Lloa. 1194." "Robert, 1233. Richard 1228-40." Ugone. who left A01ta ua 1191, may have been Hugo of England, I 194. lt ia alao probable Ramero and Rosello were Richard and Robert of Scotland. . By aome it ia supposed that Ugone1 and his brother An1elmo went lo Scoil&Dd, and Fergua and others were lheir deac:endanta.

ANCIENT ENGLISH DATA.

, The following interesting items regarding the name arc given by Mn. M. H. Burrell, of New York City, a professional genealogist and a descendant of Francis Baird, of Warwick, N. Y.: . The naae. is fOlllld in ihe celdiraied .. Landnami Bok." a work of extra• ~ antiquity, 011e of the earlia1 of Iceland. It ia without doubt a character ume and of None origia. It WU probably carried to Normandy by some follower of. R.,:,llo, then.co to Easl-.d ud Scotland. Budd, a ainger, ia Weith. A Bard, Baird or Burd might have been so mighty a singer u lo have made lhat clau Ml1IIM the llalM, ·.The· None meuains i, ..hard,"• that ia "brave," "1troas," "iadoqiitable." The roll of William !he Conqueror', foll~en la not known with any deg1ee , of .11CCuracy. "Barte" ia ijive11. in Bromptoa'• ud Biard in Leland', (probably the same man). . · · · A mullet wu the heraldic repre1e11tation of a lr.night'i spur and ia very ,imilar lo • 1lv, 1&~ that it i, pierced in the center, when properly represented. The

• 1At thil late day we c:annot say whether the history of Uaone was unbiaaed an.cl tru,:. It would depend upon which side ( ecclesiastically and _politically) the hi•• torian happened to be. Those wbo planned St. Bartholomew'• Day and carried it out wollld ba.rdly sive a aood name to tho1e who rcaiatcd that kind of govermnept. Judaina fr'l1D the Bairds of Scotland, we are inclined to think the narrator wai miataken, or they were not the forbear-. a leopard doe!lll't often change ita spotr.. •.J ANCIENT HISTORY 17 idea of the blue field and 1tar1 of the American Bag wu supposed to have been taken from Washington'• coal of arms. (See Appendix, page 205.) The family of W uhington is derived from William de Hertburn, who came into poaseuion of Weuyngton, Durham, prior to the compilation of Boldon Book. 1183 (Hutchin10n, Durham, ii, 489; Surlee,, ii, 40). The family soon after auumed the name of W aahington. Hertburn, in the wapentake1 of Sadberas, Durham. wu granted by Richard I to the See of Durham, including, amongst others, "the service (or fief) of the - of Godfrey Baard for two parts of a knight'• fee in Moddleton and Hertburn." (Surleu, iii. 265), and u late u 1364 the Baard■ or Barta had lands there (Ibid. iii, 22). William de Hertbum appears to have been a 10n of Codfr~y Baard or Bayard. The family of BAJRD or Bayard in Scotland ia the same, and originally the arm■ of that family were a feue, in chief three mullets, the same arms u those of the W ashingtona, to which the BAIROS. added a boar puaanl, by way of dilference. (Cenealogical Collection, Regarding the Name of Baird, by W. Baird, Eaq.,· 2d ed., 1870.) Godfrey Bayard, or BAIRD, above named, held a barony in Northumberland in 1165 (liber Niger), and wu descended from. a Norm1111 family, mentioned among the Conqueror'• companions u "Barte." Jord1111 Baart:i occurs in E.uex and Hertfordshire, 1130 (Rot. Pip.).2-and from him descended William Burd. who in 1165 held two fees from the See of London, 1111d wu the probable ancestor of Bard, Viscount Bellomont. Another branch wu seated in Lincoln in 1165. when Richard Bard held lands there from Earl Simon de Senli1. Of this family Dodo Bard granted his manor of Folingham to Blancheland Abbey, Normandy (Mon. Angli., ii. 1015), and with Hugh and Hamelin Bard witneaoed the charter of Richard de la Haye lo the same house (Ibid). The ancestor of thia branch of the family, Raoul Baiarl, of Normandy, about 1050, granted lands in Fonlenay to Barberie Abbcy.-(M. S. A. N., vii. 144.-From "The Norman People,'' ed. 1874).

Baird.-Before the Conquest (1066) Ralph (Raoul) Baiarl granted lands al Fontenay le Tenon to the Abbey of Barberie, Normudy (M. S. A. N.). The grant waa confirmed by Robert Fitz Eemeia a T eaaon, and probably an ancestor of the Marmion, or Percya. The latter houses and the Teuom bore a feaae, and 10 also did the descendants of Ralph Baiart, with a dilference of three mullets. Thomu Bard and Rohaia, hia wife, granted the Cluuch of B11rDonville to the Abbey of Bee (Mon,, ii, 983). Jordan Bard lived in E.uex and Herta, I 130 (Rot. Pip.). From him descended William Bard, who held two fees from the See of London (lib. Nig.), He wu probably ancestor of Bard, Viscount Bello­ mont, a faithful follower of Charles I. Godfrey Baiard in 1165 held a barony in Northumberland and from this line descended the great Washington; and from a branch which pasoed into Scotland (Chari. Keuo; Raine, North Durham. App. 32) descended the gallant SIR DAVID 8AJRD, the renowned Peninsular general, and the Baronets BAIRD, Thia family originally bore the same arms aa Bard and Washington, a fe1ae with three mulleta.-(Baird'a Horue of Baird.)

Magiatratua de Bard waa in England in 1224; Robert Bard waa in England in 1233: Richard in 1228.

1A wapentake waa an old En11li1h land division or section of land, •Pipe Rolls, anc. docts. 2 18 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

· In 1317 ~MUND BAUU> amoDg othen wu pardODed by Kmg Edward II. Thia EDMUND BAIIII>, it may be aaaumed. wu the a11<:alor of the BAIRDS of North Kel,ey, and from hi.a attitude toward E.uus&TH BAIJU), widow of Robert, he wu probably of the wu atock aa the Barda of Bui ud Auchmeddm. - "Then i, estut a charter granted by Kma Robert Bruce to RoaERT BAIRD, 1310, upoa the barony of CambuaDethu. Thia wu perhapa the RoaERT BAIRD . wbON Dame wu on °the Ragman'a Roll,• ud who wu executed by Kmg Edward IL Mr.· Nitbet aa:,. the estate went to Sir AleDDder Stuart (afterward, of · Oamley), who married the heireaa JEAN BAIRD about 1360. _ "When Berwick fell, ud E.diDburah, Sterling ud Perth opeDed their gatea to the EDgliah king, the BAIRDs u well aa the Bruce awore fealty to Edward I." Robert, aoD of Ralf, wu captured by the EDgliah md held priaoner in Notting• ham Cutlc. Elizabeth, widow of Robert, uked for Edmund Bard to receive the dower. Robert had catalca in Englud, land in Hertford and al Bullernith in Yorkahirc. (Hertford ia near Middlaex.) Out of Yorbhire, held by William, aon of Robert, a tcDth of a knight'• fee wu given to the widow. Thia William probably wu one who wu taken priaoDer .with Sir William Douglu in 1333 oD .- the Enaliah border. Thia Robert wu fighting with Bruce when captured. - l11 1318 SIMON BAIRD wu siva1 a colDIIIUQOD to levy men for war againat Scotland.. - , . ·· The lands of Kilperru belo~ged to JoHN BAIJU) before Kmg Jamca IV, u appean by a charter by that prince in 1509.

• 0 "CAPT. JoHN BA111D wu alaiD on the king'• aide at the battle of Marston Moor. A BAUU>, of Wcaton, Englud, died and left three daughtera, co-heireaaca, of wbom_one wu of Caatlehaven (Irish peerage). . The. Bard1. of North Keue)I.-Edmond Bard, of Barforth, had a son, Alexan• cler (m. dauglil:r of JohD Brigvield; who had a 1011 JohD (m. daughter of Sir Johll Brough. Kt.}; '\tAo had a son Goaling (m. daughter _of Thomu DeDby); who had a aon Adam (m. daughter ud heircaa of Dampeur of North Kelsey, Llncolnahire, whic:h wu for many centuries the principal aeat of the Barda of North Kelsey. Adam had a aon Adam (m. daughter of JohD Derby); who had a aon Thom• (m. daughter of Joha Yardborough), who had a 1011JohD (m, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Dalli~ IOII);. who had 1 ~ JohD (m.. daughter of JohD Henage) ; they had soil Thomae (m. Eleuor, dauahte, of Sir Richard Hanaard). Thomu ud Elemor had Ralf (m. Ellen M-den), Alice (m. John Trowsclale), Robert {d. 1537), Thomae (d, 1544, in Aliaon,of N. Kelsie). Ralf, aon William married Ellen Middleton and had a IOll Ralf (m. Marp«1t Gilby) ud a daughter Frucca (m.. William Roches of Breaby,, Linc:olnahire). Thomu. who died in 1544, had. Thomaa, Mary, Agnes, -Ouiatop}.er, Helm, Margaret, ud William. Thia Christopher (d, 1586) wu owner of T ealby Grmge. He 1e1tlcd the Priory of Sixhil11 on his son Richard, · 1585,. He married Adriu, and had i11ue: George, Christopher, Simon. Richard, and Eliubeth (m. Clark). George, the eldcat son of Chrittopher, wu Vicar of StaiDa in Middlcacx County. He died 1616. He had married Suaan Dudley of Londcna. .Their children were William (an apprentice in 1615), Maximilian (later of Hammenmith, County Middleaex), George (living in 1615), Henry, Vi1count Bellamount; Margan,t, and Elizabeth. .

· Richard. yolllllleat IOD of Chriatopher, wu bom in 1581. He married, in 1621, Margaret Le Lee, of Whaleabury, In 1627 they had two aona, Francia and Christo­ pher Bud. Henry Bard, a younaer son of Rev. Ceorae of Staines (1607-1660), waa a ANCIENT HISTORY fellow and D.C.L, of King'• College, Cambridge. During the reign of Charles I he was a colonel in the royal army; knighted in 1643 ; created baronet in 1644: Baron of Drombey and Viscount Bellamonl in the peerage of Ireland, 1646. Hi, lord.hip, proceeding on an embauy from Charles 11, then in exile, to the court of Penia, wu overtaken by a whirlwind and choked by the 1and in 1660. Lord Bellamonl had married Anne Gardyner, daughter of Sir William G., Knight, of · Peckham, Surrey. They had one 10n, Charlea Rupert (1647-1665). They had· lluee daughter1, Anne, Francea and Peniana. Arma of Rev. George Bard of Staine,: Or, three lioDI pauant u., within a bordure of 1ame. Arma· of Maximilian Bard, Hammersmith: Gu., two liona pu1anl, or within a bordure engr. az. · Arms of Viscount Bellamonl: Se. on a chevron between ten martlell ar., live plates. See coat of arms of brothers of Ugone of Val d' Aosta. SARAH FRANCES BAIRD married Henry Harcourt. Their IOO, Richard Bard Harcourt, went to County Antrim, Ireland. In connection with the BAIROS of America this line is very interesting. Francis and Christopher, sons of Richard, who married in 1621, are not traced in the English record; probably 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 houac al Ballywee, joHN BAIRD found a atone with F. B. (FRANCIS BAIRD) on it, 1769. FRANCIS BAIRD, of Greybo or Baird.I~, County Antrim, ia suppoaed to have gone from Scotland to England, where he-,-arried about twenty yean, then went to Ireland about the Plantation of Ulster." Elizabeth (aged 24), who came on the Increase in 1635, and Thomu (aged 16), who came in 1635. Robert the same year came with Mr. Moone. Andrew Beard, of Mas1achuaelll, 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, Rob:rt and James had rela­ tives who went to England when they came over here. [Francis Baird, wbo settled in Warwick, N. Y., 1765, is supposed to have come from Ireland, but may have originally come from England.-F. B. C.]

IRISH DATA.

According to Mac Ferbish, in "Irish Genealogies," the Barda 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 Barde ( Irish bar: Hebrew baar, a singer). 20 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

la oldca times lwpen wandered all abovt the land with their harpa and were welcomed everywhere. So greatly did everyone appreciate the aervicea of the harper that theae mea were safe anywhere, evea iD the camp of an eu.emy. It is uid Kina Alfred 011ee went into the DllllWl camp to gather information disguiaecl 11 a lwper.-(Chrialian Science Monitor.) · .· If it is true that the tribe of Dan settled the northern part of Ireland ..· · uid Gad Scotland. the Hebrew Baar would not be out of place. God- frey, of England, seems to have added a "d." ~ [Considerina how much of Gaelic the French claim, it might not be far afidd to UJ' -Owen was the Bard, and the Barda of France and Italy were his descendants. If the c:oata of arms of Owen, Ugone and his brothers are compared with those of Godfrey, of Middlesex, England, there i.a posaibly more tha11. an accidental c:oinc:idence. -F. B, C,J The following is an old pedigree given by O'Hart, and may indi- .ca~ that the earliest Bards were Hebrews in Ireland: , EocHA. of Sodom. ·u.u, 1ua-.'°" TlOUNCHADH, hia IOU.. :· , lb:AcHBAcH, hia -. UNADA 0£.UG. hia -· ':•· UGJWNE. hia IOII. ' Cn.u,g. hia IOI!..: ' ''' UCHTICHLUNA., hit SOIi. t ~: Duwooo, hia SOil. UCHRA, hia -· MURIOS. hia IOU.. Cb..u,L MI.LACHUN, lJGHRA. M',JIUOa. ,· CiUJ>L MIJ..\CHUN, UCHRA. Cn.u:oltNDHL _· ,;Ouwooo. • _: MAcawrH. ,CoNOL '·SHANL · 0w£N MAc:-AN-BHAIIID, of Mon:,Uo1H11. · Coat of U1111: Or, two han. p,. each charged with u IIWlY martleta. Qr.

PLANTATION OF ULSTER. ' • • "!. '-~ -·- : > '1)uriaa the reip of Queea Elizabeth the diaalfected aad turbulut Province of 1J1ater in Ireland 1111fered the ravage■ of civil war. Quieted by the aword for . • time. iuaanec:tion bunt forth in the aecood year of Jamea I ud repeated re• · bellicma were crubcd. 111 160S almoat all the ■ix c:ouatiea fell by f,,rfeiturc iDto the lauds of the king, A Loadon company c:olou.iz.ed Ibis unhappy ,di1trict with aettlen, partly Eqliah but principally Scotch, Their deace11.d1111, arc ,; dltd Scolth• ··- lrilb. ShorllJ lho ptn«UtiOII of lh1 Stuarts lurned their eyea to America u a _· place of refup. La 1647 they aettlecl especially in Pemuylvania. -Tboae who ANCIENT HISTORY 21 settled in Blue Ridge, Virginia, were called 'Cohee,' becauae of their constant use of 'Quoth he,' or 'Quo he.' "-(Old Virginia Hutory,) "The Scotch, invited by the king to inhabit conliacated lriah lands, were m almoat every village,· as their Pre•byterian chapela bore witnesa, But during the century of their occupation of Ulater their thrift and energy had battled with but moderate 1ucce11 against the ravages of war and the burden of hoatile lawa. The third element in the population wu the ruling claaa. Thia claaa wu largely Engliah, aupplemented by Scotch and lriah landownen, nearly all of whom, through aclf­ interest or conviction, upheld the Establiahed Church, and by virtue of this allegiance had acceaa to the magistracy and the army,"-(/ruh Pioneera. 1718, Hazelton.) Of the ministera who were inatrumental in rebuil~-Preabyterianism in Ulster, Hugh Cunningham, chaplain to Earl Clencaim'• regiment; Thomu Peebles, chap­ lain to Eglinton'•; JOHN BAIRD, chaplain to Argyle; James Simpaon, chaplain to Sinclair's, aettled in Ireland. They organized a presbytery at Carrickfergus;--,lune 1O, 1642. Thia was the first regularly constituted presbytery in Ireland. ·, In 1646 the REV. JOHN BAJRD waa settled at Dervock. in Antrim, twenty or thirty milea from Newton, Limavady.-(Reid and Killen'• History of the Pruby­ lerian Church in Ireland.) [Tradition says Francis was son of John and came from Antrim. It also says the ancestors of John Baird of Plalsmouth came from Antrim.] THOMAS BAIRD and Margaret Barnhill had a aon, Thomu, who wu bom in Chigonoia in 1762. He married Madelen Dickson, of North River, in 1793, ]AMES D. BAIRD, their eldest son, married Nancy Miller, of Toura, in 1820. James lived al Onslow. Rebecca, a daughter of THOMAS BAIRD of Chigonoia, mar• ried Alexander Miller.-(Miller'1 Historical and Ccnealogical Record.) An old lelter, dated May 27, 1829, locate• Dickson'• aona u follows: Alex waa in Belfast, William in South America, John in Bainbridge. There was alao a daughter. JOHN BAIRD, Dublin merchant, 1710. ROBERT BAIRD, Cent., St. Johnstown, County Donegal, 1715. THOMAS BA1aq, Cent., Dublin, 1664. WILLIAM BAIRD fought under General Walker al the siege of Londonderry. He was a young man in 1690. JOHN BAIRD belonged to the fint Presbytery of Ireland. There waa a ROBERT BAIRD who wu a ruling elder early in the eighteenth century in the Preabyterian congregations of Taughboyne, now St. Johnston, ia County Donl"gal, a few miles from the city of Derry, This ROBERT died about 1714. Hia will conveyed his mill and other property to bia eldest aon, THOMA.II, before his death. Besides his heir, he had a aon, JOHN, a lieutenant ia Whit­ man's regiment of foot, who died in 1706, probably in Spain, and alao a soa ROBERT.

Mas. BAIRD, of Boom Hall, County Londonderry; Barbara, daughter of .the late Rev. Alex. Delap, of Ray County, Donegal; in 1839 DANIEL BA1RD, Esq.. of Boom Hall, and Newton Steward, County Tyrone, who was a magistrate for County Tyrone (High Sherill', 1854-5), and who died in 1862, having had iaaue, Charlotte Jan,, who married, I 848, Charle, Maluren, E.aq., and died I 8S I, leavin1 iaaue, Daniel Baird Maturin, born 1851-Boom Hall, Londonderry; reaidence, The Cottage, Londonderry, Ireland. 22 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Seilhamer .-ya: The R£v. JOHN BAIRD, of Dervock, wu followed to Ireland by a 111unber of Johna in the latter half of the seventeenth century. Among them were aeveral heads of families: fl'Cllll the documenta at the Four Courll, Dublill, the following items were alcaiied: JOHN BAUU> wu a merclwu, probably of Belfast, in 1672, aa appean ia a bill ill chancery, dated November 3, 1677. JoHN BA1RD, pariah of Derry• ·1oru (Cooutooe), County Tyrone, made a will dated 1714 and left a widow ud two IOIII, James and John. JOHN BAUU>'s wife Eleanor obtained letten of aduuuiatratiOA ill 1717. In 1716, when John Beard died at C:J.enann, the adminia­ tratioa boAd of hi1 widow, Ellinor, was signed by David Beard and Jamea Wilaon. Thia David wu probably a 1011 and the Pr~yterian elder of 1724. In 1722 a DAVID BEAJID died in the pariah at Donegore in the barony__ of Upper Antrim. Jane, hia widow, waa hia administratrix. Her 1uretie1 were William and Robert Beard. probably her IOlll. William died in the pariah of Ballyeaatore, near Bally­ clare, County Antrim. in 1743. Rober.I died in Donegore pariah in 1746. Martha Beard wu hia adminiatratris. That they were brothera ia indicated by the fact thal. Robert wu William'• administrator; that they were of the Clenarm family ia iuneated by the coincidence that the administration bond. of both John Beard of Glenarm and David of Donegore were wilnclled by William Carroll, JoHN B.wu,, of Dromore pariah. County Down, made a will proved in 1720. JoHN BAlllD, of Skeogtowoland, Dromore pariah, Coimty Down, left a will which waa · proved in 1734. Henry Mannion wu witneM to the administration bonds both of William Beard of Ballyeuton, and James of Creagnogan, County Antrim, who died ua 1750, leaving a IOD, John Beard • . . That William. Robert, and perhap1 James were brothers of Archibald i1 probable, but not proved. JAMU BAUU>, the arandaon of Elder DAVU> BLUU>, lived at Clenarm until 1905, when he died at a very advanced age, He thought Archibald Beard had probably married at Coal Island, a post town in the center of Tyrone coal field, on the road from Dungannon to Ballinderry, and from Lurgan to Stewartstown. It ia aot improbable that the father of William Beard of Glenarm Heath Money Roll of 1669 wu David Bard of l1land Magee, In the so-called "Depoaitiona of 1641" there are abatrac:11 of the examination of a number· of peraom, including Kathriu Bard, wife of David, concerning the murder of Phelemy McGee and hia family in laland Magee in one of which it Mid. "After McGee had been left · for cleacl he wu sheltered by David Beard. but that he waa killed next day," There ia a DAVID BAIRD who kept a public hOUle at Ballywee. Ballywee ia in Kilbride Pariah. adjoining Donegore. · • J.u1u BADID owu "New Milla." mill, in Ballywee, · and re1idea at Holeatone. Hia brother John lives in Ballywee, • · · ' ' JoHN BAlltD's ~ton settled at Ballywee fully a century and a half ago, for he fCIUlld Ul pullma down an old building a stone with F. B. (FRANCIS BAIRD) and 1769 OD it. Thia atone he baa built into the pillar of hia avenue gate. JOHN BADtD bowl nothing about hia family except that they came from Ayrshire in Scotland at the time of the Plantation of Ulater. , ANDRE.W BAllU>, owner of Aughtermoy, near Ounamagh, came from ·New Milla to Craighall, D011cgore Pariah, lhcn to the Foyle. The BAJR.DS of Grange Tyrone are probably the aame. . , . _ . · · Thi. might indicate that David, Archibald, William, James and John were related in Ireland. ANCIENT HISTORY 23

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

DATA FROM REV. W. J. BAIRD, B.A., WOODLAND HOUSE, BROOKVALE AVE.. BELFAST.

An uncle of his, JOHN, came to America in 1830; he thinka he settled near New York. His family located near the village of Ardatraw in the townland of Killen. in the north end of the country, about two hundred years ago. RE.v. JOHN BAIRD, chaplain to Argyle'• regiment i~ 1746, was installed in charge of a congregation, probably Devock, in the Route, a district of country in the north of lhe County Antrim. He was ,till in charge in 1750. Rev. Hugh Bcinning, minisler of Govan, married his daughter. (Reid's Hi~tory, Vol. I, p. 371.) It is said his family returned after his death to Scotland. JOHN BAIRD wa1 born in 1739; died December 30, 1783. John had a ~ter Ellen, born in 1745. His sons were JAMES, 1772-1814; Mosu, 1779-1869 (mar• ried Miss Caldwell): Jos£PH, late of Killen, 1792-1862, (who married Margaret Kerr). They had a daughter, El.LEN, who married John Thompson. MosEs and (Caldwell) BAIRD had iuue: ANDREW, who died unmarried; ROBERT, who went to California; MosEs, who went to Auatralia, had three daugh• ten; JOHN, who went to America in 1830; JAMES, who died in 1814, aged 42, unmarried; Jos£PH, who married Sarah Patrick, and died in 1896, aged 81; MARY, unmarried; ]ANE, who married Ja■• Knox; ELLEN, who died young. JosEPH and SARAH (Patrick) BAIRD had inue: Eu.EN, 1862-1889; MosES, who went to Auatralia: REBECCA. unmarried; WM. JoHN, who married Agnea Maggutlin ( who wrote the lelter to the minister of Agua 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; RoaERT, who came ta America and died in 1910: CALDWELL, who died in 1888; MATILDA, who died in 1896: ]AMES, who lived on a farm at home; MARGARET, born in 1885, unmarried, The Ard,traw (in Tyrone) graveyard has some of these names. ]AMES, of Raphoe, is a grandson of one of John's aix sons.

FROM IRISH LETTERS;°":

"Three brothers came from Kilmamock, Scotland, at the time of the Plant&• tian of Ulster, and were given tracts of land, They were· JoHN, WtLLIAM and THOMAS. JoHN got his portion near lo RAPHOE, W1L1.1AM beside Letterkenny. Do not know where THOMAS settled. ]OHN had six sons, James, his grandson, is the only one left." JAMES S. BAIRD, Raphoe, 1907. If James S. is right, the Bairds of the North of Ireland probably came from the Bairds of Kilhenzie, who possessed the Castle Maybole in the -sixteenth century.-(Seilhamer.) . In the .. Genealogital Collection, Conceming the Sir Namo ol BAIRD .. (wr•. by WILLIAM BAIRD, 1701-50) it is said that three .ona of Gu.BERT and l..u.u.u BAIRD, who was the only child and heiress of \VALTER BAIRD, of Ordinlewas, went to Ireland as adventurers in the beginning of the reign of King James I. 24 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

---- He says he has been unable to trace them. · · - [Probably most of them emigrated to America or Australia. The line of Williair of Letterkenney is herein traced and probably that of John. The letter giving William' ra:on! __ !5&JS bis brother John's family settled at Bardstown, Ky.] The Barde or Beard family of Ireland goes back to the time of Queen Eliza. beth or earlier. The Beards or B.wu>s of Queens Couuty apring from Wll.LJAM B411Dlt or B£.UD. who wu in Ireland uudcr Sir HelllY Sidney, Lord Deputy, ud lllUlt have borne an important part in. the advance of the English army from the Pale in 1557. As early u 1568 he wu granted a meuuage in Maryborough . -' compriaiq aeven cottages. baidca sixty acrca arable and forty puture, wood and :. aaderwood in Colte; aixteen acrca iD Ballycorballe, all iD QueeD'a Couuty. He may have been in Maryborough u early u the reip of Mary.1 ID 1570 QueeD _Elizabeth granted the inhabitanta of Maryborough a charter and corporatio11. Wll.LIAM BIJU) wu probably a utive of England. He died about 1583, u appears from a gr&DI (uuder a colllllliuioD dated 17th Ju., 26th Eliz.) to Patrick Crosby, Cot.. of the wardship ud marriage of THOMAS BEAIUI, IOD and heir of William B,. late of Colte. ,.'--.:· - WIWAII BltlJU) married Jane Butler. THOMAS· BEAIID died in 1640. He had married Amae Segrave. They had Tbomu (died 1702), William. ud Apes {oDe record aay1 Ro.a). Thomu ia .al■o apokeD of u of SmithtowD. CoUDty Meath. ud of ColatoWD, KiDg'a CoUDty. L Anu: Three mm'• head. couped. ppr. ,- "'A poeaible aon of Wu.LIAM and Jane Butler wu RlcHARD BEARD, who wu in the ICfVice of Francia BleDDerhanet, Barony of Lurg, CoUDty Fermuagh. about 1630: Hi■ arm■ were a ,word ODly. -WIWAM BAJ1D1t or B£AJU>, who may have been a grancI- of RicHARD BEARD, lived at Maguire', Bridge in Aghalurcher Pariah, CoUDty Fermanagh. By hi■ wife. Catherine. be had a daughter, Judith, who married Jame, Guttery of Maauire'a Bridae; and a aon Aux.umu BEARD, who wu married in 1727 to Mary Corry, daughter of Robert Corry of Corlet in Drummully Parilh. CoUDty Fermanagh. The following are data of William Baird of Grange in Couuty Tyrone. barony of Strabue. Pariah of Donagh"-1.dy. The tOWD of Duuamanagh wu founded by Sir Jolm Drummond. Grange derived ill name from the anciCDt church now _ia ruim. which beloaaed to the abbey of Derry. Near the ruins i, an old ara"Yard of the Baud■• The Preabyteriu church to which William probably __ bclODpd wu bOWD u Donagheady. John HamiltOD wu mini,ter, 1658-1688. Fram the tombatoaa it appear■ William Baird had among 0th.en a · aon JOHN · (1664-17-48), John ii said to have been married twice. By hi■ aecoDd wife. Jean (1684-1770) he had. amODg others, a IOD William (1715-1778). Thia W'alliam owned a large atate at Thomey Hill, CoUDty Tyrone, ud wu buried at Graqe. Hi■ wife wu Martha {1728-1798) ud they had ,ix aou and three daugbten. JOHN WCDI to America; Aleunder, twiD brother of JohD. inherited Tborn1 Hill, but died wmarried; William (bom 1757); Margaret, married Jam• Pollock; James; Archibald {bom 1762), an appreDtice iD Londonderry al hi■ father'• death; ADdrcw, a aurgeoD in the Royal Navy; Cathrine. and Mary. Willi-. aon of Williun and Martha, wu bom in 1757; died in 1844. He wu ou of lhe ownan, with hia brolhar John, of the e1tat1 near DUDamanagh

'Tbe senealogisc says the "reign of Philip and Mary." ANCIENT HISTORY 25 called Aughtermoy, William sold it to his brother, Andrew, R. N., 1829. He wu then an old man-lived fifteen yean longer. JOHN BAIRD, the ancestor of the family of Strabane, County Tyrone, and grandfather of JoHN BAIRD of Christiana Hundred, evidently settled al or near Strabaneton with James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, at the Plantation of Ulster. He wu probably related to William of Grange, u he had a son Andrew also. Seilhamer says: An answer made in 1676 lo an Exchecquer Bill of Andrew Baird. son ar.d heir claiming lo 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 i, executor and asserts that James Baird i, the executor of John Baird, who is in possession of the tenement named in the Bill. Thus we know that John Baird of Strabane had i11ue, among othen, two 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 inheaited the forge of hia father at Strabane, by hia wife Elizabeth had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Arthur Carrol." [This uncle of John's Andrew may have come to America also,] [ Archibald Beard and others purchased a tract of 5,000 acres of land from Daniel Carroll of Duddington Manor, in Prince George's County, Maryland. Carroll had obtained the grant of land from Lord Baltimore. They named this tract Car­ roll's Delight. William Carroll was witness to administration bonds of David Beard of Donegore and John Beard of Glenarns, Ireland,) Mo.ea, an elder al the Church of Liford, County Donegal (opposite Strabane), wu a delegate to Ulster in 1724. Thia wu probably the father of James, who came to America in I 720. He married Margaret Brown of the North of Ireland. He wu likely a cousin of John of Christiana Hundred. John's son James probably died (see will) in 1785, unmarried.

DICKSON.

Civen by One of Thomas Dicl(son Baird', Line.

In "Tales of a Grandfather," Scott gives-o:,nsiderable prominence to a Thomas Dickson, a retainer of William, the third Lord Duglas (in the first few chapters). The coat of arms of the Dicksona of Ireland wu: laauing from a tower a lion's head ppr. DICKSON, Samuel Auchumty, Eaq., J.P.D.L., of Cloudebarde, County Lim­ erick, and of Beenham House, Berka. Coal of arms: Out. of battlemenb a naked arm embowered, holding a sword in bend sinister, all ppr. Motto: Faries Fortuna jural. DICKSON, son of Dick or Richard. The family are descended from Richard Keith, a son of Hervey de Keith (Earl Marshal of Scotland), by hia wife Margaret, ~aughter of Williui. third Lord D11alu. Thi, Richard Keith bore for hi, annal Azure, three mullets argent (being the arma of Duglu), a chief or three ->allata gulea [being the arm• of Keith] (Sima, Scqlch Sur Names), Hia son, 26 BAIRD ANO BEARD F AMILi ES

. Thomu Dic:bon. born in 1247, was the aucestor of the family following: John Oickaoa came from Scotland to Ireland and settled in CoUDty Down in 1690. He had two 10111, Thomu aud William. William .. wu twice married and had eight children, Thomu married, nrst, MU7 Kent: iuue, John, Hugh, Jane, Rachel, and Elizabeth. The lriah DixOD& came from Scotlaud in a clan in the reign

Thomu (bom in 1741) married Hester Lowry. They had a 1011, Thomaa, bom in 1784, who wu in the army and died abroad in 1807, [IA the Francia Baird line there ia a Lowry Baird; also Harvcy.-F. B. C.] Sir Thomu Diclaon, second baronet, Sherilf of County Antrim in 1912. Hia lineage: Thomu Diclaon of Bun-na Mairge, Bally Cutle, CoUDiy Down, wu bom in 1770; married Mary McNeaill. Thomu of Lame, County Antrim, merchant and ahipowner, wu bom in 1805. Motto: Fide el Comlanlia.

According to DR. THOMPSON McDONALD BAIRD, his family con­ nection with Scotland comes thrQugh James, the son of James _and Alicia. He had a son James, who had a aon William who went lo Ireland about 1690. He married ed had two 10111, Robert and John. John married Elizabeth Dickaoa. daughter of Thomu Dicuon, Gent., in 1769. Their 10111, John, Jr., Thomaa, and Henry, c~e to America in 1796 •. Arma: Gula. a boar puaanl, a ,word erect ppr., pommel and hilt gold u ia Scotland. Motto in Ireland: Dominm fecil Yi el anni,,

REEVES of Voetenberg. County Cork. and Burrane, CoUDty Clare.-Lineage: Robert Reve, - of a very respectable family in Suuex, having had aome diapute with hia father u to property, left hit home ud entered .the army, in which he became a major. · On hit adopting the military profaaion. he called himaelf Reevi:s, and · that mode of spelling the name wu followed by hit deacendanta. He eventually went to Ireland, and settled there in the time of Charlea I, married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomu ODemay, afterward. Viacount Clamnaleer, by whom he had (with 01111 daughter, who married Mr. Lodge, from whom the Lord Frankfort', famil:, are deacended), a IOD- William Reeva, E.q., who married Bridget Malone, widow. daughter of Neville, of .Furnace, CoUDty Kildare, and had iiaue a aon and heir-- Robert Reeva. E.aq., who married Mary Bodley, dauahter of Bodley, then of KilUDDy, 1 near relativo of Sir Thomu Bodley, wh1> fo1111dcd tho library at O:dord. · · Armas Or, on a chevron, engrailed, between three eac:allopa, 'azure, u many eaa}eta, diaplayed, of the nnt. Crest: A dragon', head, erued, or, collared, az11re; over it an ucrol, therein the worda Animum rege. Motto: Virtute et /ideli- ANCIENT HISTORY 27

tate.-(From Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary, by John Burke, Esq .. 111d John Bernard Burke, Vol. II.) "The Tyrone coal field hu special advantage for working. lying lo the north of the Hourishing town of Dungannon, 111d the 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 areu, it con• , lain, a coal area of aingular richne11 not only in coal but in iron ore and mineral 1 oil. Thi, is known u. Bally Cude and Fair Head. The "black band iron

1 atone' was formerly shipped in large quantities to the Ayrshire factories and the 1hale1 are 10 rich in oil as lo frequently ignite spontaneoualy."-(Pro/. Ed'll>ard Hull, F. R. S., director af geological ,urveJJ of Ireland.) Donegal and Tyrone are drained by the Fem and the Mourne, two rivers which unite at Strabane to form the F oyle. The F oyle 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 ia originally of the South of F ranee, where there were several familie1 of it in the reign of Louis IV, and it is said are still, bul the first of the name mentioned in Britain came from Normandy to England with William the Conqueror. And, from the time when the 6.nt appear• in Scotland, there ia reason to be­ lieve that some of that name came here with King William the Lion, when he returned from his captivity in England, anno I I 74, as it is agreed by all our hia­ torian1, several English gentlemen did. For it is certain that in le11 than 1wy yean after that period they pouessed 6ne estates, and had made good alliancea in the south and southweM counties of Scotland. 1066. u: S£1CNEUR DE BARDE, mentioned aa one of William Duke of Nor• mandy'a followers in the conqueat of England. 1178. HENRY DE BARDE was witness to a charter granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, upon some lands .in the town of Stirling. 1194. Wincheater, April 17. In a safe conducr gr~ted by King Richaril to King William the Lion, in which large appointmena.''of money and proviaiona, during hi, going and coming and stay in England, arc ordered for him, Huco DE; BARD ia one of the subscribing witnesses. There is a tradition that as King William the Lion wu hunting in one of the aouthweat counties of Scotland, and happened to 1traggle from hi, atlendanta, he wu alarmed al the approach of a wild boar and cried for help; upon which a gentleman of the name of Baird,1 who had followed the kina from England. ran up and had the good fortune to kill the boar, for which ■ignal 1ervice the king made a con,iderable addition to the landa he had given him before, and alligned him for hi, coat of arm, a boar pa11ant, and for hia motto, Dominu~ fecit.-(iVil­ li11m Play/are, £3q,, of Scotland, Vol II.)

