1. James Bird, born June 29, 1777. He purchased land from his parents in the Minot/West Auburn area in 1809. He died March 9, 1813, a young man apparently without having produced a family.
2. William Bird, born May 11, 1779 and died November 27, 1794, age 15 years.
3. Johanna Bird, born February 9, 1781, married Samuel Ward. The Ward Family Descendants of William Ward by Andrew H. Ward, published in 1851 has their fourteen children listed. She was given a birthdate of February 9, 1778, in that work and is reportedly to have died November 29, 1848, in her 71^st year. Samuel Ward was the son of John and Martha (Shed) Ward of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
4. Susannah Baker Bird, born August 7, 1786, married Solomon Hancock on January 13, 1803, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Solomon was the son of Torry/Torrey Hancock. It appears they had at least seven children. At least two had middle names of Bird. More on this line can be found in Cambridge, Massachusetts, vital records and histories and Solomon was distant cousin to the noted John Hancock.
5. Enoch Glover Bird, born April 14, 1784.
6. Ann Bird, born March 29, 1786, married Samuel Hancock in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1808. He was another son of Torry/Torrey Hancock and distant cousin to the famous John Hancock and we have two Bird sisters marrying two Hancock brothers. They appear to have had three children with middle names of Bird or Ward.
7. Rachel Robinson Bird, born January 1, 1788, married in Minot or Poland on March 19, 1805 to Salvin or Salren Holbrook. Although Young and Young in their Vital Records from Maine Newspapers suggest that Holbrook was Howard; there is evidence that the name was Holbrook. There is a Holbrook Road that appears to separate West Auburn from North Auburn heading off toward Minot and not far from Turner. The Holbrooks may have moved to the Portland area. They sold Minot land in 1818 and in 1846. A Harriet Holbrook, the daughter of Salvin and Rachel, who died November 9, 1825, at age two years, was buried in Eastern Cemetery in Portland, but the stone has since been destroyed.

 

 

 

 

 

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8. Grace Bird, born September 12, 1789, married Dr. Joseph Keith, intentions on September 5, 1810 and marriage on April 30, 1811. There were some Keith neighbors to the Birds in West Auburn (then Minot). Dr. Keith may have gone to Elliot, Maine, for medical training prior to coming to Minot. Grace was to die April 15, 1814 and Dr. Keith was to marry secondly to Rebecca Perkins on September 30, 1815.
9. Charles Jarvis Bird, born February 14, 1798, died April 14, 1804, age six years, although the months of age when he died can no longer be read on his tombstone.
10. Royal Bird, born November 1799, married Mary "Polly" Reynolds with intentions April 1 and a marriage on April 23 in 1820. She was born September 16, 1799 and died September 21, 1848. They lived on Brigg's Hill in West Auburn, but later went to Windsor, Maine. In their later years, they returned to Auburn. Royal died March 25, 1827, at age 28 years. The North Auburn Cemetery stones indicate that Polly Reynolds died February 21, 1848 and that she was married after Royal died on May 30, 1833 to Daniel Kingsley. Although Windsor vital records have not revealed the births of their children, G.D. Merrill in her History of Androscoggin County indicates that Royal and Polly had three children born there. Merrill gives further details on their children: (a) Charles Bird, (b) Mary Brett Bird, who married Phillips Bradford of Turner, Me., and (c) Edward W. Bird, who was to operate a North Auburn store and to marry Persis and have a son, Charles F. Bird.
11. Shippie Bird (who often appears as Shippia, Shippee, Shippen, Shippy, Skipper and even Hippie in various records) was born December 30, 1790, bought Auburn (then Minot) land from his parents on May 28, 1813, with his brother, William as a witness. He married (1) Betsey Beal, intentions April 26, 1816. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary. The wedding occurred on May 28, 1816 or on the 23^rd with Rev. Jonathan Scott of Minot officiating. Betsey was born in Poland, Me., on April 22, 1792 and was to die at age 64 years on August 4, 1856. Shippie served in Harlow's Company in 1814 along with his brother, William, for the War of 1812. At least twelve children were born to Shippie, according to Minot Vital Records or cemetery records:

1. (h) Joanna Ward Bird, (1830-1858), who married Jasper Morton:
2. (i)Charles Payson Bird, (1832-1834);

