I12036: Phebe BAIRD (b. 28 AUG 1811, d. 10 JAN 1877)

DUTOIT: A Family from Moudon, Switzerland

Phebe BAIRD       (ID #I12036)

(female)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 20 APR 1784, d. 13 MAY 1858)
Mother: Rhoda PRUDDEN (b. 8 AUG 1787, d. 15 MAY 1835)

Family 1 : James T. PIERSON (b. abt 1805, d. 06 FEB 1862)
Family 2 : Harley SUNDERLIN (dates unknown)

 

Not mentioned in her father's will, so possibly died before 1857 leaving no issue. She and her husband are on the 1850 census of Des Moines Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa, and on the next page is the family of John Baird her brother. She seems to have survived until 1877, so possibly her absence from her father's will indicates she had already received her inheritance in the form of a dowry. We have found no indication that she had any children.

                                             _William BAIRD ______+
                                            | (.... - 1794) m 1758
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1760 - 1808) m 1783|
                      |                     |_Margaret O'RILEY ___
                      |                        m 1758             
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1784 - 1858)       |
|                     |                      _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                     |                     | (1734 - 1814) m 1759
|                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______|
|                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783|
|                                           |_Mary WHITENACK _____+
|                                             (1740 - 1806) m 1759
|
|--Phebe BAIRD 
|  (1811 - 1877)
|                                            _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                                           | (1722 - 1777) m 1763
|                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______|
|                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782|
|                     |                     |_Rhoda CONDIT _______
|                     |                       (1731 - 1818) m 1763
|_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
  (1787 - 1835)       |
                      |                      _Adoniram PRUDDEN ___+
                      |                     | (1727 - 1778) m 1782
                      |_Esther PRUDDEN _____|
                        (1762 - 1827) m 1782|
                                            |_Mehitable GUERIN ___
                                              (1731 - 1811) m 1782

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Phoebe Ann BAIRD       (ID #I12276)

(female)
Father: Henry BAIRD (b. 1 NOV 1816, d. 3 NOV 1887)
Mother: Esther S. _____ (b. 29 JUN 1813, d. 17 OCT 1871)

 

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _Henry BAIRD ________|
| (1816 - 1887)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Phoebe Ann BAIRD 
|  (1846 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Esther S. _____ ____|
  (1813 - 1871)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Raymond BAIRD       (ID #I12134)

(male)
Father: John Emery BAIRD (b. APR 1882, d. 1956)
Mother: Nellie M. MOORE (b. 22 MAR 1884, d. OCT 1978)

 

                                             _John B. BAIRD ________+
                                            | (1813 - 1895) m 1839  
                       _William H. BAIRD ___|
                      | (1850 - 1904)       |
                      |                     |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _+
                      |                       (1821 - 1888) m 1839  
 _John Emery BAIRD ___|
| (1882 - 1956)       |
|                     |                      _______________________
|                     |                     |                       
|                     |_Mary E. GOOD _______|
|                       (1853 - ....)       |
|                                           |_______________________
|                                                                   
|
|--Raymond BAIRD 
|  (1907 - ....)
|                                            _______________________
|                                           |                       
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_______________________
|                     |                                             
|_Nellie M. MOORE ____|
  (1884 - 1978)       |
                      |                      _______________________
                      |                     |                       
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_______________________
                                                                    

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Rebecca BAIRD       (ID #I12254)

(female)
Father: Peter BAIRD (b. 7 DEC 1814, d. 31 AUG 1850)
Mother: Nancy BOCKOVEN (b. 3 SEP 1816, d. AFT 1880)

Family 1 : _____ LEFEVRE (dates unknown)
  1.  Maggie A. LEFEVRE (b. ABT 1868)

 

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _Peter BAIRD ________|
| (1814 - 1850) m 1840|
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Rebecca BAIRD 
|  (1847 - ....)
|                                            _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                                           | (1734 - 1814) m 1759
|                      _George BOCKOVEN ____|
|                     | (1786 - 1874) m 1815|
|                     |                     |_Mary WHITENACK _____+
|                     |                       (1740 - 1806) m 1759
|_Nancy BOCKOVEN _____|
  (1816 - 1880) m 1840|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Margaret SMITH _____|
                        (1795 - 1853) m 1815|
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Rhoda Ann BAIRD       (ID #I12281)

(female)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 21 JUN 1820, d. 3 APR 1859)
Mother: Mary E. _____ (b. CIR 1816, d. 18 MAY 1861)

 

[4454] "minor above age of 14" as of 23feb1860 settlement of estate of William Baird Jr. Listed first, and I assume 2 years between children.