1This was three years after Ugone left Val d' Aosta. •It is probable that Hugo de Bard was thia person and the ancestor of the Auch­ meddcn Bairds. 26 BAJRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Richard lived in the parish of Stralhhav011, for he obtained a grant of a charter upoa luda of Meikle and Liule Kyp in the Comity of Lanark. . la 1240 Fergua de Bard. whose name appears on "The Ragman'a Roll," i, deacribed aa of Meikle and Little Kyp. The "Rag Roll" of 1296 haa Fergua d, 13ard. John Bard, and Nicholu Bard of Lanark.hire. They did homage' 1, Kine Edwatd l at conqucal of Scotland. Ferp de Bard waa a 1011 of Richard.' who had land, in 1240. · MI.THOW BAIJID in 1573 waa aherilf of Ayr, Scotland, near Auchmedden. CEoRC.£ BAIJII>, of Auchmedden, CoUllty Aberdeen, Scotland, who waa livina in I588, waa chief of the clan. He wu a deac:endaat of JoRDAN BAIRD, who wu pretUJDAbly a aon of Fergua de Bard, and a con,tant companion of Sir William Wal!.-;e. · · "George Baird, chief of that ancient ,uruame, living in 1568, being connected by marriage and in habits of great friend.hip with the Regent, the Earl of Moray (Murray), received frOD\ him a .diapoaition, heritable and unredeemable, to the land. of Auchmedden, the Regent aaaigning the following cauae: 'For many acts of utility and friend.hip done to nie, and many awna of m011ey given out by him in my aervic:e.' "-(From an old record by William Baird.) It ia aaid ill "Genealogical Collectiona Concerning the Sir Name of Baird," by William of Auc:hmedden, that three aona of CiLBERT BAIRD' of Auchmedden, and Lilliu. hia wife, who wu the only child and heircaa of WALTER BAIRD of Ordenhivu. went to lrdand aa adventurera in the beginning of the reign of King jamca J. "According to JAMES BJJRJ>, a carpenter living al Raphoe, County Donegal, in 1902, all the B.wu>s in Ireland aprang from three brothen-John, William and David-ho came from Killmamock. Ayrshire, at or about the time of the Planta• ti011 of Ulater." "If thia ia true lhe BAIRDS in the north of Ireland are probably derived from the BJJRDS of Kilhenzie, who poaaeaaed the Castle of Maybole in the aixteeath century." Kn.HENZJE C.Un.r. wu even within recent years the moat entire of all the baronial ruins in the pariah of Maybole. The 6nt of the BJJRDs of Kilhenzie of whom anything ia known ia Gilbert. He obtained a charter of land in Kilhenzie, Kilkeraine, etc., from King James IV, 1506. He wu killed in 1508. Hia IOD, John of Kilhenzie, married Margaret Crawford. Of hia aona, Robert married Eliz.abelh Kennedy and Gilbert married Chriatine L.indaay. He died ill 1577. •TLae may have belonged to the BJJRDs of North Kelaey, Lincolnahire, Eng• land, but it ia likely they were of Auchmedden, Scotland. [It may be they all descended from Hugo de Barde, the witnesa of safe conduct of King William the Lion in 1194.-S,il/,om,r.] "During the ciYil wan among the competiton for the Scottish crown and thoae under Wallace and Bruce for the independenc:e of Scotland, General Stewart say• that eighteen Highland chiefs fought under Robert Bruce al Bannockbum. Highland prowcaa lent its powerful aid to obtain that memorable victory which 1te11r.d Sc:oduc! fto111 the dor»iPion Qf a foreiill yoke,"-(Scolli~h Hi11hlanden, by Kiltie.) •Thia oboW11 they were men of consequence.-F. B. C. · "Thia Richard may have been son of U!l'one of Val d'Aosta, who made allell'iauce to Tomaao I of Savoy, 1191, in Flanders. ANCIENT HISTORY 29

ADAM BAllU> wu in SymingtOD, Cowdam or Coodam 1734. Co111dam.-Thi1 ,mall property wu posaeaaed about the end of the seventeenth century by a family named BAIRD. . William Baird', wife wu Margaret Aird. His daughter Helen bad auine in life renta, lands of Croaallall, 1700; William had several houaea, Kilmarnock, _ 1704; William, a 100, land, in Barwillan, 1706; John, bis third 100, Adam, another aon; Adam, eldest 100 of William of Cowden, 1712. • . . Jane l ■ abella and Charlotte MariOD, twin daughten and co-heireaaea of Doua­ )p Baird of Closcborn; the eldest married Mr. Villien, aoo of the Bishop of Durham. The youngest married Viscount Cole."-(Burke'1 Hi,tory of Landed Centry.)

There is much that can be found regarding the BAIROS of Scotland , in Burke's "Peerage" and Fairbaim'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 Concerning 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 Baird, last male representative of a family which for several genera­ tion, filled the ollice of Lieutenant and Sheriff, Principal of the County of Banlf, who for many years exercised conaiderable inftuence in the north of Scotland, particularly during the troubloua reign, of the two Charleaea. "-(Spalding'1 Mc• morial,.) Ma. BAIRD was the eldest 10n of WILLIAM BAIRD of Auchmedden I and of Mary, daughter of Robert Gordon. He wu born at Aucbmedden about 1701. From 10me manu1cript1 of his which still remain, particularly a translation from the Greek of Thucydides, he appean to have had a lute for literary u well aa genealogical and antiquarian punuita, and to have been a gentleman of conaiderable accompliahmenta. He married Anne Duff, eldest daughter of William Dulf of Dipple, and si1ter of William, 6nt Earl of Fife. Mr. Baird, true to the tradition• of hi1 family, joined the rebellion in 174S on the Stuart aide and wu an ollicer of the prince', body guard at the hattle of Culloden. He continued in biding for several yean after that uufortunate afair. but at length found an asylum at Edit House, Aberdeenahire, then the property of bi, relative the Earl of Fife, till hi1 death, which took place in I n7. Hia property appears to have escaped confiscation, but it i1 1aid that in coaaeque,u:e of the large awns of money he had borrowed to aid the Stuart CIIIH be wu neceuitated to alienate the family estate to Lord Haddo in 1750. At the time of this occurrence a aomewhat curioua cirCUIDltance happe11ed in connection with the family history, which, incredible u it may be thought. leCIIII to be allcstcd by authentic evidence. This wu no leu than the fullillment of a prophecy, attributed lo Thomas the Rhymer, that ''there would be an eagle in the crags while there was a BAIRD in Auchmedden." When the estate paaaed 0111 of th, family al thi• limo the c1glc1 di1appevcd from th.e rQ(:111- of Pcllllu, where they had built for ages. But the most remarkable circumstance ia that when Lord Haddo, elc:le1t 100 of the Earl of Aberdeen, married Miu Chrutian Baird of Newbyth, the eagles returned to the rocka and remained until the estate BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES paued into the bud. of the Hon. William Cordon, when they 8ed and were not any where lffll in the country. Theae facll are atleated by a cloud of witneuea.­ ("Accounl of Scotland," The Ner, Suiwtical.) ha lhe presence of these facta the people in the neighborhood, when the eatate wu ac:qu.ind in 1854 by Mr. Robert Baird, .became curioua to ace whether the eagles wOllld return, and in particular the then miniater of the pariah wu on the lookout and especting their return. Strange to aay, they did return to their old aerie ud continued there till acared away by the aolcliera of the cout guard atation ahooting at them. ·

Aw:hmcdden wu purchaaed by Robert Baird, Eaq., ·oh· of the family 10 well known u the "Baird, of Cartaherrie." Although the:, are not proprietora of that estate, they have their eslenaive iron work. there. On the .death of Robert Baird, 1856, Auchmedden became the property of hia brother, James M.P. "'Jama the Barde" (1464). AJDong the papen of Sir James lane, of lnnea wu an old aheet genealav given Auchmedden by Lord Newbyth. One Jamea Baird, dC1CCndant of the family of Cambuahnethan. (This bruch had ended aome fouracore yeara before in an heirCH called Jean Baird, u mentioned in public recorda.) She married Stuart of Darnley (Sir Alesander Stuart) about 1360. Thia Jama settled in the County of Lanark with hia wife, a daughter of Ker of Crea.ford, anceator to the Duke of Roxburgh. At the invit!,tion of the Earl of Huntley he went to the north and accepted landa on the Boyne in 1430. Andrew Baird of Lavoroklaw on the north cout of Fife opposite to Broughty, wu a younger son of Gilbert Bard of Puao, and wu born about 1475. The imprcaaion of hia aeal bore lhe arma of Puao. 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 13, 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 l 543 at Auchmcddcn and left a son. George, his successor, and several other children, sons and daughten. George Baird of Auchmedden, aheri! of Ban!ahire, married Elixabeth Keith, daughter of Alesander Keith of Troup, who wu a brother to the Earl Mariachall. Their contract of marriage ia dated August, 1550. Her aunt, Lady Anna Keith, daughter of William, Earl Mariachall, wu married Grat lo James, Earl of Murray, Regent of Scotland. George Baird died in 1593. Hia aona were Gilbert {hia sue• ceaaor), Andrew, Alesander, Patrick, and George. Andrew got a univeraity education in Scotland and wu aent to France to finiah hia atudies, where he be­ came one of the beat acholan in the kingdom. He waa made profeuor of philoaophy and other sciences al Lyona. • Alesander traded from Ban! lo Norway. He married Helen Kennedy and left two daughtera. Patrick -ia mentioo.ed in a letter of Mr. Andrew'• u living in the north of Scotland. Georae wu a wine merchant and went frequently to Bordeaux. He bought ANCIENT HISTORY 31

land, of Conkil. He married and had lwo 10n1, George and Andrew. The !alter married and had a ,on Jame,, who had a 10n William. Nothing further is known of them.

Gilbert (the eldest son of George) of Auchmedden in 1578 married Lilliu. -laughter of Walter Baird of Ordiuhivers), his cousin, and the heims of Ordiu• ivers. He had by her thirty-two sous and daughters, as i1 the unvaried traditiOA .mong their de1e~ndan11, both in the north and south. Of these IODI, several ·vent into the church abroad, but their names are not known: two went to Orkney md settled there. Of the daughters, oue married a Scotch merchant in Denmark 'and two became nuus abroad, but the names are not known. Three IODS went to Ireland as adventurers in the beginning of the ragn of King James VI in England. Of nine sons, George (who succeeded his father), Branden, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, Walter, Hugh, and Magnus, and live daughten, married.

James Baird was minister with James Cray of Chry1ton in 1681.

John Baird, late minister of lnnerwicl was called to preach and exercise other functious of this ministry at Paisley in 1669. In 1670 John Baird was summoned to attend a conference al 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 govemment 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 lined a hundred pound, each because they refused lo assist in disciplining orthodox ministers.

In 1683 William Baird of Dr1p1, which lies in Carmonnock but pays teind to the neighboring parish of Cathcart, was remitted to sheriff of Lanark and lined an hundred pounds because he refused lo be an elder in tha parish of Cathcart."­ (Hi31ory of the Church in Scotland, Woodrow.)

Non.-The line as traced by Burke from George of Auchmedden (1550) is aa follows: His son Gilbert had· a son James, emisi;ary of the ecclesiastical court in the time of Charles I. James's son, Sir John, was a member of the college of justices and was known as Lord Newbyth. He had one son, WH!iam, member of the Scot• tish Parliament, who was sent to London in a deputation to Charles II. The king created him a baronet in 1680. His two sons were James and AICX:Lnder. He died in ·1737. There may have been other sons.-F. B. C. ,,,.,

Sir Robert Baird of Saughton Hall younger son of James Baird, had; among other issue: James (hi, 1ucces10r), created baronet of Nova Scotia in 1695-6; and William 8., a merchant and one of the bailies of Edinburgh, who was father of William B., Esq., heir to his son, Sir John, Baronet, of Newbyth.-(Burke'a landed Centry.)

Sir James Baird, lieutenant•colonel, married in 1781 Henrietta John10n of Hillton. Their son, William Baird, was an army officer. He married in 1809 Lucy, daughter of Thomas Dickson. This Sir Jame, was a 10n of William Baird and France, Gardner.

[John Dickson came from Scotland to Ireland. It ia said he had two sons, Thomas and William.-F. B. C.J Capt. John Macdonald Baird lost hi, life in an engagement in India in 189S. 32 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

THE FAMILY OF BAIRD. By Rammage. ""This family, like muy othen. have been the architects of their own for twie. uad have raiaecl theauelvea lo importuce by their great wealth, which ha beeia acquired not more by their indefatigable energy than by purauing the higl principles of honor of our old Scottiah merchuta. They are UOWll ~ the BAJJ11>! of Gartaherrie, though they are not proprietora of that estate, but have only theiL estenaive iron worb there. They have been aettled for muy centuries in Lanark•' ahire, and it ia believed they deacended from BAIRDS of Cambumathu. "It ia believed the name came from the aouth of F ruce. In the patriotic exer• tiona of Wallace we find JoRDAN BAIRD his constant compuion; and that Bruce recognized their patriotism is shown by a charter extant dated 13 10, gruted in favor of ROBERT BAIRD upon the barony of Cambumathu, which lies in the upper ward of Clydesdale, County Lanark. "The family of BAJRDS of Gartsherrie are great merchants, but it is not the fint time that thia name bu appeared before in Scotland in ·the same capacity. Ia 1328, we are told by Rhymer, a treaty of peace wu concluded at Northampton between Edward Ill ud Robert Bruce, by which it wu agreed that King Robert thould pay Eiigland 30,000 merb for damage done lut year by hi, army in Eiigland. The last payment of, thia money fell due June 24, 1331. Edward i, found to have auigned Bruce's obligation lo Bartholomew Barde ud other, of that name, called the Company of BAIRDS, trading to Florence (the Society of the Barde of Florence). He send. them to Scotland to receive the_ money from David Bruce, their king. In a letter written two days later Edward recommends them to David', 1pecial protection. He call, them "hia beloved and trualy Bankiera, the Company of BAJJU>s." Not only in peaceful tru1acliona did the family of BAIIU) diatinguished themaelve1, but in war they were ready to · take their part. Rhymer makes PETER BAIRD in 1338 admiral from the mouth of the Tham« over all the weal cout of En.gland. "In Scotland many of the name have been diatinguiahed. "The father of these great ironmutera wu Au:xANDER BAIRD, who acquired the estate of Lockwood in Lanarbhire in 1825. He wu bom 1765, died 1833, married Jean Moffat. He had eight aona and two daughters. "William. M.P. for Falkirk from 1841-46; bom in 1796, died in 1864. He had a large family. · "John, bom in 1798. He succeeded to the estate of hia brother · Alexander in Ury, and died in 1870. "Alexander, born in 1799; died in 1862. "Ury, no iuue. "James, M.P., l>elli:irk.. 1851-57; born in 1802. He bou51ht the estate Knydart, in County lnvemeu (on the bub of the Doon), and Cumbuadoon Muirkerk and others, in Ayrshire, ud on the death of hia brother Robert became proprietor ot Auchmcddcn. In 1874 he praentcd lo the Ch111ch of Scotland for the apread of the Co.pc! f.500,000. He married Charlotte Lockhart, who died 1857. In 1859 he married Isabella Agnew Hay, "RoeHT BAIRD, born 1806; purchased Auchmedden in 1854 from te1tamenlary truatee of late Sir Chu. Forbes. He died without i11ue. ANCIENT HISTORY 33

"DouCLAS B111RD, bom 1808. Acquired the estate of Closebum from Sir Tames Stewart Menlule in 1852. He married Charlotte Acton. He died in 1854, ,ving twin daughters. One married Viscount F. E. Villiers, son of late Biahop )urham. ''G.EoaC£ BAIRD, born in 1810; married Mias Hatton; died in 1870, leaving 10n. He purchaaed lhe estate of Strichen in Aberdeenshire, and on the death Im brother David became proprietor of the estate Stitchell. "DAVID, born in 1816; died in 1860, wilhout i11ue. He bought the estate Stitchell. "The hvo daughters of Alexander of Lockwood-Janel, the oldest, married, 6nt, llr. Whitelaw; second, Mr. Weir. By both marriages there are families. "The second, Jean, married Mr. Jackson, by whom she had family. "The present member for Glaagow, Mr. Whitelaw, is a 10n of Janel by her jn1 husband. "The family own estates representing in round numbers nearly £2,000,000 of capital, in addition to what they hold as a company, in shape of mineral fields."

SIR DAVID BAIRD. Lord MacLeod'a Highlander,, 73rd Regiment, 1777-18/8." "Lord Macleod sojourned, after the rebellion of 1745, in Berlin with Field Marshal . Kuth. He served Sweden twenty-seven years while in exile, obtaining the rank of Lieutenant-General. He returned to England in 1777. When presented to George Ill he offered his services to raiae a regiment. Eight hundred and forty Highlanders were raised and marched to Elgin. In addition to these two huncued _and thirty-six Lowlanders were raiaed by Captains the HoN. JOHN LINDSEY DAVID' ' BAIRD, James Fowlis and other officers. Thirty-four English and Irish enliated in Glasgow-in all 1, 100 men. "DAVID BAIRD waa one of the Captains of the First Battalion. The First 1 Battalion under Lord Macleod embarked for the East Indies in January, 1779, .) and arrived in Madraa Road, in 1780. "This young and untried regiment had acarcely arrived in India when Hyder Ali, forcing his way through the Chauts, at the head of 100,000 men, burst like a mountain torrent into the Carnatic. He had interposed his vut army between that of the British commanded by Sir Hector Mauro 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 u would enable him to push forward in defiance of the enemy. The detachment selected for thi1 enter• prise consisted of about 1,000 men under Colonel Fletcher, and its main force was composed of the grenadier and infantry companies of Lord Macleod, and a regiment commanded by CAPTAIN BAIRD. Hyder Ali, having gained intelligence of this movement, sent a 1trong body lo cut them off on their way, but by adoptin!( a long, circuitou1 route and marching by night, they at length 1afely effected a junction with Colonel Baillie. With the moat r.ontullllllate 1kill, 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 the unhappy Brilish were in the very midst of them. The army under command of Colonels Baillie and Fletcher and CAPTAIN BAIRD marched in column. On· a 34 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

AKlden, whilst in a narrow defile, a battery of twelve guna opened upon them and, loaded with grapeshot, poured in upon their right flank. The British faced abou• Another battery opened immediately upon their rea.r. They had no choice, thr fOR. but to advance. Other batteries met them here, likewise, and in lcaa half an hour lifty-seven pieces of cannon, brought lo bear on them at all / peaetrated into every part of the British line. By ,even in the morning the ~ poured down upon the111 in thouaand.a. CAPTAIN BAIRD and hi, grenadien f, with the greatest heroia!D. Surrounded ud attacked on all aides by 25,000 ca\\ by thirty regune1111 of Sepoy inlantry, beaidea Hyder'• Europeu corpa and a:, meroui artillery playing upon them, yet did thia gallant collllllD 1ta11d firm , undaunted, alternately facing their eneaiiea on every aide of attack. The F re\. olfu:era m Hyder'• camp beheld with utoniahment the Britiah grenadiers un; UPTAIN BA111D's com1DaDd perforaung their evolutiona in the midat of all ; tumult and extreme peril with aa much preciaion, coolneaa and ateadiness aa upon a parade ground. -rhe little army 10 unexpectedly u.ailed had only ten pieces of cannon, ~ theae created auch havoc &IDDllgst the enemy that after a doubtful conteat of thr houn. victory began lo declare for the Britiah. The flower of the Mysore cavaL were at length entirely defeated and the right wing. composed of Hyder'• be forces, waa thrown into disorder. H;vder himself wu about to give orders f, retreat, and the French officer who directed the artillery began to draw it off, wh an unforeaeen and unavoidable diauter occurred which totally changed the fortu:: of the day. · "By aome accident the tumbrils which contained ammunition auddcnly blew ; in the center of the Britiah linea. One whole force of their column was thua I, entirely open, their artillery overturned and deatroyed. The destruction of men w' great. but the total lo11 of their ammunition waa atill more fatal to the 1urvivo1, Tippoo Sahib, aon of Hyder, inatantly aeized the moment of advantage, a11d witho; waiting for orden fell with the u1Ino1t rapidity, at the head of the Mogul au Carnatic horse, into the broken aquare, which had not time to recover ill form ai,_ order. Thia 11,ttack, seconded by the French corp, and lint line of infantry, deter-, mined the fate of the unfortunate army, After 1uccea1ive prodigies of nlor the brave Sepoy, were almoat to a man cut to piecea, Colonel, Baillie and Fletcher,: aaaiated by UPTAIN BAIRD, made one more desperate effort. They rallied the, Europeana and, under the lire of the whole immense artillery, formed themselves into' a new aquare. In thia form did thia intrepid band, without amm.unition, 6ghtina' with aworda, repulae the inroads of the enemy in thirteen attaclr.1, until they were fuaally trampled upon, "Colonel Baillie, in order lo save the livea of the few brave men who aurvived, di.played his handkerchief on his ,word M a Bag of truce. No 100ner, however,. hed they laid down their arma than they were attacked with savage fury. By the hllJDUIO interference of the French ofticerw in Hyder'• aervice many livea were · aaved. Coloael Fletcher waa ,lain. Colonel Baillie, with two hundred European-. were made priaonera. When brought before Hyder he greeted them with inaolcnt triumph. Colonel Baillie retorted, 'Your aon will inform you ,that you owe your victory to our diluter rather than lo our defeat.' CAPTAIN BAIRD received two . ..her wounda on hia head, a ball in his ·thigh and a pike wound in hia arm, He lay a long time on the battlelield. • Unable to reach the force under Monro, he wu obliged to aurrender, They were marched to Hyder', neareat forta, afterward, r~oved to Seringapat&QI, u.d •'1bjected to protracted u.d horrible impriaonment. "lt wu co-only believed in Scotlancl that CAPTAIN 8.wu, waa chained by the leg to u.other man, and Sir Walter, writing in 1821 to his IOll, then a comet of dragoons with hi, regiment in Ireland, when Sir David waa commander of the. forcea there, say,, 'l remember a atory that when report came to Europe that Tip- ANCIENT HISTORY

poo', prisonen (of whom BAIRD was one) were chained together, two and two, hi, mother said, "God pity the poor lad that', chained to our Davie."• On the 10th of May all the priaonen had been put in iron, but CAPTAIN BAIRD, Thi, indignity he was not subjected to until the 10th of November. When they were about to put the iron, on CAPTAIN BAIRD, who was completely disabled in hi, right leg, whence the ball had just been extracted, hi, friend, Captain Lucas,· sprang forward and represented in strong terms to the Myar the barbarity of putting him in Iha& condition in ir0111. He offered to wear double irona himaelf to save bit friend. Thia touched the Myar, who sent to the Kellidar {commander of the fort) to open the book of fate. He did 10, and when the menenger returned he said the book had been opened and CAPTAIN BA1RD's fate was good. Could they have really looked into the volume of futurity BAIRD would undoubtedly have been the las& man to be spared. Captain Lucas died in prison. CAPTAIN BAIRD lived to revenge the sufferings which he and his fellow prisonen endured, by the glorioua conquest of Seringapatam on the 4th of May, 1799. "In 1805 the Seventy-second, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Grant, embarked with the secret expedition under MAJ. GEN. Sia DAVID BAIRD, which sailed in Augu,t for Cape of Good Hope, then possessed by the Dutch." (Scotluh High• lander~. edited by John S. Kiltie, Vol. IV, page 497.) "When Sir David arrived al the Cape of Good Hope in 1797 he wu appointed brigadier-general. On June, 1798, he was appointed major-general and returned lo the atalf in India. In January, 1799, he arrived at Madraa 111 command of two regimenll of foot together with the draft, of the twenty-eighth dragoona, and on February I joined the army at V elore, where he was appoinled to command the lint European brigade. On the 4th of May GENERAL BAIRD commanded the storming party at the assault of Seriogapatam. One o'clock was the time fixed. When the precise lime arrived BAIRD ascended the parapet of the trenches iu full view of both armie-•a military figure,' observed Colonel Wilka, '1uited to ,uch ua occasion,' and drawing hi, aword and gallantly waving it, 1houted out, 'Now, my brave fellow,, follow me, and prove yourselves worthy of the name of Britiah aol• dien I' Within seven minutes lhe English Hag Boated from the outer bastion of the fortreas, and before night Seringapatam was in posseasion of the bniegen. GENERAL BAlnD, who was undoubtedly entitled to the governonhip of the town wliich he had thus laken, fixed his headquarten at the palace of Tippoo, who was among lhe ,lain. He was next day abruptly commanded to deliver the hya of the town to Colonel Wellesley, who, as it happened, had no active share in the capture, but who was appointed to the command by his brother, the governor-general. 'And thus,' said Baird, 'before the sweat was dry on my brow, I was aupeneded by an inferior officer.' That 'inferior officer' was afterward. the Duke of Welling­ too.''-(Li/e of Sir Da1>id Baird, by Theodore Hook. "l.:Ondou, 1832, in two vol• umes.) The coal of arms of General Sir David is as follows: Baird, Bart. (Ferntoa. Perthahire, descended from Auchmedden). Gu. in chief within an increscent, an etoile of eight points ar. (in alluaion lo the badge of · the Ottoman Order) in base, a boar pan., or; on a canton ewe. A sword erect ppr., pommel and hilt gold. Finl Crc.l: A mameluke mounted on horseback. holdins in the dexter hand a scimitar, all ppr. Second Creal: A boar's bead erased, or supporlen: Dexter, a greudier in the uniform of lhc 50th regi111eot of f991 ppr.; 1ioi1ter, the royal tiser of Tippoo Sultann guard, vert, striped or; from the neck, pendent by a ribbon, an escutcheon gr. charged with an etoile of eight points within an increscenl or, and

on a scroll under the escutcheon, the word '"Seringapatam.'' Motto: Vi ct 'Pirtut 11• 36 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

BAIRD CRESTS.

I. B411U>. Of Auchmcdden, Scotch. A grulin'• head, erued, ppr. Mollo: Domina feat. 2. BAIRD, Baronet of Yardleybury, Hertfordshire; FemlOD, Perthshire; and Newbyth. E.aat LothiAD, (I) A mameluke on horseback, in dexter a 1cimi1ar, all ppr. (2) A boar's head, eraaed, or (gold). Motto: Vi et virtute. 3, BAUU>, Jama, Eaq ... of CamblllciOOD, Ayr, Scod1111d. AD eagle'• head. erued, Mottp: Dominua fecit. 4. BAIRD. A cockatrice, winga addorsed, gulea (red). S. BAIRD. Scotch. A.dove, wmg1 upoded, ppr. Mollo: Virtule el honore. 6. BAIRD. Of Loughton Hall, Scotlod. A boar's head erased, or (gold). Motto: Vi el virlule. 7. B.wtD. Scotch, Newbyth. Same crest and motto. 8: BAIRD. Scotch. A boar', head erucd, ppr., charged with a crescent. 9. BAIRD. Of Frokfield, Scotlod. AD eagle', head, ppr. Motto: Vi el vifllll11, 10. BAIRD. AD eagle'• head erued, ppr. Motto: Dominru /ecil. 11. BAIRD. Of Craigton, Scotlod. A ship in full sail, ppr. Motto: Adsit Dea, non demovebor-"God with me, I .hall not be removed." 12. BAIRD, John, Esq. D. S. of Knoydart, lnvemesa and Lochwood, Lanark. Griffin• head erucd or. Motto: Dominua fecil. 13. BAIRD. Maturin, Newton Stewart, Tyrone. Boar's head erased between twa branches of 1h&mrock vert (f

EARLY RELIGION OF SCOTLAND.

Until the marriage of King Malcolm with the Saxon Princeu Margaret in the latter half of the eleventh century, the church of the. Culdce, wa.a that of the · Scotaiab kingdom. · Queen Margaret, hGwever, wu a zealous daughter of tho Church of Rome. She had much inlluence over her husband, and seema to have communicated her religious prejudices to her aona, for the 1truggla of the Culdea againat the aupremacy of Rome date from. the reign of King Malcolm. . By the middle of the twelfth century the Roman Catholic Church appears 10 ha-we gained the upper band completely. Coincidentally with thia supremacy we 6ad the Engliah archbishops endeavoring to uaert their supremacy over the Scottish clergy. In 1188 Pope Clement Ill in a bull addraaed lo King William the Lion, declared the Church of Scotlod to be the daughter of Rome by special grace, od immediately subject to her." From that time the Culdee alar paled before the riaint. IUD of Rome. The inestimable bene6tt conferred by the Culdee Church on the Piela of the Highlands cannot be overestimated. Not only did the Culdea kindle and keep aliaht the pure lamp of reliaion in theae wild reaion,, but they were the preceptors of the converll, and to them the Highloden were indebted for the spread of education, where· formerly all culture had been unknown. The Culdea inJluence made itaelf felt. DOI only in the Highland, but throughout the length od breadth of Scotlod. Relics of this in&uence are still found in places and names of long-forgotten 1ainta. ANCIENT HISTORY 37

These 1ain11, it i1 worthy of remark, were holy men, not of the Church of Rome but the aimple Celtic Church of St. Collllllba and hi, Culdeea.-(ClanJ and Sepu. by Adams.) [The plaid which the clergy used was supposed to have been used by the Druids and Culdces. These may have been followers of Abraham from Ur of the Chaldces.J

THE CLAN.

I have tried to find data of the Clan BAIRD. George, living in 1588, was spoken of as its chief, and in another reference they are spoken of as the "fighting BAIROS." There is still a tartan. "The BAIRD Clan, though small in Scotland, were from Perth, Aberdeen and Banffshire." The following is a surmise of my own and may have no ground in truth at all-simply a speculation. The tradition given me by my father is that John Gregor, in order to hold the property given him, changed his 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 arc little figures like a tree (they may be spear heads). Comparing thes~ points with the following history, I believe they were formerly ot the MacGregors, or Alpin, consequently scppressed. See the following data regarding those two clans and their coat of arms:

"It haa been claimed for the Royal· Clan Al pin that it ia the moat ancient clan in the Highland,. The Mac Alpins, according to some records, arc dcacend­ ants of those venerable aons of antiquity whose successors became. kinga of Scotland during twenty-Jive generation,. The ancient crest of the Mac Alpina ia a boar's head, couped gules, gully sanguine. The ancient aeat is said to have been at Dunstaffnagc in Argyleshirc." Of the sept of MacGregor, Sir Walter Scott says: "They were famoua for their misfortunes and the indomitable courage with which they maintained themselves as a clan. A clan the mosl oppressed for generations, they claim a deacenl froDl Gregor, the third son of King Alpin, who llouriahcd about 787, hence they are u,ually termed the clan Alpin, and their proud motto is: 'Royal i1 my race.' They had at one time very e.xtensive poasenions in Argyleshire and Perthshire, which lhey imprudently continued to hold by the righl of the sword. • Thu, the Earl of Argyle and Breadalbane gradually found the means to u1urp their lands under the pretext of royal grants. The MacGrcgon strove to retain their lands by cold steel, and this conduct, though natural, conaidering the country and time, waa represented at the capital as ariaing from an 'untamable and innate ferocity,' which nothing could remedy aave cutting off the tribe root and branch. Their name was sup• pressed and at baptism no clergyman could give the nAD1e of Gregor under dep-, rivation and baniahment. Prior to theae days of the scvenlcenth century they appear lo have po11e11ed lands in .Clenarchy. In the thirteenth century in the Ragman'1 Roll of Glenarchy, 1296, John of Glenarchy appears, In their genealogy this John is called John, aon of Gregor. The line of chief, seems to have ended in an heiren who married a younger son of the houae of Argyle. Rob Roy Mac• Gregor', house was at the head of Glensburg, some nine miles from lnverary, Scotland. By the 30th Act of the Finl Parliament of Charles I it was cnacled 38 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES evcryODe of the name of MacGregor on attaining the age of 1ixteen ahould yearly repair to the Pri'V)' Council, there to 6nd caution for their good behavior. lo 1pite of ,uch conduct. in the reign of Charles I and James ll Uame1 Vil of Scotland), the king could count on the loyalty of the clan. They met at night and their gathering aong wu:

" 'The moOD' • on the lalr.e and the mist on the brae, And the clan hu a name that i1 nameleu by day.' . '1ne arms of .the MacGregor clan were originally a pine tree erued proper, croaeci aallire, with a sword of the second. But the pine tree wu al10 borne in pale growing on a bank verL-(Co,lume., of the Clam, by the Brothen Stuart.) (See the coat of arms of the Alexander line.) • (By some it is said they were a sept of the MacLcans.) CHAPTER II. COLONIAL DAT A. (Indexed.) GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL.

In the .. Rulla," dated by Printz at .. Kilveratina .. (Christina}, 1644, he called it a "tobacco pl11J1tation." Upland, afterward Chester, wu between Fort Chris­ (near Wilmington) and New Gollenburg (Tinicum). Some time later a wu built. The Indian name for Chester was Micoponacka. In 1655 the edish power on the Delaware ceased. Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch govemor of w Amsterdam, appeared off Fort Cassimer (near Wilmingtoa) with vessels ·rying about· six hundred soldiers and captured the fort. In 1686 Patrick Robinson, 1765 Stephen Porter, 1767 James Wilson, 1781 1tham Potts, 1787 James A. Bayard, mentioned in record of Upper Octorara .1urch, Chester. i Pittsburg, Pa., was part of Fort Duquesne. ; "Manor of Masks"-a reservation set apart by Pennsylvania, a part of Gettys• '.irg township. , Fayette County, Pa., in 1765 was claimed by Virginia, before the "Mason and )ixon" line was run. Oak Hill school houae, near Lilly Run, was on Robert Baird', farm, Penn,yl• vania. Fort Duquesne was captured by General Forbes in 1757 with troop, from Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Pequea, Lancuter Counly, Pa., waa about thirteen miles northeast of Christiana. Little Britain (where Moses took the oath of allegiance in 1777) is below Chriatiana. "Taken up by John Beard in Pequay, a black mare and colt; the mare branded 'E. H: on the near shoulder and hip; a few white spots on her forehead. The owner describing the marka and paying the chargea may have them again." (From The Penn,ylvania Ca%elle, issue of December 28 to January 4, 1738-9. Number 525. Newspaper in collection of the Hiatorical Society of Pennaylvania, Phila.} "The· General Assembly of North Carolina made an agreement with that of Tennessee to run and mark the division line between the two slatea. In the year 1799 the state of North Carolina appointed General McDowell and Colonel David Vance (member of house of common, from Burke County in 1791) as aurveyora. These were joined by Morgan at Green Mountain." (Narratn,e of Baule of l;.ing's Mountain, by Capt. David Vance.) '"The first road from Buncomb County, North Carolina, to Tennessee waa con• slructed by four hundred and ,evenly men who were oraanized to build it in 1826." -(Haywood'• History of Tennessee.} Washington and Sullivan Co1111tie1, North Carolina, ara DOW iA Tcnnc11cc, The name Ohio comes from "Hohio,.. an Indian name. 40 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

"On the lint day of May, 1784, the Stale of Virginia by deed ceded the United Stalel her right aDd title lo the territory northweal of the Ohio River. It wu hen partly by right of conquest by Colonel George Rogen Clark in 1778. At Fort McIntosh were Colonel Morgan, General McIntosh, John Finley aDd CapL Jo.eph Finley of the Eighth Regiment. Colonel Morgan wu the Indian agent. "So great wu the acarcity and value of wt for the lint ten yean that thoee OD whose lands a Salt Spring wu found tranafened the title to the colony, receiving another tract in exchange. . . "In 1796 there wu formed a company of 6fty men for salt making. Shares were one dollar and a half. They purchaaed a furnace and twenty-four kettles at Pittaburg and lranaported them by waler lo Duncan"• Falls, then on pack horses snen miles to Salt Lick. They dug a well 6fteen feet deep to the rock which f9nn,:d the bed of the stream. They then put the trunk of a hollow sycam~ tree into the well and bedded it in the rock ao u to exclude the fresh wat, Tho furnace held twelve kettles. From 800 gallona of water they would ~ fifty pound. of aalt."-(Ohio', Early Settler,.) · [In this account of Ohio General Hanner and Fort Hanner arc mentioned.-' P. B. C.J

THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS.

"If we take the term Southem mounlaineen in ita broadest extent, all musl agree that the service rendered the nation by the mountaineers of the South hai been a notable one."" So writes Dr. Samuel T. Wilson of Maryville College, iL bi, little book about the Southem mountaineers of the United Stales, ·''It wu indeed no amall service," he goes on, "that Boone and Robertson, Bean, and Sevier, and the Shelby, lent the struggling coloniea and later the infant republic, by preuing backward the long-lime fronlieu until thoae fronlien practically van• iabed into the ,unset weal." "Such service wu the cost that civilization pay, for new conque,ts, but it wu paid not by the aalaried emiaaries of an organized govemmenl nor by the 1ub- 1idized forces of great trading companiet, but by individuals who went always al their own charges and sometimes al the cost of all thingt; more often than not hindered rather than encouraged by the unappreciative governmenta !hey had left behind them." "Fiake. in bia 'Old Virginia and Her Neighbor1,' tell, of a great service rcn• dered by the Scotcb-lri,h of the Appalachian., He uys: "In a certain sense the Shenandoah Valley and adjaceat Appalachian region may be called the cradle of modem democracy. In that rude frontier society life uaumed many new ~It, old c.ualoma were forgotten, old diatinctiona abolished, social equality ac• quired even more importance than unchecked individualiam. • . . This phase of democracy which is destined to continue u long u frontier life retains any importance, can nowhere be ao well 1tudied in its beginning1 u among the Pres• byterian population of the Appalachian region in the eighteenth century." " "The service that the Southern mountaineen have rendered in national mat• ten," continues Or. Wilwu. "can hardly be overestimated. They were pollCIICd by a fierce IGve of liberty, and IO the birthplace of American liberty wu very &P.propriately in the mountaina. In Abinsdon, Va., at the junction of the valleys of the Blue Ridge and Eut Tennessee, u early u January 20, 1775, a council met that, u Bancroft says, 'wu mostly composed of Preabyteriana of Scotch­ lriah ,descent." 'Thia ,pirit of freedom ,wept through their mindi u naturally u the wind ,igha through the 6r tree, of the Black Mountain." COLONIAL DATA 41

''Thia wu four month, before the Scotch and Scotch-lriah Preabyteriaoa of lhe lowland hill, of North Carolina issued the 'immortal Mecklenburg Declaration,' which, io ill turn, antedated by more than a year the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congreu."-(Christian Science Monitor.) [Some historians doubt the authenticity of, the North Carolinians' claim for the Mecklenburg Declaration and some may be loath to credit the council at Abingdon which Bancroft mentions, which antedated the Declaration of Independence. At that time in Virginia only members of the Church of England filled the municipal offices, and a member of another church was not allowed to sit on a jury.-F. B. C.)

