Parentage based on John B. Bain living in same household as John and Nancy McEachron Bain in 1850, and wife's maiden name known from cemetery records. 1880: living with son Alfred Bain, Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co, NY, p. 229D.
_____________________ | _________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _John B. BAIN ____________________________| | (1818 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Martha J. BAIN | (1856 - ....) | _Duncan MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1761 - 1804) | _John Stewart MCDOUGALL _| | | (1794 - 1872) | | | |_Agnes STEWART ______ | | (1769 - 1846) |_Mary Elizabeth (Hannah, Ann?) MCDOUGALL _| (1825 - 1860) | | _____________________ | | |_Ann C. GILCHRIST _______| (1798 - 1874) | |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Abram BAIN _________| | (1845 - 1923) m 1876| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Walter J. BAIN | (1878 - 1923) | _Joseph MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1800 - 1856) | _John J. MCDOUGALL __| | | (1827 - 1863) | | | |_Jane HARSHA ________+ | | (1803 - 1864) |_Emma MCDOUGALL _____| (1858 - 1910) m 1876| | _____________________ | | |_Martha _____ _______| (1826 - 1859) | |_____________________
Probably the deaths in this family were from diphtheria, which was epidemic in 1861-62.
_____________________ | _________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _John B. BAIN ____________________________| | (1818 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--William J. BAIN | (1845 - 1861) | _Duncan MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1761 - 1804) | _John Stewart MCDOUGALL _| | | (1794 - 1872) | | | |_Agnes STEWART ______ | | (1769 - 1846) |_Mary Elizabeth (Hannah, Ann?) MCDOUGALL _| (1825 - 1860) | | _____________________ | | |_Ann C. GILCHRIST _______| (1798 - 1874) | |_____________________
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1798 - 1838) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1826 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Sarah CODDINGTON ___| | (1800 - 1858) | | |_____________________ | | |--Albert BAIRD | | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Madeline MILLER ____| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
[4478] Basking Ridge City Cemetery
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _William BAIRD ______| | (1784 - 1858) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _Byram Prudden BAIRD _| | (1822 - 1891) m 1842 | | | _Peter PRUDDEN ______+ | | | (1764 - 1838) m 1782 | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______| | (1787 - 1835) | | |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+ | (1762 - 1827) m 1782 | |--Amidee BAIRD | (1846 - 1911) | _____________________ | | | _Ephraim HIGH _______| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Hannah W. HIGH ______| (1818 - 1890) m 1842 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
His will is dated 11 oct 1773, abstracted at length by Fermine Baird Catchings.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _John BAIRD _________| | (1665 - 1755) m 1700| | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Andrew BAIRD | (1700 - 1773) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary BEDENT ________| m 1700 | | __ | | |__| | |__
_John BAIRD _________ | (1665 - 1755) m 1700 _John BAIRD _________| | (1707 - 1747) | | |_Mary BEDENT ________ | m 1700 _William BAIRD ______| | (.... - 1794) m 1758| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Avis BOWNE _________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Andrew BAIRD | (1762 - 1827) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Margaret O'RILEY ___| m 1758 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _William BAIRD ______| | (1784 - 1858) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _Byram Prudden BAIRD _| | (1822 - 1891) m 1842 | | | _Peter PRUDDEN ______+ | | | (1764 - 1838) m 1782 | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______| | (1787 - 1835) | | |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+ | (1762 - 1827) m 1782 | |--Andrew BAIRD | (1843 - 1928) | _____________________ | | | _Ephraim HIGH _______| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Hannah W. HIGH ______| (1818 - 1890) m 1842 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_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 | |--Andrew Jackson BAIRD | (1846 - 1902) | _Josiah BRYANT ______ | | (1757 - ....) | _William BRYANT _____| | | m 1815 | | | |_Lydia RATLIFF ______+ | | (.... - 1809) |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _| (1821 - 1888) m 1839 | | _____________________ | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| (1784 - 1856) m 1815| |_____________________