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1820 - 1859)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Rhoda Ann BAIRD 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary E. _____ ______|
  (.... - 1861)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Rhoda Ann BAIRD       (ID #I12053)

(female)
Father: John B. BAIRD (b. 18 SEP 1813, d. 11 APR 1895)
Mother: Elizabeth Ann BRYANT (b. 12 DEC 1821, d. 2 JAN 1888)

Family 1 : Charles HULL (b. 17 NOV 1844, d. 22 DEC 1915)
  1. +John Harvey HULL (b. 3 MAY 1866, d. 3 MAR 1932)
  2.  George A. HULL (b. 3 MAR 1868, d. 14 JUN 1939)
  3. +Selena (?) Jane HULL (b. 24 APR 1872, d. 24 JUN 1919)

 

Her obituary was found in a collection of undated newspaper clippings at the public library in Keosauqua, Iowa:

OBITUARY

Once more the golden bowl is broken, and the silver cord is loosed; but safe in the Father's house, in a mansion, built beautifully from holy living, the subject of our sketch has realized the blessed reward for the faithful.

Rhoda Ann, daughter of John and Eliza Baird, was born in Des Moines township, near Keosauqua, Iowa, April 30, 1843; spending her entire life in that community, and passed peacefully away at the home of her son John Thursday, Jan. 24, 1918, having attained the age of 74 years, 8 months, and 24 days.

On Feb. 21, 1865, she was united in marriage to Chas. Hull, who preceded her in death Dec. 22, 1915. To this union three children were born, John H., George A., and Selena J. Loring, all of whom were at her bedside. Beside [sic] her immediate family left to mourn her death, she leaves 6 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two brothers, one sister, and many other relatives and friends.

[4343] From her obituary. Cemetery records imply a date of 30 apr 1844.

[14717] DAR marriage transcripts. However, obituary of Rhoda Baird Hull says 21 feb 1865.

                                               _John BAIRD _________+
                                              | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                         _William BAIRD ______|
                        | (1784 - 1858)       |
                        |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                        |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _John B. BAIRD ________|
| (1813 - 1895) m 1839  |
|                       |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                       |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                       |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                         (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                             |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                               (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Rhoda Ann BAIRD 
|  (1843 - 1918)
|                                              _Josiah BRYANT ______
|                                             | (1757 - ....)       
|                        _William BRYANT _____|
|                       |  m 1815             |
|                       |                     |_Lydia RATLIFF ______+
|                       |                       (.... - 1809)       
|_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _|
  (1821 - 1888) m 1839  |
                        |                      _____________________
                        |                     |                     
                        |_Elizabeth _____ ____|
                          (1784 - 1856) m 1815|
                                              |_____________________
                                                                    

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Rhoda C. BAIRD       (ID #I12219)

(female)
Father: Peter BAIRD (b. 7 DEC 1814, d. 31 AUG 1850)
Mother: Nancy BOCKOVEN (b. 3 SEP 1816, d. AFT 1880)

Family 1 : Jacob DICKIN (dates unknown)
  1.  Mary DICKIN (dates unknown)
  2.  Nora DICKIN (dates unknown)
  3.  Hattie DICKIN (d. 1947)
  4.  John DICKIN (dates unknown)

 

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _Peter BAIRD ________|
| (1814 - 1850) m 1840|
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Rhoda C. BAIRD 
|  (1837 - ....)
|                                            _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                                           | (1734 - 1814) m 1759
|                      _George BOCKOVEN ____|
|                     | (1786 - 1874) m 1815|
|                     |                     |_Mary WHITENACK _____+
|                     |                       (1740 - 1806) m 1759
|_Nancy BOCKOVEN _____|
  (1816 - 1880) m 1840|
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_Margaret SMITH _____|
                        (1795 - 1853) m 1815|
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Ruth BAIRD       (ID #I12184)

(female)
Father: John William BAIRD (b. 29 AUG 1877, d. 27 MAR 1942)
Mother: Ethel Maude MOODY (b. 31 DEC 1882, d. 27 JUN 1964)

 

still living - details excluded

                                                             _John B. BAIRD ________+
                                                            | (1813 - 1895) m 1839  
                       _Christopher Myers BAIRD ____________|
                      | (1853 - 1930) m 1875                |
                      |                                     |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _+
                      |                                       (1821 - 1888) m 1839  
 _John William BAIRD _|
| (1877 - 1942) m 1901|
|                     |                                      _Joseph BARNETT _______+
|                     |                                     | (1810 - 1884) m 1841  
|                     |_Martha Jane Barge (Mattie) BARNETT _|
|                       (1852 - 1936) m 1875                |
|                                                           |_Mary Ann MURDOCK _____+
|                                                             (1817 - 1883) m 1841  
|
|--Ruth BAIRD 
|  (1914 - 1996)
|                                                            _______________________
|                                                           |                       
|                      _J. F. MOODY ________________________|
|                     |                                     |
|                     |                                     |_______________________
|                     |                                                             
|_Ethel Maude MOODY __|
  (1882 - 1964) m 1901|
                      |                                      _______________________
                      |                                     |                       
                      |_____________________________________|
                                                            |
                                                            |_______________________
                                                                                    

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Ruth Emma BAIRD       (ID #I12288)

(female)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 21 JUN 1820, d. 3 APR 1859)
Mother: Mary E. _____ (b. CIR 1816, d. 18 MAY 1861)

 

[4461] "minor under 14 years of age" according to settlement document dated 23feb1860, birthdate deduced assuming 2 years between children.

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1820 - 1859)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Ruth Emma BAIRD 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary E. _____ ______|
  (.... - 1861)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Samuel BAIRD       (ID #I13155)

(male)
Father: Andrew BAIRD (b. 1700, d. 1773)
Mother: Sarah _____ (dates unknown)

 

"Moved to New York State" in 1762, per Fermine Baird Catchings, likely quoting family stories.

                                             __
                                            |  
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1665 - 1755) m 1700|
                      |                     |__
                      |                        
 _Andrew BAIRD _______|
| (1700 - 1773)       |
|                     |                      __
|                     |                     |  
|                     |_Mary BEDENT ________|
|                        m 1700             |
|                                           |__
|                                              
|
|--Samuel BAIRD 
|  
|                                            __
|                                           |  
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |__
|                     |                        
|_Sarah _____ ________|
                      |
                      |                      __
                      |                     |  
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |__
                                               

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Sarah (?) BAIRD       (ID #I12365)

(female)
Father: John BAIRD (b. 26 MAY 1760, d. 29 APR 1808)
Mother: Mary BOCKOVEN (b. 22 APR 1765, d. 11 FEB 1853)

Family 1 : Luther EDDY (b. ABT 1806)
  1.  William L. EDDY (b. ABT 1830)
  2.  George B. EDDY (b. 1832)
  3.  Phoebe E. EDDY (b. 1834)
  4.  John D. EDDY (b. 1837)
  5.  Hannah M. EDDY (b. 1842)
  6.  Mary J. EDDY (b. 1845)

 

Given name is illegible in her father's pension application file. Sometimes transcribed as Calley. Could the intended name have been Sally? She is listed as Sarah in the account of Fermine Baird Catchings, with impossible birth date of 1886 (obvious typographical error), and that account makes her the wife of Mr. Eddy. We give the children based on locating such a family in Morris Co. on the 1850 census.

[4486] Source is bible leaf included by Mary Bockoven Baird in her pension app. #W-27877 Rev., name is difficult to read. Could be Catherine, Calley, or Cathey.