LIST OF FREEHOLDERS.

AMBOY, MIDDLESEX, N. J.• 1752. James Will®. Patrick Vance. Robert Brown. William, Daniel and James Morgan. John and William Burnett. WOODBRIDGE. Andrew and William Brown. Zebulon, Thomu, John, James and William Pike.

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

LAND SURVEYED IN LANCASTER CouNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. lndicca of Land Office, Harriaburg, Pa, George Beard, 250 acres, surveyed• January 8, 1733. William Baird, 200 acres, surveyed January 10, 1737. John Beard, 200 acres, surveyed May 26, I 738. William Baird, 200 acres, surveyed May 19, 1742. William Beard, 400 acres, surveyed November 18, 1743. Archibald Beard, 100 acres, surveyed January 18, 1744. William Baird, 200 acres, surveyed October 4, 1749. J amea Beard, 200 acres, surveyed October 31, I 752., Thomas Beard, 40 acres, surveyed May 8, 1766. ~ John Beard, 250 acres, surveyed January 27, I 790. Robert, 1767. John, 1738. WILLS. CARLISLE, PA. JAMES BAIRD, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1785, men• tions his mother Rebecca Sterret, and brothers ROBERT and JOHN; also mentions Samuel Robinson. (This was possibly a $On of JoHN and REBECCA, of Christiana Hundred.) The will of SAMUEL BAIRD, of Armagh township, Cumberland County, 1788, mentions his wife, MARTHA, and his children, JOHN, 42 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

]AMES, MARTHA. ACNES, WILLIAM, SAMUEL, MARY, HucH, and a grandson, SAMUEL, son of HUGH. It lc:aves Flag Meadows, West­ moreland County, to JOHN. Witnessed by John Wilson. Judging by the names in Thoma., and Mary Douglas' family this Samud must have been a brother of Thomas. The will of WILLIAM BAIRD, 1762, East township, Cumberland County, mentions his wife, RACHEL, but does not mention a family. Witnesaed by Thomas Williamson and John Glen.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

At u, Orphau1' Court held al Carliale in County of CuD1berland, Penn,ylvania, 22 Noveinber, '1775, before Robert Miller, John Holmes, John Agnew, Esqra., J111tic:ea of said court: "Upoa the Petition of John Baird, third son of Thomu Baird, late of Guil­ ford TOWDlhip, Cuniberland County, dec'd (who died intestate), to the court, aettiq forth that his father, the ,aid ThoDlaa Baird. lately died inteatate, leaving his widow, viz: Ma,y, and lawful iuue, to wit, ]&Dies, Elizabeth, the widow of Ardill,ald M011D1an, dec'd. Mary now the wife of Hugh Emiaon, ThoD1u, John the Petitioner, Samuel, Willilllllt Robert, Joaeph, and Martha his children, that · aaid Thomas Baird at lilJle of his death wu aeized of a certain Plantation or tract of land situate in Guilford Township, county aforesaid. co11taining about 568 acres with iDlprovCD1enll And Praying the Court to award lnque1t lo Make par• titian of land, among said children, if such can be without spoiling the whole &c. The Court ordered the Sheriff to SUD1D1on Inquest and Dille Partition &c. &c." At an Orphana' Court held 20th February, 1776, the Sheriff D1ade return of the Inquisition and the land was awarded to John under conditions of payment preacribecl by the Court. "At an Orphans' Court held 20th Aug111t, 1779, &c, came into Court John Baird AdDliniatrator of Tho111&1 Baird dec'd and produced an Account of his AdUliniatratioll showing balance of 387 pOUllds, 11 Shillings · and half penny for distribution, which was distributed u follow■: "To Mary the widow 129 pounds; 5 Shilling1 & 1-2 penny; to ]&Dies, the Oldest -. 47 poUllds & 2-11 of a penny; To Hugh Gibb husband of Elizabeth dee 'd 23 pounds IO Shillings and 1-11 penny; To Mary 23 poUllds, 10 ,hilling, & I penny; To ThOD1u 23 pounds 10 Shillings and 1-1 I penny; lo John 23 pounds 10 Shillings & 1-11 penny; to William 23 pounds 10 Sbilling1 1-11 penny; lo S&D1uel 23 pounds 10 shillings and 1-11 penny; to Robert 23 pounds 10 ,hilling, & 1-11 peDlly: to Joseph 23 pounds 10 shillings and 1-11 penny; to Martha 23 pouada 10 Shillillg1 & 1-11 penny." (Orphan,' Court Dac~et 2, page 265, Carlisle, PL) [John, Andrews, and Patric Vance were appraisers of Thomas Baird's goods in will.] _ "May 19, 1778. Hugh Cibba wu appointed guardian over Robert Baird, a minor 1011 of ThoD1u Baird. above the age of 14 yean," (Docket 2! page 221.) "March 7, 1783. Robert 100 of Thomas Baird uked for the appointD1ent of John Baird of Falling Spring lo be hi, guardian and he was appointed." (Docket 2, page 321.) · "Januuy 21, 1784. S.muel Beard of Derry Township, Yeomau, was appointed pardian of his son ]&Dies a Dlinor 13 yeara old." (Docket 2, page 335.) COLONIAL DATA 43

William Beard of East Pennsboro lowmhip. Will dated May 24, 1762. Leave, all estate to wife Rachel. (Book A, 121.) John Baird. Will dated Jwie 3, 1778. Mentiona wife Margaret, daughtel'$, Heater, Elizabeth, Hannah and Margaret; son John; son1-in-law, David Moore and J ame1 Dunning, and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Margaret Moore. (Book C, 110.)

David Beard. Will dated April 24, 1799. Mcntiona 10111, David and John; daughter, Jean Kelly; wife, Jennet. (F. 109.) Jamca Cibaon. Will dated May 24, 1762. Give, lo grandson Jamea Baird hi, "coultcr and Plow Shear and hi, Pen tackling,," Wife, Jean Gibson. {A. 55.) Jamc1 Walker. Will dated September IO, 1799; proved October 29, 1799. Mifflin township. Wife, Jane. Children: John, Jean, Margaret, Mary, ·a11 minol'$. Executora: John Walker and brother-in-law, Robert Beard. (F. 153.)

LANCASTER COUNTY.

HANOVER TowNsHIP, LANCASTER Co., PA., 1758 (BooK B, VoL. I, P. 242.) _ Jamca Baird and wife Sarah; brothen, Wm. and John; 1illcl'$, Margaret and Gennett. Jamca, Andrew and William, aon, of hi, brother John. Hi1 truaty friend J amca and William Wilson, Ex. Joseph and Adam Wilson, witncasca. J amca W alkcr, another witncaa. [James Walker in will mentions brother-in-law, Robert Baird.] Samuel Cunningham, who had married a daughter of Elizabeth Baird (widow), aaka that her two sons, John and William, and a daughter (wife of Alexander Work, who arc in good circumalancca, contribule to the 1upporl of aaid Elizabeth Baird. (Orphan,' Court Docket, 1750-54, p. 6.) "William Wilson and Robert Wallace Executon of the Laat will and T cata• menl of J amea Baird deceased Appeared in Court and Produced an Account of their Administration on the Estate of the aaid dcccaacd Whereby there Appeared to have been a Balance in their Hands of $252--0-0 duly Pa11ed before the Deputy Register lo be distributed Agreeable lo the said Will which the Court Allows and approves of; And it Appearing to the Court that Sarah the DOW Wife of Abraham McClintock and Late Widow of the 1aid dcceaacd received the whole of the Personal Estate of the dcceaaed into her Posac11ion Agreeable to the Will of lhc ,aid T eatator except the W caring · Apparel of the dcccaacd devised lo James Baird, Andrew Baird and William Baird which the said Jama. Andrew & William received the Court directs that the 1aid Abraham McClintock and Sarah his wife, Together with the said Jamca Baird, Andrew Baird and William Baird, do refund lo the aaid Adminiatraton the sum of £6-12--o the Suma disbUl'$ed by the Exccuton of their Proper Monica including Commiuion rateably in Proportion to their Several legacie,, Together with Twelve Shillings the Expcnces of this Court." (Orphana' Court, held September 5, 1769.)

MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS. (Balda,in, Vol. I.) Robert B11ird, St. Mary County, 1685, mentions grandaona William and Robert Meakin; daughters Margaret (married Wm. Meakin), and Elizabeth Meakin. and a son of brother Chriatopher. ( P. I 62.) 44 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Jolua Baird. Talbot County, 1676, wife Eli:z:abeth. (P. 20S.) Richard Beard. A. A. Co., I67S-168 I. Had wife Rachel: children, Richard, John, Ruth (and her sons), Rebecca (and her aom), Rachel Clarlr. (and her 1001): also a brother-in-law, William Burge11. (P. 99.) John Wheeler'• will, 1684, me11tiom Richard and Mathew, aooa of Richard Burd. (Testator, Richard Beard.) (P. 161.) Richard Beard, Jr., E.ic. of D. Taylor, 1676. (P. 177.)

DEEDS.

"Robt. Baird lo MosQ Baird. To All Christian People to whom these pre1e11t1 ahall come Robert Baird of the County of Westmoreland in the Commonwealth of .PCDJ11ylvania Yeoman Sends Greeting: Whereas there is a certain Tract of Land in the township of Manallin in the CoUDty aforesaid containing 320 acres which Robert Gilmore 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 Rober& Baird, Now Know Ye that I the said Robert Baird in comideration of One Huadred pounds paid by Moses Baird yeoman, do grant unto the ,aid Moses Baird, all -that part of the aforesaid tract of Land which lies North of a Line drawn cross the said Tract from a po1t on the middle of lh.t Line which divides tho said Land from William Cues etc., containing 160 acres. Signed and De• livered in presence of Jolua Baird and Thomu Scott." (Boolr. A .. of Deeds, page 324. Greenaburg, Westmoreland County, Pa.) "Jos. Baird to John Miller. Thia Indenture made the Seventee11th day of Decem• ber in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & Seventy nine Bc1ween James Baird of Huntington Townahip in the Counly of Weslmoreland, Yeoman of the one part and John Miller of the same place of lhe Other part. Whereu Thomaa Baird by his deed bearing date the lifteenth day of May 1775 did ·Convey unto the said James Baird a certain Tract of Land on a UDall branch of Y oughiogania Containing three hundred Acres of Land, Now This Indenture Wit• aeuoth that the aaicl 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. Scaled and Delivered in the Presence of Jolua Sumrall, Chriatr. Truby and William Caldwell." (Book A of Deeds. p. 266, Greensburg. Westmoreland ,Couaty, Pa,) There ia a deed recorde~ at Chambersburg November, 1797, to a tract of land -coanyed by -- to James Baird and William Robinson of Fayette Co. (clerlr. of Courts, Chambenbur3). - [James Baird, born in 1764, married Mary Robinson. Tbis may have been her father or brother.] In 1784 a tract of Land was conveyed from Archib~ld Baird to William Baird. Archibald wu a IOD of Rjchard Bard. Robert to M-. deed, of lands in 1779 in Menallin town1hip, Westmoreland 'County, 320 acres which belonged formerly to Gilmore. Witne11, John Baird. (Book A. Deeds, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pa., p. 324.) [This was the year of Robert's marriage to Elizabeth.) James to John Miller, of Hi.mti11&IQll lownahip, \V eatmoreland, Pa., in 1779. The tract had been bought of Thomas Baird in 1775. {Boolr. A, Green1burg and .Westmoreland, p. 266.) [James, who came in 1720, had sons, John, Jame,, Mosu, Robert, and Thomas. A lister of Robert married Samuel Miller.] COLONIAL DATA 45

Jamca Beard !axed for 300 acrca of lands in Annalrong townahip, Bedford Counly; also lwo lracls in Hempfield townahip, 1772. , Moses for 100 unaeedf'd land in 1ame lownahip. (Bedford Co. Tu: List, 1772.) (Armatrong · and Hempfield townahipa 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 townahip, Lancaster, near Gettysburg (Manor of Muquc), in will of 1758 mentions wife Sarah, brothers William and John. In 1636 many emigrants came from near Belfut. William Wallace, Rev. John Livingstone and Rev. James Hamilton were the leaden.

w AR RECORDS.

PENNSYLVANIA. Thoma, Bard of Pennsylvania, 1econd lieutenant of Calderwoocfs Independent PeD:naylvania Company, January, 1777. Company attached to Eleventh Pennayl- van1a. William Bard of Pennsylvania, Second Lieutenant of Twelfth Pennsylvania. October 16, 1776. Served lo--. Officen of the Penru)/lvania Regiment for the Year 1760. Second Battalion: Capt. John Prentic:e•s Company-John Baird, Lieut., April 18. (Pa. Arc. 2d Ser., Vol. II, pp. 603-606.) Fifth Regiment Pennaylvania: Com. Robert Magan; Lieut. Richardson; Jamei Wilaon, Captain al Fort Washington, 1776. John Porter, John Robinson. James Baird, Captain of Company 8 of the Fourth Battalion. of Lanc:uter Association: Lieut.•Col. Ludwig Meyer and Maj. Nathan Seigler. (Pa. Arch.. Vol. 13, p. 367, Sec. Ser.) James Baird. Oalh of Allegiance, 1777. Jamca Baird, private, 1776. C.pt. Abraham Marshall', Company; Col. S. J. Alee, Musketry Battalion of Lancuter County. (Pa. Arch., Sec. Ser., Vol. 10, p. 254.) Mo1e1 Baird. Oalh of allegiance, Lancaster, 1777. (Pa. Arch., Sec. Ser.. Vol. 13, p. 461.) Moaes Baird 1erved in Capt. John McClelland', Company of Westmoreland County Rangers during Indian raida of the later Revolutionary epoch. William, aon of Thomas Baird, fought under Anthony Wayne in 1794. After-- warda located in Pennsylvania. 1 James Baird wu a soldier of the Revolution under Timothy Green, in West• moreland County, Pa. Capt. J. Rogers' Company of Auociaton were destined for lhe camp in the Jersey, June 6, 1776. [Non;.-Timothy Green was a resident of Lancaster County, now Dauphin, Pa. Arc. Vol. 13, p. 322. Colonel of a regiment raised in this se1:tion.-F. B. C.J Samuel Bard, a native of Ireland (born in 1734) enli,tcd in Capt. Jolua Wriaht'• Company in 1750 and served in the French and Indian War. · John Bard wu a privat~ in Capt. John Spear', company Pelllllylvania. Stale Regiment of Foot in 1777. 46 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Robert Bard wu in active service with Capt. Patrick Jack', company of CWD­ berland County Militia in 1777. Richard Bard served with Capt. Joseph Culbertaon'1 Company in 1777. John Bard with CapL William Hu11on'1 Cumberland County Militia in 1778. William with aame company. Stephen wu a private in Capt. von Hun dragoona in 1779. He wu living ia Berka County in 1835, aged 81.

NEW JERSEY.

Faow NEw JERSEY SOCIETY, TRENTON, PRINCETON AND MoNMOUTH. John Baird. Capt. Newkirk', Comp., Second Battalion, Salem, N. J. Joseph Baird. CapL Shavera' Comp., New Jersey. SECOND RECIMENT SUSSEX, ALSO CoNTINENTAL ARMY. Obediah Baird. Monmouth, N. J. Robert Baird. Somerset, N. J. john Baird. Sergeant Second Battalion, Somerset, N. j. John Baird. Captain Second Battalion, Somerset, N. J. David Baird. Private Finl Reg., Monmouth, N. J. John and Jacob Baird, Morria, Stale lroopa, wounded al Fort Lee, Bergin County, N. J .. 1781.

NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CONNECTICUT.

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1722 (Vol. 4, p. 68.) LieuL Joseph Beard. Sergeant Joseph Beard (p. 117). John Bayard in 1776 wu Chairman of the Committee of Safety for Phila- delphia. He wu Colonel of Second Battalion of Philadelphia at Battle of Trenton. David Baird. Captain in Col. A.her Holmca' Finl Monmouth. 1778. CapLjohn Bard. Second Georgia Battalion, 1780, Valentine Beard. Cornet Second Company, Light Hone, Martin Pfifer, Captain. Aaroa Beard, Pcnnequid in 1674, 1wore allegiance lo Mauachuaetta.-(Savage, Ccnealagical DictionaTY, p. 148.) [Non.-Captain David &ird of Monmouth was a contemporary of Gen. Sir Da"rid of Scotland.-F. B. C.]

KINC PHILIP'S w Alt. Podge, p, 184 (1675), mentiona: Capt. John Beard, New Haven Company, Old man named of Beard killed by Indiana (page 302). Credit, for military .ervice. Town, not mentioned (page 452). October 24, 1676, Aaron Beard 030800. [Poeaibl1 father or brother of Andrew of Bellerica, Mau., 1713.-F. B. C.J 1778. Capt. Jamca Heron' ■ Company, Colonel Hozen'1 Regiment: Robert Beard, New Hamp1hire. COLONIAL DATA 47

1775. Capt. Gordon Hutchin1on's Company, Stark'1 Regiment: William Beard, 23 yean, New Boston. Hu1bandman, New Hampahire. John Beard enliated February 20, 1781. John Beard, Portsmouth (28 years). Samuel Folaom. John Beard enlisted at Fort Washington. 1780. Capt. James Aikins, New Hampshire Regiment Militia, Colonel Thorn: Simon Beard, Bartlet, Conn. 1754. Simon Beard, Jr., Marymack River. lmpresaed for hi1 May aervice. George Beard. Chosen collector by Creal Hill Society, 1782. Seymour, Conn. Joaeph 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'1 Company. Francis Bard, private in Schuyler's Regiment. John Beard, private in Westfall Company. John Beard, private in Teane Company. Nicholas Bard, lieutenant. Samuel Bard (Dr.), Examiner of Surgeons.

GEORGIA. John Bard, Captain of Second Georgia Infantry, November, 1776, was taken priaoner al 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 Given1.­ (Wm. F. Booger's Hidorical Virginia, p. 223.) [Possibly David of Monmouth, N. J. Robert probabl}' born in Lancaster, Pa.. 1756, or Robert of Somerset, N. J., born in 1741.-F. B. C.] CHAPTER III. EARLY AMERICAN DATA.

PENNSYLVANIA.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Collector~.-Thomu Baird, 1770-74: Thomas Baird, Jr., 1775-76. (Pa. Arch,, 2d Ser., Vol. IX, page 788. Edition of 1880.) Wf.STMORELAND COUNTY. Councillor.-Joba Beard, November 18, 1786. Cauor,.-Ceorge Baird, November 20, 1784. Jiaticu of lhe Peau.-John Beard, June I I. 1777. (Pa. Arch., 2d Ser., Vol. III., pp. 679-680, 681. (Edition of 1890.) · Hllllllah Baird (born 1759), came to Mercenb~rg, Wuhington County, Pa., and settled in Carli.le. She married David Clark.

John Baird, of Neslaminy township, Pa. Supposed to have been a 1011 of John Baird (1675-1748), of Warwick townahip, Bucks County, Pa. He wu born 1714; died in 1791, being buried in the graveyard of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church. His wife wu Elizabeth and they had i11ue: John; Francis (1758-1835), married Margaret; Jennett (married Alexander Boyd) ; Annie (married William,,.. Ramsey): Elizabeth (married William Richard,; Sarah (marrted Andrew Boyd). Thi, Francia had a IOD. Francia al10. {See Francis of Warwick, N. Y.-F. B. C.J. Seilhamer gives the following record as that of a probable son of James the exile, who came to New Jersey in 1684: William, who aettled in ManaJield County, New Jeney, died in 1690. He aaarried Kathrine. They had three IOIU, u follow,: William, married Margaret O'Hara in 1751, at Tewkesbury, Hendenon County, N. J. He died before 1763. Richard Baird married Elizabeth Rou. Readington town.hip, Hunterdon Coun• I:)', N. J. Ho died before 1765. Jama aaarried Elizabeth Bowlaby, Bethlehem town.hip, Hunterdon County, N. J. In hia will he left £5 to the truateea of Man,Jield Woodhouae meet• in11 houie. In 1763 he offered a plantation to be let in the Jeraeya. Member of - Town Committee, 1768; freeholder, 1770 and 1777. Described u Capt. Jamea Baird. Died in 1778. They had 110 children, Children of RICHARD and ELIZABETH R. BAIRD. Elizabeth. William. born in 1752: died in 1794. John, born in 1758. [He rives William and John credit for work in the Revolutionary War which 1)011ibly belongs to the William and John, sons of William of Somerset County, N, J,] EARLY AMERICAN DATA 49

Jamea Baird of Letterkenny township (now Green), Franklin County, Pa. ; [This was the Caltdonia Tract.-F. B. C.] William Wilson married Martha Baird. LICENSE.5 GRANTED IN PENNSYLVANIA. Jamea Beard and Elizabeth Newby, October, 1746. John Baird and Elizabelh. Diamond, June 25, 1763. MARRIAGES IN OLD SWEDES CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA. John Bard and Elizabeth Sweeting, February 21, 1754. j Colonel John Findly married the widow of Capt. Isaac Baird Uane McDowell). Mathew Baird, son of John, wu born near Londonderry, Ireland, in 1817. ,f Scotch-Irish parents. When he wu four yeara of age the family came to Philadelphia. His father wu a coppersmith. He waa educated in the common 1chools of the day, later becoming auistant to one of the profeuon of chemistry in •he Univenity of Pennsylvania. In 1834 he went to New Castle, 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. [This may have been a grandson of Moses of Ireland.-F. B. C.] Thomas Robert Bard, Senator from California in 1890. Born al Chamben• burg, Pa., in 1841 ; graduated from the common schools in 1858. Before com• pleting the study of law he engasi:ed in railroading in Hagentown, Md. He went ,lo Ventura County, Cal, in 1864. Supervisor of Santa Barbara County, 1867- 71; Presidential elector, 1880-97; elected u Representative to U. S. Senate to !I the unexpired term of Stephen M. White, serving 1899-05; Director of State oard of Agriculture. As engineer, laid out the town of Thieneme. He was one /-the.· Commissioners to lay out Ventura County. The lint well that produced oil ,;n 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 wa, Margaret. Issue: Hester, John, Hannah, Margaret, and Elizabeth. Sons-in-law were David Moore and James Dunning. Jame, Holmes Bard, born in Mt. Pleasant, Franklin County, P.a.; died m / Dalton, Ga., 1877. He married at Cavricks Furnace, Franklin County, Pa., Elizabeth H. Dunn. 1837. She was daughter of Genl. Samuel Dunn and Jane Maclay, hi, wife. They had five son, and three daughters. Three of these 10111 were: William Dunn, born al Mount Pleasant, Pa., 1838; died al Wuhington, D. C .. 1898. \Vesley, born at Dalton, Ga. Thomas D., born at Chelsea, Idaho. William Dunn Bard. Married Cheney Lambert at Chambersburg, Pa., 1869. Lived at Washington, D. C. Their children were: Nannie Snivley, born al Dalton, Ca., 1870. William Maclay, born at Chambersburg, 1872. Robert Bruce, born at Philadelphia, 1878: died at Philadelphia. 1880, William Maclay was a graduale of Lehi9n Univenity, PeDDlylvania; Chief of Statistical Division, Bureau of Insular Affain, War Department, [See William of Clinton County, Pa., whose daughter Lydia married William Dunn.-F. B. C.] 4 50 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

The following group of BAIROS are given by Mr. Seilhamer probable forebears of the Pennsylvania BAIROS: JoHN BAIRD is mentioned u a squatter in 1729 al Manor of Masque, , which GettyN>urg wu a part. He died about 1749-50, u lettera of administration were taken out in York County, Pennsylvania in 1750, with his widow, HANNAH ,BAIRD, u administratrix. In a list of early aettlen on Manh Creek, in what ia now Adams County, PeDDSylvania, his claim to lands in the manor is credited to JoHN B,wu>'s hein. If his wife wu Hannah Stewart, a sister of John Stewart, who died at Warnock Towmhip, Bucb County, Pa., in 1761, he would be identical with JOHN BAIRD, buried in Neahaminy Presbyterian Church grave• yard, who wu born in 1675 and died in 1748. · The early Barda, Bairda and Beards who came from the banks of the f,Qfle {Ireland} ~d aettled in PeDDSylvania. make a complicated connection. Ame .. thae were JoHN BAlllD, who aettled in Christiana Hundred, in Newcastle Coun Del .. before 1728. He wu a aon of JAMES BAIRD, of Strabane, and he the only one of the. name whoae paternity in Ireland has been poaitivly identifie · JOHN BAIJU), the ancestor of the BAIRD family of Strabane, County Tyron and the grandfather of JoHN BAIRD, of Chriatiana Hundred, evidently settled or near Strabanetown with James Hamilt:111, Earl of Abercorn, at the Plantatio of Ulate.r, or aooa. afterward. About the time of his death, which occurred betweei, 1661 and 1665, his name appear, on an undated Hearth Money Roll for on, hearth in Strabane. On the aame roll is the name of JoHN BAIRD for a hearth ii T atuepoil, in Ledtpatriclt Pariah. In 1666 the name doea not appear on the Ro1 for any of lhae placea. Au amwer made in 1676 to an Exchequer Bill of ANDREW BAIRD, son an . heir, claiming to be esecutor of JoHN BAIRD, of Strabane, smith, deceased, date, 1675, admita that ANDRi.W BAIRD i1 the eldest 10n of JOHN BAIRD, but denies ti-· he i1 executor and uaerta that JAMES BAIRD i1 "the executor of joHN BAIRD, \\ is iu pouesai011 of a tenement named in the bill." , Thua we learn that JoHN BAIRD, of Strabane, had inue, among othera, ANo,u and JAMES, JAMU BAUU>, the aecond aon of joHN BAIRD, amith, of Strabane, acquired 1 . number of his father'• houses and outlota at Strabane, including the smithy. Lilt, his father, he wu a smith. Hia deed, were 1011 during the occupation of tlu c:ou11try by the army of King James II, 1688-89, and hi1 claim for the ho11aea and lands filed 1703 wu allowed. A memorial regi1tered in the Regi,try of Deed, Oflice, Dublin, ,how, that , after his death his forge and dwelling in Strabane, two parcel, of land 1ituated above and near the Holy Well, near the town, and the Kirridulle townland, Ter­ monamagan Pariah, County Tyrone, were 10ld to George Machey ·(McGhea). Hi1 will wu dated 1719. He married and had iuue: JoHN, WtLLIAM, ]AMES, SYDNEY, RuttCA and JANE (married Winkham}. JoHN BAW>, IOD of JAMES, amith, of Strabane, emigrated to America soon . after his father'• death and aettled in Chri,tiana Hundred, Newca,tle County,· Del. By deeda of leaae and releaae dated 1728, hi, wife, Rebecca. and hi, oldeat aon, Robert, conveyed the houae iu which his father, ]AMES BAIRD, lived in Stra• bane, with the forge, to George McGhea, alao the two parcel, of encloaed land near the Holy Well, near Strabanetown and Kirridulle townland, in the Manor of Hutinp, The deed, were e:a:~1ucd by Rl:HCCA and RoBUI' BAIIU) for th~111,olve1 and for JOHN BAIRD under a letter of attomoy dated 1728. He i, 1uppoaed to have had iaaue, Robert, John, William, Jamea and Hannah. Robert returned with hi, mother to America. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 51

The Manor of Hastings contained the town of Castlederg. At the time the above deeds were executed, JoHN BAIRD was evidently alone in Christiana Hundred, hi, wife and son ROBERT being in Ireland. It is believed that he sellled 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 been father of MosEs BEARD, who was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Li1ford, County Donegal, opp

(married David Clark); Margaret (married, 1792, David Kilgore); and Elizabetb.­ P, B. C.J JoHN BAUU), of Westmoreland County, Penmylvania. wu bom in 1740; died in 1805. He tettled in Bedford, now Weaamoreland. Pa.• u a yoUDg man, and tooli; up lands in Mount Pleuant township, 1772. He wu appointed juatice of the pqce,, 1777; wu a member of the 'Executive CoUDcil of Pennaylvania, 1786-89; member of Pennaylvuia Convention. 1787, that ratified the Federal Conatitution; · voted againat ratiliution; member of Aasem.bly, 1789-90, and of the lint Home of lupre1CDtativea of Pennaylvuia under the Constitution, 1790. Hia wife wu Honour or Honnor. He had no children.. Hi, will ahowa brothen Wn.1.1AM and CEoRC£, of Weatmordand CoUDty. Wll.LIAM BAIRD had three aona, JoHN, CEoaCE, WII.LIAM; two daughters, MARTHA and AcNU. CEoRCE wu captain of a company of Jungen during the Revolution. He had two aona, ROBERT and JoHN. Martin. Bard and hia wife Sevilla emigrated to Philadelphia. Pa., on the Betsy, landing in. 1739. He died 1758. In "Thirty Thouaand Namea" (Ruppa), it ia apelled Barth, but hia children. wrote it Bardt and Bard. He aettled in Germany tolWDlbip in York, now Adama, CoUDty, Pennaylvania. Hia will wu proved in 1756. They had iaaue: Peter Philip (a tuable in 1790); Martin (ponibly identical with Martin of Lititz, Lancaater CoUDty); Barnet; Stephen; George; Paul; Francis; Cathrine; Suaanna (Mn. Smith); Veronica (Mrs. Herick). Peter was a cord­ wain.er in Frederick CoUDty, Maryland (1794). H: 'and hi, wife Cathrine had iJ&ue: Jonathan. Jacob. Mary (Mn. Hartsock), Margaret (Mn. Hartwick), Mada­ .Jina and Elizabeth. They changed the apelling lo Beard. In Jonathan', will he mentions hia wife Cathrine, and Mary, Peter, Philip and Chriatine. D~el Bard, aon of Barnhart {Barnet) and Cathrine Bard, of Littleston, Adams CoUDty, Pa., had iuuc: Joaeph, bom at Williamaburg, Pa., 1826 (a aoldicr in the Civil Wu); laaac (bom near Manalield, Ohio, 1835), died in Chicago, 111., 1898, leaving a widow, Jennie. Stephen. a aon of Martin and Sevilla Bard, died 1782. Hi, wife wu Cathrine. He wu a aoldier of the Revolution with Captain Bartholomew von Heer u a pro­ VOit guard for General Wuhington'• anny. Francia Bard. aon of Martin and Sevilla. died in 1788. He owued a homestead in ·Ccnnany townahip, York (now Adama) CoUDty. He had two 1on1, John. and Francia. John died before hia father, leaving a daughter Cathrine and a son John., John Beard, aon of "Nicklaua" Bard, came lo Frederick County, Maryland. Ha owned a farm of eighteen. acrea, called "Wagon Wheel.'' Hia aona were Nicholas and John. Sam11el Bard, of Robe.on townahip, Berka County, Pa., became a farmer near Collegeville, Pa. He wu a noted mechuical engineer and built many bridges in Moatgomerv County. luue: Michael, William, Ezekiel, SU&aDDa, Eliza. Samuel, Hannah. Chriatian, Eliaha and J cue. Ezekiel moved .lo Salem, Ohio, ahoQt 1840; had amo11g othen Ephraim, J~sw IPld Frank P. Eliaha lived in Berks County, Penmylvania; m~ed Cathrine Umstead. Had a aon., Mark. Ho had a nephew, Jeremiah. Jeue wu bom in 1809. Settled at Alliance, Stark County, Ohio, where he died in 1895. Hia children were: Edwin C,. Topeka. Kana.; Thomu H., Alliance, Ohio; Allen. C., Chicago; Sarah F. (Mra. Biahop), Amea, Iowa; Jennie, Ame,, Iowa; Emma (Mn. Romero), Chile, S. A. So fu u is known the lint white aettlen in the valley of the Cumberland, the KiUokhinv-"The Endle11"-were threa brothen by tho 011110 of Chambm from County Antrim. Ireland, 1turc:ly men who had choaen the arduoua life of a pioneer in the new Province of PeDD1ylvania. They lint erected mill, on Fiahing Creek, EARLY AMERICAN DATA 53

a tributary of the Susquehanna. The region was far from being uninhabited, for tlil! wigwams of the Lenni-Lenapea were acallered all about, but there was plenty of room. When the Indians came lo the milla they brought talea of a atill richer country beyond. At length; after hearing from one of them a glowing deacription of the wonderful water power where the Failing Spring joined the Conococheague ("indeed a long way") they went on to that spot. In 1736 Benjamin Chamben built a log house which was the beginning of Chambenburg. A community of North of Ireland Presbyterian, established itself, determining for all the future the charac• ter of that part of Pennsylvania. For many yean the colony enjoyed AD ULin­ lerrupted intercourse and trade with the lndiam. They trusted Mr. Chamben, who talked with them in their own language. Then, u many white men throughout the province became aggreaaive, the feeling .changed. Three "iimea Mr. Chamben peti• tinned for aome protection for Chambersburg. which wu far from any of the forts erected, but without avail. Then he took matters into hia own handa u the virtual head of the community. He built a largo two-aloried atone houae, thick-walled, roofed with lead, and mounted two heavy cannon, on the roof. He inclosed the houao with a stockade, surrounded by a moat, and thus the settlement had a citadel. Later the provincial government attempted to take the cannon to aome larger town lest they fall into the hands of the French, but Mr. Chambers held on to hia own. During the eight years of: the war the fort was a center of protection, and seventy years afterwards one of the cannons was being used in the town celebration of In­ dependence Day. Perhapa the noblest deed done within the borden of Chambersburg was the writin(! of that General Order No. 7, issued June 27, 1863, by General Lee from the old stone house, 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 conaidered that no greater dis- i grace could befall the army and through it our whole· people, than the perpetration of the barbarous outrages upon the. innocent and defensele11 and wanton destruction of private property. It mu1t be remembered we make war only on armed men." The records ,how that the order was obeyed.-(Chriolian Monitor, July 12, 1918.) In the "Chronicle of Bards," by Seilhamer, he says: "In Scotland the family aurname has been written Baird for many generatiou.. In Ireland for a century and a half after the Plantation it wu oftener written Beard than Baird. The American family (Archibald Bard) has adopted the uniform si:,elling Bard, but Archibald, an emigrant ancestor, wrote hi1 name Beard and his second son William aigned a deed on record Baird. He says the modern Bai:ds were 'the sept of the Bardes.' Archibald Beard settled in Newcastle County, Del­ aware. He bought 'Carroll"a Delight,' in the western part of what i1 now Adams County, Pennsylvania.'' The Finley• and McKnights were associated with the Beards al Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church in 1783. I think they must have been neighbors and pouibly relativea of the Robert Baird line, intermarriagea causing confusion in separating the lines. Thia Archibald is aaid lo have had: Richard (born in 1736), who lived in Peten township, Franklin County; William (born in 1738); David (1744-1815); Rev. ----, who is supposed to have married Mias Poller in Ireland. A (!randaon of Richard, Thomas Robert Bard, born al Chambersburg, became a member of the house of Zeller & Co. at Hagerstown, Md., 1861. In 1864, Thomas A. Scott, Auiatanl Secre1ary of War, and afterward. preaident of the Pennaylvania Railroad, was in search of a capable man lo take charge of his a:tensive interests in Southern California, which included oil Janda in Ventura, Loa Angclea and Humboldt Co1mtic1, At that time there were not more than & dozen Americana in the entire region. [In 1779 Thomas Scott, who had married a sister of Robert Baird's wife, CIUIIO 54 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES with Robert to western Pennaylvania. He may have been the same or the father.- P. B. C.]

The California Petroleum Company wu ·organized to develop the oil 01 Scott'• holdinp. Mr. Bard lived in Ventura County, which wu part of Santa Barbara. He wu elected United Stata Senator in 1900-1905, and wu chairman of the Senate Committee oa Irrigation. His home in Hueneme i1 called Berrybrook. He married Mary Beatrice Gerberding. William Baird, 10n of Archibald, died at Bard.town in 1802. He wu reared at Hamiltonban township, York (now Adama) County, Pa. He owned properly in Carroll', Delight and sold it. Tradition aay1 he visited Kentucky first in 1768. Salt wu scarce, and he, with three men-Brown, £van• and Doe-wenl down the Ohio River on a llalboat to the Salt Lick of Kentucky. The tradition aay1 Doe wu killed and William Baird and Mr. Evans returned lo their homea in Vi,iinia. Later William and his brother Richard went to Kentucky and located at Danville. Richard built a cabin, which entitled him to one thou.aand acre, but he returned. to Pennsylvania and William settled where Bardstown (originally Baird.town) now 1tand1. The documentl on record at Bardstown, Nelson County, show Richard', ownenhip of Janda adjacent to Bard.town in 1780-88. William built a cabin about four milea north of Bardatown and the 10urce of Buffalo Creek. On this property ia a graveyard where four generation, of Baird. or Barda are buried. William and hi, 10n Jame, both lie there. Bardatowil wu originally called Salem, and there i, an announcc;ment extant giving the initial step toward. the creation of Bardstown u the county seat, by William Bard, on David Bard', property. . William wu a surveyor and drew the lint map of Louisville in I 779. He married Mary Kincaid Bru:dale, daughter of Joseph Kincaid and widow of John Bru:dale. She wu born in Virginia in 1755, and died at Bardstown in 1825. She wu 1iater of Capt. Joaeph Kincaid, who wu killed at the battle of Blue Lick. They had: Jamea. bom in I 782 at Bard.town. 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, bom at Bardstown in 1785; died in 1818. He married lint Elizabeth Waten of Bullitt County, Kentucky; second, Margaret. Ebenezer, born at Bardatowa in 1787. Married Nancy -. William, born at Bard.town in 1790; died at Osceola, Ar1'. He married Mars111et Beeler. Isaac, born at Bard.town in 1797; died at Greenville, Ky., 1878. Graduate of Union College, New York, in 1821. Entered Theological Seminary of Princetcm in 1817. He lived near Greenville, Muhlenburg County, Ky, [Thi■ line i■ fully traced by Mr. Seilhamer in hia "Chronicle." I have only hlken out of it the parts that will assist in tracing the lines in this book which he has not traced in hia "Chronicle."-F. B. C.] Richard Bard', second 10n {born after Mn. Bard'■ captivity) wu named Isaac. A younger brother, Judge Archibald Bard, named one_ of hi■ 10na l1aac for this elder brother. William of Bard.town alao gave the name Isaac to hi, youngest ,on. At the - time that Archibald Beard, the emigrant anceator, owned and conducted a mill in Hamiltonban town,hip, York (now Ad111111) County, Pa., Isaac Baird wu a miller in Broadialand Parish, County Antrim, Ireland. Thi, may EARLY AMERICAN DATA 55 me~cly be a coincidence. Broadialand Pariah, now known u Templecorran, i, 1i1uatcd on Lough Larne on the road from Belfaat to Lame. In 1763 l1aac Baird was di1poaing of hi1 leases and wa1 evidently an old man. On a flyleaf of an old book Judge Archibald Bard, of Carroll', Delight, left., thi, brief record: .. Archibald bard which was the 10n of Richard, which wu the 10n of Archibald, whic'.1.,,. was the son 9f David, which wu du: son of William... William and David Beard appear in juxtapoaition only in the north­ eaalern pariahes of County Antrim. Their names appear in conjunction in 1669 in a heath money roll of Glenam in Camcastle parish, County Antrim, for one heath each. This parish ia situated on the ahores of the North Cha1111el, which forma it• eutern bo~ndary, and upon the road from Lame lo Glenann and the royal ,:uilitary read from Belfaat to the Gian1·s Causeway. It i, only three miles north­ \t'CII by north from Lame and within eaay reach of the pariah of Broadisland, in ..,..hich Isaac waa living half a century later. It i, a reasonable possibility thal William Beard of the Heath money roll waa the father of David and that David ;was the father of Archibald of Carroll's Delight. Supposedly the first Baird of Scotch-lriah extraction to come to Philadelphia ·was Dr. Patrick Baird, who waa appointed heahh officer at quarantine as early u 1720. He was clerk to the Provincial Council. 1723-26 and 1740-42; clerk •o the Court of Vice-Admiralty, 1724-35; Judge, 1749-52; Examiner of Chan­ ery, 1725; Surveyor of Customs, 1732-35. In 1730 u a chirurgeon he rented he vendue-room in the northeast corner of the first· Philadelphia Town House. 1e was given a vote of thanks for .. diligence and exactness in the discharge of uty" by the Provincial Council in 1742, when he resigned. Hi1 name i, in the :int Philadelphia Dancing Auembly. Hia wife, Elizabeth, was buried at Cbriat ~hurch, 1750. Issue not ascertained. As early as 1599, PATRICK BAIRD, writer, was a servant of WAL· 1. BAIRD, of Ordinhaus. He was one of the BAIROS of Auchmedden. I earlier, PATRICK, son of JOHN, and PATRICK, son of ROBERT, re contemporaries in the barony of Glasgow. · While the BAIROS, who sojourned for possibly a century in Ireland, ,-e called "Scotch-Irish," they seem to have gone from England, Scot­ and and F ranee to Ireland, and were not really natives of Ireland.

MARRIAGE RECORDS. n Christ Church Philadelphia: Jo1eph married November 22, 1761, to Sarah Smith. Thomu married May 2, 1745, lo Ann Cormant. William married June 20, 1797, to Sarah Re1ide. George Beard married December 13, 1740, to Anne Ellicol. n the Old Swedes Church: February 21, 1754, John Bard and Elizabeth Sweeting. Al~ander Beard married December 31, 1797, Cathrine McClennan. Ann Beard' married October l. 1766, Jame, Fitzsimmons. Elizabeth Beard married November 11, 1776, to F ranee, 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: Elizabeth Baird, married June 11, 1746, lo Samuel Wallace, Jane Beard married November 28, 1724, to James Ramage, Rebecca Beard married April I 0, 1724, to Samuel Halrick. Robert Beard married November 26, 1728, !o Suaanna Walker• . Judith Beard married February 16, 1782, lo S-.•1el RobU1Det, No names of BAIRD, Beard or Bard in the Second or Third Pres­ byterian Churches. Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. I, Second Series: HaDDah Baird married Robert Jamison, April 18, 1767. Jane married May 12, 1766, to William Richard&. John married June 25, 1763, to Elizabeth Diamond . ."The Rev. A. Stapleton, in hia 'Memorial, of the Huguenots,• gives the names of two Bairds, Francois and William, who emigrated from Lorraine in 1754. These are aupposed to have gone to Ireland before coming to America. Mr. Stapleton, in hia liat of Lanc:aater, Pa., credita them, but they have not been traced." -(Seilhamer.) [The:,· may be William of Mansfield, N, J., 1690, and Francia of Warwick, who had a son Abia.-F. B. C.J The heirs of }OHN BAIRD ( 1740), Manor of Masks, were: WJliam, bom iD 1732; Thomu, 1732, died 1782; John, 1728. Thomas had aona: Ale:i:, James, Thomas, Andrew. John had aom: Robert, Thoma&, John, William. Ona of these brothen had 100, Andrew (married Susan Benstead and ha aon Ale:i:), and John (married Jane and had William, and Mary who marrie Conrad). --- ' [Manor of Masks-Caledonia tract surveyed to James of Adams County.-F. B. C-, James Bard, a native of County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, emigrated i PCIIDlylvwa during the Revolution and 1e1tled in the Conoc:oc:heague Valley (pat of the Cumberland Valley). His grandfather had 1ulfered the miaeriea of th._ liege of Londonderry. He wu enrolled in Captain John McConnell'a company of Col. Samuel Culbertaon'a Battalion, Cumberland County Aaaociation, 1780-81-82. PONibly lived in Letterkenny or Hamilton township in what ia now Franklin County, PC11D1ylvwa. After the Revolution he removed to the Black Log Valley in Huntingdon County, Penmylvwa, where his children were reared and where he - died. He wu married in Ireland to Jane Rutherford, whom he left in Ireland· wilh his two 10111, William and Hugh. After the Revolution Mn. Bard, with her 10111, came to America, landing at New York after a voyage of three montha. She made the joumey to Conoc:ocheague in a wagon. They had Jame,, Adam, Samuel and Nancy, born in Pennsylvania; William and James died without inue. Hugh married and moved lo western Pennsylvania~ Adam to MiJBiD County. Samuel married lint Jviary Morgan; they had: Joahua, Harriaon, George, James, Thomas, Mn. Jacob 'Sellen, Mn. John Early, Mn, Henry Gerrier, and Mrs. Thomu Middleton. William, 1774-1839, WU probably a IOD of William and Mary of Rocky Spring. He married Jue Martin in 1794, Their aona were Jamea (1795-1862) and David: Jamea wu for many ye~• a te11cher. Captain Bard, u he wu called, married EARLY AMERICAN DATA 57

Margaret Orr in 1820. She was a sister of the Orr brothers, founden of the borough of Orralown, Franklin County, Pa. James and Margaret had live 10111: Samuel M., William S., John 0., Thomaa 0., and David Jame1, and two daugh• ttra. Jane, married tirat James Breckenridge, aecond John Quigley; and habella (died in 1899). Another William Baird, of Armagh loWJ1ship, Mifflin County, conveyed land to hia aon Samuel in 1782. His wife was Jean, and Samuel'a wife waa Martha. Samuel died in 1788. laaue: John, James, Martha, Agnea, William, Samuel, Mary and Hugh. Seilhamer says of Robert Baird, born in Lancaster in l 756, whose childish recollections were associated with incidents of the French war: "Thia reems lo indicate that he was born in what ia now Dauphin County, near Derry Church, where there was a Baird family al a very early period. lo those early days the name of Lancaaler was often made lo embrace a very wide region." The following is from the Derry Church tomhatone: "Here lies the body of James Baird, who departed this life in the 65th year of his age, June 12, 178 I." - (H. H. Shenl(, Cudodian of Public Record of Penruyl11ania.) [This may have been the husband of Margaret Brown and father of Robert.- ~ a q . "One of the most gifted and cultured families that the county has given to the world ia the BAIRD family. This name ia recognized and represented in many of the higher ranges of culture, especially in history and theology. The BAJRDS of New York (Robert and aon) have produced the claaaic historiana of the Huguenot race and achievements so rich in memories and in inspiration, while 'Eloline Re• vealed' and the 'History of the New School Presbyterian' are the apecial province of church history and theology of peculiar value and remarkable intereat. Theae las! two works were the production of DR. SAMUEL J. BAIRD, a native of Fayette, and one of the most subtle and acute of American theologiana. W1L1.IAM UIGAN and THOMAS DICKSON BAIRD, both of thia family, allained fame in scholarship aa educationalists in Baltimore and the South. They were men of large acquirementa and great mental force, and repreaented the liberal training and pure culture of the Presbyterian Church in Western Pennsylvania in those daya that have paaaed into history or have lingered only in the dim and fading light of expiring traditi011." -(Nelaon'a Biograp. Hutorical Reference Boofe of Fayetle County, Pennsylvania.)

THE BLOCKHOUSE EPISODE, As Told by Aluandu, Jr., Son of Ale:icander, 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 Nashville, Tenn., had as guests for dinner my father, Alexander, and my uncle, Charles P. Baird. During the dinner he aaid, "Our families ha"Ye been friends before." During the Revolutionary War Washington on~e aent two 58 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

men by the name of Morgan and a young man named Baird to see how fared the people in the block-house. They were guided by a trusty Indian. When they reached the place there was only a pile of ashes, and among those killed were the parents of the two Mor~ boys. The wife of young Baird could not be found, so they, with the Indian guide, went in hot pursuit and rescued her after several days.-F. B. C.] "Shortly alter RoB£1lT BAIIU>, Sa., settled in Fayette Counly, Penmylvania, a faJUily by the name of Morgan settled near where Morgantown, W. Va., now atanqa. The Indiana were troublesome: the men who cleared the landa had to keep gull.I with them, or near at hand in the lielda. On one occaaion the elder - of the Morgana went away on busineu, and when he returned he found their home burned and his father, mother and one brother and aiater murdered by the lAdiam. He atood terror-atricken. Two of the younger children-a boy and girl­ had run away and hidden themaelvea. John Morgan then and there took an oath that he would kill every Indian he saw. Several yean after thia, during which time he did kill many redakina, he went lo Baltimore for aalt with hia pack hones. In the city one day he aaw a amall crowd of men and boya who were having fun over 10mething. A. he looked in aino11g them he aaw an Indian cutting up pranka. Capt. Jack Morgan turned away, but, remembering hi, oath, he returned and killed the Indio. Of coune he waa remuded to jail for trial for murder. Hia attorney beard bia atory, hia oath, etc., and then uked if he had no friend who could testify lo theae thinp. He said RoBERT BAIRI> of weatem Pen111ylvania .could. So 8A11U) wu aent for. After bearing the testimony, the verdict of 'Not guilty' was returned, ud the two friends came home with their pack hones. win September, 1879, the BAIRDS held a centennial gathering at the old home in memory of the &nt settling of old Grandfather RoBERT BAIRD on these lands.''­ (From an Old Letter to Jame, P. Baird.) NEW YORK. Samuel Baird, LLD., of New York, phy1ician. was born at Philadelphia in 1742; hia father wu John Baird. Although a Royaliat, he was Wuhinglon'1 physician after peace was declared."-(Lo31a/i.,t., during tho Rwolution, Sabine.) 1 • · WILLIAM · BAIRD, of Ayrshire, Scotland, married Grace Black. Their children were: · Thomas, married Mary McCall and moved to Glasgow, William ia a Sabbath School Miuionary, and lives al Peabody, Kam. Audrew ia State Secretary Y. M. C. A., ·and lives at Topeka, Kana. Mary ud Grace live in Edinburgh, Scotland. ]AMES BAIRD, son of THOMAS and MARY McCALL BAIRD, came to America, J881 ; 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: · lauc. Muried, lint Suah Duy, second Hannah Duy (a sister of Sarah; she · diod 11 Oru110, N, Y,, 1873), Iaaac died al Man1y1111k, Pa., in 1829. John. . James. Robert. William. Annie. Mary. William and Annie are supposed to have come to the United States about I 811. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 59

ISAAC and SARAH D. BAIRD had a daughter, Christiana M., who r arried Thomas S. Houston, and died at Middleton, N. Y. ISAAC i .1d HANNAH D. BAIRD had a son, WILLIAM J., born at German­ I 1wn, Pa., in 1827. He lived with his son in New York City. He was ~ manufacturing chemist. I , WILLIAM J. BAIRD had a son, WM. RAIMOND BAIRD, of New ")York City. j JULIAN WILLIAM BAIRD was an American chemist in Battle ,'Creek, Mich., 1859; professor of analytical and organic chemistry in . Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, in 1886; its dean in 1887. [This may be William J.-F. B. C.] IsAAC BAIRD was born in Scotland in 1771. He came to Amer­ ica about I 791, and lived in northwestern New York State. In 180 I he married Olive Southwood at Victor, south of Rochester, N. Y. ISAAC B. had a brother, BARNES, and three sisters. His children were: EuzABETH (BETSY), born about 1804. Married Alfred Coourod. Lived in Ontario, Wayne County, N. Y. ISAAC, born 1808. Married Mary Utley, of Williamson, N. Y. Lived al Palmyra, N. Y. LUCINDA MANVILLE, born 1809. Married Jacob Cook Fleming, Victor, Monroe County. Moved to Pulteyville, N. Y. JAMES AucusTus, born 1812. Married Ann. Lived al Fairport. Owned canal boats. DAVID, Married Harriet Taylor, of Solua, N. Y., in 1817. Died al Holstein, Mich., 1891. HANNAH. Married Henry Ostrander, of Penlield, N. Y. CLARISSA M.uuoN, born in Waterloo, N. Y., 1819. Married Thomu Flem• ing. Eleven children, Lucy ORILLA. Married Henry Shepard, of Pittsford. Died in Ceneaacc County, Mich. Six children. . MIRANDA. Married David Bertram, of Penlield, N. Y. He died a soldier in the Civil War. She married Mr. Black.--, Mich. Three children, Juw ANN, born in Victor. Married Albert Eutman. Six children. THOMAJ BARNES, born in 1831 in Perrin&ton, N. Y. Went West. Children of Elizabeth Baird and Alfred Coourod. WILLIAM C. Au:XANDER. ALFRED, MARY. WILLIAM, who lived al Canandagua, N. Y. ]AMU W. GE.ORCE A. HARRIET E. DAVID H., lived at Holstein, Oceanic County, Mich., since 1879. 60 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

MARYLAND. . . Richard Beard, who wu in Anne Arundel County before 1654, may h~ •e ~ed from the Baird, of North Kelsy. He wu a member of the Maryl111 ~ 'AIMmbly, 1662-78. Hia name occ:un frequently in the proceedinga of that boq •

· For many yean he wu justice of the peace. He died about 1681. Hi1 w\ 11 names wife Rachel, IODI Richard, John 1111d daughters Ruth, Rebecca, Rach~· Ric:huii. the aon of Richard. wu alao prominent in public Jain of Anne Arunddl Couty and wu one of the county commiaaionen. He wu alao in Marylan~ · Aaaanb!,, He bad IOIII, Richard 1111d Mathew. Other Beard, of Maryland werf Lewia Beard of Somerset and William of Dorcester County. i , [Possibly descended from Richard, who came to tho precinct of Lurg with Franci~ BleDDerhauct. Richard had lands in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1659,-F. B. C.1. . . Eather, daughter of Maj. William Baird of Hagentown, married Joaeph Little1 and had a aon William. Maj. William Baird died at Haaentown, Md., in 1791.\ Ho wu .n officer in Braddock'• expedition. In 1775 member of Maryland Provincial · Ccaventioa for upper diatrict of Frederick (now Washington) County. In 1775 he owned land in Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. By hia lint wife h• had a aon William and a daughter Esther. By hia second wife, Margaret Reyaold. (a widow), ho bad Ruth (Mn. Wallace), Fannie and Margaret. ·· ·· [The onl_J' Esther I find is of the Francis of Warwiclc line. She waa daughter of W"llliam E. Fannie or Frances is also one of ~r names.-F. B. C.J ~; · Robert Beard died in St. Mary', County, Maryland. about ·1685. In his wiU, . dated 1683, be left a plantation called Beard', Choice, to a son (not named) of Iii- brother Chriatopher, "if be come into ·Maryland within ten year,." He may have been a brother of Chriatopher Bard, who wu a ■on of Richard Bard oi Tealby Grange. It is also po11ible that he wu a son of Maximilian Bard oi Hammenmith, and that by hia brother Chriatopher waa meant that Christopher Bard. who wu matriculated at Wadham College, Onord, 1658. Robert of Mary• land left no male iaaue. The bulk of hia e■tate, St. Margaret's Field, St. Mar• garet'a Forat and Speedwell, went lo hia grandsom, William and Robert Meakin. Hia will names a daughter Margaret and a ■on-in-law William Meakin; alao a daughter, Elizabeth Meakin. · John Bard. Supposed to have gone from Borden, Kent County, England. to Wala. Probably bom in 1570. George c~ over with Governor Winthrop in 1630. · · .. Thomu. who wu living in 1704, had a ■on George, "iaephew of Robert, who _died ill St. Mary County, Maryland. in 1685." [Thia Thomu.may have been a 1011 of George, who Cllllle In 1630.-F. B. C.]

MASSACHUSETTS. Andrew Beard. Married Mary Williams. Died January 8, I 71 7. [Non.-He was in Arlington, Mass., in. 1672; In Bellerica in 1713.] The following are supposed to have been their family: Joha, born in 1668; married Hannah. Simon, married, lint, Hannah, 1725; second, Sarah Hopkim. Ebenezer, born in 1701; married Esther {bom in 1724). Jacob, born in 1709; married Abigail. Martha, bom in 1714; married Nathan -, her guardian. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 61

Of these, John 1s the only one positively known to be the son of ,drew. ,,.. SECOND GENERATION. Children of John and Hannah Beard: John, born in 1716; married Hannah --. Aaron, 1717-1797, married Susanna Frost. Andrew, born in 1719; married Elizabeth Nichols. Mary, l721-1738. David, born in 1723. Jonathan, born in 1725: married Deborah--. Nathan, married, fint, Mary; second, Sarah Eames (widow). Children of Jacob and Abigail Beard: Abigail, born in 1737; married Ephraim Black. ,I Jacob, born in 1738. ! Jacob, born in 1741. i Mary, born in 1746. 1 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. Jonalhan, 1755-1843 (minister), married Abigail Kidall. Isabell, born in, 1757: married John Baldwin. Dorcas, born in 1759. Hannah, born in 1761; married Ephraim Tarbell. lthamar, 1764-1843 : married Hannah Eames (widow), 1788. Children of Andrew and Elizabeth Nichols Beard: Andrew, born in 1741; married Elizabeth Burnap. Elizabeth, born in 1743. William, born in 17 45: married, first, Sarah Nichols; second, Dorcu Neil. Cleveland, born in 17 4 7: married Elizabeth F osier. Joseph, born in 1750; married Susanna. Phoebe, married John Emerson. Hep1ebah, born in 1755. Abegail, born in 1757. Dorcas, born in 1759. Mary, born in 1763. FOURTH GENERATION. Children of lathamar and Hannah E. Beard: lthamar Eamc1, 1789-1871: born at Tweelubury, Man. He wu Preceptor at Academy of Littleton, Masa.: came to Lowell, 1826, where he died. • Mar• ricd Mary Warren, 1812. Abner. 62 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

HADllah. bom in 1797; married Nathan Price. Abigail A., married Thomas L Bates.

FIFTH GENERATION. Children of Ithamar E. and Mary W. Beard: lthamar Warren, bom in 1814. Married, lint, Mary Atkins Todd; aecon Abbe W. Mansur. Sarah E., bom in 1817. Hamiah T~ bom in 1822. John Quincy Adams, bom in 1824. Susan Wheeler, 1827. Charlotte Jane; married in 1829. Henry Clay, 1831.

SIXTH GENERATION. Children ·of Ithamar W. and ----­ lthamar Warren, bom in 1840; married Marcy Foster. Mary W arrcn, born in 1841, Abigail, born in 1843.

SEVENTH GENERATION. Children of Ithamar W. and Marcy F. Beard: Theodora, bom in 1871. lthamar Mauaur, 1872 (244 E. 105th St., New York City). Eliza Warren, 1874. Mary, bom in 1876. Aliaon. Margaret. A letter from John Ham, genealogis~. follows: [He sugaresta the Registry of Willa and Deeds of Exeter, N. H., would be o interest.] .. William and Thomas Beard were contemporary aettlera in old Dover, N. 1-" They could not have been father and IIOll; they may have been brothers, Willia1 lived in Oyster River Pariah (now Durham). He wu al least 21 when he deede land in 1640 to Frances Mathu. He owned and lived in a garrison houac o. the east aide of Oyster River, juat above the present Brinker Garri1on. Ht married Elizabeth u early u 1657, when they jointly ,isned a deed. They m•J have married earlier'. He was Selectman 1660-62. He wu the "good old man'' who wu killed by the Indiana in 1675. One-half of hi, estate wu given tc hia widow Elizabeth; the other half to Edward Leathen unleu the widow ahould Med it for her maintenance. He evidently had no children, "Thomas (bom in 1608) waa a settler on Dover Neck (as appears by a deposi­ tion. He married Mary -- aa early u 1650 (pouibly year, earlier). Hu will wu dated December 16, 1678. He wu admitted freeman in Masaachueetll in 1643, and wu tucd in Dover in 1648 and many yean after." Thomas Beard, in hi, will, gives property to hia wife Mary, lo hi, aoaa J01eph - and Thoma,, and to hi1 daughter Martha (wife of James Bunker), and Elizabeth (wife of Jonathan Wataon). He was Selectman of Dover in 1661. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 63

Joseph (I), son of Thomas and Mary, wa1 born in 1655; lived in Dover Neck. Married as early as 1692 Esthar Philbrick, daughter of James of Hampton. Joseph died, and on February 9, 1703, hi1 widow Esther was appointed administratrix of his estate. His widow married Sylvaniu Nock. 1705. Joseph (2), son of Jo•eph and Esther, WAI "Ensign." Married Elizabeth Waldron March, 1700. He WAI dead as early u 1723, for his widow WAI ap­ pointed administratrix 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 daughter, Hannah, born October 24, 1666; not mentioned in will of Thomas, 1698. May have died previously. The garrison ·of William Beard came into the po11euion of the Leathers family and WAI deatroyed in the Indian assault on Durham in 1694. Mary Beard married John Hudson in July, 1689. Hester Beard married Joseph Hall in November, 1707. Samuel and Bridget, children of JO'leph B., baptized by Rev. Jonathan Cushing. of First Church, Dover, 1719. (Children of Joseph and Eliza Waldron Beard.) The Lynn records show John Bard, son of John (born 1668) pouibly anccston of the Bards of Billerica and Charlestown, Mass., Ferrisburg, Vt. Name is as often written Beard as Bard. Thomas Beard, Salem, Mass., 1629. William of Dover, N. H., 1640. James and Jeremy, Milford, Conn., 1642. Aaron Permaquid, 1674. Thomas of lpawich, 1675. David, of Billerica, Mau., married Hannah Haywoocl. Their son David DW'• ried Mary Ingersol, of Nelson, N. H.; David and Mary had a son, Simoa. Ingersol Bard, who was born al Nelson, N. H., 1797; died al Derby, Vt., 1852. Simon was a physician al Hill,boro, N. H., and later at Francistown. He subse­ quently moved lo Derby. He married Lucinda S. Mone, and had three daughteu and one son, George. George was a graduate of Andover Seminary in 1860. He married Jerusha Could Parker, 1861. There was a Margaret Bard at Bo,ton, 1768, and an Edward Bard living al Charleston, Mass., in 1774, whose wife was Sarah. Their children were Mary, Nancy and Edward. Warren Bard, a native of Ferrisburg. Vt. Born 1809, married Mary Jane Web,ter, 1836.-(Ne111 England Conealogical Regider, Vel. III, p. 190.) Thomas Beard, freeman (p. 243); Aaron Beard, freeman.

BRITISH OFFICERS IN AMERICA-ForJ. -----Will~- Bard, ensign, 80 Reg., I 76 I.

ScoTCH-IRISH P10NEERS-Bolton. Name• of FatJ.er• on Pre,byterian Bapli•mal Record, in Bo1lon, I 730-36. J ame1 Baird. Worcester-James Hamton attended "!ore 1eet." Sixth seet, Thomas Beard or Baird (Worcester Society, Vol. 2, p, 28.)

VERMONT. John Baird wu born in 1770. Married Harriett Kilburn in 1815. They 64 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

reaided at Chittendon, Vt. Their children were: Tyler: Leater, married Lucy Barry: Charles V. W., married Martha J. Fletcher; Laura Ann; Lucy Jane, married Monteville Dow: Rufua K., married Phoebe Hubbard. Thomaa Baird', "father born in Scotland." [Thia ia the same tradition of the Wisconsin Bairda-"Thomaa of Scotland" and the9e may be descendants of tho•e whom the Wisconsin folks visited. Mary Baird Corripn also visited relatives in Vermont.] Thomu Baird, born at Pittaford, Vt. Married Eliza. Children of THOMAS and ELIZA BAIRD: Albert {children). Milon E. Married Fanny LT., New York City. Fred (children). Harland. Addie. Married Mr. Baird (children), Chittenden, Vt. Alfred (children), Hartland, Me. Emery (children), Rutland, Vt. Jeaaie. Married Mr. Perry (children), Chittenden, Vt. Vern011. (children), Chittenden, Vt. Herbert (children), Boaton, Man. Children of MILON E. and FANNY L T. BAIRD: Louella T .. born 1887. Ivy T., 1891. Geor~. born 1893. Charles T., bom I896. NEW HAMPSHIRE. MA1UU£I> BY R£v. JoHN PIK£, NEw HAMPSHIRE. john Hudson to Mary Beard, 1689. Joseph Beard to Elizabeth Waldron, 1700. Sylvanua Nock to Hester Beard (widow), 1705. Joaeph Hall to Eaater Beard. 1707.

PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1754. Hi, Majeaty', aervice on Merrymack River, Col. J01Cph Blanchard, co-ander. Simon Beard. (Potter', Mil. Hi,1., Adj. Rep., Vol. 2, 1866, p, I 19.) Capt. Tilton•, company. William Beard. 1752. Petitioner for townahip, SIIDluel Beard. November, 1746. Simon Baird. living. November 1738. Robert and Simon Baird, Nottingham. November, 1785. Elijah Beard. Hill.borough. November, 1784. Jonathan Baird, Hanover. November, 1702. Simon Beard. Dracut towmhip, WillillDl Baird, 1718. (Historical Society.)

VIRGINIA. Lord Baltimore engaged the aervicea of hi, brother, Leonard Calvert, in found­ ing the colony. Twenty gentlemen of fortune and two or three hundred persons of the laboring da11, mostly Roman Catholic, landed in 1634 at Point Comfort, going thence lo Maryland. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 65

Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, by Loui1 XIV, 1685, more than half a million of French Protc1tant1, called Huguenot,, Bed from the j11w1 of peraecution to foreign countries. About forty thousand took refuge in Englud. In 1690 William Ill sent over a number of them to Virginia, and land, were allotlcd to them on the James River, In 1622 there occurred a massacre. Nemaltenon Uack of the Feather), an lr.dian, entered a store of one of the settler, n11med Morgan and murdered him. Thia wa1 near Berkley (Brickly), on the Jame, River, and hu been 1ince known aa the ,cat of the Harrison,.-(HiJlory of Virginia, Campbell.) Thomas Baird came on the Assurance to Virginia in 1635. Robert Baird, came wilh an English family as a servant in 1635, aged 16. Elizabeth Baird came on the Increase, in 1635, aged 24 years. This Thc,mas possibly is the same as mentioned in the will of Charles Harvey, with Thomas Juxon-"Cousin Thomas Bard and hi, wife and Thomas Juxon and hi, wife"-grandso~ of William Juxon, Bishop of London. Among his cousins waa "Willie Juxon, late of Virginia." [Thomas was possibly son or r.ephew of Rev. George Baird of Staines, Middlesex, England. He was born in 1619.-F, B. C.] This 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 of the barony of Glasgow. John Bard i• mentioned u.,uu, in 1511 in connection with the lands of Estyr Mockrow and COAT o, AaMs Edyngeich. In 1538 John Bard's son Patrick had the land,. In 1556 these lancla pasaed to John, son of Patrick and his wife, Margaret Tryndal. Patrick (hi, aon) married Margaret Gortschoir, and they had a son John. Thi, may have been the family.-(William and Mary Quarterly.) BRISTOL PARISH, BLrnDFORD BRICK C1-1uRcH CEMETERY. First recorded vestry October 30, 1720-John Baird, 1785; William Baird. 1807. William Baird. Married Lucy Ann (Atkinson) Jones. Mary Baird. Married Thomu Poythresa, editor and legialator. Their daugh- ter married Col. B. M. Jones. Ruffin Baird, of Dinwiddie County, married Anne Plr.uants. William Baird was a delegate to the Convention of 1809. One of the nine Misses Poythress of Branchestcr, Va., married a Baird. David Baird was a member of the Intelligence Committee at Blandford in 1775. Samuel Ruffin came lo North Carolina from Virginia, 1752. The daughter of John Beard ("an Irishm14 of noblest traits'") married Pierce Brogden. VESTRY BOOKS OF BRISTOL PARISH, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, 1763. Page$ 197, 200, 20/. Mn, John Baird, Credit, i6-0-6, John Baird, Sr. Elected vestryman 1785. His home wu called Hall,6eld. He imported race horsea (p. 270). 'j 66 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Joha Batea Baird, aon of John and Polly Baird, born 1792. ,Muy Baird. Married Dr. Thomas Atkimon, son of Rodger Atkinson, of Cumberland County, England, who came lo Virginia in 1750 and married Anna Pleuanta. Home, "Mansfield," Dinwiddie County, Virginia. William Baird. Married ,i1ter of Captain Joseph Kinkead. SUND Baird. Married Nathaniel Pendleton, who wu bom in 1746 al Marti111- buq. Va. In 1775 he wu aid-de-camp to Gen. Nathanael Greene. He wu an eminent lawyer of New York and the aecond of Alexander Hamilton in bia duel with Aaroa Burr. They had a 10n, John Bard Pendleton. Robert Polythreu, of Prince George County, Virginia, had nine beautiful daughtcn (called the .. M111e1"}. One of theae married Bland, one Harriaon, one Baird (may have had 10n Jamea Harriaon Baird). Robert Baird c.ame lo Nansemond County, Virginia, with Mr. Moone. Samuel Beard (son of Adam and Elizabeth Beard), married Mary Mitchell in 1778. He located in Bedford County, Virginia (now Bedford City). The an• ccstral home, built in 1800, ii now occupied by hi1 10n and granddaughter, Mis~ ' Virginia Belle Thomu. Stephen Baird went into Kentucky from Virginia and located land after the Rnolution. Robert F. Baird, an eminent criminal lawyer, wu wd to be a descendant of Stephen Baird. James Harriaon Baird married Frances. They had a IOD, Peter Baird, born at Petersburg. Va., 1795. Hia children were: Alexander Peter. Married Rebecca Booth, Surrey County, Virginia. James William. Married Virginia Booth, of Alabama. Left Virginia, going . to Georgia. Richard Phelan. Robert Birchett. Ephriam Winfield. Leonardu Floyd. Thaddeua Montgomery.

Children of ALEXANDER PETER and REBECCA B. BAIRD: J- Walter (or Walker) (Dr.). Married Mollie Hulings, Surrey County. V"irginia. Willa Benjamin. Married Dora Smith, Prince George County, Virginia. Al.under Peter. Unmarried. Surrey County, Virginia. Solm WJDDeld. Married ,Lula Edward., Prince George County, Virginia. Leonardaa Floyd. Married Molly Biahop, Prince George County, Virginia. Erwia Finley. Married Sally Booth, Surry County, Virginia. Sarah Ellia. Married Willa F. Harri.on, Surrey County, Virginia . . Elizabeth Francia. Married Benjamin Clary, Prince George County, Virginia. Myrtle Florence. Unmarried. Ora Suaan. [Record given by I.. F. Baird, Disputanta, Va., aon of one of these-possibly Leonardu Floyd. (See laham'a record.)] [These may be descended from Peter Bard who settled in Burlington, N. J.• about 1700.) EARLY AMERICAN DATA 67

JOHN BAIRD came from County Tyrone, Ireland, to Cumberland. I- amilton township. Took oath of allegiance and fidelity, I 775.8 (No. 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: 1 John, born 1792. Removed to Ohio in hi, twenty-aecond year. Married in 1840, he went to Des Moines, Iowa. later to Kirksville, Mo. He died there m ]865. Ruling cider of the Presbyterian Church. Twelve children. Jane. Married John Beal and settled in Belmont County, Ohio. George. Had a large family, and lived to be nearly a century old. Eleanor, 1801-1863. Married James Jamison, Dallu, W. Va. Elizabeth, born 1803. Married William Miller, of Ohio County. After hia death she moved lo Licking County, Ohio. No children. William, bom 1806. Removed lo Patukla. Ohio, where he died, 1889. He had two daughteu. Josiah, bom 1807. Married 6nt, Rosannab Merchant, 1835; second, Polly Gaitor, who died 1848; third, Elizabeth Chambers, 1850, who died in 1859. Ruben Merchant (father of Rosanna) (who died in 1859), came from Northfield, England, 1788; owned the Black Diamond coal mine, Joseph Chambers (father of Elizabet~) was a son of James Hamilton Chambers, whose father came from County Derry, Ireland, 1790; settled in Lancaster, Pa. Joseph. (No record.) Child of JOSIAH and ROSANNA M. BAIRD (first wife): John. Married Louisa Nicol, 1865. Had one daughter, Mary, who died in 1876. John spent hi1 life on the farm. He wu interested in line wool growing. He introduced the bronze turkey and Italian bcea. Children of JOSIAH and PoLLY G. BAIRD (second wife): Joseph, bom 1838. Mary, bom 1841. Jane, bom 1844. Jamca Hervey, bom 1847. Children of JOSIAH and ELIZABETH C. BAIRD (third wife): William C., bom 1852. Married Margaret McColloch. Rebecca Ellen, bom 1853. Lived at the old home, Elm Grove, Ohio County, W. Va. Josiah Wall acc.