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1. Benjamin Glover Bird, born February 24, 1793 and died September 9, 1793.
2. William Bird, born November 27, 1794. Although the Glover genealogy suggests that he died soon thereafter, it was undoubtedly a brother who died. William was to marry (1) Permelia or Pamela Alexander on March 8, 1821, in Bowdoin, Maine. She was the daughter of Robert Jr. and Elizabeth (Coombs) Alexander of Bowdoin (but who lived very near the Litchfield, Maine, town line). Rev. Charles Sinnett mentions Aaron Bird as a teacher and customhouse officer in his Alexander genealogy, but did not link him to Aaron of Auburn. William and Pamelia appear to have moved to Portland, although their first two children appear to have been born in Minot. He was involved in land transactions with other family members in Minot. William and Permelia were the parents of :

1. Robert Alexander Bird, who married Sarah Emerson of Auburn and who was a Clerk of Courts for Cumberland County as well as deputy sheriff, an auctioneer and Deputy Customs Collector in Portland. He established a business in 1872 called the Portland Safe Deposit Company. He and Sarah were the parents of

1. George Emerson Bird, who married Harriet Leonard Williams in Yarmouth, Maine. Judge Bird was a lawyer who became an Associate Supreme Court Justice of the State of Maine. He and Harriet had no surviving children.
2. Arthur Bird, died young.
3. Arthur Smith Bird, who married (1) Julia Churchill of Springvale, Me. and (2) Kate Ramee Prall of Patterson, New Jersey. Dr. Bird was a M.D., who practiced in Pleasantville, N.Y. He only had Arthur Emerson Prall Bird as a surviving son. Descendants can be found in New York today.

1. Elizabeth Ann Bird, who appears to have married Andrew J. Harlow, but probably died young.
2. Harriet Ward Bird, who after her father died, was raised by her older brother, Robert Alexander Bird. She married late in life to a first cousin, Foster Alexander and had three daughters:

1. Carrie, who after graduation from Bates College in Lewiston, taught school and then married Arthur E. Hall of Litchfield, Maine. She was the grandmother of the author of this genealogy.
2. Letitia, a nurse, who never married.
3. Lizzie (Elizabeth), who never married.

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1. Charlotte H. Bird, born July 12, 1836. Although this may be a twin to Harriet Ward Bird, above, more likely it is Harriet Ward Bird herself. No birth record has been found for Harriet Ward Bird in Portland. Harriet was in conflict with her stepmother, Charlotte Holden Bird, and may have changed her name from Charlotte Harriet to Harriet Ward.
2. William F. Bird is believed to have been a son of William. He may have been brought by his father to the Society of Believers at Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester as an adolescent in 1846, but apparently did not stay but a few days. He appears to have served in the Civil War according to a North Auburn Cemetery memorial erected in 1870. He appears to have been the father of Frederick A. Bird and Horace H. Bird.

1. An unnamed child born August 17, 1796, who died the next day.

 

So Aaron and Johanna (Glover) Bird appear to have had a thirteen children before Johanna died. Many of their children retained their Massachusetts ties and married and stayed there. Even some of their older children appear to have returned to their roots there.

Johanna died December 1, 1815 at age 58 years.

After the death of Johanna, it appears Aaron married secondly to Eunice Dodd when they were both of Minot and their intentions were filed Mach 29, 1816. It is further believed that they had two children by this union:

2. Aaron Bird, who was a minor in 1829-30 when his father died and who died young on June 15, 1839, at age 20 (Maine Farmer).
3. Oliver Pollard Bird, who was a minor in the 1829-30 when his father died. It is believed that he was born March 5, 1822 and he was to die October 8, 1847, age 25 years, 7 months, 3 days.

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Aaron Bird died December 12, 1822, age 66 years, 5 months. His second wife, Eunice Dodd Bird was to marry Otis Keith, a neighbor of the Bird's. Otis Keith and Eunice Bird, both of Minot had intentions to wed on November 2, 1824. They were to have a child, Horace Keith, and they reportedly moved on to the Augusta, Me. area.

Aaron lies in Brookvale Cemetery in Auburn and a SAR marker rests on top of his grave. Joanna lies beside him. At least two children lie near them: Charles Jarvis Bird and Oliver P. Bird.