                                             _John BAIRD __________________+
                                            | (1707 - 1747)                
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (.... - 1794) m 1758|
                      |                     |_Avis BOWNE __________________
                      |                                                    
 _John BAIRD _________|
| (1760 - 1808) m 1783|
|                     |                      ______________________________
|                     |                     |                              
|                     |_Margaret O'RILEY ___|
|                        m 1758             |
|                                           |______________________________
|                                                                          
|
|--Sarah (?) BAIRD 
|  (1806 - ....)
|                                            _Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+
|                                           | (.... - 1765) m 1732         
|                      _George BOCKOVEN ____|
|                     | (1734 - 1814) m 1759|
|                     |                     |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+
|                     |                       (.... - 1765) m 1732         
|_Mary BOCKOVEN ______|
  (1765 - 1853) m 1783|
                      |                      _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+
                      |                     | (1698 - ....)                
                      |_Mary WHITENACK _____|
                        (1740 - 1806) m 1759|
                                            |_Anna _____ __________________
                                                                           

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Sarah Caroline BAIRD       (ID #I12356)

(female)
Father: George BAIRD (b. 17 JAN 1801)
Mother: Catherine CROWELL (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Ambrose Jackson TORREY (b. 12 SEP 1831, d. 14 APR 1901)
  1. +Annie Baird TORREY (b. 4 SEP 1858, d. 20 JUN 1892)

 

                                             _William BAIRD ______+
                                            | (.... - 1794) m 1758
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1760 - 1808) m 1783|
                      |                     |_Margaret O'RILEY ___
                      |                        m 1758             
 _George BAIRD _______|
| (1801 - ....)       |
|                     |                      _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                     |                     | (1734 - 1814) m 1759
|                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______|
|                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783|
|                                           |_Mary WHITENACK _____+
|                                             (1740 - 1806) m 1759
|
|--Sarah Caroline BAIRD 
|  (1834 - 1913)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Catherine CROWELL __|
                      |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Sarah E. BAIRD       (ID #I12283)

(female)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 21 JUN 1820, d. 3 APR 1859)
Mother: Mary E. _____ (b. CIR 1816, d. 18 MAY 1861)

 

[4456] "minor above 14 years of age" according to settlement document dated 23feb1860, birthdate deduced assuming 2 years between children.

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1820 - 1859)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Sarah E. BAIRD 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary E. _____ ______|
  (.... - 1861)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Stephen A. BAIRD       (ID #I12213)

(male)
Father: John B. BAIRD (b. 18 SEP 1813, d. 11 APR 1895)
Mother: Elizabeth Ann BRYANT (b. 12 DEC 1821, d. 2 JAN 1888)

 

[4430] Age at death was transcribed from the tombstone as 3 years, 3 months, and 16 days.

                                               _John BAIRD _________+
                                              | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                         _William BAIRD ______|
                        | (1784 - 1858)       |
                        |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                        |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _John B. BAIRD ________|
| (1813 - 1895) m 1839  |
|                       |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                       |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                       |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                         (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                             |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                               (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Stephen A. BAIRD 
|  (1857 - 1861)
|                                              _Josiah BRYANT ______
|                                             | (1757 - ....)       
|                        _William BRYANT _____|
|                       |  m 1815             |
|                       |                     |_Lydia RATLIFF ______+
|                       |                       (.... - 1809)       
|_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _|
  (1821 - 1888) m 1839  |
                        |                      _____________________
                        |                     |                     
                        |_Elizabeth _____ ____|
                          (1784 - 1856) m 1815|
                                              |_____________________
                                                                    

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Susan BAIRD       (ID #I12233)

(female)
Father: William B . BAIRD (b. 17 JAN 1840)
Mother: Nancy Ellen CHRISTY (dates unknown)

 

                                              _William BAIRD ______+
                                             | (1784 - 1858)       
                        _Peter BAIRD ________|
                       | (1814 - 1850) m 1840|
                       |                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______+
                       |                       (1787 - 1835)       
 _William B . BAIRD ___|
| (1840 - ....)        |
|                      |                      _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                      |                     | (1786 - 1874) m 1815
|                      |_Nancy BOCKOVEN _____|
|                        (1816 - 1880) m 1840|
|                                            |_Margaret SMITH _____
|                                              (1795 - 1853) m 1815
|
|--Susan BAIRD 
|  
|                                             _____________________
|                                            |                     
|                       _____________________|
|                      |                     |
|                      |                     |_____________________
|                      |                                           
|_Nancy Ellen CHRISTY _|
                       |
                       |                      _____________________
                       |                     |                     
                       |_____________________|
                                             |
                                             |_____________________
                                                                   