KENTUCKY AND TENNFSSEE. JOHN H. BAIRD was born in Kentucky, 1822. He came to Cali­ fornia on the Niantic. He was deputy sheriff under John Powers the .6rst sheriff of San Francisco. He was elected State Senator U: the I BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES legislature of l 852, but resigned the· same year. He was appoint :d harbor commissioner, 1868. He died in San Francisco in 1880. JOHN WILSON BAIRD, of Logan County, Kentucky, was a ser­ geant. first. in a Kentucky Confederate regiment. Transf erred to the Eighteenth Tennessee. He fought at Hartsville, Stone River, Jackson, Chickamauga, Rocky Face Gap, Stony Creek and Jonesboro, receivirig wounds at Chickamauga. He had relatives in Tennessee. ' THOMAS BEARD married Peggy Colton in Nelson County, Ken~ tucky, in t 794. ' WILLIAM BAIRD was a trustee in 1806 of. Jefferson Academy; Sullivan County, Tennessee. JOHN BAIRD was in the House of Representatives of Tennessee in 1794. In the "History of Tennessee," by Goodspead, page 324: JOHN B. is mentioned as being clue $80.50 for traveling thirty miles' and being in the House of Representatives thirty-one clays in 1794. A JoHN BAIRD, of North Carolina, married Frances Plumber. He died l 825 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: Lewia. bom 1795. Married Elizabeth Woolsey, of Virginia, who owned a farm in Whitney Ky. William Baird. bom in 1819 in Whitney County. Kentucky: died in 1886. He married Nancy Barron (who wu bom in 1821, died in 1861), in Campbell County, Tenneuee. She wu a daughter of Joseph Barron, of Virginia, who removed first to T enncucc, then to T exu. J-, bom 1826 in Kentucky. Went lo Campbell County, Tenncucc, when twelve yeara old. He married Louisa Smith and had nine sona. Child of WILLIAM and NANCY B. BAIRD (may have been others): L C. (po11ibly Lewi,), bom 1841, Campbell County, Tenncuee. When nine­ lND years old be went lo Williamsburg. Ky., w,ere in August, 1861, he joined the Fint Regiment of Tenncaaee, Federal Infantry, and served until September, 1864. He wu mustered out of service at Nashville. He married Sarah Bowman, 1865. She wu a daughter of Eliaa Bowman, who waa a aon of Sherrod Bowman of Virgillia. He wu County Court Clerk and Trustee of Campbell County, Tenne,acc. Hia childrcn were: Cynthia E., Winston, Calloway, H. Maynard, Annie J., Jennie N. NORTH CAROLINA. Theae were residents of Rowen County: 177.5, John Lewit Beard. County Commi11ioner. 1791, Jolm Lewi, Beard wu a member of the House of Commons. EARLY AMERICAN DATA 69

1793, Lewis Beard was a Senator from Rowen. 1791, John Beard, Jr., was a member of Houae of Commons. 1833, John Beard, Jr., was Senator. John Baird, Jr., 1833-34, Rutherford County.

SOUTH CAROLINA. ; ]AMES BEARD was in Lieut.-Col. Francis Marion's South Carolina regiment in I 779. , RICHARD BEARD (Dr.) moved from the Peaks of Otter, Virginia, t'.o Princeton, Ky., then to Lebanon, Tenn. He had sons, R. H. 1,3EARD, of Memphis, Tenn.; Judge W. D. BEARD, of Jackson, Tenn., tmd Judge E. E. BEARD, of Lebanon, Tenn. I WILLIAM and ARCHIBALD BAIRD were brothers. WILLIAM went :o St. John, New Brunswick, at the peace, and was grantee of that 1city. ARCHIBALD was a collector of customs 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 Kilby, Librarian of New York Historical Society.) MISCELLANEOUS. In 1870 President Grant nominated Samuel Bard or BAIRD to be Governor of Idaho Territory. In 1872 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 Crow, 1827. Rebecca, born 1806. Married John Crow. Thomas, born 1808. Married Elizabeth Jane H~lton. Nancy, born 1810. Married Thoma• McLelland. An Alexander Barde was in Louisiana in 1805. He wrote in French about "Le Major Saint-Julien est Creole de la Louisiane" - · (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, 1682. 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 1. 3, 1734. He married Elizabeth Parker, of England, in I 692. hfo son John came to America, I 706, going to Burlington, N. J. He bought a large tract of land, I 714; sold it 1 715. Continued lo 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 of Supreme Court of New Jersey. He marrit.-d at New Castle, Del., 1709, Dinah Marmion, of England. Issue: 1 Mary M.; 1710-1803. Married Rev. Colin Campbell. / Benoitt (or Bennett), 1711-1757. Lived at Burlington, N. J.; ,herilf at Hunter'· dOA County, 1736; died at Philadelphia. . Peter, 1712-1769. Died at Mount Holly, N. J. ·Commiaaary of second bat• talion of Pennsylvania against Fort Duquesne, 1758. Married Maria Normandic. ( · Samuel, bom 1714. Buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1735. John, bom 1716, at Burlington, N. J.; died at Hyde Park. N. Y., 1799. W~u a physician. Began the practice in Philadelphia, but moved lo New York in 1746. First president of New York Medical Society. Married S111anna Villeam al Chriat Church, PhiladelphiL 11ie coat of arms: Sable on a chevron between two martlet, argent. Cre,t: Az1 arm in armor embowered hand ppr., grasping sword argent, hilt and pommel or. Motto: Fidite virlulc. THE BAYARDS. The ship that brought lo New Amsterd~ May, 1647, the last of the Dutch governors of the New Nelherlancls, had also on board Stuyvesant's beautiful wife· and hia alately 1i1tcr, Anna. She wu the widow of Samuel Bayard, and wu ac• companied by her children, Calherine, Petl'III, Ballhazar and Nicholas. Colonel John was a dacendant of Petr111 (1738-1807). It is believed the falher of Samuel wu a French Prolestant divine, Profeuor Nicholu Bayard, who, with hi, wife, Bloudna Coude, a lady of rank. Bed from Paria to Holland during lhe religioua troublea of the sixteenth c:entury. He wu thought lo be a kinsman of Signicur de Bayard, Piene du Terrail, among !he moat ill1111rio111 soldiers of Francia I of France. ln Holland the name i, written Bayerl, and in ancient New York document, as Baird. Biart, Biard, Byard. Nicholu wu in charge of the French church at Az,.twerp for several years prior to 15%. l..azarre wu supposed to be a brother, Col. Martin Bayard, of Ghent, is sup~ to have been another brother. He co111- . 'mauded Walloon troops. Samuel wu bom at Breda and baptized in the Walloon church. in 1610. He wu educated at-Leyden. Four of thi, family occupied seats in the United Statea Senate almoat contin• 110USly for fouucore yean. A large paintiua ii pmerved in lhe f&111ily of Samuel and Anna Baird and their four children at their country ,eat at Alphen, a ,mall town of South Holland, on the olcl Rhine, seven miles fro111 Leyden, where Peter was bom.-(Bayard1, by Gctleral J&111ea Grant Wilaon.) Jolua Bayard. deputy to Philadelphia in 1774. Coat of anm: Azure a chevron between three eacallops or, Creal: A demi• llllic:om uaent. Mono: Honor el jwlilia, EARLY AMERICAN DATA 71

Samuel had the 1ame, except for a demi-horse argent. Though the name is spelled differently, these two lines were pos­ sjbJy descendants of Signieur de Bayard, Pierre du T errail, soldier of Francis I of F ranee, of whom it was said, "sans peur et sans reproche."

DATA REGARDING INTERMARRIAGES. Au.EN.-David came from Ireland in f740_ Married Suaan White of Scotland. They were great-grandparents of James, David and Susan, who settled in F rank.lin township, Fayette County. James, the grandfather, was bo111 in 1748. Married Nancy Pearis. David, the father, wu born in 1787, in Fayette. He married Rebecca Smith. Margaret Allen wu of this branch. BEAL.-Louia Erwin, born in Uniontown, Pa., 1848, wu a son of Louis D. and Iaabell.i (Fresy) Beal of Alleghany County, Md., who came to Fayette in the early forties. Seven members of this family were officers in the Continental Army, all from Maryland. Three were members of the Society of the Cincinnati. Louis is a descendant of the founder of Georgetown, D. C., and also of Cumberland, Md. ! ;e wu a partner of Clark Breading, 1871. CH.\MBERS.-The earliest settler at ''The Esopus" of whom there is any record wu Thomas Chambers, 1652. Thia began the actual settlement of Ulster. Thomu Chambers, Lord of Foxhall Manor, died 8th of April, 1694. He wu the aecond husband of Laurinta Killenaar. Abraham Gasbcek Chambcn died in 1759. His wife was Sarah Bayard.-(lnscription in Family Vault of ThomQ,1 Chambers, 0 'Old Ulster.") CHAMBERS (Capt.), married, 1783, Sarah Brown, daughter of George and Agnes (Maxwell) Brown, of Brown's Mill. losue: George, Benjamin, 'William. Joseph, Thomas, Sarah and Susan. Sarah married Dr. William Clark. Katherine Hamilton, a cou,in of General -Jame• Potter, made her home with Widow Potter, who became Mrs. Martha Brown, wife of Thomu Brown, of Brown '1 Milla. h wu between 1760 and 1767 that young James Chamber ■, the eldest son of Colonel Benjamin Chamber, (the founder of Chambersburg), came I!) the Polter home courting Miss Hamilton. She wu the orphan daughter of John Hamilton and Isabella Poller, and became the wife of James Chambera. [It i• from the Browns of Brown's Mill that Margaret Brown Baird is supposed to have descended. She had a grandson, Joseph Chambers Baird.] BROWN, WILLIAM (Judge) waa aon of Alexander, an early aettler on the West C.onocheague Creek, two milea cut of Merceraburg, Pa. Colonel Alexander Brown commanded the eighth regiment Cumberland Associators, 1780. Judge William located near the entrance of the valley, afterward, the village of Brown'• Mill, now Reedsville, near the site of Logan's Spring. Logan wu the celebrated Indian chief who had his cabin there. Wendel B. wu said lo be the earliest one of the family who came to Fayelle. He took part in the French and Indian wan. William B. came from Virginia. was a teacher in New Jersey and 1oldier 11.I BrA11dywine Creek. His wife wu a Pieraol. He was father of Alennder, who \VU the father of George. At Brown'• Mill School, Enoch Brown, teacher, and the children were massa• cred in 1764. There waa also a Brown·• Mill burying ground. BALDWIN, JOHN, waa born at Fayelle City, in 1832. In 1850 he went to St. Louia. He was a steamboatman. In 1867 he married Susan Stickle. The father of John wu Robert, who married Matilda Mcfee in 1807. The father of Robert Tl, BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

wu William, one of 1he early seltlen; a jualice of the peace in Quakers settlement near Red l..ion.-{Fayette Biograplii~. Wiley.) · ' BREADING, DAvm.-He was of Scolch descent, born in Ireland. He came 10 l...aacaater in 1728 with his son James. James had two sons: (1) Judge Nathaniel, born in 1751, who served UDder General Washington. He married Ann, daugh• ter of General Ewing. (2) David, born in 1756, in Lancaater. He served UDder Geiwal W aahiDgton. He married Elizabeth Clark. in 1785. Came to F ayeue. Clark B.. eon of David, Jr., had one brother and three 1i1tera. He married Mary Craft. CL.UK, W1UJAM.-"On May 30, 1630, there sailed to the very new village of Nantuk.et. Masa.. the good ahip Mary and John, UDder the aame captain who had landed the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock a decade before. The Mary and John wu the second of sixteen vessels that !eh England with passengers in 1630, under patron• ago of M- Ch [indistinct] Bay Company, a great ship of four hundred tons, Capt. John Squd, Muter. It left Plymouth, England, March, 1630, and landed M.., 10, 1630. On it were: . William Clark and wife, Sarah; Lieut. William Clark., born in England in 1609.

Hi. SOD John C. WU born in Mauaehusetb in 1651: died in 1707, marrieci fint. Mary Strong; second, Abigail Lord • .Their 10D, Nathaniel Clark, wu born in 1681 in Northampton, Maas. Married Hunah Sheldon, widow .;f Mr. Catlin. Gideon Clark was born in 1722 at Worthington, Mas,. He. was Seleclman in 1780. Representative al Washington N alional Congreu, 1796. He married Mary MIIDll. Their son Kenez Clark. had a daughler, Martha Pomroy Clark."-(From K.,i,in', and Finney•, Family Cenealog:i,, Lawson.) Eliuheth Clark married David Breading, 1785. Elizabeth Baird marri.ed Randolf Dearth: had a son, Clark Breading Dcarlh. David Clark married Hannah Baird. Had iHue: E.slher, married Joseph Stock- toa. Jama. married Jane Henderson. Agnes, married David Lardner. Mary, married Paul Anderson. DE.U\TH, JAMU, wu born in England in 1720, came to Maryland in 1777, thence lo Fayette, Pa. Hia eon George wu born in 1762. Married Elizabeth Milla. Hia SOQ John W. married Bertha V. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller. Pu BOIL-Rev. Robert Pattenon'a Record of the families of Robert Pattenon (the elder), emigrant from Ireland to America in 1774: Louis Du Boi1 came from • Frasu:o in 1660. Ho was connected by marriage of Uriah Du Boia wi1h Marlha Pauerson, li98. EWINc. THOMAS, came from Ireland in 1718. Thomaa Ewing, born 1789 in Vuginia. came to Athena. Ohio. The lint academic degree conferred by the Uni• venily of Ohio wu given in 1815 lo Thomaa Ewing. He wu aflerwards a dia• tiquiabed Uaited Statca Senator. He wu self-made, aelling coonskins to buy borik,, working u boatman on Ohio River, and laboring in the Kanawha Salt Worb~(Ohio Valley, by Venable, p. 232.) EWINC. W11.UAM, born in York County, Pennaylvania, 1769. Son of _George Ewing. William c:ame lo Fayette County as a surveyor of lands in 1790, and localed ill l..uzerine township. Ewings came from York. County prior to the Revolution. W-Jlia111"1 SOQ wu James, of Dunlap's Creek. A 1i1ter, Elizabeth, married Mr. Breediq.-(FayeUe Biographic,,) EARLY AMERICAN DATA 73

FR£NCH.-Lieutenant Pritchard, 1793, mentions William Beard and AAsey French and Enoch French. A list of those who had taken freeman's oath in 1708, Seymore County, mentions French. John French, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1720. FULTON, DONALDSON ELWOOD, son of John, son of Robert. He was a native of Cumberland Valley. In War of 1812 John F. engaged in canal trallic on the Pennsylvania Canal as a joint owner with his brother Alex. FRUM, JoHN, aged 16, came to America in 1635. FINLEY, WILLIAM, Boru in Franklin County in 1768. He was fourth Gov­ ernor of Pennsylvania, Representative in the Legislature several times, State Treas• urer, Treasurer U. S. Mint. Died al Harrisburg. 1846. FINLEY, EsufazER. Born in 1760, a native of Maryland. He organized lint 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, Fayelle, Jaincs' sons were: William, Michael, Joseph, Ebenezer, Samuel R. FINLEY, SAMUEL, brother of Rev. James Finley, was one of the lint president& of Princeton College. He was a grandfather of Samuel Finley Breese Mone, inventor of the telegraph. FINLEY, REV, JoHN, father of Rev. James and Rev. Samuel F., came to Mary­ land in 1734, from Arcagh, Province of Ulster, Ireland. FINLEY, ROBERT (father of Thomas W.), married, lint, Catherine Caruther, by whom he had two children-Samuel E. and Mary Margery (married Jeremiah) Baird. FtNLEY, ELY, was a son of Dr. Robert (possibly Samuel E.). He married a daughter of Aaron Baird. FINLEY, JoHN F. (a hunter), penetrated into Kentucky with Boone. FINLEY, GENERAL JAMES F., was in lhe Ohio Valley in 1833. Capt. Isaac Bard'a widow Uane McDowall) married Col. John Findley (1011 of Samuel and Jane S. Findley), brother of Governor William F. and Gen. Jamea F., of Ohio. These three brothers were memben of Congre11 al the same time William (born 1768) was in lhe Senate and John and James were in the House. FINLEY, ELLIOTT, a brolher of Margery Finley, who 'married a Baird. i { FINLEY, ]AMES F., of Grand Ridge, Ill., married Lydia M., daughter of Han• nah Baird Galliher. I \ GALLAHER, ]AMES, was born in County Donegal, Ireland. He settled in Fay­ eitte previous lo 1775, having 203 acres adjoining Beesontown (Uniontown). He liiad a son, John.

\ KiNKE.~Ds of Sterlingshire, Scotland, were armigon as far back as 1280. One ~f lhem rescued the Castle of Edinburgh from the English in the time of Edward t: and on his arms was the castle. The family from which the American branch :Jescended left Scotland after the civil strifes of 1688, and settled in the north of Ireland, from whence several brothers came lo America in 1707, sellling near Carli.ale, . Pa. Some of these went lo Augusta, Va., and fought in the Indian wara, · l MILLER, ]AMES, was in the Lancaster Militia io 1777. 74 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Miu.ER. ANDREW, wu born in Fayette. He married Cathrine Hile1. luue: Jolm. Jacob, SUA11, Joaeph, William, James, Polly, George, Andrew and Samuel.

MoRCAN, Gi:ORCE, commanded a company of the 6nt troopt UDder Gen. Jolua Cadwaladfr, in 1777, and became deputy commiuary general of the Western Dis• trict of Peaaaylnnia. Poana, Wll.LLUI, wu adopted by Captain William Woolsey, who com• manded a privateer ia the Revolution. Captam Woolsey owned a fana in Rutraver township. Westmoreland Coun1y, near Fayette. David, aon of William, waa a doctor, He waa born al Wheeling. W. Va.. in 1794. He married, first, Lucinda Jllllllinp, daughter of Obediah Jeaniaga, of Washington, Pa.; second, Rebecca Miller, daughler of Jolua Miller. Ruvu.-Ou the east aide of Flint Street, Salem, Mua., next lo the home of Wm. Flint, John Reeva owned four acres of land in 1661. Thia wu the father of Ahner. Abner wu bom in Southold, Long I.land, in 1738: married Hannah Bamea. It it aaid he served in "W. Cheater Signet Horse." Died at Ra,traver, Pa., in 1828, where he moved after the Revolution. Hia children weie: · M-.h, who married Margaret Carol: Michael; Elizabeth, who married Robert Baird, Sr.; and John. who married Sarah Quinby, 1802, whose granddaughter, Mn. Beebe, gave thia record. The following is taken from an account of the Vance family in Imand, by William Balbumie, printed at Cork in 1860: V ANC&, WtUJAM, of Donegal, located at Aughavid, Ballydug, Tyrone. Hia will wu dated 1713. He left four aona. One of these, David, came to America and fought under Washington. / John, the elde1t, married and had four aom and three daughten. One of the daugbten married Andrew Jackaoa of Mahaafelt. They emigrated to America. and were the parenta of Andrew Jackaon, President of the United States. · DAVID, born near Wincheater, Va., came to North Carolina before the Revolu• lion. 1ettlin1 on the French Broad River. · I VANCE. HANNAH, wu the daughter of Jolua, a aurveyor, and wu born in 1732, in Valley of Shenandoah, Virginia . .'She married William Crawford, a youthful ~ of WuhingtOD. He wu with the Virginia troops under Forbea aa aaiga. and under Braddock. He wu IOII of Valentine C., an emigrant from the DOrth of-Ireland. He waa born in Orange County, Va., in 1732. · Wu.aoN, (Rl:v.) THOMAS, of Killybega, CoUDty Donegal, 1681, "had a frumd David Brown." : WUIOll, William. Muter of '"Thomu and Jane," from Londonderry, arrived. at B011oa in 1714. · Wilaoa, John, Muter in 1718. WilJGD, William. Finl Lieutenant, Lancuter County Militia in 1777. WU-., Jamea. Captain Ninth Battalion, Sixth Company, in 1780. WilJGD, Jamee, hom in 1764 in Lancaster. Came to Fayette when twelvo yean old. Married. 6nt, Mary Robb; second, Elizabeth Lowrie. He lived at EARLY AMERICAN DATA 75

McClelland Town. J wlice of the peace of Germantown. Mary WAI daughter of Andrew Robb. It i1 1aid one James Wilson wu a 1igner of the Declaration of Independence. Jane Wilson married James Baird. She may have been a si.ater of Jama. One James WilsOD WAI of Cumberland County, PenDlrlvaniL Joshua Wesley, born 1832, at Licking County, Ohior marri~ a Miss Beard. These men were in Pennsylvania: John and Samuel Brown, 1741. Jo1eph Wilson, 1738. James Wilaon, 1741. CHAPTER IV. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AME.RICA.

The tradition of the origin of the name BAIRD. as given by A. J. B •• ~ .. follows. . I give it, for it may assist some future genealogist to find .$Ollie o1. the missing links: - 4'John Gregor was a poor weaver, who went from house to house, and-while plying his trade sang the ballads, legends and incidents of the tiine 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 GRECOR BARD." The following is as JAMES POWER BAIRD gave it: "JOHN BARD had ,four sons and two daughters James, Robert, William, John, Jr.: siscers not named. He had four estates, two in Scotland. one in England and one in Ireland. · "John. Jr., settled in 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 1720, to New Jersey; had five or six sons--John, James. Moses, Robert and Thomas. "John was of a rambling nature, fond of hunting. He went on an expedition down into Kentucky and Tennessee. About 1 7 60 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 1720: his family, John (Capt.), James, Moses, Robert, Thomas, and several daughters." Judainir by the names of the children of James, the son of John, Jr., the date of hie leavin; Ireland, and the names of John's (born 1703, married Mary McCully) children, it ia · probable, though not proven, they were related. The relationship was claillled by Robert Baird, of Yonkers, and Thomas Dickson Baird, froni these two Unea. In this line there is a question which has not been settled. I give the following clata and some one, some time. may solve it. Was it SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS 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." ]AMES POWER BAIRD was a great-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, in copying a record or in writing one, mistakes are often made and ever afterward 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 1779, James is taxed for 300 acres in Armstrong township and Moses for I 00 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, 1777. The son Moses was then fifteen years old. Moses served in Capt. John McClelland's company of Westmore­ land County Rangers in Indian raids. [Moses. the son, who swore allegiance at fifteen, possibly joined the army whea he was a little older.] · In the census returns of Luzem township for 1 790, Moses is re­ corded with one "male" under 16 and one "female." NoTE.-hfurgaret Brown and her husband at that time had eight children. The youngest, Anne, was seventeen years old in J 790. It must have been Moses, the son, who was married in 1787 a1.1d had a son born in 1788 and daughter Mary horn about 1788. 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 1779 (the year Robert was married.) He sells Moses 160 acres. Witnesses were Thomab Scott and John Baird ( uncle-in-law and brother, or uncle John). 78 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

[Finding absolutely no record of a Moses of that first generation, I am con­ 'rinced that Robert Baird was right. I also think it probable that some of this first croup were sons of Moses, "an elder of the Presbyterian Church at Lifford, opposite Strabane, Ireland" (who was a delegate to General Synod in Ulster, 1724), and came with John of Strabane ahout 1720 or 1729. Or of Robert Beard, who was a rulillc cider early in the eighteenth century at Taughboync (now SL Johnston County, Donepl, near Deny). He had Thomas, John and Robert. He died about 1714.] The cenaua of Luzcm township for 1790 gave ROBERT BAIRD two males under 16 and two females. · . · The c:ensua of Menallen township for 1790 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. B~k A. page 266, Greenburg, Pa.: In 1779 James. Baird of Huntington township, Westmoreland · C>Wlty, sells to John Miller of same place land which James had . bought. of Thomas in I 775. [Thc>maa ud James, we auppoae, were brolhen. The Millen were intermarried.] :, __ In Hempfield township James waa taxed for two tracts in Bedford · in 1772. (Thia became part of Westmoreland.) JAMES BAIRD waa a aoldier of the Revolution. With Timothy Green, Lancaster Asso­ ciaton, be.wu destined for the Jeneya June 6, 1776. ]AMES BAIRD, Captain Eighth Company, Fourth Battalion of Lancaster Associators in 1780, took the oath of allegiance in 1777. He waa a private in 1776. Robert aerved in the Revolution from 1777 to 1779. He was in the battles of Long Island and Germantown. Seilhamer thinks the J amca of Hemphill township and the JamC$ of Anmtrong, Bedford and Letterkenny (now Green) township, were identical. He waa a taxable u early as I 772. ROBERT BARD. or BAIRD, waa in active service with Capt. Patrick Jack', company, of the C_umberland County militia, in 1777. · ·:, · Seilhamer aay1 about the record of JOHN BAIRD, of Christiana Hundred. and JOHN BAIRD (who wu a taxable in Chester County, · 1729-44), and the John of Manor of Masque (of which Gettysburg wu a part), who wu with the aquattera in 1739, and died I 749-50, _that they may have been one and the same, and possibly ancestor to most of. the Pennsylvania BAIROS, Robert. Thomas, John, William. Jamcs ·and. Hamiah were the children. John of Strabane had sons Andrew and Jama. Jama, who inherited the property, remained in Ireland. Thia. Jama hac:l a son, John, Jr., who married Rebecca (possibly Sterrett): alao William, Jamca; Sydney, Rebecca, and Jane, all bom in lrdand. John. Jr., and hia wife Rebecca emigrated to America soon after hia. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 79 father's death (his will dated May 30, 1719), and settled in Chris­ tiana Hundred, New Castle, Del.

GROUP I-JAMES OR MOSES. The tradition of our family says: "James was second of three brothers, sons of John, Jr., and came to America about I 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 ( I 7 8 5) m'entions 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 1775. 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 ]AMES (or MosEs) BAIRD: Robert, Sr., born in 1756 in Lancuter County, Pe11D1ylvania. Married, 6rat. Elizabeth Reeves, 1779. Moved to Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.; 1ccond, Sarah Hannah McClelland. John, married Susan Frame, 1785, and moved lo Ohio. Moses, born in 1762. Married Mary Adams, daughter of Robert and Eliza­ beth Adams, in 1787. He, with Mr. Vance, laid off Vanc,eburg. James, born in 1764. Married Mary Robinson, 1788. Moved, 1800, to Ohio (Chillicothe), West Union, Adams County, Ohio. Died in Kentucky, 1830, of cholera, Elizabeth, married Thomu Frame. Moved lo Ohio. · · Jane, married Charles Porter, Jr. Settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Aasociate Judge for many yeara. Margarett, born in 1770: died in 1853. Married John Porter, born in 1770. Settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Anne, born in 1773. Married Steven Riggs, born in 1770, in Fayette County, Moved to Ohio in 1795. ROBERT BAIRD, SR., died October 5, 1835. Epitaph: "Remember, Man. u you pua by, As you are now 10 once was 1; As I am now so you must !»­ Prepare for death and follow me." Elizabeth died in 1826. Robert and Elizabeth Reeves Baird were buried in Dunlap Creek churchyard. Elizabeth was ,aid to be the daughter of Abner and Hannah Barnet Reeves of 80 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

_"Rutraver," Watmoreland County, Pa. She had brothen, Man1.11ah and Michael ' Reeva, who came to Bellevernon, Pa., after Elizabeth', marriage.-{Mn. Beebe, Rin>enna. Ohio.) Mrs. Beebe had a letter from AARON BAIRD, of Bellevemon, Pa., 1843, telling of Manasseh Reeves' illness. Robert and Elizabeth were at Bellevernon in 1 7 81. Robert, Sr., 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 the 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 Alleghanies 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 yean, 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 1787 his father and family came over and lived with him. The old folks did not live long after coming over. Robert, · Sr., mJrried, second, Mrs. Sarah Hannah McCldland. 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 !>ride house in the State of Kentucky, at Mary's Lick. He moved to where Vanceburg now is and engaged in the manufacture of salL · He and Vance (probably David) bought fifty acres of land. Baird bought Vance' 1 interest in I 796. They laid it off and cast lots for the name. Vance won. In 1797 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. r Old Covemor Taylor, who was a graduate of West Point, was a SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 81

lawyer of Marysville (Marietta), Lewis County, Ky. He spoke of a trip he took when a young man with MRS. MosES BAIRD on horse­ back. They had to ford 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, Nancy French (descendant of Enoch French, born in 1791: died in 1834) in 1809 •.. ln 1801 he built a gnat­ and sawmill on hi, father's farm. Married, second, Mary Harford. in 1838. Hannah, born in 1784. Married George Gallaher (born in 1771) in 1807. Aaroq, born in 1787. Married, first, Margarett Allen (born in 1786), in 1808. Married, second, Mrs. Persu1 Fulton in 1836. Levi. Abner. Lydia, born in 1790: died in 1854. Married Samuel Miller (born in 1784; died in 1854), in 1816. Susan. Married Edward Burnell, Moses, boin in 1794. Married Rachel Beal (born in 1796) in 1820. Robert, born in 1798. Married F ermine Ophelia Du Boi11on in 1824. He died in 1863. Samuel. Elizabeth, married Randolf Dearth. Margarett.

LIFE OF REv. RoBERT BAIRO, JR., D.D., OF YoNKERS, N. Y., BY His SoN, HENRY M. BAIRO, PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE C1n OF NEw YoRK.

ROBERT BAIRO, born on October 6, 1798. His father's family, which was of Scotch e:z:traction, afler a sojourn of several generations in the northern part of Ireland, near Londonderry, had emigrated lo the American colonies and settled in the neighborhood of Lancaster, Pa. Here on the 26th of December, 1756, Robert Baird, Senior, was born. His youth fell in the most exciting period of American history. Hi, childish recollections were u,ociated with incidents of the French War, some of the moil 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 age in the ranks of the patriot army of the Revolution. Hi, company was among the forcet of W uhington at the battle of Long Island. Before the concluaion of the Revolutionary War he wu united in marriage, on the 20th day of February, 1781, to Elizabeth Reeves, a yOW1g lady of eighteen yean, whoae parent,, of Engliah and \Velah descent, were natives of Long I.land. He with hi, wife, soon after quiet had been restored to the border, removed lo a region which was then upon the very outskirts of civilization. He fixed upon what i, now the County of Fayette, which, from the fertility of the ,oil and its proximity to the navigable waters of the Monongahela and Ohio, u well as lo the important town of Pit11burgh, then rising on the aile of the famou1 forts, Duquesne and Pitt, F. 82 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

offered unuaual attraction, lo the settler. The boundary line between the slates ·· of Virginia and Pennsylvania had not been accurately defined, and the tract of aeveral hundred acra which he purchased wu between the present towns of Union­ town and Brownaville, and near the hamlet now called New Salem. A survey proved that it wu aituated in Pennsylvania. Robert., Jr., their son, wu born in 1798. He wu a atudent in Washington and Jeffenon College, Pennaylvania, and tcachu at Bellefonte. He decided lo study for the ministry, and in 1819 went to the "Theological · Seminary of the Prabyterian Church." in the quiet village of Princeton, New Jeney . . Hia wu an active, philanthropic nature, never contented with. 1lu1111ish or 1el61h ·repoae while there wu anything within hia reach that could improve or elevate the phy,ical condition of bia fellowmen, · Hia euellent acholar,hip in the Seminary, u well u the representation of a 1uc­ ec11ful teacher, led, after two yean, to bia receiving the offer of a tutorship in 1he College of New Jersey, the venerable Nauau Hall, which he held until the end of hia theological coune. He became principal of the academy at Princeton, 1822, which he retr.ined aatil 1828. . , · On the 24th.of AUilllt..1824, he wu united in marriage al Philfl(:!elphia lo Min Fennine Ophelia Amarillia DuBoiason, a young lady of Huguenot extraction. He bad hem all along active in distributing Bibles lo all lowna m New Jersey ud e1-her• in conaection with the Nassau Bible Society. At New Brwiawick. . in 1828, h~ WU set apart lo the 1101pel ministry u an . evangelist. . • , For the . American Bible Slk;iety he went out to Caracas u a special agent lo tuperintend the diatribution of the Holy Scripture• in the Republic of Colombia and el-here in South America. · In 1830 he removed hi, family lo Philadelphia, which became his home for the ensuing live year1, Many articles and books were written during thia time, among them the "View of the Valley of the Mininippi." On February 26, 1825, be ·wu aenl lo France u minionary representing the · · Foreign Evangelical· Anociation. He wrote a biatory of temperance aocieties in the United Stales, which wu publiabed in Fren~. . • . He went in the interest of temperance lo ·Northern . Europe, London, Hamburg, Copenhqen, Gouenburg. At all of these places he wu received by the moat inlluential people with the . atmoet· courtesy, and bi, letten, lectures, etc., apread wide interest in hia work. The Sweda, who in • the time of Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII had bees accounted one of the moat sober nations· in Europe, had within a remarkably brief period become the alavea of intemperance. Among the frienda of temperance in that country who read hit works and aniated him were the Crown Prince and the Count Auplua, ton of Hartmanadorlf. . Charla Johia, formerly known u Bonaparte'• intrepid General Bernadotte, had many private interviews with him, and wu much admired by Mr. Baird. He aays 'of him. "That Bernadotte bu been a ble11ing to Sweden is certain." The only acc:ount that be hu left of hi, interesting and important interview with Bernadotte we lind ia a 1ketch which. waa published a few months after the kins'• dealh, · "Life and Character of the Late King of Swede11," by Robert Baird, in Graham', Ma1uc. November, 1844. In the interest of temperance he went to Cermany, Holland and Belgium, and he bad many interesting interview, with the King and Crown Prince of Pru11ia, Prince John of Saxony and King Leopold of Belgium. After hit ei8'ith visit lo Europe he wrote in the Chri,lian World, of September, , ::-f;~:..~f;;}fli!J3P r~fo-"::} _ ·-.,~

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REV. ROBERT BAIRD, Eminent Historian and Temperance Worker of Yonkers, New York.

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1861, of the translation of the New Testament: "The Gospels and the Acta of the Apostles had been printed and Epistles and book of Revelation soon would be," Robert was founder of the Foreign Evangelical Society, now absorbed into the Christian Union. In 1e6 J he sailed for Southampton, returning in October, which was hi, ninth trip across the ocean. He lived one and one-half yean after hi, return, which time, though he waa feeble in health, wu spent in untiring labor as secretary of the Chriatian Union. After a life of sixty-four yean ,pent in the service of his Redeemer he quietly fell asleep on the morning of the Sabbath of March 15, 1863. On the 29th day of April, 1864, Fermine, wife of Robert Baird, p~ into the realm of glory.

SOME PENNSYLVANIA BAIROS.

From Lellcr of Dr. Robert Baird ta Chamben Baird (Cousin), Dated June 17, 1858.

"My DEAR CousIN: You request some information about our family. Here you have a summary of all that I know. "Our grandfather, James Baird, came from the North of Ireland, near London­ derry. His ancestors came from Scotland, driven from it by persecution in the day, of the Stuarts. They were Presbyterians. The name Baird 1igni6e1 a poet or bard, and the coat of arms had a boar, to signify that the founder w111 a hunter. Our grandfather was a poor but worthy Scotch-Irish weaver. He married a Miss Brown, whose father wa1 a Protestant from the North of Ireland. My father (Robert) wu the oldest of aU the children-four sons and four daughter&, The sons were: Robert, John, Mos~s. and James. The daughten were: Jane (Mn. Charles Porter), Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomaa Frame), Margaret (Mn. John Porter), and Ann (Mrs. Stephen Riggs). "Our grandfather lived near Piqua, in Lancaster County, Pa., where my father and most of the children were born. My father served two campaigns in the Pennsylvania troops in the early part of the war and waa (------) in the battles of Long Island and Germantown. In the year 1779 he came out to \Vestern Pennsylvania with his uncle, Thomas Scott, who had married a 1i1ter of our grandmother. This Scott resided in what is now \Vashington, Pa., and was the father of Mrs. David Hope, Mrs. Cunningham, Mu. Cook, Mn. Pentecost, Mra. Wood, Mn. King." Children of JoHN and SUSAN F. BAIRD: Moses. No other record. Children of MosEs and MARY A. BAIRD: Robert, born 1788; died 1873. Married Margaret Davis, born 1792; died 1871. Mary, married Meredith Darlington. James Newlon, born 1601; died 1840. Married Sini Truett, born 1805. Joseph Calvin Vance, born 1805. Married, lint, Cathrine Cox; second, Jane Cox, sisten. Harriet Amanda (Nancy), married James Ewing. Susan A., married James McMa,ter. Elizabeth, married Robert Adams and had a 10n, Rev. Moses Newton Adams, Mo,es Newton, married Mary Pierce. John Huth, died of cholera. Harvey Brown, married Mary A. Murphy. 84 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Ci-1,en (Major), died 1887. Married, lint, Margaret Campbell; ,econd. Judeth Leuett. Children of ]AMES and MARY R. BAIRD. The latter died in 1849 in ·ohio: , j1UJ&Ct, bona 1789; died 1846, Blackford County, Indiana. · Margaret. bona 1791; died 1848. Robimoo. bona 1792. Married Elizabeth William,on. William, bona 1794; died 1834. Married Hllllllah, Bloomfield, Ill. · · Joebua. bona 1796; died 1829. Married Sllsall Gibson. Bentonville, Ohio. Rachel, bona 1797; died 1838. Married William Robb, 1818, Indiana. He died in 1845. Elizabeth, bona 1799; died 1815. Married Jamea Fitch. Joha, born I 80 I. JIUl&Ct, bona 1802; died 1872. Married Eliza Anderaon (bom 1804) in 1827. · · Lived at Wat Union, Ohio; Aurora. HI. He died at Minouk, Ill. Wuhiqtoa (Rev.), bona 1804; died about 1865. Mary, bona 1806; died· 1840. Married Jamea Anderton, brother of Eli:za A., Ohio. . ' · A.nae, bona 1811; died 1848. Married Benjamin White, Illinoi1, Iowa. .::• Sarah. bona 1813; died 1875. Married Jamea Hook, Adama County, Ohio. -:-."-,,, . ' •Washington. the youngest son, a graduate of Jefferson College, was a Presbyterian minister. He went South about 1832. Soon after he was chosen President of St. Mary's College and edited the Southern Prubyterian, 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.. Nors.-It ia Aid he did not marry, but bis family, except one aunt, did not keep up a correspondence with him on account of his sympathy with the South. [Eliza aad James Ander■on were children of Robert Anderson of Williamsport, Pa., couaia of Gen. Robert Anderson of .Fort Sumter.-F. B. C.] . Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and Thomas Frame: MarpreL James. s-. William. Children of JANE BAIRD and Hon. Charles Porter: John. died in Ohio. Jama, ·evugeli,t and with Alu Campbell eatabliahed "'.Chri,tian" Church. Margaret, married John McFadden. Leah. married Andrew Davi,. Anne. married Thomu Arm,trong. Lived in Indiana. SCOTCH·IRISH BAIRDS OF AMERICA 85

Mary, married Enoch French. Charles, lived in O_hio. Children of MARGARET BAIRD and John Porter (brother of Charles), born 1770; died 1812: Harriet, born 1794. Leah, born 17%; died 1854. Married --- Cochran. Moses Baird, born 1797. Charles P ., born 1798; died 1842. Married Isabella. Stephen, born 1800: died 1862. Married Rachel. Anne, born 1801; died 1813. Samuel W., born 1803; died 1863. Cephas, born 1805; died 1873. Married Sallie Wilson. James H., born 1806; died at Laurenceville, New Jersey, 1834. John, born 1807. Robert, born 1809; died al Tonica, Illinois, 1862. [Harriet Porter, niece of Stephen, married Hibbs.]