_William BAIRD ______+ | (1784 - 1858) _John B. BAIRD ________| | (1813 - 1895) m 1839 | | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______+ | (1787 - 1835) _Thomas Greenleaf BAIRD _| | (.... - 1935) m 1882 | | | _William BRYANT _____+ | | | m 1815 | |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _| | (1821 - 1888) m 1839 | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____ | (1784 - 1856) m 1815 | |--Anna E. BAIRD | (1889 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary Jane STOCKDALE ____| (1863 - 1948) m 1882 | | _____________________ | | |_______________________| | |_____________________
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _William BAIRD ______| | (1784 - 1858) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _Byram Prudden BAIRD _| | (1822 - 1891) m 1842 | | | _Peter PRUDDEN ______+ | | | (1764 - 1838) m 1782 | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______| | (1787 - 1835) | | |_Esther PRUDDEN _____+ | (1762 - 1827) m 1782 | |--Anna Lulu BAIRD | | _____________________ | | | _Ephraim HIGH _______| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Hannah W. HIGH ______| (1818 - 1890) m 1842 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_William BAIRD ______+ | (.... - 1794) m 1758 _John BAIRD _________| | (1760 - 1808) m 1783| | |_Margaret O'RILEY ___ | m 1758 _John BAIRD _________| | (1798 - 1838) | | | _George BOCKOVEN ____+ | | | (1734 - 1814) m 1759 | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______| | (1765 - 1853) m 1783| | |_Mary WHITENACK _____+ | (1740 - 1806) m 1759 | |--Archibald BAIRD | (1822 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Sarah CODDINGTON ___| (1800 - 1858) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_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 - ....) | | |_______________________ | | |--Archibald E. BAIRD | (1905 - ....) | _______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_Nellie M. MOORE ____| (1884 - 1978) | | _______________________ | | |_____________________| | |_______________________
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1798 - 1838) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1826 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Sarah CODDINGTON ___| | (1800 - 1858) | | |_____________________ | | |--Augusta BAIRD | | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Madeline MILLER ____| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
still living - details excluded
_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 - ....) | | |_______________________ | | |--Avarial L. BAIRD | | _______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_Nellie M. MOORE ____| (1884 - 1978) | | _______________________ | | |_____________________| | |_______________________
As reported by Mrs. John P. Baird to Fermine Baird Catchings circa 1920, Avis was named "by her grandfather for his great-grandmother, Avis". However, as the grandfather in question, Peter Baird Sr., died a quarter century before Avis was born, this story cannot be literally true. It is true, however, that Avis is a very uncommon name, and, like Rhoda, it may have been carried in the family's memory.
_William BAIRD ______+ | (1784 - 1858) _Peter BAIRD ________| | (1814 - 1850) m 1840| | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______+ | (1787 - 1835) _Peter Smith BAIRD __| | (1850 - ....) m 1872| | | _George BOCKOVEN ____+ | | | (1786 - 1874) m 1815 | |_Nancy BOCKOVEN _____| | (1816 - 1880) m 1840| | |_Margaret SMITH _____ | (1795 - 1853) m 1815 | |--Avis M. BAIRD | (1876 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Catherine _____ ____| (1851 - ....) m 1872| | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_John BAIRD _________+ | (1760 - 1808) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1798 - 1838) | | |_Mary BOCKOVEN ______+ | (1765 - 1853) m 1783 _John BAIRD _________| | (1826 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Sarah CODDINGTON ___| | (1800 - 1858) | | |_____________________ | | |--Barkalow BAIRD | | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Virginia BARKALOW __| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
__ | _John BAIRD _________| | (1665 - 1755) m 1700| | |__ | _Andrew BAIRD _______| | (1700 - 1773) | | | __ | | | | |_Mary BEDENT ________| | m 1700 | | |__ | | |--Barzilla BAIRD | | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Sarah _____ ________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
Littell's Passaic Valley Settlers says he married Sarah, daughter of Jacob Carle, and lived somewhere in the vicinity of Long Hill, which is on the line between Somerset and Morris Counties in the vicinity of Basking Ridge. This identification seems confirmed by the stone at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church cemetery, for Sarah Carle, wife of Bedent Baird. Accounts of the family say he was a member of the Jersey Blues militia, and later removed to "German Flats, Canada", in spite of the fact that German Flats is in New York.