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Theodore BAIRD       (ID #I12274)

(male)
Father: Henry BAIRD (b. 1 NOV 1816, d. 3 NOV 1887)
Mother: Esther S. _____ (b. 29 JUN 1813, d. 17 OCT 1871)

 

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _Henry BAIRD ________|
| (1816 - 1887)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Theodore BAIRD 
|  (1841 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Esther S. _____ ____|
  (1813 - 1871)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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Thomas Greenleaf BAIRD       (ID #I12199)

(male)
Father: John B. BAIRD (b. 18 SEP 1813, d. 11 APR 1895)
Mother: Elizabeth Ann BRYANT (b. 12 DEC 1821, d. 2 JAN 1888)

Family 1 : Mary Jane STOCKDALE (b. 1863, d. 1948)
  1. +Elsie Pearl BAIRD (b. 3 MAR 1884, d. 1 FEB 1918)
  2.  George Henry BAIRD (b. 03 MAR 1886, d. 30 MAY 1964)
  3. +Orlando Lester BAIRD (b. 11 AUG 1901, d. SEP 1987)
  4. +Anna E. BAIRD (b. 1889)
  5.  John H. BAIRD (b. 24 FEB 1895, d. 3 SEP 1895)

 

1925 census indicates the family were Methodists, and gives parents as John Baird and Eliza Bryant. The death certificate gives his birth date as 22 jan 1853, age at death 82 years, 4 months, 14 days, but this is clearly inconsistent with the birth date of his brother Christopher Myers Baird, which is well attested. It appears his age as given on the death certificate (and appearing also on the grave stone) was incorrect. The informant for the death certificate was his widow Mary J. Baird (who signed her name). We think it likely she knew the month and day of his birth, but the year seems far more likely to have been 1855. His age on the 1860 census is 5, and that census requested the age of each person as of April 1, 1860. On the 1925 state census, for which the official census day is January 1, 1925, his age is given as 71, but the enumerator has dated the schedule on 28 jan 1925, possibly indicating that Thomas believed his age to be 71, a few daysafter his birthday. The schedule also notes he had only a third grade education. We believe the 1860 census to be the best available record, as it is closest to the event, unless some other branch of the family has bible records that have not yet come to our attention. The original marriage record, in Book G, p. 72, which might possibly give the age of the groom, has not yet been examined.

[14720] Van Buren Co. marriage records, bk. G, p. 72

                                               _John BAIRD _________+
                                              | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                         _William BAIRD ______|
                        | (1784 - 1858)       |
                        |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                        |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _John B. BAIRD ________|
| (1813 - 1895) m 1839  |
|                       |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                       |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                       |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                         (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                             |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                               (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--Thomas Greenleaf BAIRD 
|  (.... - 1935)
|                                              _Josiah BRYANT ______
|                                             | (1757 - ....)       
|                        _William BRYANT _____|
|                       |  m 1815             |
|                       |                     |_Lydia RATLIFF ______+
|                       |                       (.... - 1809)       
|_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _|
  (1821 - 1888) m 1839  |
                        |                      _____________________
                        |                     |                     
                        |_Elizabeth _____ ____|
                          (1784 - 1856) m 1815|
                                              |_____________________
                                                                    

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Walter Clair BAIRD       (ID #I12143)

(male)
Father: John William BAIRD (b. 29 AUG 1877, d. 27 MAR 1942)
Mother: Ethel Maude MOODY (b. 31 DEC 1882, d. 27 JUN 1964)

Family 1 : Mamie Leona SELF (b. 25 JAN 1905, d. 22 JAN 1997)
  1.  Donald BAIRD (dates unknown)
  2.  Neva BAIRD (dates unknown)

 

Social Security death index has a Walter Baird b. 22 nov 1903, d. ?? jan 1969 Colorado, zip code 80221 (greater Denver, Adams Co.). At least one entry on the web has this man married to Mamie Leona Self, confirming this is the same couple married in Weld Co. in 1925.