Children of ANNE BAIRD and Steven Riggs. (Steven was a son of Senator Steven Riggs): Josepj:i, born 1796; died 1877. Married, 1819, Rebecca Agnew (one rec_ord says Baldridge). Margaret, born 1798. Hannah, born 1799. Married -- Eckley. Harriet, born 1801; died 1825. Elizabeth, born 1803. Married -- Alford. Jane G., born 1805. Married -- Poque. Anne, born 1807; died 1819. Cyrus, born 1809; died 1811. Stephen R., born 1812. Missionary lo 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, Weal Virginia. Married Charles Brown (born in 1791) in 1837. Samuel McElroy, born 181 I. 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

Ale:under, J., Jr., born 1820: died 1884. Married, first, Nellie Hibbii. Britton, iD 1850; second. Emily Bales, widow of Charles Carkener, in 1882. Harriett, born 1822. Married Jack Jack.on. Fennine Amarilia, born 1834. James Gulhrie, born 1826. Married Frallcia Morgan. Mary Jane. born 1829. Married Nathan Williama. Charles Porter, born 1831. Married Susan Arnold. Nancy French. born 1834. Married W. R. Sb~k. - . REV. A. J. BAIRD. ALEXANDER J. BAIRD was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1820. His father, Alexander, was a farmer in moderate circumstances. . He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. His uncle. Robert,· and two of his brothers were ministers. When seventeen Alexander was put to work with Bromfield Craft, a · stone- and. brick.~ mason, to leam the trade.: His early Christian training and skill as a ·musician saved him du.ring these days from being led astray and drew him into better society. He !pent one year, when he was twenty-one, in Ohio, where he taught school and music • . . Hia mother, having a family of small. children, was frequently unable to· attend· church, but used to take her chair and sit under the «dar tree in the garden and read to him from the Bible. At the close · of the year in Ohio he finally . settled the question as to becoming a minister. ·•The chief difficulty attending the question seems to have been whether ii was God or his mother calling· him. · _ Hia 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 CC)Jltract. hired hands and built .the first story of a large merchant mill, on which be cleared. about _$95. With two music classes he made - $30. which took him through the next year. In 184 7 he went to Cum­ berland College, Princeton, Ky. ; in 1848 he was licensed to preach. In 1850 he married Nellie Hibbits, daughter of Maj. William Britton, near Clarksville, Tenn. In 1851 his father-in-law's health failed, and he removed to his home and took charge of the farm and tannery. Major Britton died in 1852. After winding up the affairs of Major Britton, he returned to his mini~terial 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 - -~ .. • ~ ...

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REV. A. J. BAIRD, D.D., Pastor First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., 1866 to 1883.

SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 87 gradually emancipate him. I· will go with the South to the end, but I will fight for no country. War is a disgrace to intelli3ent civilization." Circumstances put him in charge of a shoe factory in Atlanta, Ga., making three hundred pairs of boots a day. He was also in charge of the Central Presbyterian Church of that city. He spent much time in the hospitals and prisons, at one time preaching to ten thousand pris­ oners. His knowledge of tanning saved him from conscription. He drilled his men and several times was offered a captain's commission. He three times visited the Army of Virginia and met General Lee. He visited Stonewall Jackson and preached to his arniy. He knew and ad­ mired General Johnston. In 1863 he was inspector for five states. At the close of the war, 1865, he returned to Winchester, Tenn., he says, with a good wife, two nice children, six free negroes, a few gray clothes and $1.65. He soon too~ charge of the First Cumberland Pres­ byterian Church, Nash ville, Tenn., where he was pastor for seventeen years. "His eloquence was but the scintillations of the truth flowing from a noble man's clear head and noble heart." He lectured at New York Chautauqua on "Chronology of the Bible." He was delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian 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 15th of June, 1884. In 1880 his first wife was taken from him, and in 1882 he married Mrs. Emily B. Carkener, of St. Louis, Mo. The most of his ministerial life was spent at Nashville, Tenn., where he formed a church with twelve members, which 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 think, and I want to do what He wants me to do, and the Bible is my guide."

Children of HANNAH BAIRD and George Gallaher: Jamea Black, born 1808. William Kilgore, born 1810. Married, 1833, Nucy Gallaher. Eliza Anne, born 1812; died 1841. Married Willia01 Brown (born 1802; died 1865) in 1833. Lydia MllJ'iah, born 1814. Married Jamea C. Miller, 1835. George Washington, born 1816; died 1835. Mary Jane, born 1818; died 1860. Married John Mc:Comba (bon~ 1809; died 1884) in 1836. Robert Johnaon, born 1820. Married Martha McKeever (born 1834) in 1855.

Children of AARON and MARGARET A. BAIRD (his first wife): Maria, born 1810. Married Eli H. Finly (son of Dr. Robert Finly), in 1829, Eliza, born 1811. Married Benjamin F. Miller (born 1811), 1833.· 88- BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Jue. bom 1813. Married Willi&QI Brown, 1842. Joha Alla. bor11 1815. Married Eliza Wilaon, 1835. Robert B., born 1816; died 1819. Mary Aue. born 1818; died 1819. J- Power, born 1820; died 1891. Married, lint, Harriet Riley in 1840. Harriet Riley died 1842. Second, Margaret Prall, Third, Mary Harper, ·; who died in 1881. William Jobmto11. bom 1821. Married Maria Wilkins, 1845. 'Robert Alexander, born 1823; died 1901. Married Nancy Acklin {bom .- 1830) ill 1848. George C., bora 1825; died 1834. Jotiah Worthington. bom 1827; died 1831. DaYid Allen. bom 1829. Married Elizabeth Ridgeway in 1852 in Virginia.

JAMES POWER BAIRD was born February 26, 1820, in Luzerne township, Fayette County, Pa. He was the seventh child and third IOD 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 18· 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 taught school and at the same time pursued his studies. In 1849 he united. with the Hopewell 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 1858• .Thirty-six years of his life were spent in active pastoral work. Be­ aides supplying his congregations, he tried to carry the gospel to people livina in remote regions who did not have the opportunity of hearing it preached. He was pastor of the Pleasant View congregation in Fayette County for fourteen years, and of Hewitta, Greene County, for twelve yean, be.idea several other congregations in Fayette and Greene counties for a aborter period. He was for a number of years secretary of the Fayette County Sunday School Association. In the month of June, 1880, he wu chosen one of the twelve delegates from Pennsylvania to the Wor}d' s Sunday School Convention at London, and in 1881 to the International Sunday School Convention at Toronto, Canada. Ow­ ing ·to aickneu in his family he could not go. In March, 1891, he wu stricken with paralysis, and died May 16, 1891. Thus ended a life of faithful, loving and loyal service. · !fon.-James P. Baird b

Children of AARON BAIRD and Persus Fulton, his second wife: Emma Cathrine, born 1837. Married James Ryland in 1860 iii 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, born 1820; died 1851. William Wylie, born 1822: died 1864. Oliphant, 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) 1n 1853. Robert Allen, born 1832. Children of SUSAN BAIRD and Edward Burnett: James Herwig. Married Eliza--. John Newton. Robert Baird. Married Lydia Stonebroken. George Gallaher. Married Elizabeth McLean. William Harrison. Sarah Elizabeth. Ezekiel Vance. Thomu Jefferson. Children of MosEs and RA.cHEL B. BAIRD: Samuel Miller, born 1821. Married Margaret Gribble. Avie Anne, born 1824. Married Theodore Van Kirk. No children. Eliza "Jane, born 1826. Married J. C. Whitney. Jeremiah P., bom 1828; died 1901. Married Margery Finley, 1857. Mar­ gery died in 1902. Sarah Elizabeth, born 1832. George Wuhington, born 1835. Married Sarah Gatea. Children of Ro BERT and F ERMINE BAIRD: Robert, died 1850. Charin Washington, born 1828 at Princeton, N. J. Married Margaret Strong. Wrote many books, among othen '"History of Huguc.nota."' Henry Marlyn. Married Suaan Baldwin. (He wu Profcuor i11 the U11ivenity of the Ci1y of New York for many yean.) Fermine Ophelia. Edward Payson. Anna Fermine. 90 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

William Wilberforce. William Chester.

BtOCllAPHICAL SKt.TcH oF REv. DR. CHAS. W ASHINCToN BAIRD.

"The aubject of thia ,ketch wa, a friend to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and a hiatorian of original reaearch, and it i1 fitting that - ac.coUAt of him should be given in the Record, to which he m•de uluable contribu1ions. "Dr. Baird wu born Augusl 28, 1828 (died 1887); wu the son of Rev. Dr. Robert Baird and Fermine du Boiaaon.. the laller of French Huguenot blood. He married, 1861. Miu M•rgaret Eliza Strong, eldest child of Theodosius Strong and Eliza J, Mitchell. Hia wife, a d•ushter, Eliz• Strong, and 10n, Robert, aurvived him. He graduated at the Univenity of the City of New York in 1848. He wu chapl•in of the American Ch•pel in the Cily of Rome, 1852-54. From 1859 to 1861 he waa pa1lor of a Reformed Dutch Church al Ber11en Hill, South Brooklyn. In May, 1861, he became putor of lhe Presbyterian Church at Rye, New York. His names, Charlea and W aahiugton. were derived from two ma• lernal unclea. He wu bom Ill Princeton. N. J. He also lived al Phila­ delphia. Hia father, Dr. Robert, became widely known through hia labon lo connrl Rom1111 C.lholic countriea. Six yean' residence in Paria and two in Geneva. with the attendant acquiaition of foreign languagea, gave young Charlea a preparalion for library research. . · "Dr. Baird wu a metnber of many hiatorical aocieties, including those of New York. Long laland and Virginia. He wu one of the two authors chosen lo honorary fellowship by the Huguenol Sociely of London, founded in 1885. His brother, Henry M., wu lhe other American."-(Ne111 Yori{ Genealogical and Bio- 1raphical Record, R. W., 1890.)

HENRY M~RTYN BAIRD.

"The announcement that Dr. Baird"• long-expected hiatory, 'The Revocation of the Edict of Nantea,' would appear thi, •utUIDll haa excited afresh popular intereat in the author. Henry Martyn Baird. the hiatcirian of the Huguenoll, a man who baa won international fame by hi, devotion through life to one great theme. wu born in Philadelphia in \832. When three yean old he was taken to Paria by his father, who wu one of the beat known and moat i.nlluential men of hia time, and 10 it came about that his earlieat recollection• are of that foreign . capital. There in PNis he lived for eight yean. Hia father made the spread of Protestantism in Europe hia life work. a11d hi, 1011, during hia most impreuion• . able yean, lived in an atmosphere surcharged with historical reminiscences and ireat enthusiasm. As a child he played in the Tuilleriea, heard upon the spot the llory of the great inaMacre of St. Bartholomew•, Day, and many a time looked up at the facade of the Church of St. Cermain-l'Auerroia, from which the signal bell 10UDded forth. To him the rise and fall of the Huguenoll wu real. u books alone would not have made it. . After six yean the family moved , · to Geuva, Uld on the way, potting somewhat leisurely aa they did, they ,topped '· at Troya, and frOUl the Proteatant pastor heard how the messenger of Charlea IX IClll to atop the massacre there, kept the dispatch in his pocket until tlie work : of the butchen had been finished. "On hia relurn home he entered school and graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1850. He then lived for two yean in Italy and Greece, during which time he studied in the Uuivenily of Athena. "In 1856 he published 'A Narrative of a Reaidence and Travel, in Modem SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 91

Greece.' In 1879 appeared his two noble volumes, 'History of the Riae of the Huguenots.' The first volume goes from the beginning of the French Reformation lo the Edict of Nantes (1562); the second lo the death of Charlea IX (1574). It is said the 'judgment of foreigners ia the judgment of posterity.' Thua Henry Marlyn Baird is secure of a place by the side of PrCIColt, Parkman and Motley, who have told the story of a people of strange speech to them better than their own historians, "Throughout we are impressed with Dr. Baird's truthfuhicss. Dr. Baird pre• fen to put no titles after hi, name upon hi, title page,, but he haa received academic honors which cannot be unnoticed here. The College of New Jersey gave him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." 1867; the. higher one of Doctor of Laws in 1882. Rutgers College made him D.D. in 1877. "H= is a member of the American Philosophical Society and the Societe de l'Histoire du Proleslanisme F rancais, a corresponding member of the Harvard Historical Society, New York Historical Society, Westchester Historical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society; honorary member of the Huguenot Society of America; honorary fellow of the Huguenot Society of London. In 1885 .be de­ livered the historical oration before the Huguenot Society of America (bicentenary of the Revocahon of the Edict of Nantes), and in 1892, the fortieth anniversary of the Societe de l'l-Ji.1oire du Proteslantisme Francai1, he waa one of the six historians ele~ted honorary members of the governing committee, with right lo act and· vote."-(Samuel McCauley Jackson, in the Boal( Buyer, September, 1895.)

Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and RANDOLF DEARTH, George W aahinglon. Married Ruth Moore, Robert Johnston. Sarah Jane. Clark Breading.

Children of RoBERT and MARGARET D. BAIRD. Oliver Perry. Married Maria McMaater. Malinda.· Married Dodridge Harris. Edger Morris. Robert Davia. Married Martha Murphy, born 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 ]AMES N. and SINA T. BAIRD. Mary Amander, born 1824. Married Bennett Stout. Sina Angeline, born 1826. Married -- Mitchell. George Washington, Lorn 1827; died 1872. Married Libby Henry, 1853. Moses Jefferson, born 1829 {blind), Mildred Annie (Milly), born 1831; died 1879. Married William Clay Hen~ Harriet Francia. Lyman Beecher, born 1833. Jabez Chambers, 1836. Married Martha Tucker, 92 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Albert Barnes, born 1838. · .- J- 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. Jue. born 1839; died i841. JOMl)h Chester, born 1841. Married 1869, Delia Sutlif, Morrison, lll. Chil- -~ cba: Clara. Mollie, Joaephine. Children of JosEPH C. V. and JANE Cox BAIRD, his second wife. Mariah. born 1844. Robert M., 1846. Romanta, born 1847 . ._ Owlet. bom 1850. Married 1870. Joth~ bona .1852. ~ · Elccta, bom 1856. Married 1877. Children of HARRIET BAIRD and James Ewing. FOW' IODI, live daughters, eighteen grandchildren, among them Dr. George B. Ewing, a miuionary. Children of SUSAN BAIRD and James McMaster. Two 10m and ,ix daughtera. No record. Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and Robert Adams. Jame■ Hervey. Died on way to California. Had 100, J. C. B., Cal. M01e1 Newton, Rev. Miuionary for many year, among the Dal.ota lndiaos. Married Mary P--. Emily, Children of Moses Newton and MARY P. BAIRD. Mary Margaret. Married Mr. Moore, po11ibly Birmingham. Charla. Went to California. ClmtOD. Went to California. J-a. Died OD way to California. Martin. SUlllller, Mary County, Ohio. Cousin of Charles C. Baird, Me111• phis, Tena. S-. Married J. B. Clayt011, Athem, Ohio. Had aou, J. Baird C. Mary. Married Mr. Moore, Tesu. Nuc:y, Ma.ried Mr. Bowles. DaYid. Nel10DYille, Ohio. Two IODI, John and Chu. B. Cbilch~ of HARVEY B. and MARY A. BAIRD. Frank. Ebenezer. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 93

Children of MAJ. CHAMBERS BAIRD and, first, Margaret A. Campbell, no issue; second, Judith Legett. Florence Campbell. Married John Wood. Chambcn, born 1860. Lawyer at Ripley, Ohio. Graduate of Harvard, 1882. Children of ROBINSON and ELIZABETH W. BAIRD. Jamca. Served in Confederate Army. Died in St. Louil, Mo. Married Eliza Parka. Anne Newton (Nancy), born in 1820. Married Maj. James McIntyre in 1842. He wu 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. Cathrine. Married Jacob Mosier. who served in the Union Army. Thomaa W. Served in the Union Army. Married Ellen Biddle of Kan1aa. l11ue: Five children. Joshua Milton. Married Margaret Graham. Issue: Four children. Harriett. Married John T. Summers, Lake Charles. La. Hu daughter, Lula Mason, Nebraska. Elizabeth. Married Jame• Fitch, who served in the Union Army in Kanaaa. Children of WILLIAM and HANNAH BAIRD. Ohio. Removed to Paris, Ill. Mary Jane. Jane, W uhington. Margaret. Children of JOSHUA and SUSAN G. BAIRD. Bentonville, Ohio. James. Married Miu Gcedon, Blackford County, Indiana. Thomas. Died 1849, on way to California. William. Sarah. Married James Hook. Children of RACHEL BAIRD and William Robb. 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. l11ue: Eight children.• Joseph, born 1831. Married Agnes Munnan. Iowa. Wiley, born 1834; died 1863. Indianapolis, Ind. Mom, born 1838; died 1860. Children of ]AMES and ELIZA A. BAIRD. West Union, Ohio; Au­ rora, Ill. Joshua Robinson, born 1829; died 1850. Lived at Sardinia, Ohio. 94 BAIRD AND BE.ARD FAMILIES

Mary Elizabeth, born 1831; died 1866. Married George Kirker, Kendall, lll. Sarah Anne, born 1833; died 1860. Married Law10n Huggins, in Ohio in 1857. Iuue: Two children, Belle and Charlea. - Robert Anderson, born ill 1836 al West Uruoll, Ohio; died 1887, Carden City, Kana. Married Agnes W. Towne, 1836, al Aurora, Ill. Moved to Malverne, Iowa. Jama Ne1-, born 1843; died 1863. Compuy E, 36th Ill. Volunteer In­ fantry; killed at Stone River. Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and James Fitch. Hattie. George. Warren. l.aW'L Lilly. Herbert. Children of MARY BAIRD-and James Anderson. Mary., Married Turner Pardue. l..iuie. Married Dr. Theodore Smith. Robert. Manied Jane Baldridge. William. Married Jcuie Eldridge. Jaeie. Eldridgw. Children of ANNE BAIRD and. Benjamin White. F"mi childrell., No record. _ Children of Margaret, James, Susan and William Frame. _ No l'CCOl'd. Ohio. Children of ]OHN, ]AMES, MARGARET, LEAH, ANNE, JANE and - CHARLES PORTER (children of JANE B. and CHARLES PORTER). No~. <.. " C~les was usociate Judge in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. many years •. A letter from Hon. James M. Porter, LL.D., President of the Board of T ruatees, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., mentions two sons in 1846. , Charles Porter and John Porter, two brothers, married JANE and MARGARET BAIRD, two sisters; they each had sons, John and J amea. (C.ptah1 Clivill French i1 a lfl'&nd1on of lion, Charlca Porter and Enoch French.] Children of LEAH PORTER-COCHRAN. No recOfd. Children of MosEs B. PORTER. Samuel. No other record. SCOTCH•IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 95

Children of CHARLES and ISABELLA PORTER. Jane Howard. Lived across river from Ripley, Ohio. Children of STEVEN and RACHEL PORTER. Margaret A. Married Mr. Brook, Beatio, Kana. Heziah J. Married Edwin P. Moore, Tonica, lll. Eliza 8. Married John McCoy, Ripley. · Mary S. Married Thomu King. Harriet E. Martha W. Married Mr. Kennedy, Ripley. James A. Married Emily Aribella (last name unknown), RU$Sellville, Brown County, Ohio. Steven D. Married Mary Ramey, Nebraska. R. .A.manda, 1877. John Blanchard. Tonica. NoTE.-A letter written by Harriett Hibbs, 1884, says Porter's son is married. Newell adopted three sons of his wife's sister and lives at Indianapolis, Ind. 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, lint, Cinthia Van Kirk; second, Mary Van Kirk. Samuel. John Thomas (Hoo.). Phoebe Jane Finley, Grand Ridge, Fla. Margaret W. Married Mr. Thompson. ' Mary Anne. Married John Van Kirk. Isabelle. Married Mr. McKay or McCoy. Children of ]AMES H. PoRTER. Died at Laurenceville, N. J., 1~34. No record. Children of JOHN and ELIZA PORTER. No record. Children of ROBERT PORTER. He died at Tonica, Ill., 1862. Two boy1. Two girls. No record. Children of JosEPH and REBECCA Rices. Rebecca Anne, born 1820. Married, 1839, Steven Kendall. Eliza Jane, born 1822. Married, 1839, L. Robinson. Mary Agnew, born 1824. Harriet L., born 1825. Married, 1847, Robert Dunlap. James William, born 1827. Married, 1851, Mary E. Taylor. He wu killed, 1856. Martha, born 1830. Married, 1858, Joshua V. Robinson. Went to C~flQ&n)', · 96 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Stephen Baldridge, bom 1832. Married, 1858, Evadne Withen. Samuel Agnew, born 1835. Married, 1861, Kate Earl. Joaeph Edmund, bona 1837. Married. lint, Emma J. Eldridge; second, Annie Fuller. Oiarla Henry, born 1840. Married, 1866, Alice N. Hurd. Aluander · Brown, horn I 842. Married, 1870, Charlotte B. Richardton. fuiuna. born 1844. No record of any of the other children of Anne Baird and Stephen Rigga.

FIITH GENERATION.

Children of ELIZA BAIRD and Charles Brown. Mary F ruca, born I 838. Married Charla Brenneman in 1860. William French, born 1839. Married Annie Brown in 1881. Robert Baird, bom 1841. M~a, born 1842. ·Married John R. Breneman in 1867. SIIMllllah, born 1844; died 1873. Charla, Jr.. born 1846; died 1852. Married Molly Fi1her. Ceorp Waley, born 1849. Nancy F., died 1851. Nm-The first wife of Charles Brown, Sr., wa1 Nancy Holmes, by whom he bad eleven children. Children of Samuel McElroy and ELIZABETH B. BAIRD. Nancy, bona 1838 • . Mary, born 1840. Alfred, born 1842. Margaret Anne, born 1844. Alexander, bom 1848. Isaac: C.. born 1851. Eliza Jane, born 1853. Ellea Frances, bom 1855. Married Mr. King. Martha, bona 1859 •. Children of REV. ENOCH and ELIZABETH B. BAIRD. Charla B. Harriet Jacbon. Funie Low.e. Robert Jama (Dr.). Emma c. Lwie Burton. Mary Louella (Molly B. Bruch). Children of REV, WILLIAM F. and REBECCA HAR.AH BAIRD. William H. H....,. Martin. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 97

Children of REV. ALEXANDER J. and NELLY HIBBITS BRITION BAIRD. Su1an. William, born 1855. Married Faith Houts. Fermine, born 1858. Married William Benjamin Catchings, 1879. He wu born 1857; died 1907. Children of ]AMES GUTHRIE and FRANCES M. BAIRD, William Morgan. Edward Clarence. Lucy Henry. Wallace Bryan. Harry L. Children of MARY JANE BAIRD and Nathan Williams. Harriet A. Charles L. Alexander B. Robert 8. William Ellaworth. Annie Louiaa. 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), born 1874. Married Mr. Wright of Florida. Children of NANCY F. BAIRD and W. R. Shook, of Texas. Levi. Ida. May Bell. Baird, George. Hauie Ruth. Alice. John. Fermine May. Children of WILLIAM KILGORE and NANCY GALLAHER. George Nathaniel, born 1833. Married Jane Smith. William Freeman, born 1836, Jacob Meredith, born 1839. Married Savilla Gribble (born in 1840) in 1866, John W., born 1853, Married Nancy L Palmer, 1855. 7 98 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

. Children of ELIZA A. and WILLIAM BROWN. HIIDllah C., born 1834. Married Daniel P. Gibson,. 1874. Jane. George W., born 1836. Married Mattie Foulk, 1855. Elizabeth. born. 1838. Married Jamea Rua.el. William E., born 1841. Married, lint. laabella C. Purvis; second, Jane Baird..

Children of LYDIA M. and JAM~ MILLER. Martha. Sarah Ami. George. Aleunder. John. Thomu. Jamea. Hemy. William J. Ellie. Maria. Children of MARY J. G. and JOHN McCoMBS. Lydia Margaret. born 1838; died 1875. Married Jamea Finley. Bertha. Miuionary to Peyeng Yang, Korea. HIIJlllah. born 1839. Married Samuel Ca'mpbell. Elizabeth. bom 1841. Married Joaiah B. Crow. Anne, bom 1844; died 1880. Married William Re~ Maria. George W., bom 1846. Married Martha Woodward. Mary Jane,.bom 1848. Married Cyl'UI A. Porter. William, bo~ 1850. john A., born 1852. Married Margaret McCormack. Sarah M.. born 1854. Jamea C., bom 1856. Children of ROBERT J. and MARTHA McK. GALLAGHER. George William. born 1857. Robert J., born 1859. Charles, bom 1862. Children of MARIA BAIRD and Eli H. Finley, Huaton, bom 1834.· Ma'laret. bom 1837. Married Mr. Burnell. Jane. Mary M., 1837. Married Mr. Corder, Streator, Ill. M&'lery. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 99

Robert Evans, born 1840. William Elliott, born 1843. F ermine 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, bom 1834; died 1880. Married Mary DeFreeu Pienon. 1853. at Edwardsburg. Mich. James Berney, born 1838; died 1839. Alfred Bryant, born 1842; died 1892. Married E.atha Ann Tarbell, of Maryland, in 1866. Margaret Jane, born 1844; died 1847. Anne, born 1847. Married Elmer Crockett, 1868, South Bend, Ind. Fermine 0., 1849. Married John Morgan, Duifuibaugh, 1868. Franklin, born 1851 ; died 1853 at South Bend, Ind. Children of JANE BAIRD and \Villiam Brown. Aaron Baird, born 1843. Married Ophelia Stickel, 1863. Margaret Ann, born 1844. Married Eli Pierael, 1865. Alexander, born 1846; died 1865. Robert, born 1847. John Allen, born 1849. Married Celesta Kannela, 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 ]AMES P. and, first, HARRIET RILEY BAIRD, who died 1842. George Clark. Children of ]AMES P. and, second, MARGARET PRATT BAIRD, who died 1864. Sarah Jane. Mary Elizabeth. John William. Diana Phoebe Anna. Charle, Henry. Children of WILLIAM J. and MARIA W. BAIRD. Aaron. Died in infancy. 100 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

William Wilkin,, born 1648. Married Landgartha Haya in 1873. Elizabeth J1111e, 1850, Bloomington, Ill. Jamea Delmar. Died 1851. Married Au Eliu McWilliams, 1874. Children of ROBERT A. and NANCY ACKLIN BAIRD. Martha Maliaa. born 1850. Married, John P. Craig, 1867. Miltoa Todd. born 1852. Alonzo Buchanan, born 1855. Robert William. born 1859. John Acklin, born I 863. Children of DAVID A. and ELIZABETH (RIDGEWAY) BAIRD. Edwin. Married J1111e .Mitchel. Margaret. Adelade. Married Henry Baker. Agatha. Married Hugh WillOll. Jane. . May. Varpia. Married Jacob Beasley. Children of EMMA C. BAIRD and James Ryland. Henr, Halleck. born 1862. Charla Baird, born 1864. Jama Elbert, born 1866. Francia Hayden and Fredrick Wright, twim, born 1868. Mary Percia. born 1871. Wallace McClure. 1872. Kenneth R. Howard. born 1875. Emma Crace, 1879. Dora. Not Oil all records. Children of Eli Hayden and MARY MARGARET A. BAIRD. Gertrude. Jaaie. Blanch. Arthur W. ·. Charity. J01epn A. Mary Margaret. Children of JOHN A. and MARGARET BAIRD MILLER. Harriet Ellie. born 1842; died 1861. Married 1859. Sarah Elizabeth, born 1845: died 1854. Lydia Aue, born 1648. Married 1871. Rebecca M. H .. born 1850. Married 1871. Martha. born 1853; died 1879. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 101

Jessie Benion, 1855; died 1859. Viola Jane, 1858. Johnson Allen, born 1860. Married, lint, in 1881, Ida May, Winchester, Oluo; second, Lucy M., 1884. Hollice, born 1862. Children of ]AMES B. and MARY G. MILLER. 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 Newton, born 1850; died 1852. Elizabeth C., born 1852. Lydia, born 1854. Married 1883. Anna, born 1856. Robert Baird, born 1858. Jamea Albert, born 1859. Children of WILLIAM W. and MATILDA B. MILLER. Cornelia, born 1850. Children of OLIPHANT and AMANDA K. MILLER. Jennie, born 1854. John Henry, 1858. Children of WASHINGTON and ANNE T. MILLER. Duglaas (or Deloas), born 1857. Children of JOHNSON and MARY G. MILLER. John Gilbert, born 1863. Mable M., born 1865. Blanch. born 1869. Children of WILSON P. and AMANDA C. MILLER. 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. MCCOMBS and CYRUS PORTER. Cyrus. Georgia, 1873. Robert, 1876. John, 1879. James, 1880. 102 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Children of ]AMES H. BURNETT and ELIZA (his first wife). mar­ ried in 1840. Mary 0., bona 1841. Married George Noblet. George Mullin, bona 1847. Children of ]AMES H. BURNETT and LYDIA A VERNON (his second wife), married in 18"65. No other record of children of Jamea BIUllelt. Children of SAMUEL M. and MARGARET G. BAIRD. Rachd. Jane. John. t=. Children of AVIE A and THEODORE VANKIRK. No· recotd. Children of ELIZA BAIRD and REV. J. C. WHITNEY• . Winon C. Oliver B. Li:uie B. Edward D. Joaeph Henry. William A. Children of JEREMIAH and MARGERY F. BAIRD, Winou Cathrine, bom 1857. Unmarried, Marpret Alme. bona 1858. Married Dr. William McClure, miuionary to China. Robert, bona 1860. Married Emma Shannon. William Finley, 1862. Married Almira A Smith. M- Alexander, bona 1863. Married Lamantha Vooriea. Jerome. bona 1865. Edward Lincoln, 1867. M.,,. Marjorie. bom 1868. George Hayden, bom 1870. Married Ella Morgan. Jame1 Fultoa, 1875. ADme Florence, 1876.. Benjamia Beal, 1879. Lula Ada. 1883. Children of HENRY M. and SUSAN B. BAIRD. Armaaia Palmer, 1884. Fenniae 011 Boiaaon. Married Samuel Hawley. Julia Flag;. Married George Howard Chamberlin. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 103

Susan Baldwin. Henry Martyn, Jr. Married Cornelia E. Hand. Margaret. Married Marshall Stewart Browu. Children of ANN NEWTON (NANCY) BAIRD and Maj. James Mc­ Intyre. Elizabeth Jane and Mary Ellen, twins, born 1843. Mary Ellen married Richard Ewan, 1872. Cathrine 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. Le.ffinwell, 1876. Hattie, 1859. Married J. S. Galliett, 1886. Children of ROBERT A. and ACNES T. BAJRD. Margaret Eliza, born 1865, in Aurora, Ill. Married Harry R. Boyd at Ga,. den City, Kans. Lives in Memphis. Henry Town, born 1868, in Minouk, Ill. Married Mariah Koontz, 1892. She died in Galveston, Tex., 1902. Mary Gertrude, born 1872, in Minouk, Ill. Married William V erdonson Cos. 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. Married Dr. E. R. Bell, Ripley, Ohio. Alonzo Patterson. LouisL t,Jnmarried. Eugena. Married Charles F. Summers. Six children. John T. Married Lyda Easton. Anna. Married Charles Summers (his second wife). William. Unmarried. NoTz.-Tbere were twelve grandchildren. Another list of children of ELIZA PORTER and JOHN McCoy. NoTE.-1 don't know which is correct.-F. B. C. Estelle. Married Qr. Salisbury, Winchester, Ohio, Charles S., Kentur.ky. Margaret. Thomas. John McCoy. 104 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Edith. HelCA. Children of MARY S. PORTER and THOMAS KING. Ira. No record of Hvriet E. Porter. POM.ibly married Mr. Hibb1. Cluldren of MARTHA W. PORTER and MR. KENNEDY, of Ripley, Ohio. Frank. Jeswe. Children of JAMES A and EMILY ARABELLA PORTER, Russellville. . .Ohio. Ell. Florcuce. Harry W. · · Eclwua E.-· · Ow-lea R. '• Ceorge F .. Lui• Belle. · Children of STEVEN D. and MARY RAMEY PORTER. George R.. Nebraaka. Children of JOHN BLANCHARD PORTER, Tonica, Ill. Maud. . Cbuley. Guy. No record of gr1111dchildrea of Samuel Porter, Otlowa, Tonica, and Streator, · Ill. Cbildrea 1111d wile of Robert lived with hml.. No tei:ord of Wiley, IOG of Samuel Porter, Tonica, Ill. Children of }AMES w. and CYNTHIA VAN KIRK PORTER, his first wife (married in 1852). Harriet A.. boru 1856. Sarah E.. born 1858; died 1865. Mvy B .. bora 1860; died 1865. Children of }AMES W. and MARY VAN KIRK PORTER, his second wife ( married in 1866). Maaie M., born 1867. Pouibly muried James M. Cordor, Joha w.. 1670. Coe. Belle, 1877. Children of HoN. }OHN T. PORTER and PHOEBE JANE FINLEY. William. Birmingham. Ala. No other record. SCOTCH·IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 10;

Children of MARGARET W. PORTER and MR. THOMPSON. Cora May, 1874. Robert Wilson, 1876. Sarah Edna, !878. Charles Johnson, 1881. Children of MARY ANNE PORTER VAN KIRK. Thomas Henry, born 1851; died 1874. Sadie Elizabeth, born 1853. Married Thomu D. Bower~, 1873. Ella Jane, born 1855. Cephas Porter, born 1858; died 1864. James Cyrus, 1862. John Henry, 1867. Kate, 1870. Children of ISABELLE PORTER McKAY. Louie Bell. Mary Wilson. Georgie Venellie. 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. 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, born 1842. Married Harry S. Willard. Camilla, born 1844. Married David Eugene Begler Dear, 1866. Harry Gibbs. Fred Hutcheas. Married Elizabeth Davia. 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 ]AMES W. and MARY T. RIGGS. William, born 1852. Frederick Albert, born 1854. Drowned in Ohio River. James William, born 1857. Lived al Portsmouth, Ohio. 106 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Children of MARTHA Rices and JosHUA V. ROBINSON (Major Thirty-third 0. V. I. in Civil War), who died in 1862. Alleu. 1854; died 1855. Genevive, born 1856. Umnarried. Children of STEPHEN B. and EvADNE Rices: Alma W., born 1854. Married Jamca K. Finley, 1884. Mary C., bona 1856; died 1857. · Fumy A.. born 1858. Unmarried. Emm.. E.. born 1859; died 1867. .. Charla Newton, bona 1862. Married Clara Simlon. Anna W., bona 1863. Married William Gardner. ·. Children of SAMUEL and KATE E. Rices. HeDl'J" 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. Rices. Elizabeth ClouQh. born 1868. Edwm Hurd, bona 1870. Harriet Baldridge. bona 1873. Children of At.ExANDER and CHARLOTTE R. Rices. Albert Ricbarcboo, born 1873. Elaie; born 1874. Children of MAGGIE M. BAIRD and James M. Corder, Streator, Ill, Flora. May 6, 1860. William E., 1864. Robert C.. 1864. H1111oa Fuby, 1866. Cora Estelle, 1872, Roy Bucom. 1880. Children of EUCENIA McCoy and CHAS, SUMMER, Floreace. Maud. ·, Winfred. Hera. Lelaad. Bertram. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIRDS OF AMERICA 107

Children of LUELLA McCoy and DR. E. R. BELL. · Edwin. Everett. William. John. Married Lydia Easton; died in New Mexico. Children of ANNA McCoy and CHAS. SUMMERS. Ray. Children of JOHN NEWTON and SUSAN S. BAIRD. Chas. Maurice. Albert Rollin. Joaeph Shultz. John Watts. Children of SADIE V. VANK. BOWERS, Streator, Ill. . Alice D., born 1875. Louis E., born 1878. Ella M., born 1883. Children of WILLIAM WILKENS and L. HAYS BAIRD. Walter (Prof.), ham 1874. Married Eatelle Smith, 1895. Myrta May. Halsey 0., bom 1890. Married, first, Crace Hogan, had twin boya. He married, second, Lottie Schrvener. Children of ]AMES DELMER and ELIZA McW. BAIRD. Clementine, bom 1879. Married Ernest Perry 1902. Royden K., bom 1880. Married Margaret Mooberry. Elton D., bom 1882. Married Edna Alliaon.

