John Baird, of Franklin County

Not the same as John Baird, of Monmouth County

BAIRD AND BEARD FAMILIES, page 78. < PDF >

Seilhamer says 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 was a part), who was with the squatters in 1739, and died I749-50, _that they may have been one and the same, and possibly ancestor to most of. the Pennsylvania BAIRDS, Robert. Thomas, John, William. James and. Hannah were the children. John of Strabane had sons Andrew and James. James, who inherited the property, remained in Ireland. This James had a son, John, Jr., who married Rebecca (possibly Sterrett): also William, James; Sydney, Rebecca, and Jane, all bom in Ireland. John. Jr., and his wife Rebecca emigrated to America soon after his father's death (his will dated May 30, 1719), and settled in Chris- tiana Hundred, New Castle, Del.

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This John Baird?

Excerpt from Inez Frame Patterson History:

The surname Baird is originally from the south of France, but the first mention of the name in Britain came with William the Conqueror. There is reason to believe some with the Baird name came to Scotland in 1174 when King William the Lion returned from his captivity in England. Early spellings are Bard, Barde, Byrd, Beard, etc. The Baird coat of arms is a "Boar Passant" to signify that the founder was a hunter, and the motto is "Dominous Fecit" - God has made. There is a Baird tartan.

It is believed that John Bard had four sons, John Jr, James, Robert, and William and two daughters.