                                                             _John B. BAIRD ________+
                                                            | (1813 - 1895) m 1839  
                       _Christopher Myers BAIRD ____________|
                      | (1853 - 1930) m 1875                |
                      |                                     |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _+
                      |                                       (1821 - 1888) m 1839  
 _John William BAIRD _|
| (1877 - 1942) m 1901|
|                     |                                      _Joseph BARNETT _______+
|                     |                                     | (1810 - 1884) m 1841  
|                     |_Martha Jane Barge (Mattie) BARNETT _|
|                       (1852 - 1936) m 1875                |
|                                                           |_Mary Ann MURDOCK _____+
|                                                             (1817 - 1883) m 1841  
|
|--Walter Clair BAIRD 
|  (1903 - 1968)
|                                                            _______________________
|                                                           |                       
|                      _J. F. MOODY ________________________|
|                     |                                     |
|                     |                                     |_______________________
|                     |                                                             
|_Ethel Maude MOODY __|
  (1882 - 1964) m 1901|
                      |                                      _______________________
                      |                                     |                       
                      |_____________________________________|
                                                            |
                                                            |_______________________
                                                                                    

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Wellington BAIRD       (ID #I12227)

(male)
Father: William B . BAIRD (b. 17 JAN 1840)
Mother: Nancy Ellen CHRISTY (dates unknown)

 

                                              _William BAIRD ______+
                                             | (1784 - 1858)       
                        _Peter BAIRD ________|
                       | (1814 - 1850) m 1840|
                       |                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______+
                       |                       (1787 - 1835)       
 _William B . BAIRD ___|
| (1840 - ....)        |
|                      |                      _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                      |                     | (1786 - 1874) m 1815
|                      |_Nancy BOCKOVEN _____|
|                        (1816 - 1880) m 1840|
|                                            |_Margaret SMITH _____
|                                              (1795 - 1853) m 1815
|
|--Wellington BAIRD 
|  (1875 - ....)
|                                             _____________________
|                                            |                     
|                       _____________________|
|                      |                     |
|                      |                     |_____________________
|                      |                                           
|_Nancy Ellen CHRISTY _|
                       |
                       |                      _____________________
                       |                     |                     
                       |_____________________|
                                             |
                                             |_____________________
                                                                   

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William BAIRD       (ID #I12289)

(male)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 21 JUN 1820, d. 3 APR 1859)
Mother: Mary E. _____ (b. CIR 1816, d. 18 MAY 1861)

 

[4462] "minor under 14 years of age" according to settlement document dated 23feb1860, birthdate deduced assuming 2 years between children.

                                             _John BAIRD _________+
                                            | (1760 - 1808) m 1783
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (1784 - 1858)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+
                      |                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1820 - 1859)       |
|                     |                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                     |                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782
|                     |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
|                       (1787 - 1835)       |
|                                           |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+
|                                             (1762 - 1827) m 1782
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Mary E. _____ ______|
  (.... - 1861)       |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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William BAIRD       (ID #I13169)

(male)
Father: John BAIRD (b. 1665, d. APR 1755)
Mother: Mary BEDENT (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Tabitha _____ (dates unknown)

 

Supposed to have been a Captain and Major in the Somerset Co. militia during the Revolutionary War, though he would have been quite old for such duty. His will dated August, 1789 shows that by that date he was already in Pine Creek, Northumberland Co., PA, so he cannot be the same William who resided in Bernard's Township, Somerset Co., NJ at that time.

                          __
                         |  
                       __|
                      |  |
                      |  |__
                      |     
 _John BAIRD _________|
| (1665 - 1755) m 1700|
|                     |   __
|                     |  |  
|                     |__|
|                        |
|                        |__
|                           
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  (1713 - 1793)
|                         __
|                        |  
|                      __|
|                     |  |
|                     |  |__
|                     |     
|_Mary BEDENT ________|
   m 1700             |
                      |   __
                      |  |  
                      |__|
                         |
                         |__
                            

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William BAIRD       (ID #I13164)

(male)
Father: William BAIRD (d. 1794)
Mother: Margaret O'RILEY (dates unknown)

 

                                             _John BAIRD _________
                                            | (1665 - 1755) m 1700
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1707 - 1747)       |
                      |                     |_Mary BEDENT ________
                      |                        m 1700             
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (.... - 1794) m 1758|
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Avis BOWNE _________|
|                                           |
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  (1772 - ....)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Margaret O'RILEY ___|
   m 1758             |
                      |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |_____________________
                                                                  

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William BAIRD       (ID #I12030)

(male)
Father: John BAIRD (b. 26 MAY 1760, d. 29 APR 1808)
Mother: Mary BOCKOVEN (b. 22 APR 1765, d. 11 FEB 1853)

Family 1 : Rhoda PRUDDEN (b. 8 AUG 1787, d. 15 MAY 1835)
  1. +Jemima BAIRD (b. 14 DEC 1809, d. 15 SEP 1863)
  2.  Phebe BAIRD (b. 28 AUG 1811, d. 10 JAN 1877)
  3. +John B. BAIRD (b. 18 SEP 1813, d. 11 APR 1895)
  4. +Peter BAIRD (b. 7 DEC 1814, d. 31 AUG 1850)
  5. +Henry BAIRD (b. 1 NOV 1816, d. 3 NOV 1887)
  6.  Johanna BAIRD (b. 29 AUG 1818)
  7. +William BAIRD (b. 21 JUN 1820, d. 3 APR 1859)
  8.  George BAIRD (b. 18 AUG 1821, d. bef 1857?)
  9. +Byram Prudden BAIRD (b. 16 OCT 1822, d. 28 MAY 1891)

 

1830 census: Morris Tp., Morris Co., NJ, 2 males 5-10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, and 1 female 40-50. This enumeration shows that John had already left home, as we know.

Abstract of his will is given by Fermine Baird Catchings:

File 3881N: William Baird of Township and County of Morris, NJ, mentions housekeeper Elizabeth Vreeland. Sons: John, Henry, William, and Byram (Catchings calls him Bryan). Daughters: Johanna, wife of Turley Southard of Newark. Children of daughter Jemima "who may be living at the time of my death, excepting James P. Hinds, who is hereby expressly excluded from any share". Executors: sons Henry and William, dated 1857. Witnesses V. Dalrimple, Aug. W. Cutter, and John D. Buerin.

Codicil of Dec. 21, 1857: Provision is made for children of son Peter, now deceased, who lived in Ohio. "My son William shall not be an executor". Witnesses J. H. Osborne, John H. Anderson. Proved by Augusta Cutter, 1858. Proved and recorded June 7, 1858.

                                             _John BAIRD __________________+
                                            | (1707 - 1747)                
                       _William BAIRD ______|
                      | (.... - 1794) m 1758|
                      |                     |_Avis BOWNE __________________
                      |                                                    
 _John BAIRD _________|
| (1760 - 1808) m 1783|
|                     |                      ______________________________
|                     |                     |                              
|                     |_Margaret O'RILEY ___|
|                        m 1758             |
|                                           |______________________________
|                                                                          
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  (1784 - 1858)
|                                            _Johann Peter BACHOFFEN ______+
|                                           | (.... - 1765) m 1732         
|                      _George BOCKOVEN ____|
|                     | (1734 - 1814) m 1759|
|                     |                     |_Maria Elisabetha GSELL ______+
|                     |                       (.... - 1765) m 1732         
|_Mary BOCKOVEN ______|
  (1765 - 1853) m 1783|
                      |                      _Blakert (Eliakim) WHITENACK _+
                      |                     | (1698 - ....)                
                      |_Mary WHITENACK _____|
                        (1740 - 1806) m 1759|
                                            |_Anna _____ __________________
                                                                           

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William BAIRD       (ID #I12029)

(male)
Father: John BAIRD (b. 1707, d. 1747/8)
Mother: Avis BOWNE (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Margaret O'RILEY (dates unknown)
  1. +John BAIRD (b. 26 MAY 1760, d. 29 APR 1808)
  2.  Andrew BAIRD (b. 1762, d. 1827)
  3.  Zebulon BAIRD (b. 1764, d. 1826)
  4.  Bedent BAIRD (b. 1766, d. 1839)
  5.  Isaac BAIRD (b. 1769)
  6.  William BAIRD (b. 1772)
  7.  Israel BAIRD (b. 1774, d. 1777)
  8.  Elisha BAIRD (b. 1776)
  9.  Mary Jane ("Polly") BAIRD (b. 1779)

 

Evidently the William Baird who lived near Basking Ridge in Somerset Co., NJ at the time of the Revolutionary War. He was among the pew holders at the Presbyterian Church there. That he died in Morris Co., NJ seems to echo statements in John Baird's Revolutionary War pension file to the effect that John Baird first lived in Somerset Co., near the Morris Co. line, then later moved into Morris Co. after the war, apparently in the Long Hill area. Note that William's other sons were too young for the Revolution.

