 1682 - 1737 (~ 54 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Bird, Mehitable was christened on 12 Mar 1681/1682 in Farmington,Hartford,CT (daughter of Bird, James and (unknown)); died on 21 Feb 1736/1737 in Farmington,Hartford,CT. Notes:
CHR: "Church Records of Farmington," NEHGR, 12 (1858):38 (FHL #974 B2ne).
MAR: "Farmington Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1645-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1927; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 115 (FHL #002970).
DEATH: Ibid.
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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1262711-R).
SEAL P: Idaho Falls Temple sealings/dead, A:16 (FHL #170824-R).
SEAL S: IGI
Mehitable married Newell, Simon on 22 May 1711 in Farmington,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Bird, James was born about 1632 in England (son of Bird, Thomas); died in (agmt) 5 Nov 1708 in Farmington,Hartford,CT. Notes:
BIRTH: No birth rec found. James is identified in the distribution of estate of his father, Thomas Bird of Hartford, 3 Mar 1663/4, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:97 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: "Farmington Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1645-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1927; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 14 (FHL #002970). It is doubtful that James had any surviving children by his first wife. The will of John Steele, father of Lydia, named his children and grandchildren. There are no Bird grandchildren mentioned. See the will of John Steele of Farmington, 30 Jan 1663, proved 16 Jun 1665, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:239-40.
MAR #2: No mar rec found, nor has any mention of the name of James's 2nd wife been found, although she is referred to in Farmington Congregational Church records without name on 15 Jun 1673 and 1 Mar 1679/80 (NEHGR, 12[1858]:35, 328 [FHL #974 B2ne]).
DEATH: No death rec found. See agreement of heirs of James "Burd" of Farmington, 5 Nov 1708, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 2:32.
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BEPS1: IGI
James married (unknown) about 1661. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | (unknown)Children:
- Bird, Thomas was born about 1662 in Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 30 Apr 1725 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- Bird, Rebecca was born about 1665 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- Bird, Hannah was born about 1670 in Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 7 Jun 1751 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
- Bird, Lydia was born about 1678 in Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 24 May 1735 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Union St. Cemetery,West Springfield,Hampden,MA.
- Bird, James was born about 1680 in Farmington,Hartford,CT; died in (adm) 7 Nov 1709 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- 1. Bird, Mehitable was christened on 12 Mar 1681/1682 in Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 21 Feb 1736/1737 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- Bird, Elizabeth was christened on 23 Nov 1684 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Bird, Thomas was born about 1598 in England; died in (inv) 10 Aug 1662 in Hartford,Hartford,CT. Notes:
BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. It has been frequently published that the wife of Thomas Bird was Mary. No record of her existence has been found. The claim is traced to Royal R. Hinman, CATALOGUE OF THE EARLY PURITAN SETTLERS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT (Hartford, 1852), 223 (FHL #974.6D2h). "His widow Mary d. in her old age, Jan. 22, 1729-30." However, Farmington vital recs show that Mary, widow of Joseph Bird, Jr, died on this date. If the wife of Thomas Bird died in 1730, she would have been nearly 130 years old.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Thomas Bird [of Hartford], 10 Aug 1662, distribution 3 Mar 1663/4, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:97 (FHL #974.6 P2m). The estate was probated in Hartford, but no place of residence is mentioned. Hartford land records show that Thomas Bird was a resident of Hartford from at least 1639. He is last mentioned in 1660. See "Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford among the Settlers, 1639," COLLECTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 14 (Hartford, 1912):382 (FHL #897073).
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BES: IGI
Children:
- Bird, Mary died on 1 Mar 1694/1695 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- 2. Bird, James was born about 1632 in England; died in (agmt) 5 Nov 1708 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
- Bird, Hannah was born about 1634 in England; died before 11 Jun 1690.
- Bird, Joseph was born about 1636; died in (inv) 13 Jan 1695/6 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.
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