BAIRD Thomas Edwin

Family/Spouse: HEATH Rebecca Eldridge Bland. Rebecca and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. BAIRD Sarah Eldridge Heath was born on 26 Oct 1775; died on 21 Sep 1842.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: VA
• Military: VA
• Reference Number: 767
• Census: 1820, Prince George County, VA

Notes:

Poss other Children:

Benjamin Baird
John Baird b: ABT 1760
James Harrison Baird b: ABT 1765 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Isham Harrison Baird b: ABT 1771

Military:
Name:      Ephraim Baird
Company: 62 REG'T (SELDEN'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction:      LIEUTENANT
Rank - Discharge:      LIEUTENANT
Roll Box:      8
Microfilm Publication:      M602

Military:
Ephraim Baird
Company:      4 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction:      LIEUTENANT
Rank - Discharge:      LIEUTENANT
Roll Box:      8
Microfilm Publication:      M602

Census:
Ephraim Baird
in the 1820 United States Federal Census

Name:      Ephraim Baird
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):      Prince George, Virginia
Enumeration Date:      August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:      2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18:      1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:      1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:      1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:      3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:      2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:      1
Slaves - Males - Under 14:      3
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25:      6
Slaves - Males - 26 thru 44:      3
Slaves - Males - 45 and over:      1
Slaves - Females - Under 14:      5
Slaves - Females - 14 thru 25:      6
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44:      3
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:      20
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:      1
Free White Persons - Under 16:      5
Free White Persons - Over 25:      2
Total Free White Persons:      10
Total Slaves:      27
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:      37

Ephraim married HARRISON Hannah in 1735. Hannah was born in 1706 in Prince George County, VA; died on 16 Dec 1775; was buried in VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hannah --Unknown-- BAIRD
• Reference Number: 768

Notes:

Married:
Family Source

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Miller
• Reference Number: 769
• Alt. Birth: 30 Mar 1682, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
• Land: 1710, Jamestown, Virginia
• Land: 1717, Prince George County, VA
• Religion: 1720, Prince George County, VA
• Land: 17 Aug 1725, Prince George County, VA
• Occupation: 1726, Prince George County, VA; Justice of the Peace
• Occupation: 1729, Prince George County, VA; Justice of the Peace

Notes:

CAPT. JOHN BAIRD

b. about 1675
d. Sept. 15, 1738 in Chippokes Creek Plantation

m. MARGARET ROOKINGS about 1700

1707 Witness to Indenture of John Tullet of Henrico County, Virginia to Phillip Ludwell of
James City County, Virginia July 7, 1707

1710 Purchased a lot in Jamestown and 20 acres on James City Island. Both deeds were
witnessed by Phillip Ludwell on May 6, 1710.

1717 In 1717, John bought land in Prince George County, Virginia on Chippokes Creek, which
is the dividing line between Surry and Prince George Counties, and moved his family
there.

1720 John Baird was made a Vestryman for the Parish of Martin's Brandon on January 10, 1720.

1725 On August 17, 1725, a patent for 521 acres lying in the counties of Prince George and Surry
was granted to John Baird, which land formerly belonged to Anne Salisbury. This land
adjoined the Chippokes property owned by John.

1726 In 1726, John Baird was made Justice of the Peace for Prince George County, Virginia.

1729 In 1729, John Baird was again made Justice of the Peace for Prince George County, VA.

1738 John Baird died at his Chippokes Creek plantation sometime before September 15, 1738,
evidenced by a law suit filed by sons Rook and Rueben, as executors of his estate, against
a Thomas Cheves, to settle a debt owed the estate.