SIXTH GENERATION.

Children of WILLIAM B. and FAITH H. BAIRD. Donna, bom September, 1890. Married December 30, 1908, C. C. Beuley. A. J ., born July I, 1895. A volunteer member of lbe Vanderbilt Medical Unit in our war against Germany. (Left for France, January 15, 1918.) Martha, born July 4, 1900. William B., Jr., bom February 13, 1902; died Auguat, 1903. Children of FERMINE BAIRD and W. B. CATCHINCS. Benjamin 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. luue: Joaeph, Benjamin. Marjorie, born October, 1882. Married Gratton Colvin, December 7, 191 I~ luue: Marjorie (born 1912), Jane (born 1914), Fermine (born 1916), Cration, Jr., (born 1918). - 108 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Thomas Baird, born Aug111t 18, 1884. Civil Engineer, Captain Co. B, 307th Reg. U. S. Engineers, German-American War. Nellie, born 1886, died in infancy. Baird and Silas, lwina, born 1888; died in infancy. Wtlliam Baird, bom 1891. Married Paige Bradley, December 21, 1916. Children of ROBERT B. and MARY DEF. MILLER. South Bend, Ind. Freak De Free:i:.e (Rev.), bom 1854. Married Fanny Ward, 1893, O:ik­ laad, Calif. Alfred Lindsey, bom 1863; died 1885, at Oakland, Calif. Children of ALFRED B. and EsTHA T. MILLER. Frederick Ami, 1868•. Married Flora Dunn, 1892. Children of ANNA MILLER and ELMER CROCKETT. Addie TheteM, 1871-1873. Freak Miller, 1874-1876. Charles Elmer, 1876. Ethel Miller, 1879. Donnell Baird, 1887-1894. Children of fERMINE 0. MILLER and ]OHN M. DUFFENBAUCH. Marrietta. 1873-1074. Walter, 1875. Children of MARGARET ELIZA BAIRD and HARRY R. BoYD. Margaret Agnn, born \092, at Memphi1, Tenn. Children of HARRY TowN !Uld HARRIET M. K. BAIRD. Robert Koontz. bona 18'.14, at Garden City, Kana. Children of MARY GERTRUDE BAIRD and W1LLJAM V. Cox. William B .. born 1903, Galveaton, Texas.

CROUP 2-DAVID. _The following data giv~ by Daniel Byrne, of Windham County, Connecticut, constit\lte an interesting and important link. · DAVID BAIRD married Lydia Clendinning; lived at Dumfries, Scotland. . When Mary was sixteen her father moved to Colden Bridge, near Pub.lin, Ireland. David had a large machine shop there.

7 ,,' ,·,The children of DAVID and LYDIA C. BAIRD were all born m · Scotland, except Peter, who died in infancy. They were as follows: J-. Cuie to America in 1835. William. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 109

Mary, born 1820. Married Michael Corrigan. Came to America. David, Jr. (Thia may have been David Alexander'• father.) Isabella. Marion. Janet. Peter. Mary married an apprentice of her father, who was a Catholic. Her father was a Presbyterian. The BAIROS 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 both died, leaving a young daughter, Mary, who married---- Byrne. The tradition of Mary Corrigan says GEN. 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 another brother 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. He settled near Belfast in I 646. HENRY BAIRD said all BAIRos· 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 as the Scotch, but the motto was, Dominul fecit \Ii et armu-'The Lord works by force of arms."

FIRST GENERATION. Frances. (There may have been brothers.) 110 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

SECOND GENERATION. John. bom about l 703; died l 750. Married Mary McCully. (There may have been other children.)

THIRD GENERATION.

Children of JOHN and MARY McCULLY BAIRD. John. bona 1744: died 1810. Married. aecond, Elizabeth Lamb Dick.on. daughter of Thomaa and futher Lamb Dickson), 1734; died 1815. Gllilford. · near Bamhridge. Mary. Married William Graham. Eliubeth. Married William McCue. Margaret. Muried James Hervey, son of James Hervey and Miaa Scott, 'Apes. Married Samuel McGowan. Moved to St. John, N. B. -. · Jamet:- Married Apes Martin . .Rebeeca. UJ11DUried. •

FOURTH GENERATION. Children of JOHN and ELIZABETH D. BAIRD, of Donaday. John. Married Rosanna Hervey. They emigrated to America. He died in SOGth Carolina. Rosanna with four children came lo Philadelphia with ThOtDU D. after John', death. Thoaw Dicksou, bom 1773: died 1837. Married, 6nt, Isabella McKay in lrelud. She and her children died in South Carolina. Second, Eathcr ·, ,.·.~ , .~ M- Lamb. died in Ireland. . Heat1, born 1780. Married Mary Fonythe; came to Baltimore in 1817, Eather •. ,.~ '.l-':. Mary. Elizabeth. . · Mupm. Poaaihly manied Mr. McGowu ud remained al Tulyhinuy. Ireland. [A letter from Moses Baird of Tulyhinny, Ireland, to Henry Baird, Pittsburg, apeab.,9f emigrating to America the next year; also speaks of "Brother" Samuel McGowan.-P. B. C.J Childra of MARY BAIRD and William Graham. Joba {~t.). Came to South Carolina in 1802. Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and William McCue. ., Two • oao dau,hter. No record. Children of MARGARET BAIRD and James Hervey. · Jamee, Jr. Rebec:ca. Mary. SCOTCH-IRJSH BAIROS OF AMERICA 11 I

Children of AGNES BAIRD and Samuel McGowan. No record. Children of ]AMES and AGNES M. BAIRD. John. Andrew. Rebecca. Married Mr. Forsythe. Mary Anne. (Settled in Ohio.) Agnes.

FIFTH GENERATION.

Children of ]OHN and ROSANNA HERVEY BAIRD. Samuel. Married Miu Lowrey, of Sewickley, Pa. John. Married Rebecca Patterson. Eliza. Married Mr. \Vallace. Mary Ann Scott. Married Samuel, Culbertson Huey. Jane. Died al sea, coming from South Carolina. Children of THOMAS D. and ISABELLA McKAY BAIRD, his first wife. Seven children died in infancy. Hi1 first wife died in 1855 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 Wilso11. I840. 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 Anna McDonald. Jame1 Hervey, D.D., born 1824; died 1900. Married Addie Torrey. William Logan (Prof.), born 1827; died 1881. Annie Rebecca. Married Mr. Reid. Susan Jane, Eliza Elenore, born 1830. Children of MosES LAMB BAIRD. John, born 1720. James, born 1729. Both came with their Uncle John. 1802, lo Pittaburgh. Pa. [There may have been others.] Children of HENRY and MARY F. BAIRD. John H .• born 1824; died in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Some of hi1 descendants are in Piusburg. James, born 1825; died 1830. Eliza, born 1826. Married George Mechlin, Daytcm, Ohio. Su,ana, born 1828; died 1865 al Mt. Lebanon. Mary Ann, 1829. 112 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Eather, 1831. Married H.P. Willi,, Mwouri. Tbomu Dicuoo. bom 1834: died 1849. Margaret Jane, bom 1837. Married Mr. Kennedy. Sarah Terah. 1841. Children of EsTHER BAIRD and Mr. Crary, St. Johns, N. B. Ou -· No record. Children of REBECCA BAIRD and Samuel McKnight. Lived in On- tario, Ohio. John B. Married Sl&lalllla Lorimer, 1845, in Wyandot Co1111ty, Ohio. Mary. Married Jamea Wark, 1847, in M111kingwn County, Ohio. Robert. Married, lint, Margaret Hogahed in 1849, in Topeka, Kans.; aecond, Carrie Hunter, of Nebruka. Eliza. Rebecca. Ontario. Children of MARY ELIZABETH BAIRD and William McCollough, New York. 'No record. Children of MARCA.RET BAIRD. No record. · SIXTI-{ CE.NERATION. Children of SAMUEL and -- LoWERY BAIRD. Howard Lowery (Dr.). Children of JOHN and REBECCA P. BAIRD. No record. Children of EuZA BAIRD and MR. WALLACE. William (Rn.). Penmylvania. Children of MARY ANNE BAIRD and Samuel Culberson Huey, of Philadelphia. Oue IOD. Daughter, H. B. Huey. Children of SAMUEL JOHN and JANE J. WILSON BAIRD. Tho- D., born 1842; died 1844. Mary Elizabeth. Robert Wilton, died 1895. Married Nettie Mann, West Virginia, 1884 • . ,. Samuel John. Eatbet Elinor. SIIIU Jae. Married Captain John Francia Berkley, Staunton, Va., 1871. Eliza Cwnmina. (Named for the Cummina family of Iowa, whoae grandmother married Robert Baird, Sr~ of Uni011town, Pa.) Aaa Rebecca. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 113

Children of EBENEZER T. and ANNA McDONALD BAIRD. NoTz.-He was seventh president of Washington College, Tennessee. Celia E.stha. Married Robert W. Pollard. Anna McDonald. Married Beverly Robertson. Thompson McDonald. Married Miss Johnson. Mary Lamb. Julia Henderson. Florence Campbell. William Logan. Children of ]AMES HERVEY and ADDIE TORREY BAIRD. James H. New York. Addie. William Torrey. New York City. Robert Breckenridge. George. Edward P. Children of JOHN BAIRD, son of Moses, machinist at Pittsburgh, Pa. No record. Children of ]AMES BAIRD, son of Moses. NOTE.-Possibly "our Irish cousin" referred to by William Logan Baird as Jame, Daird, D.D., of Patterson, Putnam County, New York. He said Thomas Dickson waa third cousin of Sir DaviJ'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 ]ANE 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. Chu. Robins, Richmond, Va. Francis. Edmund Carter. Robert Spotswood. Jean Baird. 8 J 14 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

E..ther Baird. Maqrice Fritz Harding. Shirley Carter. Children of CELIA EsTHER BAIRD and Robert W. Pollard, D.D.S., Hot Springs, Ark. One aon. No record. Children of ANNA McDONALD BAIRD and Beverly Robertson. Two MIDI, No record. Children of Thompson McDonald and Miss JOHNSON BAIRD, Chris-­ tiamburg, Va. No record. WILLIAM LoCAN BAIRD, after conferring with the "Irish cousi~," JAMES BAIRD, D.D .• of Patterson, said: "JuocE 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 . porth 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 Tulyhinny, 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 JuDCE BAIRD, of Pittsburgh. John, with his wife, Rosanna, emigrated to America about l 802. He brought with him his two nephews, John and James, sons of Moses. They went to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where Thomas Dickson, · bis brother, found him a few weeks later. J~hn 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 Pituburgh 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 BAIROS OF AMERICA 115

Thomas Dickson prepared for the ministry. He married in 1816 Esther Thompson. During the war he was editor of the Christian Herald, Pittsburgh. He was director and trwtee of Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa.; he was also director of the Theological Seminary 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 to speak of cowins 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 Baird of Auchmedden in 1550 married Elizabeth, daughter of Alex. Keith of Troup.] . '"Elizabeth. daughter of Samuel Dick1on, and E.ther Lamb, had two half brothen. William and Henry, who were imprisoned during the rebellion again1t Lord Ca,tle­ reagh in· 1789.'"-(Old Leller.) [NOTE.-One letter says Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel, another says Thomas.- F. B. C.J

EXTRACTS FROM PAPERS REGARDING THIS FAMILY.

Charles S. Dode, Jefferson College, Commonsburg, Pa.• says

THOMAS DICKSON BAIRD "Uniformly bore a high character u a scholar and a gentleman. Profeuor of Menial and Moral Philosophy and Ancient Languages and principal of Cen­ tral High School, Baltimore, for thirteen years; principal Baltimore City CollCiC, 1870; president of Vigo Collegiate Institution at Terre Haute, Indiana; recording secretary of Maryland Historical Society, 1867-73. He wu one of three aigoen to petition to secure oflicial repreacntation for the State of Maryland in the Inter• national Congress appointed to 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 mi•• 1ionary and hi11orian, came, 1ay1: 'One of the mo.I gifted and cultured families that this country hu given lo the world ia the Baird family. Thia name ia 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 aooa) have produced the cluaic hi11orie1 of the Huguenot race and achievements 10 rich in memories and inspiration, while 'Elohim Revealed' and the history of the 'New School Presbyterian' are lhe special province of church history, and theology of pecllliar value and remarkable intcmt. Theae la1I two works were the productiona of Dr. Samuel John Baird, a native of Fayette and one of the moat ,ubtle and acute of American theologians. '"William Logan and Thomu Dick.on Baird, both of this family, attained fame in scholarship and u 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 Weal Penn• 116 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

. aylvania in those days that have pasted into history or have lingered only in the dim ud fading light of expiring tradition." · SAMUi.i. JOHN BAUU>: ''Thi. . venerahle minister pasaed away at the reaidence of his son at Clifton Fo,ge, VL Dr. Baird wu born at Newark. Ohio, 1817. When two yean of age his father removed to Pittsburgh, where he wu editor of Pittsburspi Chriitian Herald, in the ollice of which the subject of this sketch spent his early yean• .. Later his father, Rev. Thomas Dickson, went to reside at Jefferson College, to · give hi, som the advantage of an education. After the death of his father · Samuel John went aouth to the Abbeville District, South Carolina, where he married Mm Jane J. Wilson, in 1840. There he wu engaged in teaching for some time. Having determined to study for the miniatry, he entered Centre Col­ lege, Kentucky. He wu licensed to preach by the Transylvania Preabytery, ordained at Bladen.burg. near W uhington. For nine year, he had charge of the church at Woodbury, N. J. There he wrote 'Elohim Revealed.' He was pastor at Muscatine, Iowa, and Batesville, Ark. He occupied pulpill in George­ towu. ud Covington. Ky.. and the Third Church, Richmond. Va• .. At the close of the war he came south u agent for the American Bible Society. There he remained, preaching at varioua places in Virginia and West VirginiL until the close of his long and laborioua life. Perhap1 the greale1t work of his life wu done through his booka, among which were 'Baird', Digest' and the 'Bible History of Bapti~.' "Rr.v. EBENU-Ea THOMPSON BAIRD wu principal of Baltimore lnatitute in 1847. He waa the son of Rr.v. THOMAS DICKSON BAIRD, of Pittsburgh, Pa. He wu a profeuor at Lafayette College, Euton, Pa., and in 1840 president of Vigo Collegiate Institute, at Terre Haute, Ind. In 1850 he wu ordained to the ministry and took charge of a church at Jonesboro, Tenn., and became the preaident of W uhington College. At the cl01e of the war he took the office of Secretary of Publication for the church. He wu then in charge of a church at Carrollton, Mia. In later yean he did good work at Uniontown, Ala., Hot Springs and Searcy, .Ark. His lut work wu in connection with the Montgomery Female College at Christiansburg, Va., where he ended his life. In hi, death has pa11ed away one of the great men of our church, a man of wonderful acuteneu and clear• DCM of intellecL"-(Chri.,tian Obaen,er, 1893.)

REV. }AMES HERVEY BAIRD, D.D., born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of REV. THOMAS DICKSON BAIRD; graduated Jef­ ferson College, Pennsylvania; taught in Baltimore; was principal of New Castle Academy, Delaware, l 845-47; licensed to preach 1847; pastor in Wooster, Ohio, Lock Haven, Pa., Fifteenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia and at Clarksburg, W. Ya. He was co-prin­ cipal of Montgomery Female College, Christiansburg, Va., I 88 7. In 1849 he became principal of the Syno&cal College, New York, and CooLChaplain in the. Army of the Cumberland on the staff. of General Mc-

DR. BAIRD married in 1849. 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 BAIROS OF AMERICA 117

GROUP 4-CoRNELlUS.

(Probably related to the "William" line; bom in the aame town and came to South Carolina about the same time. May alao have been related to Thomu 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 &citied in New Jersey. Second aon. No record. John, bom about 1760. Married Elizabeth Warden. (She wu about 14 and lived lo be 84 years old.) Emigrated from Coleraine about 1820 to Charleston, 5. C. Moved to Tipton County, Tenncuee, 1836. Died about 1837. (Tipton about ten miles south of Covington, Ky.) Samuel. No record. Cornelius. Married Miss Kate Bark.Icy. Emigrated about 1800. When he waa about twenty years old he came from County Antrim, Ireland, to Charleston, then lo Winne1boro, S. C. There were three sisters: Nancy, who married Samuel Moore; Lydia, who married Matthew Gorely; Saline, who married James Black. John moved to Yorkville County, then 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.

John, born in Ireland. Married Eliza Miller. •u William, born in Ireland. Married Nancy McQui1too. 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 yean. Eliza, born in South Carolina. Married William McQui1ton. Had IOD, Rev. James McQui,ton; Lydia, bom in South Carolina. Married William Wit.on. Jane, born in South Carolina. Married William Huey, from County Antrim. Ireland. Children of CORNELIUS and KATE B. BAIRD. Robert Bark.ley. Married Margaret Allen in Winneaburg, S. C., 184-. 116 BAIRO AND BEARD F AMILi ES I Mary. Married George Allen, brother of Margaret. Sarah. Married Ben Wilaon.

FOURTH GENERATION.

Children of JOSEPH and JEANET WILSON BAIRD (Jeanet Wilson. sister of Rev. John Wilson). They lived in Chester, S. C., until 1684, then Tipton, Tenn. John W. Died from wOIUld in the battle of Chancellonville, Va. Archie M. Died from wo1111d in the battle of Perryville, Ky. W ardea J. Died from wo1111d in the battle of Cbiclwnauga. Robert S. Lived in Covington, Tellll, Married Mi11 McCalla. · William C. Lived al Tipton, Tellll, Had one IOll, Dr. J. S. Baird, of Wilaon, Ark. Martha. Married C. SimOllton. Died during war in Alabama. Her sou. J. \V.. wu a Coogrenman. and editor of The Covington 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 I 878, aged 59. Elizabeth. Married Jama Hindman. Mary. Unmarried. Margaret. Married James L. Cooper, llliuoia. Jahn L. Married, 6nt, Betty McQuister; aecond. Sally McQui1ter. Hugh A. William E.

Children of SALLY BAIRD and John Forsythe. They lived in Colwn­ bia, S. C. After her death he and family moved to Tipton. Tenn. Four aODI in War of 1861 to 1865. Three killed: Andrew killed at Haywood, Tenn.; William at Perryville, Ky.; James in _ Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. JOHph. Marriec:1 Elizabeth Sherrell. Jolm. . Three daughters.. Children of JAN£ BAIRD and William Huey. He died 1863. SUDUel Orr (teacher), Wilmer, Ark. Married S. P. Ellia. Jahn M. Married Lola J. Miller, Tipton, ldaville, Tenn. Mary. Married E. M. McDaniel. Had two 10111. ---.. Married I. T. Wilaon, ldaville, Tenn. Sally. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS 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. Phillipa. He wu editor of the A3/rley County Eagle, Hamburg, Ark. Children of MARY BAIRD and George Allen. Mn. M. C. Steele, Birmingham, Ala. Mn. E. B. North, Birmingham, Ala. Children of SARAH BAIRD and Ben Wilson. Mrs. Garner, Birmingham, Ala.

FIFTH GENERATION.

Children of SAMUEL ORR and S. P. ELLIS HUEY. Married I 884. Lived at Wilmer, Ark. laaue: Three 10n1 and two 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 ]OHN W. (son of Joseph and Jenett Baird) and SARAH SIMPSON BAIRD. Lived at Chester, S. C. John Grier. Charlotte, N. C. He wu a prominent teacher in Charlotte lnatitute 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 at Covington, Tenn. Children of WILLIAM C. (son of JOSEPH and JEANET) and MARY McDANIEL BAIRD. They lived at Wilson, Ark. Dr. J. S. --. Married William Wright. Five daughters. Three sons. 120 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

GROUP 5-JAMES RANDALL. This James may belong among these, judging by names, Benjamin, Jame& and John, also dates and location. ]AMES RANDALL BAIRD {captain and doctor), was bom about 1780-85. He lived in Charleston, S. C., and died there. His children were: Joha Botta (Dr.), born in- Charleston 1811; died in Atlanta 1871. Married Mary Louiae Bozeman. Emiline. F&n11y, Benjamin. Died in New York. Mary. Eliza Caroline. Married W. L. Wittir:h, Peniacola, FIL Laura. Children of JOHN Barrs and MARY B. BAIRD. ,_ J,-. B. (Or.), bom at Columbus, Ca.. 1849. Married Lizzie C..trell. Atlanta. Ca. Joha Benjamin, born 1850; died at Washington, D. C., 1897. · Children of DR. ]AMES B. and LIZZIE CAsTRELL BAIRD. Jama Bozeman (Dr.). Lucino Cutrell. Mary l..ouiae. Married H. G. Rusaell, Brooklyn, N. Y. Henry StewarL Daughter, who married R. S. Skeer, Atlanta, Ca. W. L. Wittich says his father lived in Charleston, S. C., and had . a plantation in Abbeville District not far from Washington, Ga. [ID Doddridge'• "Hi&tory of Early Settlers" there is mention of James Beard with Lieut.-CoL Frances Marion, South Carolina, 1779; Capt. John Baird, 2nd Georgia Battalion, 1780.] GROUP 6-lsHAM•

... The SODS of Cornelius were William, a son unnamed, John, Samuel and Cornelius. . lsHAM may have been this second son. He is said to have come over with six brothers and settled in Tipton and Maury Counties, Ten• neuee. One of his sons, James, moved to Arkansas in 1833. lsHAM BAIRD had James; Nancy who married Shoemaker, and a aon who was the father of JOHN C. S. BAIRD, of the Northwest Texas Conference. Children of ]AMES (son of Isham). Nancy J111e. bom 1827. Married Craven Harrison, Conway Coun!y, Ark •• 18-46. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 121

Benjamin W. Died in Conway, Ark. J. Harrison. Died in Thornton, Ark. Joaeph. Died in Valdo, Ark. Albert. Died in Valdo, Ark. George. Died in Pittsburg, T cxas. Sister. Married J. A. Stewart, Children of NANCY BAIRD and Craven Harrison. Fannie. James Benjamin. Elizabeth Jane. Married Harrison Beal, Little Rock, Ark. Children of JOSEPH BAIRD. Robert A., of Morrillton, Ark. Children of B. W. BAIRD. B. F. Baird, of Greenville, Texas, R. F. D. No. 5. (Wishes lo locate hein of Isham.)

GROUP 7-MATHEW. MATHEW BAIRD, born in Tyrone, Ireland, in 1771; died 1837 in New York. He is supposed to have been son of Mathew. He was a law student at Trinity College in Dublin, and was a Presbyterian, Orangeman and Freemason. It is ni>t known exactly when he came to the United States, but he was associated with Hoban as 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 BAIROS 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 B'EARD FAMILIES

Mathew, bom 1801. Margaret, bom 1803. MATHEW BAIRD, by his second wife, had- Mathcw, bom 1805; died 1874. Married Cathrine Kleiber of Sunbury, Pa., died 1849. lnue: George W. (Rear Admiral). ROMDD&. boru 1806. Married Roband (French Huguenot), Philadelphia. Cathrine. bom 1808. Married Dr. Schwartz, Philadelphia. Rachel, bom 1810; died in Baltimore 1839. Married 1835 De Garmo, who changed hi, name to Brook.. Samuel, bom 1812. Married Miu Amelia de Carmo. luue: Jane Caroline and Amelia. Died in Cuba about 1890. Jane, born 1816. Elizabeth. 1817-1839. Sally Ann, bom 1819. Rubel. Harriet, bom 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 w:orld is . indebted to him for many scientific inventions. Among these is the• vibrating steering gear and motograph. This is a little machine ~hich is placed in the pilot hol.!Se, 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 stem-steering gear, and the 6nt 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. · · [Thls was not Mathew. Baird of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, though it is very probable that they were cousins. They may have been grandsons of Mo- of heland.-F. B. C.] · _ , •

GROUP 8-DAVID•. · :, DAVID· BAIRD, born in Scotland or Ireland about l 77 4; died I 854. 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. Thoaw William. Settlccl in New Yor~ DaYid Alesander. Married Mary Coxen in Washington, D. C. Jolia Jama. He had a dauwiter, Hattie, in government senice in Washingtoa. C.thrine Elizabeth.. Married Mr. Thompson; went to Califomia. Maraaret Jane. Married Dr. McFee; lived in England. uabella Maraaret. Nol married. REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE W. BAIRD, U.S. N. (Retired), 1505 Rhode Island Avenue, Washington, D. C.

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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 184 3 he went to Washington and in 185 7 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. DAVID 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 at Bulfalo, N. Y. Eleanor Matilda, born al Bulfalo, N. Y. William Alexander. Went lo Washington, D. C. He had a aon Bruce. Josiah Melvin. Went to Washington, D. C. Married Elvina Lavean, 1875. Mary Louisa (Mellie). Went lo 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 laabella, New York. Cathrine Mary Elizabeth, born in Washington. Married John Chalk. Isabella Virginia, born in Washington. Margaret Jane, born in Washington. Harriell 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. Addie. Dora. James. Cora. Robert. Children of Josiah Melvin and ELVINA L. BAIRD. Camille A. Jesse Read. Married Frances Seachriat. 124 BAIRD AND BF.ARD FAMILIES

David. ·. Lula May.

Children of JESSE READ and FRANCES SEACHRIST BAIRD. Ana. David H.

GROUP 9-WILLIAM• . · .WILLIAM BAIRD, Sa.. rendered brave service under General Walker at the siege .of Londonderry. He was a young man in 1690. His son, William, was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Dumma­ cose., Balleagh, 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. l 81 7. After living about six months in Philaddphia, 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, lrdand. They were:

Elizabeth. Married in Ireland to Sallluel Taggut. William. Married Miaa McCurdy in Ireland; came to America in 1811. s-ue1. c- to America· in 1809; unmarried .. J- Cauae with parenta in 1817; married Miaa Murry, Lexington, Ky.; died 1849. JoJua, born in 1787; c-e to America in 1810; lived in Philadelphia until 1818; then to Tenn-. Kentucky, Ohio, and in 1847 to Indiana. Married Sarah Martyn, of Philadelphia, 1816. Died in Clark County, Indiana, 1880. Henry. Cauae to America in 1835; died al Charle1ton, Ind., in 1869; un­ married. Au.

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, John, who lived in Ohio, and who had a son, William. This William had sons, John and William. John ii a Presbyterian minister at Plattsmouth, Neb, William lives in Cincinnati. John had besides the son several daughters-Mrs. Martha Moore, Mn. Rachel Taylor, Mn. Pollock, Mrs. Reed and Mn. Kincaid. Thia record aays William, Jr., had a brother, Thomas, of Bards- SCOTCH-IRISH BAVlDS OF AMERICA 125 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 Charlestown, 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 WILLIAM and (Miss McCurdy) BAIRD. One son killed in Ireland. William. Came with· his grandfather lo this country in 1817. He settled in Garrard County, Kentucky, and died a few years ago. Children of ]AMES and (Miss Murry) BAIRD. Mary. Married Mr. Giltner. James. Henry. Children of JOHN and SARAH MARTYN BAIRD. William, born in 1817 at Philadelphia. Married Mi11 Crouch. Died in In• dianapolis, Ind., in 1887. John M. (Dr.), born 1818, Germantown, Philadelphia. Married Nancy Faria. Lived al Philadelphia, and in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Henry. Died when 21 years of age, al 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 County, Indiana. James., Married Martha Burton, Clark Coun!}', Indiana. Robert. Married Hester Burton, Clark County, Indiana; po11ibly Territorial Secretary. Martha. Married James Kirby, Princeton, Iowa. Children of ]AMES BAIRD by his first wife (Childs). Samuel C. Taggart. Children of ]AMES BAIRD by his second wife (Welsh). Ann. Mary. Children of ]AMES BAIRD by his third wife (Bare). Amanda. Albert. William. John: 126 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Alice. Jama. Marcus. Chilchen of WILLIAM BAIRD by Sarah Faris, his first wife. Joma. Mary. Willi-. Chilchen of WILLIAM BAIRD by Mary Crawford, his second wife. Eliza. Jama. JOliah. Samuel. ·~ab. Harry. Children of WILLIAM and (---Crouch) BAIRD. Sarah. ' Jolul. . Ida. . , Alice. ', · Owla. ' Children of JOHN and NANCY FARIS BAIRD. Mary. John F, Prabyterian minister, Linwood, Cincinnati, Ohio. Anna. Died at Charleston in 1890. William. Preabyterian minister. Missionary to Korea.

Children of ANN BAIRD and Jacob Bare Clark. Jolul. '..;;t·AJmira. ' Sarah. Ida. Oiula. Robert. Eliubeth.

Children of JAMES and MARTHA B. BAIRD, Clarke County, Indiana. Ad.. Sophia. Maggie. Carrie. Tnelda. Willie. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 127

Cora. Daisy. Gilbert. Children of ROBERT and HESTER B. BAIRD, Clarke County, Indiana. Mattie. Florence. Chancellor. Orville. Edward. 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 Plattsmouth, 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 F ennaquin, Ireland; died 1872. Married Isabella Morrison, of Newton, Ireland. (One record 1ay1 Washington, 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 I 818 (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 Plattsmouth, Neb. William, born 1836, Cincinnati, Ohio. Married, 6nt, Maggie Naylor; second, M. Morrison. This William may have had the son William who had 10n1 Archibold, John, and one lame, of Garrard County, Kentucky. 128 BAIRD AND BEARD F AMILlES

GROUP 10-HENRY CAREY.

Th" Record Wa.s Civcn by Henry Carey Baird, Publisher, Philadelphia.

Hemy Baird came from Dublin to America in 1803, having been involved in what w.. called the Rebellion, in which Robert Emmet lost hi, life. Henry, with• out trial, had been conlined at Kilmonbane one year, whither Thomas James, a child of -. accompanied him. Henry'• wife wu a Mid Burnside. Thomas James, bom l79S. He and hi, father came to this country 1803. Robert, the oldest son of Henry, came before 1803. Henry's family came about !SOS, and they, the parenll, lived with Henry Samuel al Green Bay, Wis,. where they both died. · Thomu Jama, brother of Henry Samuel, born at Dublin, wu appointed cadet at Wat Point, 1813. He graduated. Lieutenant of Light Artillery, 1814, and tel'Yed ill the war agai111t Creal Britain. He wu Captain Third Artillery, resign­ ing in 1828. He died al Potllville, 1842. He married Eliza Catherine Carey, of Philadelphia, 1822. They had two 10na and four daughten. Edward Carey, the youngeat ,on. served with great distinction in the War of 1861-5, ud bec11111e Adjutant General, with the rank of Major. General Meade, with whom he served, 1861-2, 1aid: "I have never seen a man who had greater capacity for handlin; troops. Had he been in the line instead of the staff he wo.tld come out a Major General." He died in 1874. Henry Carey ia ponibly the oldell active publisher in the United States; born September, 182S. "Who', Who in America," 1903-4, gave an account of Henry Carey Baird. He married Elizabeth Davi, Penington. Henry. Samuel Baird, lawyer; Lorn 1800 in Dublin; died in Green Bay, Wi1., 1875; married Therese Fisher, granddaughter of an Ottawa chief. Appleton's Encyclopedia givea hi, father u Thomas, but he wu Henry. It 1ay1 Thomas waa a United Irishman. He came to America. 1802, being followed by hi, family in 1805. Henry studied law at Pittsburgh. Pa. He lived in Mackinac, Mich. In 1824 he removed to Green Bay. ln 1832 he aerved u Quartermaster-General _ in the Black Hawk War. In 1836 he wu President of the lint Legi,lalive Council ·of · the territory of Wiaconain: the aame year he wu appointed the fmt Attorney­ General of the same territory. He was secretary of Governor Henry Dodge, U. S. Cammiaaiooer, and wu the last Whig candidate for Governor · of Wisconsin. He wu for many years Vice-Preaidcnt of the Historical Soeiety. In 1861-2 he wu Mayor of Green Bay. , Hemy Carey, 1011 of Thomu J&1J1es; born in Pot11ville, Pa., 1836; died --, Virginia, 1874. He served u Ani,tu.t Adjutu.t-General for four yean to Gen, John F. Reynalda, Army of the Potomac, and on the lint day of battle of. Getty... bu.-_ that general died in his arms. Baird wu promoted lo rank of Major for ' gallant coaduct. · · Therae Baird, born at Prairie du Chien, Wi,., 1810; daughter of Henry Mllll?O Fi.her, fur trader of Scotch ancestry. Her grandmother wa1 Migi1a11., dauahter of the Ottawa chief Kewinaquol (Returning Cloud). Miu Fi.her mar• ried al Mackinac laland, 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 Mom), born 1825. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 129

GROUP I I-THOMAS. THOMAS BAIRD AND MARY DOUGLAS. Taqen from Mr. Seilhamers Chronicle. [This seems to be the same line A. B. Baird, of Kentucky, tells of in his letter. A. B. Baird also seems to take in the William Baird, of Limavardy, Ireland. Although he thought they came direct from Ireland and they had Jived in Pennsylvania some years.-F. B. C.] Thomas Baird, of Failing Spring, was probably a 10n of Rebecca and' John Beard, of Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware County, Del., and· New London Township, Chester County, Pa. He was born aoout 1724 and died before 1775. He came to Falling Spring with his brother, John, about 1747, and took up 292 acres of land in what is now Guilford Township, Franklin (then Lancaster) County, Pa. This plantation was adjacent to the present limits of Cham­ bersburg. Thomas was a taxable in Guilford in 175 I. Mr. Baird was a prom• inent man in his township and lilied a number of township oJlices. His wife was Mary Douglas. Their children were: James, born 1748. He was a surveyor and assisted Captain James Potter to resurvey the John McMillan land, on Monongahela, 1771. He was on the assesa­ ment list for Hempfield Township, Bedford, afterward Westmoreland, County, where he had two tracts of land of 300 acres. He went from Westmoreland County lo Kentucky, and drew lot 25, afterward 88, in the first drawing of 1011 for the town of Louisville, April 24, 1779. He represented Nelson County in conven• lions that made Kentucky a stale. He married Mary Potter, daughter of Captain John Potter, the lint 1herilf of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In Captain John Potter's will he mentions one son of this marriage, James Potter Baird. There were probably another son, Thomas, and two daughters. This· 10n, Thomu, died without issue near Bardstown io 1791. In his will he gave lii1 brother Jame, 200 acres of land and lo his brothers-in-law, John Shields and William Wilson, I 00 acre,, and named his mother as residuary legatee. Thomas, second son of Thomas and Mary Douglu, born at Falling Spring, 1754; died in Kentucky. He waa assessed for 300 acres of land in Hempfield Township, Bedford County, Pa., afterward Westmoreland, 1772. He bought from his brother J oho, 1776, a part of the old Baird plantation on Failing Spring, which John obtained under proceedings in partition in the Orphans Court of Cumberland County. He was in Guilford Township during part of the Revolu• tioo, and wu enrolled in Captain William Long"• command, Cumberland County Associators, as company clerk. He was Second Lieutenant of Capt. James Calder• wood's Independence Company, 1777. Lieutenant Baird went to Kentucky with his brother James and drew lot No. I in first drawing of lots for Louisville. In 1795 he was living in Shelbyville, Ky. He wu appointed guardian in Cumberland County, Pennaylvania, of hia, son, Charles. He married, first, Esther Kilgore, daughter of Chu. and J"°e Kilgore, of Pennaborough Township, Cumberland County, Pa.; second, the widow Hudley, and had four girls. John Baird, third 10n of Thomu and Mary Douglu, wu born aat Falliug Spring, 1756: married Agnes ---, and died in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He bought the Thomas Baird homestead in Guilford Township, 1775, adjacent-to Chambersburg, his elder brothers, James and Thomu, having renounced in his favor. He was enrolled in Captain William Long'a Company of Cumberland County A11ociators, I 779; served lour of duty under Lieut. Adam Harmony. L.te in life he removed lo Allegheny, afterward Beaver County. Married Agnes ~. Issue: Agnes, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, Martha, John Hugh, James and Thomu. 9 130 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Samuel. the fourth sou of Thomu and Mary D. Baird, wu born at Falling Spring. 1757; died at Pit11ville, Pa., 1820. He wu a aurveyor and wu interested in the coal mines on the Schuylkill in 1784 with Col. Thomu Pon,. He sold hia interest in the mines in 1788. He married Rebecca Potts, daughter of Col. Thomaa Potts. The other som 1111d daughteri of Thomas and Mary Douglu Baird were: Elizabeth. Married Mr. Macham or Mecham. Mary. Married Hugh Erwin. William. Married aister of Joseph Kinkead in 1776. RoberL · J01epb. No record. Martha. After the death of Thomu Sr., Mary Oouglu went with the children lo Kentucky, 1775. Capt. Joaeph Kinkead wu in General Clark's expedition, 1776, to Kentucky. Hia sitter married William Baird, one of the founden of Bardstown, Ky. One record saya William Baird, after surveying Bardatown, returned to euteru PCDJ11ylvauia and died there.

