> > Subject: BIRD - BYRD > > > Wiley, Sr. (1785) - Jonas, Sr. (1740) - William, Jr. (1710) - William, Sr. > (1675) - Thomas (1657) - William (1619) - Thomas (1600) - Thomas LE BIRD > (1570) - Henry LE BIRD - Thomas LE BIRD > > Ancestors of Wiley Bird, Sr. > > FIRST GENERATION > > 1. Wiley BIRD, Sr. was born about 1785 in NC. He died about 1844 in > Bulloch > County, GA. (See the previous Post for information on Wiley) > > SECOND GENERATION > > Jonas BIRD, Sr. was born about 1740 in Bertie Co., NC. He died about 1802 > in > Bulloch Co, GA. He served in the military in American Revolution. "Jonas > Byrd, b. ca 1735, d. 1802, served as a private in Captain John Mills' > Company > of the South Carolina Light Dragoons commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry > Hampton and General Thomas Sumter. He came to Georgia in 1787 and settled > along Sam's Creek north of Metter." ("GA Revolutionary War Soldiers' > Graves" > - Vol. 1 - by H. Ross Arnold, Jr. and H. Clifton Burnham. See: "Roster of > South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution," page 132.) 1759 - The > section of Bertie County, NC Jonas and his brother Jessie Bird, Sr. are > living in is cut off into Hertford County. > > 1770, December 11 - Jonas is found on the Jury list in Hertford County, NC. > > 1779 - Jonas is found on several Johnston County, NC court records and > sessions as a Constable. He is on a draft no show list of February 16, > 1779, > but shows up on a roster of Captain John Mills Company of Col. Henry > Hampton's Regt. of SC Light Dragoons of General Thomas Sumter's Brigade. > Some of these SC units were formed in NC by exiles who had been dispersed by > the British and banded together under General Sumter. > > 1787 - Jonas received a Headright/Bounty Grant in Richmond County, GA for > 500 > acres between Spirit Creek and McBean Creek. > > 1794 - 1802 - Jonas appears in Screven County, GA Plat Book A along with his > son William and Son-in-law Joshua Gay and Jacob Daughtry. Jonas's land in > Screven County is situated along Dry Branch. > > 1802 - Jonas is in Bulloch County around 1802, in time to draw for the 1805 > Land Lottery. It is thought that Jonas died around 1802. He was married > to > Mary about 1774. Mary was born about 1740. She died about 1823 in Bulloch > Co, GA. Mary Bird of Bulloch County, GA, Tillmans Militia District, drew > Land Lot #354, section 7, Gwinnett County, GA in the 3rd (1820) Land Lottery > of Georgia. Mary apparently drew these 250 acres as a widow. Two of her > sons also drew land in the 1820 Land Lottery: William and Jonas, Jr. > > Mary is most likely living in Bulloch County with her son Jonas, Jr. in > 1820. > Under the listing "Joney Bird" we find: 1 male 26-45 (Jonas); 1 female > 16-26 (Jonas's wife); and 1 female 45 & up (probably Mary). > > On December 11, 1823, William Bird, Wiley Bird, Joel Bird, Jonas Bird, Anne > Gay, Joshua Gay, Penny Williamson, Jacob Daughtry, and Viney Brownin appoint > Joel Highsaw, their lawyer, to sell the above mentioned land. (Deed Book B, > page 112, Hall County, GA) Jonas BIRD, Sr. and Mary had the following > children: > > i. William BIRD was born in 1775. He died in 1831 in Emanuel Co., GA. > William's will is recorded in Emanuel County, GA, Will Book A, page 21, May > 16, 1831. Witnesses include Wiley Bird and Joel Bird. The will was > probated > July 4, 1831. William Bird drew 159 acres of Pineland in Screven County, > GA > on October 5, 1801, surveyed December 11, 1802. The land was bounded by > Noah > Fordman, Joseph Perry, Sal Akins, and Jonas Bird. Dry Branch runs through > the middle of the trail. (Screven County Plat Book A 1793 - 1812, page 73.) > A survey dated March 24, 1818, for William bird shows 150 acres of land on > Stockinghead Creek, Bulloch County, GA. > > ii. Wiley BIRD, Sr. > iii. Joel BIRD was born in 1788. > iv. Jonas BIRD, Jr. was born in 1790. He died about 1860 in Telfair > County, GA. > v. Lavinia "Viney" BIRD. > vi. Penelope "Penny" BIRD. > vii. Ann BIRD. > viii. "Female" BIRD. > > THIRD GENERATION > > William BIRD, Jr. was born about 1710 in Nansemond County, VA. He died > about > 1785 in NC. It is thought that William died in either Hertford or Nash > County, NC. William moved from Nansemond County, VA to Bertie County, NC > after 1825. Later it was cut into Hertford County, NC. William is found on > numerous occasions in Bertie County, NC court records. He was married to > Ann > BLOOMFIELD on Nov 25 1731 in Bertie Co., NC. Ann BLOOMFIELD was born in > 1710 > in Melton, England. William BIRD, Jr. and Ann BLOOMFIELD had the following > children: > > i. Jessie BIRD, Sr. was born about 1735 in Bertie Co., NC. He died in > 1811 in Telfair County, GA. 1770 - Jessie is listed on the Coronors Jury in > December 10, 1770 in Hertford County, NC. 1794 - Receives Headright/Bounty > Grants for 300 & 250 acres in Burke County, GA. 1798 & 1800 - Appears in > Screven County, GA Deed Book A. 1804 - Receives Headright/Bounty Grants for > 400 & 200 acres in Montgomery County, GA. > > ii. Jonas BIRD, Sr. > > iii. Needham BIRD was born about 1741 in Bertie Co., NC. He died in > 1785 in Franklin County, NC. The 1790 Franklin County, NC Census lists > Jessie Bird as the guardian of the orphans of Needham Bird. Needham had 4 > sons, 4 daughters, and 8 slaves. > > iv. Joel BIRD was born about 1742 in Bertie Co., NC. He died in 1764 in > NC. Bertie County, NC Court Minutes, Book II 1740-62, lists a Deed of Gift > from William and Ann Bird to Joel Bird on June 7, 1759. > > v. William BIRD. William may have moved to Burke County, GA and later > to Twiggs County, GA. > > vi. Susannah BIRD. > > vii. Ann BIRD. > > > FOURTH GENERATION > > William BIRD, Sr. was born in 1675 in Surrey County, VA. 1687 - William is > listed as the eldest son in Thomas' will, probated January 5, 1687. Thomas > left William only one shilling. > > 1704 - William is listed as Head of a Household in the Quit Rent Rolls with > 300 acres in Nansemond County, VA. (See: John Boddie, Vol. I "Colonial > Surry," page 200.) > > 1714 - William granted 233 acres in Nansemond County, VA on June 16, 1714. > (Ibid, page 98.) > > 1717 - William granted 338 acres in Nansemond County, VA on January 24, > 1717. (Ibid, page 111.) > > 1735 - William sold 100 acres to John Walton in Nansemond County, VA on July > 9, 1735. (See: Hathaway's NC Historical & Gen. Register, Vol. 3, page > 129.) > > William BIRD, Sr. had the following children: > > i. James BIRD was born about 1698 in Nansemond County, VA. He died in > 1752 in Edgecombe County, NC. > > ii. John BIRD was born about 1700 in Nansemond County, VA. > > iii. Barnabus BIRD was born in 1705 in Nansemond County, VA. He died > in 1753. Barnabus is found in the Bertie County, NC records. He issued a > summons in August, 1732. > > iv. William BIRD, Jr.. > > FIFTH GENERATION > > Thomas BIRD was born about 1657. Thomas was not of age when his father > died, > before September 29, 1672. Nevet Wheeler was appointed his guardian. (See: > Charles City County, VA Court orders, June 4, 1673, page 531.) "William > Duke > and his wife Hannah, relict and administratorix of William bird, dec'd, to > put in security for sd adm, exhibit inventory etc. Also appointed guardian > for her dau Elizabeth, one of the orphans of William Bird dec'd and ordered > to put in security for her part of the estate. Also that Nevet Wheeler gd. > of Thomas Bird one of the orphans of William Bird put in security." > > Thomas received the grist mill and land from his father's estate, and later > bought more land from Thomas Busby in 1680 to add to his property. He died > about 1680. Thomas died at the age of 23. His will was probated on January > 21, 1680, in Surry County, VA. He left one shilling to his oldest son, > William; He left the Mill and part of the land to his son, Thomas; His > three daughters shared in the land of his estate. "Colonial Surry," page > 84-85 by John Boddie records: "In 167 the Grand Jury of Surry County, VA > presented 29 persons for violating the Sabbath by not attending their Parish > churches. Among these were Thomas Busby and Thomas Bird. They were fined > one shilling." He was married to Mary MADISON before Sep 1675. Thomas BIRD > and Mary MADISON had the following children: > > i. William BIRD, Sr. > > ii. Thomas BIRD was born in 1676. He died in 1745 in Surrey County, VA. > Thomas's will was proved in Bertie County, NC on February 8, 1742. Thomas > came to Bertie County, NC between 1720 & 1725. He has a land deed recorded > in 1725 in Book A. > > iii. Tabitha BIRD was born in 1678 in VA. > iv. Mary BIRD was born in 1680 in VA. She died by 3 4 1728. > v. Elizabeth BIRD was born in 1684 in VA. The Laniers of Candler > County > are descendants of Elizabeth and John Lanier. > > SIXTH GENERATION > > William BIRD was born about 1619 in London. He died by Sep 29 1672 in > Martin's Brandon, VA. On July 4, 1671, William Bird purchased from Thomas > Busby "a grist mill and appurtenances at the head of Upper Chipoakes Creek, > 150 acres of land with dwelling, and 300 additional acres all in Surry > County, VA." (Book II, pages 386-387) He was married to Hannah GRENDON by > 1657 in VA. William BIRD and Hannah GRENDON had the following children: > > i. Thomas BIRD. > ii. Elizabeth BIRD. > > SEVENTH GENERATION > > Thomas BIRD was born in 1600 in London, England. He died about 1623 in > Broxton, Chesire, England. He was married to Elizabeth BIRD on Sep 18 1617 > in St. Andrews by the Wardrobe, London, England. Thomas and Elizabeth are > first cousins. Thomas BIRD and Elizabeth BIRD had the following children: > > i. William BIRD. > ii. John BIRD. > > EIGHTH GENERATION > > Thomas LE BIRD was born about 1570. He was married to Ales PALYN. Thomas > LE > BIRD and Ales PALYN had the following children: > > i. Thomas BIRD. > > John LE BIRD was married to Elizabeth BURGH. John LE BIRD and Elizabeth > BURGH had the following children: > > i. Elizabeth BIRD. > > NINTH GENERATION > > Henry LE BIRD. He was married to Anne PHELKIN. Henry LE BIRD and Anne > PHELKIN had the following children: > > i. John LE BIRD. > ii. Thomas LE BIRD. > iii. Hughe LE BIRD. > iv. Robert LE BIRD. > v. Roger LE BIRD. > > TENTH GENERATION > > Thomas LE BIRD. He was married to Margaret DODD. Thomas LE BIRD and > Margaret DODD had the following children: > > i. Henry LE BIRD. > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > >