Baird, John
- Born: 0006-4 Mar 1665, Liberton Co., Midlothian, Scottland
- Marriage (1): Osborne-Bedent, Mary Bernard 0009-2 Mar 1698 in Topenemus, Monmouth Co., New Jersey
- Marriage (2): Hall, Mary in 1684
- Died: 6 Apr 1755, Topenemus, New Jersey at age 89
 General Notes:
[Baird.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 16, Ed. 1, Tree #0097, Date of
Import: Sep 19 , 1999] According to a Kansas Historical Society
records [BBB V551] John Baird sailed from Scotland on the ship
'Caledonia', which sank in New York harbou r and arrived at
Elizabethtown, N.J. There are also some records which state he
sailed on the ship 'Exchange'. The sailing on the ship
'Caledonia' seems better authenticated. [Records supplied by
Fran Molloy (Darling-Baird) indica ted that John Baird was
deported from Scottland in 1683.] [Records supplied by Fred
Baird indicated in his research that John Sr. sailed from
Aberdeen, S cotland, arrived in Staten Island, N.Y., Dec. 19.
1683. Records supplied by F red Baird indicated that John Baird
emigrated at age 18 from Aberdeen on the ship "Exchange 19",
and served four years in bondage, then settled in Topene mus
Co., New Jersey. State of New Jersey Archives; Trenton Book
A-155, Journ al of American Genealogy by Forman & Perrine,
Vol.1. All this information com es from the old Parish
registers in Liberton, which is now a suburb of Edinbu rgh,
Scotland.] He along with his two brothers [James and Alexander]
settled n ear Topanemus, N.J. [now Marlboro, N.J.] In 1741
John [Sr.] conveyed land to his son John, Jr., which Sr. had
purchased from Thomas Warne in 1688. John Sr. married Mary Hall
but there is no record to show how long they were marrie d or if
there were any children. He then married Mary Bedient. [John
Sr. wa s the second spouse of Mary, the widow of Tomas Bedient.
Her parents were Ri chard Osbourn and Mary Bernard of Staines,
England.] It is with Mary Bedent that children were born. He is
buried in the Topenemus Cemetery,Topenemus, Mar lboro Co., New
Jersey. The marker shows he came to America when he was eig
hteen years of age.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, 0006-4 Mar 1665, Baptized, Gilmertoun, Scottland.
John married Mary Bernard Osborne-Bedent, daughter of Richard Osborn and Mary Bernard, 0009-2 Mar 1698 in Topenemus, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. (Mary Bernard Osborne-Bedent was born in 1675 in Staines, England and died in 1736 in Topenenemus, New Jersey.)
John next married Mary Hall in 1684. (Mary Hall was born WFT Est 1647-1672 and died in 1698.)
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