We believe the family story among the descendants of William's children in North Carolina should be regarded as valid; namely, that his son John was the only member of the family who remained behind in New Jersey. Further, we regard the contrary account of a John Baird who later settled in North Carolina (and sometimes attached to this family) as apocryphal or else pertaining to a different man. Among other problems, we see no evidence that the John Baird in North Carolina was actually born in 1760 or had any connection other than proximity to the other children of William. Consequently, we see no impediment in conjecturing that William's son John is in fact the John Baird born in 1760 who married Mary Bockoven and remained in Somerset and Morris Counties, NJ.

[14714] Date from Fermine Baird Catchings, but it is not clear where it came from. Evidently it is a family tradition, for Mrs. Catchings also quotes "tradition" that the marriage took place in Delaware.

                                             __
                                            |  
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1665 - 1755) m 1700|
                      |                     |__
                      |                        
 _John BAIRD _________|
| (1707 - 1747)       |
|                     |                      __
|                     |                     |  
|                     |_Mary BEDENT ________|
|                        m 1700             |
|                                           |__
|                                              
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  (.... - 1794)
|                                            __
|                                           |  
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |__
|                     |                        
|_Avis BOWNE _________|
                      |
                      |                      __
                      |                     |  
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |__
                                               

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William BAIRD       (ID #I12279)

(male)
Father: William BAIRD (b. 20 APR 1784, d. 13 MAY 1858)
Mother: Rhoda PRUDDEN (b. 8 AUG 1787, d. 15 MAY 1835)

Family 1 : Mary E. _____ (b. CIR 1816, d. 18 MAY 1861)
  1.  Rhoda Ann BAIRD (b. CIR 1841)
  2.  Levi P. BAIRD (b. CIR 1843)
  3.  Sarah E. BAIRD (b. CIR 1845)
  4.  Mary Louisa BAIRD (b. CIR 1847)
  5.  Horace BAIRD (b. CIR 1849)
  6.  Martha Jane BAIRD (b. CIR 1851)
  7.  John S. W. BAIRD (b. CIR 1853)
  8.  Ruth Emma BAIRD (b. CIR 1855)
  9.  William BAIRD (b. CIR 1857)

 

[4449] Exact age recorded on tombstone (37y 10m 16da) does not agree with 21jun1820 given in family record of G. Mills Bockoven, Basking Ridge, NJ. Difference is almost 11 months.

[4450] Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cem., NJ (however, birth date computed from tombstone does not agree with family record of G. Mills Bockoven, Basking Ridge, NJ)

                                             _William BAIRD ______+
                                            | (.... - 1794) m 1758
                       _John BAIRD _________|
                      | (1760 - 1808) m 1783|
                      |                     |_Margaret O'RILEY ___
                      |                        m 1758             
 _William BAIRD ______|
| (1784 - 1858)       |
|                     |                      _George BOCKOVEN ____+
|                     |                     | (1734 - 1814) m 1759
|                     |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______|
|                       (1765 - 1853) m 1783|
|                                           |_Mary WHITENACK _____+
|                                             (1740 - 1806) m 1759
|
|--William BAIRD 
|  (1820 - 1859)
|                                            _Peter PRUDDEN ______+
|                                           | (1722 - 1777) m 1763
|                      _Peter PRUDDEN ______|
|                     | (1764 - 1838) m 1782|
|                     |                     |_Rhoda CONDIT _______
|                     |                       (1731 - 1818) m 1763
|_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______|
  (1787 - 1835)       |
                      |                      _Adoniram PRUDDEN ___+
                      |                     | (1727 - 1778) m 1782
                      |_Esther PRUDDEN _____|
                        (1762 - 1827) m 1782|
                                            |_Mehitable GUERIN ___
                                              (1731 - 1811) m 1782

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