SECOND GENERATION.

~Children of THOMAS and EsTHER KILGORE BAIRD, his first wife. Thoma. Married Eliubeth Stevemoo of Kentucky. Charles, bona 1777. Married Cathrine Tyler, born 1777; daughter of Judge John Tyler, ,aid to be ,iater of John Tyler, tenth Preaident of the United Statea. Charles wu born at Bardatown; died at Clay Village, Ky.; mar• ried in 1798. Filled many ,tale oflicea. Elected Governor but died before taking oflice. Children of THOMAS BAIRD and Widow Handley, his second wife. FOlll girls. -· . Children of JOHN and AGNES BAIRD (one letter says Venango County, Pa.) •. . A.gr,.-. Mary•. Eliubeth. Margaret. Manha. Jolm. Hugh. Pittaburah, Pa. J-. . Tbomu. Probably married Wuhingt011 CoUD.ty, Iowa; died . . 1902. Mary McKinley,.

Children of SAMUEL and REBECCA P. BAIRD. Lived in Reading. After Samuel's death Rebecca. removed to Carlisle, Pa. Thamu. William. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 131

John. Samuel, born 1786; died 1833. A surveyor and quartcnnastcr in Revolutic-. Married Lydia McFunn Biddle in 1815. Mary Ann. Deborah. Harriet. Rebecca P. Martha Rutter.

THIRD GENERATION.

Children of THOMAS and ELIZABETH STEVENSON BAIRD. Eliza K. Thomas R. Had a son, J. 8., of Louisville, Ky. J, B. aaid hi, grandfather &aid he wu a first cousin of Robert Baird, of Y onlten. Robert F. (Probably the "finisher of fine hats.") Joseph C. Children of CHARLES and CATHERINE TYLER BAIRD, of Clay Vil­ lage. Robert (Dr). Bom 1798; died 1880. Graduated in Philadelphia, lived at Middleburg, Pa., moved to Clay Village, Ky. Married Sabra Bower, born 1808. Died at Shirleysburg. Pa. Peter. Bom 1801. Thomas, 1805. Tyler, 1807. Charles K., 1811. Esther. Charles, 1816. Jessie K., born 1818. Twice married, each tulle Mr. Baird, Clin1011, Mo. Children of THOMAS and MARY McK. BAIRD, Iowa. Jamea McK., Mineola, Kana, Thomaa J. Married Agnes McGee Wright. Died 1900. Iuue: Eva, Nellie, Alice, Mary, William and Homer, all of Ainsworth, Iowa. Cyrua. Evanston, Wyo. Calvin Adama. Married Eliza. Son, Cloyce, Wuhington, Iowa. Hugh. Clintonville, Pa. Died Sandy Lake, Pa., 1903. Married Mary Thom. Pittaburgh, Pa. Children of SAMUEL and LYDIA B. BAIRD, Reading, Pa. William McFuno, born 1817; died 1872. Married H~iet Holmes. Samuel. Spencer Fullerton (Prof.), born 1823. Married Helen Churchill. Lived in Carlisle. Moved lo Washington, D. C., 1850. Diatinguished acientiat of the Smithsonian Institution. Thomaa. Lived in Westchester. Married Mary Bill. BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

, Rebecca Potts . .L.y,~fo, $pencer. Mary Deborah. Married Henry J. Biddle, of Philadelphia. After S&1Due1'1 death Lydia went to Carliale, Pa.

Children of DR. RoBERT and SABRA B. BAIRD, his first wife, and Mrs. W. Lovell, of Clay Village, Ky., whom he married in l 820. He died at Shirleysburg, Pa. Jane, born 1829. Married Mr. Vanbleet. Charles L G., born 1831, Philadelphia;: lived in Terre Haute, Ind. He had a IOllo J. R., of St, Louia, Mo., born 1857. Barton de Forest. 1834: died 1863. Married Malinda Wallace in 1856. Harriet. 1836. Married, 6nt, Dr. John Hard.on; second, Dr. Kellog, of ·' Kamu City. Cathrine, 1838. Married F r1111k Harri19D. · Iuue: Eight children. Thomaa Cummins (Dr.), 1841. Mar~ied Amanda Kellog. Had a son, Ed­ ward K., New York City. ·. MIIQ!· C., 1844: died 1852; Robert A.. 1846; died 1852. Frederick. bom 1848. LiYed at Three Springs, then New York, then Chicago. Had a daughter, Jes1ie. Sabra A., 1851. Married Mr. Endresa, Loa Angeles, Cal.

Children of William McFunn and HARRIET H. BAIRD. William. Sllllllld. Robert H. Philadelphia, Pa. Mary L Reading. Pa. I Children of PROF. SPENCER F. and MARY c. BAIRD. Lucy Hunter.

Cbildrc,n of MARY DEBORAH BAIRD and Henry J. Biddle. Jonathan William. Died 1877. Lydia McFunD. Married M. RobinlOll, Philadelphia. Spencer Fullerton. ~tine Willia1111. Henry Jonathan.

Children of THOMAS ~nd MARY B. BAIRD. Willi&JD McFunn . . J01eph. l,.yclia Sl)ACer. Henry J. Caroline. PROF. SPENCER F. BAIRD, Smith•onian lnslitution, Washington, D. C.

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Children of BARTON DE F. (DR.), and MALINDA BAIRD. Prac- ticed at Three Springs, Pa., and Clay Village, Shelby County, Ky. Angelina, born 1857. Robert Rush, 1858, Columbua, Ga. Mary Sabra, 1860. Married J. C. Stever, RoS&iter, Indiana County, Pa. Charlea Bower, 1862. Non.-Mr. Rush Baird has a portrait of Charles, Sr., painted in 1846.

There were JESSE A. BEARD, father and son, from Columbus, Ga. (possibly sons of ROBERT RUSH BAIRD, Morgan County). Mar­ ried Tally. Issue: Mary and Thomas 0.

There was a JESSE KILGORE BAIRD; married Priscilla Vance, Louisville, Ky. There was William, of Garrard County, Kentucky, 1859, who had three sons, John, Archibald, the younger lame, supposed to be de­ scended from Thomas, son of Charles. There was a JOHN BAIRD, House of Representatives, Tennessee, in 1794.

THE BAIRDS OF BARDSTOWN, KY.

From a Letter from A. B. Baird, Hartford, K:y., 1885. "My grandfather, James Baird, was born and raised al Newton, not far from Londonderry, North of Ireland. His father's name was Thomu. and he died in Ireland about 1780. The family c:ame from Scotland to Ireland in the latter part of the seventeenth century. They lived in the neighborhood of Glasgow. "Four of my grandfather's brothen came to Americ:a a short time before the Revolution, lo wit: Robert, John, Thomu, William, brothers of James. "Three of these were in the war and lived lhrough it. After the war they c:ame to Kentucky and settled in a plac:e in c:entral Kentucky, calling it Bairdstown, now Bardstown. "James, on the death of his father, about 1780, c:ame to America; spent one year at Chambersburg, Pa. In 1783 he moved over the mountain to Red Stone, now c:alled Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa. There he lived one year. In 1785 he c:ame down the river to the falls of the Ohio, where the city of Louisville i1 now. On thi1 trip several of the c:rew were wounded by IPdia.m. among them J ame1. He went lo Bairdstown, where he lived till 1790. He then moved lo Hartford and lived there until hi1 death, in 1826. "William, brother of James, unmarried at that time, went to Hartford and carried on a lanyard till 1794, when 'Mad' Anthony Wayne wu appointed com• mander of the Northwe1tern Army. As aoon u William heard this, having 1erved under Wayne in the Revolutionary War, he and a companion, William Barnett, left on foot and went to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, and joined Wayne. After the Indians were defeated and the army disbanded, Wm•. Baird and Wm. Barnett settled in Penn1ylvapia. He ma'rried and raised a family. "One of lhe 1001 of Thoma1 moved to Fort Na1h, Nashville. Tenn. 134 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

..Another of thia family went to Indiana. One. whcm name wu Robert wu Territorial Secretary." [The father of John P. Baird (of Terre Haute, Ind.) was a cousin of James (who wu &On of James and father of A. B. Baird, the writer of the letter). James, the son of James who ca1J1C to America in 1780, was born 1781 in Newton, Ireland; died 1868. . A. B. was his youngest son. (These seem to be descendants of William and John, of Limavady, Ireland.) Thia letter proves that Thomas and family were from Ireland, though A. B. was mlataken about Thomas dying in Ireland. It was in Pennsylvania. Johll Baird, said to have been born about 172~, was very likely Captain John1 brother of Tbomaa, James, Moses and Robert, possible sons or nephews of J obn, or Christiana Hundred. Tradition says be 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. Seilhamer says: John Baird, presumed to be the son of John and Rebecca Baird, removed from Cheater County, Penmylvania. with hia brolher, Thomas. about 1747, and settled in the Cumberland Valley, taking up land, in Guilford Town.hip, Franklin County. Pia hia ume does not appear on the Guilford tax list for 1751 it i1 probable he removed to Petera, where he wu a taxable at that time. He wu appointed conatable of the new towmhip, Fannet, in 1754. He married Agna McFall. Their chil­ drea were William. John. Francia (born 1754), David, laahella, Agnes and Jane." Alexander and Elizabeth Ellis had a son, Francis, born I 74 7. JOHN BAIRD, born in Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pa., had a son and grandson, Francis: he may have been a brother of this Francis of Warwick, N. Y. '

CROUP 12-FRANCIS.

FRANCIS BAIRD, born ---; died 1800. Married, 1758, Esther Eagles ( ? ) •

SECOND GENERATION. Their children were: William Eaglea, bom 1765; died 1814. Married Suah DeKay. John. No c:leacenduata. Married Eather. Sandy Hill, then SaratogL SUlllel, bom 1769; died 1806. Muried. 1792, Hannah Minthorn. Abia Francit. Died at Sandy Hill, New York. Unmarried: Au.a. Unmarried. Mupnt. Married Joaeph Walling.

THIRD GENERATION. 1 Children. of WILLIAM E. and SARAH DEK. BAIRD. E.ther, 1785. Nathaniel Wheeler, 1787-1838. Married Abigail Denton. Marr, 1790-1836. Muried Thomas H. Burt. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 135

Ahia Frances, 1792-1848, in Orange County, New York. Married, 1823. Lany F onhee. Elizabeth, 1794. Jane Anne, 1795-1853. France,, 1800-1889. Married Ahia Blain. Sarah. 1802-1886. Married Nathaniel Pelton. Juliana E., 1805-1808. Christina Eliza. 1809-18%. Married David Barclay. Children of SAMUEL and HANNAH M. BAIRD •. Nathaniel M. No descendants. France,. No descendants. Thomas Eagles, died 1852. Married Mary Ann Tyler, bom 1798. Hannah Minthon. Married, 1849, John R. Masten. Esther. Esther; Married William Law1on. Hannah. Left no descendants. · Margaret. Married, 1841, William Browning, born 1792. Nathaniel M. No descendants. Jane. No descendant,. Children of MARGARET BAIRD and Joseph Walling. Francia B.• born 1786; died 1861. Married, 6nt, Margaret Perry; acc:oDd. Mr,. Mary V anCourt. Joseph. Moved West. Sarah. FOURTH GENERATlON. 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. Thoinu B. Married Mary Ellen Bachman. Martin V. Married Cynthia French. William B. Married Caroline Enock. Children of Thomas Eagles and MARY A. (TYLER) BAIRD. Thomu, Anna Elizabeth, born 1824; died 1897. Married William H. Marb,uy. Children of HANNAH M. BAIRD and John R. Masten. Jobn Sommers. Edith. Elizabeth. Married Laurence Stabler. 1.:>0 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Chil~ren of .EsTHER-BAIRD and \Villiam Lawson. Samuel. Thomu Baird. Married Mary Denyse. Children of MARGARET BAIRD and William Browning. Samuel, born 1847; died 1892. Muried, 1868, Lucretia Burdett . .Thomas. born 1842. Married, 1868, Alice Virginia Marbury. He .practiced law in New York City.

This interesting family is written- up fully in "The Baird Centen­ nial," edited by Ferdinand V. Samford, Warwick, N. Y. FRANCIS BAIRD settled in Warwick, N. Y., in 1765. He had previously been a merchant in New York City. Shortly after his arrival he purchased a large tract of land, about 220 acres, the greater part -of which he probably bought of Henry Wisner, of Goshen. In 1776 he built the stone house on Main Street, which is now owned by Mr. William B. Sayer. . This was the leading inn or tavern in the village ·from the time it was built up to 1830, and the "shows" that came to town were held in the large ball-room. Among the distinguished persons who stopped at this house were Gen. Ceorge Washington and wife, en route to his Newburg head- quarters, 1782. . FRANCIS BAIRD was a man of prominence and wealth for that early day. He was one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Warwick and one of its incorporators, 1 791. The records of the First and Second Presbyterian Churches, New York City, have an entry among marriages, June 21, 1758, of FRANCIS BAIRD and Esther Eagles, believed to be· the record of the pioneer and of his wife. THOMAS EAGLES BAIRD, son of Samuel, went to Washington, D. C., where he met George Rodney and Thomas Tyler, who had contract for furnishing stone for the United States Treasury building from the "quarry on the Tyler plantation in Stafford County, Virginia . . THOMAS E. went with the T ylers, who were related to the Presi­ dent, to their home, 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 Lawson died before 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. He said the BAIROS came from Bally Castle, Ire­ land, in the boat King William. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AME.RICA lj/

GROUP 13--SIMON. The ancestor of this family (supposed to be Simon) came from Dublin, Ireland, and settled in North Carolina.

SECOND GENERATION. Simon. Move4_ to Missouri, thcu to Hempstead Co11J1ty, Arlt&111u. Died iA 1857. John. Married Sarah Adams. Polly. Married Hewet Burt. Nettie. Married Mr. McClinton. Peggie. M_arried Mr. McDonald. Children of SIMON BAIRD and, first, ---- Johnson. Lou Nice. Married, fint, George Shorer; second, Erwin James. Edward, born 1830; died 1884. Unmarried. John (teacher), died 1861. Unmarried. Morrison, died at ace of 18 years. Children of SIMON BAIRD and, second, SARAH BAILEY BAIRD. William Augustus, born 1839. Married Mn. Susanna Curtis Carter, Josephine. Married Newton McLean, 1860. Died 1897. Adrien. Married John McLean, 1866. Died 1867. [There may have been a son Simon who married Margaret Adams in Abbeville, S. C.-F. B. C.J 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 Browns- 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 PECCY BAIRD and McDonald (died at Mt. Pleasant, Titus County, Texas). Simon. Mary. Jue. Black. -:- Syc:bieybam. THIRD GENERATION. Children of Lou N1cE 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. Bentley. Had three girl,• . Children of SARAH BAIRD and Thos. Wesley Moore. Joseph Duglu, 1900, Miller County, Arkan1u. Marjorie Sue, 1903. Children of DIXIE ADELLA BAIRD and J as. C. Wilson. Jama Baird, born 1903. William Wallace, born 1904. Children of ALBERT C. and PHOEBE A. BAIRD, Washington, Ark. Roy. Atkina. Louise. Joseph. Children of WILLIAM AUGUSTINE and SUSAN CARTER BAIRD • • Thomu Walter, born 1868 at Hempatead CoWlty, Ark. Married Rebecca ·• . ' F erau-, Salida, Colo. . Joseph Simon, born 1869. Married Anna Mary Holman, putor at Brocton, Port Arthur and Bridgeport, Tuu. Had 100 Joseph. Endora Adrian. born 1873. Married John McLain. ••Laura Lucinda, born 1875. Lived in Miller County, Ark. Sarah. born 1877. Married Thomu Moore 1899. Dim Adella, bona 1881. Married Jama C. Wil1011, Bowie County, Tuu. Joecphine, born 1897. Married Newton McLain 1860. WILLIAM AUGUSTINE BAIRD moved from Hempstead County, Arkamu, to Miller County, Arkansas, 18 71 : 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 Vicksburg, where he was twice wound• SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 139

ed. He served four years, was in the battle of Corinth, Miss., and Prairie de Hand, near Hope, Ark. [From the names Black, Moore, and Wilson this may be related to the Cornellua line.-1". B. C.] Joscph is in the Isham and Cornelius line. [Mrs. C. A. Baird, of Washington County, Ark., says that her husband wa1 a grandson of Simon B. of Abbeville, S. C. He married Margaret Adams. He had relatives in Georgia. Mrs. C. A. is an aunt of Joseph L. Atkins 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, Isham, Cornelius, and James were all hrothen. -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 1865.

GROUP 14-THOMAS (THE WISCONSIN BAIROS).

"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 Jam.es.

THIRD GENERATION •.

Children of JOHN BAIRD. Stephen. John (killed). Children of ROBERT BAIRD. John. James. Children of WILLIAM BAIRD (he went to Pennsylvania in 1723). James. William. John. Joaeph. BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

/Children of STEPHEN JAMES (went to Eastern states). James . . ,Robert. John. FOURTH GENERATION. :Children of STEPHEN, son of JoHN BAIRD. William, 1769-1847. Married Cathrine Carroll. Buried al Vinland, Osh~ kosh, Wis. John. Oerk ·to Anglican Bishop at Kellala, Ireland. Samuel. Married Ann (daughter of John, SOD ·of James). Stephen. Unmarried. Bessie. ·Married · Mr. KilpAlric. Settled near Baird relatives in Canada. Nancy •. Married James Baird. William and Catherine came to America in 1839. Settled near Burlington. Vt, Their sons, George and Stephen, visited, in 1835, cousins there who 'had settled in New York and Pennsylvania. Children of Joseph, the son of William: ·Ann. Eliza: John. Thia John had daughter Mary who, "it ts said," married William Jonninga Bryan, of Lincoln, Neb., 1884. Children of JAMES, son of STEPHEN JAMES. John. RoberL James. Children of ROBERT, son of STEPHEN JAMES-not traced. Children of JOHN, son of STEPHEN JAMES. John. Stephen. Ann. Married Samuel, SOD of Stephen.

FIFTH GENERATION.

Children of WILLIAM and CATHERINE CARROL BAIRD. George, 1805-1884. N1111C7, • Stephen, 1810.:1901. M~ried Jeanie Chapman, 1845. Moved from Waukesha County, Wisconsin, to Oaceola, Iowa, in 1870. S..uel, born 1812. Married at Waukesha, Wia., 1846, Mary A. Carpenter, He died 1888. Both buried at Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha. Wis. Cathrine. Married George Clark. of Oshkosh, Wis. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 141

Children of JOHN (who married in Ireland and was Clerk of the English Bishop)-not located: Mary. William. Stephen. Belle. Ellen. 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): John. Lived al Hopkinton, N. Y. (Adopted a Gillespie child.) Stephen (of Oshkosh). Married Ann Baird in Vermont, 1840. They were first and third cousin•. Eliza. Married Peter Aiken. Ann (called "Big Ann"). Married John Gunnell, of Wisconsin. Jane. Married. Samuel Bullock, of Richland Center, Wi1. Children of NANCY BAIRD and ]AMES BAIRD: Robert. Had• two sons, John and James. This John had Mary, Rob, and James. Samuel. Jane. Nellie. Eli:z:abeth. Ann. In 1835, Stephen, of Oshkosh, crossed the ocean with this f~mily of Bairds. They stopped at Montreal, Canada, and later som: of them came to the States. Children of JOHN, son of ]AMES. David. Henry. John. Children of ROBERT, son of ]AMES. John (called Jack). James, Mary, Children of JOHN, son of JOHN. David. Henry. John. Susan. 142 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Betta. Rebecca. Maria. ["These were cousins of the Wisconsin John, and came to America."] Children of STEPHEN, son of ]OHN. AlaaJldc:r. Lived at Green Lake, Wis. Had daughten Ellen, Sarah, md Laura. Moved to Iowa. John of Wisconsin, 1820-1907. Married Mary McConnel. Buried at Ver• DOD, Wis. Au.. Married Stephen (called Red Stephen), of Oshklllh. HaDDah. Ellen. Married Benjamin Bonnett.

SIXTH GENERATION.

Children of STEPHEN and JEANNE C. BAIRD: John W., bom 1846. Married Ellen Richardson 1873. He wu a graduate of Beloit. dau 1869; of Chicago Theological Seminary, 1672. Ordained at Waukesha, 1872. Went 1ame year to Turkey aa minionary. Married an A!Derican minionary in Bro111a, Turkey. Returned on furlough from Samakov, Bulgaria, 1885-97 and 1908. S&111uel C.. born 1848. Married Joanna Carpenter at Waukesha, 1874. Lived at Oaceola. Elizabeth C., bom 1850. Married Thoma Lomu, Cresco. Iowa. Jennie M., born 1853. Unmarried. Instructor, Osceola. Alico A., born 1865. Unmarried. Instructor, Marshalltown, Iowa. Children of SAMUEL and MARY A (Carpenter) BAIRD, Wauke- sha, Wis.: Mary Jane, bom 1847. · Married Albert Nelson White, 1873. Sarah Ann. born 1849. Married Willi&111 Lowry, 1860. Willi- George, bom 1851. Married Margaret Mann, 1881. Stcphea Austin, born 1854. Married Ellen Wyrill Leadly, 1885. MIIMI Woaley, 1859-1865. Children of CATHERINE and George Clark: . Elizabeth. Mary J. J AIJIIDdl, Rebecca Asm. Ellen C. Children of STEPHEN (son of Samuel and Ann), and ANN BAIRD .. O,hkoeh. Wis.: John A. Married Mary Payne, of Cog.ell, N. D. Sam111l W. Unmarried. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 143

William H. Ma.rried Miu Brook.. Thomas J. Ma.rried Ellen Payne, Neenan, Wia. S. Dennie. Unmarried. Judge and justice of the peace, Neenan, Wia. Ellen. Eliza. Married William Thomas. Isabella. Married Ambrose Raymond, St. Cloud, Mini,.. Children of JOHN {son of John, son of James T.) and MARY McC. BAIRD, of Waukesha, Wis.: Margaret, born 1853. Married Fredric Hoffman, 1875, at Oshkosh, Wis. Sarah Jane, 1855. Married Herman Wright at Waukesha, 1884. James Alexander, 1857. Married Jennie Wright, 1883. Robert Johnston, 1859. Married Ottie B. Jones, 1891, at Fond du Lac, Wia. Moved to Pasadena, Cal. Mary Ellen, 1861. Married John Stewart, 1890, Waukeaba. William Hilton, 1863. Ma.rried Minnie Schlagel, 1897, Waukeaba. John Henry, 1864. Married Julia Rayner, 1896, Proapect, 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: Agnea. M., bom 1876. Graduated in Constantinople, 1894. Ethel C., bom 1880. Married Robert 0. Williams, 1908. Clara C., bom I881. Emma L, born 1883. Arthur R, 1886. Graduate Pomona, Cal., and Claremont, Cal., 1908. Alice Irene, 1888. Winifred E., 1895. Children of SAMUEL and JOANNA C. BAIRD: Clarice Janet, born 1875. N~llie, born 1877. Harry Earl, born 1879. Frank C., bom 1886. Mar1ied Hazel Sperry, 1907, 01eeola, Iowa. Children of ELIZABETH BAIRD and Thomas Lomas: De Witt, E., born 1870. Married Minnie L McNaughton, 1893, Valiaca, Iowa. Willia, 1872. Graduate Ruah Medical College, Chicago, 1896. Married Alice B. Calvin. Ida E., 1874. Married E. Merrill Bowen, 1899. Frank 8., 1877. Married Mary Farn1worth, Creaco, Iowa. Minnette J., 1879. Married Lieut. George S. Simonds, 1903. Died 1904. M4 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

Children of MARY J. BAIRD and Albert N. White: Clarissa. bol'1l 1873. Married Henry A. Bunc, 1899 . .Edith Anna, 1875. Married Charles G. QuiDD, 1895, at Decatur, Neb. Juon Baird, 1878. Married Clara Woodrich, 1905. Graduate in law, De­ canu, Neb. Jaaie Sarah, 1882. · .Children of William. George and. MARCARET BAIRO: Jama Wcsley, 1882. Married Anna M. Wright, 1907, William- G. Daughter,. 1886. William Lockhart, 1887. S&UQµel V ernoa, 1889-1892. Austin Joseph, 1892. Leslie Eaton, 1895. Children· of Stephen Austin and ELLEN W. L. BAIRD, Waukesha, Wis.: · Robert Leadley, bol'1l 1886. Married Daisy Doloris Beah. Children: Janet J. and Ellen Louise. Twin daughten, 1889. Arthur Stephen, 1893-1898. Children of JOHN A.· and MARY PAYNE BAIRD, of Cogsdell, N. D.: Hattie. Charles T. George. Frank. Ray. James G. Grace-. OellL Children of THOMAS J. and ELLEN P. BAIRO, Menar, Wis.: Jemiie. Married Ora Coata. Children: Kenneth, lone, and Idabel. Albert J. Jessie.. Married George Caspenon. Agna. Annie.,. Mary. Eatclla. · ' He!~ lreae. - - : .~ .. Children of ELIZA BAIRD and William Thomas: Frank. William 0. Cbulm· H. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 145

Children of ISABELLA BAIRD and Ambrose Raymond: Nettie. Claude. Della. Mable Orton. Lomie. EIGHTH GENERATION. Children of Clarissa White and Henry A. Busse: Albert Henry, born 1900. Fredric Bryan, 1904. Agnes Raymacher, 1905. Mary Baird, 1907. Jessie White, 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. Non.-This line is further traced by Jennie M. Baird, Osceola, Iowa.

GROUP 15-JOHN.

John Beard of Ireland married MARY BAIRD of Scotland. John served in the Revolution and was killed. They had one son:

FIRST GENERATION. John Beard, who was reared by Mary's people. The name is spelled both Beard and Baird by the descendants. (One record says John lived al Cham­ beriburg, Pa.)

SECOND GENERATION. Children of John Beard, Jr.: Agnes. Married Mr. Wilsoo. John. Married Miss Duncan. Thomas, born 1778; died 1864. Married Martha McKee. Hugh. Married, 6nt, Miss Clemens. Martha. Married Mr. Wilcox. Elizabeth {Betsy). Married Mr. McCombs. Polly. Married Mr. Baird (not certain). Pcal!Y• Married Mr. Vaneman. If) 146 BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

John aettled lint in Franklin County, PL, later moving to Bedford County, part of which ia now Weatmoreland County. From there John moved to Y oungatowu, Ohio, and aettled on a farm west of there. Thia farm ia 1IDW owned by Mn. Foster, a great-granddaughter of John, granddaughter of Hugh. Hugh Baird married three times, and with hi, three wive ■ ia buried on the old farm near Youngatown. He had two ■on■, Utilli1 of Alleghany, PL, Cemena, and a daughter Mn. Alexander. 'Thomu cune from Westmoreland County and purchased a tract of four hun• dred acres of land one mile west of where Clintonville, Venango County, now atanc:la. Thia land wu bought for $500 and i1 now owned by hia grandlc>-, John and William. Thomu aettled on thia land about 1796. He wu taken from the harvest field and walked to Erie lo aerve in the War of 1812, belonging to Captain Mc:Manigal'a company. He waa one of the pioneer juaticea of the peace. He married Marthe, a 1i1ter of Judge Thomu McKee, who came with Thomu from Westmoreland County. They packec:I llour and salt over the mountaina from Westmoreland on honeback. Thomu and Martha were buried on their farm, but several yean later their remaina were removed to the McKee Cemetery, Clintonvilie, Pa. The following data were given by another member of the family: THOMAS BAIRD, or Beard, went from Franklin County (possibly Chambersburg), to Venango County, Pennsylvania, about 1796. He went to W aahington County, Iowa, in 1865 : and he spent the rest -of hii life there, dying about 1905. He married Martha McKee. Children of THOMAS and MARTHA McKEE BAIRD: John (Beard), 1601-1866. Married Suaan McKee. 511MD, born 1603, Married John Van Dyke, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Mary, bol'll 1605. Jamea, 1607-1864. Married Mary Kilpatrick. Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1609. Married John Coulter, M.D. Thomu, born 1811. Married Mary McKinley . ... . Williun. born 1813. Married Sarah Parry. Went to Wat Virginia. Hugh (Baird), 1815-1903, Married Maraaret Jones. He died al Sandy Laite, Men:er COUDty, Pa. M.tilda, born 1819. Married Gibson Vincent.

THlRD CENERATION. Children of James and Mary K. Beard: Martha. Married John Vincent: Alm Eliza; Suan. Married Rev. J. M. Foater. Sarah Jane. Married Col. Porter Phippa. Mary. Married John A. Porter. Jobn M. Married Mary Grace Hovis, Grove City, Pa. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OF AMERICA 147

William A. Married, first, Jennie Courthey; second, Susan. Smith, Grove City, Pa. Children of WILLIAM and SARAH P. BAIRD: Mary. Married Mr. Hammond. Belle. Married Platte Jeooe. Mattie. Married E. S. Jenne. Elvira. Married V. B. Archer. Thomas. William. NoTE.-Thomas and William supposed to have gone to V;;ginia (possibly Kentucky), Children of Elizabeth, or Betsy, Beard and Dr. John Coulter: Cyrus. Married Lizzie Creasy. Adelina. Married Thomas J. Eakin. Mattie, of Kinnerdale, Pa. Children of Thomas and Mary McKinley Beard: James M. Married Lizzie Maughlin, who lives in Mineola, Kans. Thomas Jefferson. Married Agnes M. Wright. He died in WashingtoD County, Iowa, 1902. She died iD Moumouth, III. Cyrus. Married, first, Narcissus Wilson; second, Fruces B. Burkhead. He is judge of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, his home being in CheyeJ1Dc. Calvin A. Married Eliza A. Riddle. Children of HUGH and MARGARET J. BAIRD: Martha. Mai-ried Hugh McCullough, Mary. Married Emile Thome. Matilda.

FOURTH GENERATION.

Children of Martha Beard-and John Vincent: Hattie. William. Married Nannie Snyder, l11ue: Mary, Wilder, Rose, Porter, Charles, Ernest. CibsoD. Married Hallie Atwell. Children of Susan Beard and Rev. J. M. Foster: HeDry (Rev.). Married Laura Scolt. Issue: Ernest, WeDdell, Utillis, Nor• man, Mary. James. Children of Sarah Jane Beard and Col. Porter Phipps: Lyman. Married Vera McKoon. Issue: Crace. Mary. Robert. Married Vinie Vanderlisa. lsaue: Three children, John. BAJRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

· E~i.. Marriei:f'Harry Lewia. luue: Sarah, Elizabeth. Ciace. Married Fred Boyce. Iuue: Fredrick, Robert. Children of Mary Beard and John A Porter: J-a. Married Mae EakiA. luue: Mary Elizabeth, Harold • .Arthur. Jolua. Married HIIDllah Cr011. luue: Victor. Fred. Married Mina Kollmeyer. · .AdL Married Denton Blair. li,ue: Fredrick, Jean Louite. lJtillis. Married Crace Harri,. luue: Jachon. EllL Married William Ward. luue: Helen, Jotephine. Anna. Children of JOHN M. and MARY GRACE H. BAIRD: SUHD May, 1874. Married James Chambers, 1908. Issue: Herbert, Vivian, Cycle, John, Florence. David Edwin. M.D.,· 1876. Married Alice Whitney, luue: Donald, Ruth.• David.. , Frank. Pierce.' 1880; · Married Beuie Bainet, 1908. luue: John, Laurence, .Franca• . Almeda Flamice. 1881. Married Edward E. C. Howe (Re-v.), 1914. Iuue: Almeda; died at Pretbyterian Miasion, Canton, China, 1915. Jetae Hays, 1889. Married Sue Bragatad, 1917. , Clarence. Married Mary Atwell, 1909-1915. luue: Robert, who died in infancy. Children of WILLIAM A. BEARD and first or second wife: Winifried, 1890. Married Jama Riggles, 1915. laaue: Jamea B., born 1916. Mary Courtney, 1893. Married Rosa M. Archer, 1915. Leonard, J891. Commiaiooed in Company M, Sixteenth Regiment, National Guard, Pennaylvania, teeond lieutenant, 1917, in the World War. Lilliu Francis, 1898. Married Jama Harold, 1901, William Harold. Chlldren of MARY BAJRD and - Hammond: VidL Children of MA TIIE BAJRD and E. S. Jenne: Forat. 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. Charla. SCOTCH-IRISH BAIROS OP AMERICA

Mac. Married James Porter. luue: Mary Eliza~~. ,Hal'.Qld. Sarah. Martha. Marshall. Harold. Don. Children of JAMES M. and _LIZZIE M.AUCHLIN BEARD: Stella A. Married George Shaffer. Issue: Edward. Etta. Married Nathaniel Smiley. lasue: Alfred, George, Blanch. Mary. Frank. Married Anna Smiley, Thomas. Married Lenora Wilson. lasue: Everetta, Clyde. Mabel. Married Mr. Ward. Issue: Geraldine. Roy C. Married Bessie Hall. Issue: Evalinc. John. Married Alice McKissick. William. Married Iva ---. IS1ue: Pauline, Keith. Children of THOMAS J. and AGNES M. W. BEARD: Eva. Married Alvah Hamilton Hewitt. Issue: Halbert B., Amy A, Alice H .. Morning Sun, Iowa. ' Nellie Alice. Married Harry A. White, lasue: Edward, Harry H., Mu M., Frederic A, Leland C., Helen G., Paul C. Elmer, Mary Gertrude. \Villiam Homer. Married Lina Graham, Ain1worth, lowL Children of CYRUS and first wife, NARCISSA W. BEARD: 0 Mary Olive. Married Wynn Wallace PeHcy. Iss11e: Wallace 8. Laurena Leon. Clarence Cleon. Children of CYRUS and second wife, FRANCES B. _BEARD: Clara E. Married George Daiber, l1111e: George. Arth11r Ambroae. Children of CALVIN and ELIZA R. BEARD: William Cloyce, Wuhington, Iowa. Children of MARTHA BAIRD and Hugh McCullough: Ella. Married Harry· Paishall. Maggie. Marshall. Edward. Children of MA~Y BAIRD and Emile Thorne: · Nora. Married Charles Wood. · Jessie. Winifrid. BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES

On October 18 (year not given) there waa a celebration of the one hundredlh UDivenary of the aettlement of Thomaa Baird al Clintonville, Pa. (thi, being a part of the original live-hundred-acre tract). He aettled there in 1796. About four hlllldred U1e1Dbled. Mt. H. C. Foater, of New Bedford, Pa., wu hi1torian. The following were among tho.e preaent: J. M. F01ter, of Sandy Lake; Porter Pbipp,, of Kennerdell; Mn. Jennie Baird, Clintonville; J. K. Vincent, Harri.­ ville; C. R. Coulter, Kennerdell; Wm. Cron, Kennerdell; Perry McFadden, Kmne.dell; Findley, Surrena, Necterine; J. M. Baird, Clintonville; S. Thom, Clintoavillo; S. · R. Porter, Clintonville; George McKinley, Polk; Mn. Katie Choat. Kennerdell; Mn. Elizabeth Coulter, Kennerdell; Mra. Margaret Yard. ClinlCIQville; Mn. Eliza Ealtin, Clintonville; Miu Maggie Kilpatrick, Clintonville; all of Pennsylvania; and Mn. Mary Thom, Youngstown, Ohio.

GROUP 16-WILLIAM. , William Beard married Eleanor Lyons in North ·of Ireland. They came to America in 1782, settling in Nelson County, Kentucky. ·

SECOND GENERATION.

Children of William and Eleanor Beard: Alexander, bom in Ireland. Married Mary McKinley. William. born in Ireland. Married Elizabeth. Caruthen. Nellie (Eleanor), bom in Ireland. 1806. Married Morri, Littlejohn. Ste