John Baird and Margaret Rookings Baird had children:

John Baird
Reuben Baird
Rook Baird (1702 - 1785)
Ephraim Baird (1715 - 1787)


(Information from ancestry.com, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, by Dr. Benjamin Wiesiger II, Library of Virginia Archives, Deed and Estate Accounts by William Lindsay Hopkins 1705-1755)

John Baird
M, #15779, b. about 1675, d. before 15 September 1738
Relationship=6th great-grandfather of Wendell Harding Wilcox.
The original settlement at Jamestown was established on 13 May 1607 by the Virginia Company under charter from King James I of England. It was 60 miles from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on the James River. History tells us that of the 7289 people who migrated to Virginia between 1609 and 1624, 6030 of those died of disease, starvation or infections acquired onboard ships in passage. Until the 1660's, only 20% of the arrivals in a given year survived. The majority of the immigrants were indentured servants. They were free persons, but poor, who voluntarily contracted their services for a period of time in return for passage, food, and clothing, with the promise of tools and seed at the end of the indenture. The first representative assembly in the New World convened in a Jamestown church on 30 July 1619. Another crucial event was the arrival of Africans to Jamestown. A Dutch slave trader exchanged his cargo of Africans for food in 1619. The Africans became indentured servants, similar in legal position to the whites. The racial-based slave system did not develop until the 1680's.
On the opposite side of Chippokes Creek in Surry County, VA was "Flying Point," the Rookings Plantation. At least three or four generations of William Rookings lived at Flying Point from 1636. William Rookings I, who patented the land died around 1646, leaving the place to his son, William Rookings II, who played a significant role in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. He was the leader of the rebels who fortified the house of Arthur Allen, which became known as "Bacon's Castle". Like Bacon, William Rookings II died before he could be executed by the triumphant followers of Governor William Berkley. William's brother-in-law, Nicholas Wyatt, petitioned the Surry County Court to restore "Flying Point" to his children. William Rookings III succeeded in inheriting the property and died about 1715. His son, William Rookings IV lived until about 1750. William III was probably the father of Margaret.
At least one researcher thinks John was the son of John Baird of Glasgow, Scotland. The publication "Name and Family of Baird" says the first of this name to arrive in Virginia were Thomas, Robert and Elizabeth in 1635. It is thought that Elizabeth was the wife of Thomas. If John's arrival in Virginia is documented, it has not been found. He appears as a witness to an indenture from John Tullet of Henrico County, Virginia to Phillip Ludwell of James City County, Virginia dated 7 July 1707. On 6 May 1710, he bought a lot in Jamestown and 20 acres on James City Island. Both deeds were witnessed by the above Phillip Ludwell. A Phillip Ludwell was Secretary of the Colony under Governor William Berkeley. In 1717, John bought land in Prince George County, Virginia on Chippokes Creek, which is the dividing line between Surry and Prince George Counties, and moved his family there.
John was a miller and a millwright, so its probable that he did not arrive as an indentured servant. It's also probable that his father and grandfather were also millers and millwrights and that this talent was passed along to John. Later generations of John Baird's descendants built and operated mills in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Texas.
John Baird was made a vestryman for the Parish of Martin's Brandon on 10 January 1720, an indication that he was held in high esteem by members of the Parish.
On 17 August 1725, a patent for 521 acres lying in the counties of Prince George and Surry was granted to John Baird, which land formerly belonged to Anne Salisbury who died seized, or without heirs. By law, ownership of land reverted to the Crown. This land adjoined the Chippokes property owned by John.
In 1726 and again in 1729, John Baird was made Justice of the peace for Prince George County.
John Baird died at his Chippokes Creek plantation sometime before 15 September 1738, evidence by a law suit filed by sons Rook and Rueben, as executors of his estate, against a Thomas Cheves, to settle a debt owed the estate (Virginia Colonial Abstracts, by Dr. Benjamin Wiesiger II; Library of Virginia Archives; Deed and Estate Accounts by William Lindsay Hopkins 1705-1755).¹John Baird was born about 1675.¹ He married Margaret Rookings about 1699..¹ John Baird moved to a residence in James City County, Virginia, about 1700. He lived in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, until 1717 or 1718.¹ He moved to a residence in Chippokes Creek, Prince George County, Virginia, about 1718.¹ On 20 December 1723 John Baird bought 120 acres of land on Otterdam Creek near Cabin Point Mill in Southwark Parish, Surry County, Virginia.¹ He died before 15 September 1738.¹
Children of John Baird and Margaret Rookings
     Rook Baird+ b. abt 1702, d. b 19 Mar 1785
     Ephraim Baird+ b. abt 1715, d. b 28 Dec 1787
Citations
[S1156] Research of John C. Baird, etal.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about John Baird Name: John Baird
Year: 1607-1738
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 1640.9
Primary Immigrant: Baird, John
Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of mention in the New World. Birth date, occupation, names of family members, and a reference to sources listed on pages ix-xiv may also be provided.
Source Bibliography: DOBSON, DAVID. Scots on the Chesapeake, 1607-1830. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 169p.
Page: 7

Occupation:
John was a miller and a millwright, so it's probable that he did not arrive as an indentured servant. It's also probable that his father and grandfather were also millers and millwrights and that this talent was passed along to John. Later generations of John Baird's descendants built and operated mills in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Texas.

Land:
1710 Purchased a lot in Jamestown and 20 acres on James City Island. Both deeds were
witnessed by Phillip Ludwell on May 6, 1710.

Land:
1717 In 1717, John bought land in Prince George County, Virginia on Chippokes Creek, which is the dividing line between Surry and Prince George Counties, and moved his family
there.

Religion:
1720 John Baird was made a Vestryman for the Parish of Martin's Brandon on January 10, 1720

Land:
1725 On August 17, 1725, a patent for 521 acres lying in the counties of Prince George and Surry was granted to John Baird, which land formerly belonged to Anne Salisbury. This land
adjoined the Chippokes property owned by John.

Died:
John Baird died at his Chippokes Creek plantation sometime before September 15, 1738,
evidenced by a law suit filed by sons Rook and Rueben, as executors of his estate, against
a Thomas Cheves, to settle a debt owed the estate.

John married ROOKINGS Margaret about 1699. Margaret (daughter of ROOKINGS William and EGBOURGH Ann) was born in 1685 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in Prince George County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Name: Possible last name Rooks
• Reference Number: 770

Notes:

On the opposite side of Chippokes Creek in Surry County, VA was "Flying Point," the Rookings Plantation. At least three or four generations of William Rookings lived at Flying Point from 1636. William Rookings I, who patented the land died around 1646, leaving the place to his son, William Rookings II, who played a significant role in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. He was the leader of the rebels who fortified the house of Arthur Allen, which became known as "Bacon's Castle". Like Bacon, William Rookings II died before he could be executed by the triumphant followers of Governor William Berkley. William's brother-in-law, Nicholas Wyatt, petitioned the Surry County Court to restore "Flying Point" to his children. William Rookings III succeeded in inheriting the property and died about 1715. His son, William Rookings IV lived until about 1750. William III was probably the father of Margaret. (Citations [S1156] Research of John C. Baird, etal. )

Notes:

Married:
Citations [S1156] Research of John C. Baird, etal.

John married DAVIDSON Janet on 6 Aug 1678 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Janet was born on 9 Sep 1655 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the opposite side of Chippokes Creek in Surry County, VA was "Flying Point," the Rookings Plantation. At least three or four generations of William Rookings lived at Flying Point from 1636. William Rookings I, who patented the land died around 1646, leaving the place to his son, William Rookings II, who played a significant role in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. He was the leader of the rebels who fortified the house of Arthur Allen, which became known as "Bacon's Castle". Like Bacon, William Rookings II died before he could be executed by the triumphant followers of Governor William Berkley. William's brother-in-law, Nicholas Wyatt, petitioned the Surry County Court to restore "Flying Point" to his children. William Rookings III succeeded in inheriting the property and died about 1715. His son, William Rookings IV lived until about 1750. William III was probably the father of Margaret. (Citations [S1156] Research of John C. Baird, etal. )

William married EGBOURGH Ann. Ann and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]