Exactly what became of Bedent is not entirely clear. Part of the confusion is that, in all probability, another Bedent Baird, son of William Baird and Margaret O'Riley, lived in the same area until this family removed (severally) to Burke Co., NC. However, it seems very probable that the elder Bedent Baird did not leave the area of Basking Ridge and had died by 1800, because of the following marriage, recorded by Rev. Robert Finley at the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church:
07 mar 1800: Fortune, "black-man belonged to B. Baird", married Phyllis, colored, "belonging to Ruth Lefferty".
If this means what it says, Fortune had formerly belonged to Bedent Baird, while Phyllis still belonged to Ruth Lefferty. The most likely reason that Fortune no longer belonged to Bedent was that Bedent had died, and Fortune had become a free man. Or, perhaps Fortune was freed when Bedent left for "German Flats", if that is indeed where he went. There does not seem to be a will for Bedent, but there might be a manumission, deed, or similar document on record. Indeed, there are several reports on the internet of the Bedent who married Sarah Carle dying in 1792, but this has not been established.
Arguing against this interpretation, however, is a provision of the will of James Anderson, husband then of Phebe Bockoven, 25 dec 1811. He grants to his wife Phebe the use of the negro man, Fortune, suggesting that Fortune had been sold out of the estate of Bedent Baird. The will also notes that James Anderson had purchased land from the Gavin McCoy estate — Gavin had been an officer in the local militia during the Revolution.
__ | _John BAIRD _________| | (1665 - 1755) m 1700| | |__ | _Andrew BAIRD _______| | (1700 - 1773) | | | __ | | | | |_Mary BEDENT ________| | m 1700 | | |__ | | |--Bedent BAIRD | (1726 - 1792) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Sarah _____ ________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_John BAIRD _________ | (1665 - 1755) m 1700 _John BAIRD _________| | (1707 - 1747) | | |_Mary BEDENT ________ | m 1700 _William BAIRD ______| | (.... - 1794) m 1758| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Avis BOWNE _________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Bedent BAIRD | (1766 - 1839) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Margaret O'RILEY ___| m 1758 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_John B. BAIRD ________+ | (1813 - 1895) m 1839 _Thomas Greenleaf BAIRD _| | (.... - 1935) m 1882 | | |_Elizabeth Ann BRYANT _+ | (1821 - 1888) m 1839 _Orlando Lester BAIRD _| | (1901 - 1987) m 1921 | | | _______________________ | | | | |_Mary Jane STOCKDALE ____| | (1863 - 1948) m 1882 | | |_______________________ | | |--Beverly Jean BAIRD | (1923 - 2003) | _______________________ | | | _Albert BJORK ___________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_Violet Olive BJORK ___| (1903 - ....) m 1921 | | _______________________ | | |_Emma STROMHAY __________| | |_______________________
_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 | |--Breeze BAIRD | | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Nancy Ellen CHRISTY _| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
[4480] Basking Ridge City Cemetery
_William BAIRD ______+ | (1784 - 1858) _Byram Prudden BAIRD _| | (1822 - 1891) m 1842 | | |_Rhoda PRUDDEN ______+ | (1787 - 1835) _Amidee BAIRD __________| | (1846 - 1911) m 1868 | | | _Ephraim HIGH _______ | | | | |_Hannah W. HIGH ______| | (1818 - 1890) m 1842 | | |_____________________ | | |--Byram P. BAIRD | (1875 - 1951) | _____________________ | | | _George BAKER ________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Sarah Elizabeth BAKER _| (1846 - 1918) m 1868 | | _____________________ | | |_Sarah _____ _________| | |_____________________