I can offer help on a couple of these. > From: JAKEOWEN@aol.com > To: BIRD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BIRD-L] William Bird and Bridgetta Huling > - of Birdsboro, PA > > I would appreciate anyone who can help me find > additional info/sources to > prove or disprove the following 7 William Bird > Connections: > WBC#3 - Andrew Huling moved to VA one mile from > Andrew Bird. Source: Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/AUGUSTA.HTM. Deed Book 14, p. 518, 17 May 1768 John Blizard and Ruth to Andrew Hulings, �20., between Bird land and Smith's Creek, part of 400 acres patented by Swan Rambo, corner of old patent and John Phillips; Andrew Bird's line; 30 acres. Teste: Andrew Bird, John Phillips, Edward Sampson. Delivered: Andrew Hulings, May 1773. 3 May 1768 John Blizard and Ruth to Frederick Zircle of Frederick Co., �250 on Smiths Creek; corner Andrew Bird, line of John Phillips, 400 acres (except 50 acres surveyed off for Jacob Rambo, the plat whereof followeth John Phillips land,which is conveyed by Andrew Bird to Jacob) as also said Blizard doth, except a parcel bounded, Viz; Patent line and Bird's line; 30 acres conveyed to Andrew Hulings above. Teste: Andrew Bird, Phillip Herbern, Edward Sampson, Delivered: Ludwick Zircle, May 1770. 16 May 1768 Andrew Bird and Mary to Andrew Hulings, �35, between Smiths Creek and the mountain; corner of John Phillips & Swain Rambo, 186 acres. Teste: John Blizard, Jno. Phillips. Del: Andrew Hulings, May 1773. Will Book 4, p. 288 21 Mar 1770 John Dilling's appraisment (by Andrew Huling; Lewis Circle; Jacob Rambo), recorded." > WBC#4 - Bird Va Iron Forge connection to Abraham > Bird. The following records show the connection of several of Andrew Bird's (the immigrant to the Shenandoah Valley) descendants to the family's iron-making business. It would appear that Mounce Bird built Pine Forge as there was no reference to a forge in the deed from Harrison and Strother to Bird in 1777. SOURCE: Shenandoah County, VA Deed Books [p. 40] p. F-90, 29 June 1786 Between MOUNCE BYRD & CLAIR his wife of Shanando county to DERK PENNYBACKER & BENJAMIN FAWCETT of Co. aforesaid�consideration of Three hundred & fifty pounds�Tract of land lying on Smiths Creek whereon now the mill stands & part of the forge being the same tract of Land the said Mounce purchased of BURR HARRISON & WILLIAM STROTHER�in the edge of GEORGE HARRISON's meadow�Corner to MOUNCE BYRD land�Including the said mills & about three acres of Land� Wit: none MOUNCE BYRD Recorded: 29 June 1786 CLAIR ( C ) BYRD H-334, 23 Feb 1792 Between Derick Pennybaker and Hannah his wife of Shanandoah County and Benjamin Fawcett and Delilah his wife of Rockingham County to Benjamin Pennybacker George Mayberry and Isaac Samuels of Shanandoah County �consideration of one thousand thousand Pounds�a certain small tract of Land lying and being in Shanandoah County on Smiths Creek it being the same Land which was conveyed to the said Derick Pennybacker and Benjamin Fawcett by Mounce Bird and Clair his wife by their Deed the 29th day of June 1786�corner to Mounce Birds land�Containing about three acres of Land�and including a Grist Mill Saw Mill and the greatest part of the forge commonly called the pine forge together with all things thereunto belonging and all houses and buildings� Wit: none Derick Pennybaker Hannah Pennybaker B. Fawcett Recorded: 23 Feb 1792 Delilah (X) Fawcett H-338, 23 Feb. 1792 Between Andrew Correll and Elizabeth his wife of Rockingham County and Samuel Caufman and Ann his wife of Shanandoah County to Benjamin Pennybacker, George Mayberry and Isaac Samuels of County of Shanandoah (Iron Masters)�consideration of Eighty five Pounds�Tract of Land Situate Lying and being on Smiths Creek�it being part of the three hundred Acres of Land which the said Andrew Correll purchased of George Harrison�on a clift (sic) of Smiths Creek�Lane Just by Benjamin Pennybackers house�containing ten Acres and a half and Including part of the pine forge and sundry Dwelling houses and buildings� Wit: none Andrew Correll Elizabeth Correll (in German) Samuel Coffman Recorded: 23 Feb. 1792 Ann Coffman (in German) SOURCE: Augusta County, Virginia Will Book, v. 2, p. 9 ...20 March 1753 bond of Moses Bird and Abraham Bird and William Clerk as administrators for the estate of Wm. Clark. [Apparently "Moses" was an attempt to anglicize "Mounce". Both of the Birds signed the document with very different signatures.] SOURCE: Augusta County, Virginia Deed Book, Bk. 6, p.7 2 Feb 1754...Andrew Bird to Moses [Mounce] Bird on Smith's Creek, Andrew bird's line; Jno. Phillips line, 350 acres, part of 400, 50 of which were surveyed for Jacob Rambo by deed. Teste: Abraham Bird. Delivered to Jno Skean, Feb. 1758. [NOTE: Same same date, Andrew conveyed 174 acres in Brock's Gap on the North Shenandoah River to Abraham Bird, another of his brothers...][Deed Book 9] p. 424, 15 Aug 1761... Moses Bird & Clair of Frederick Co. to John Blizzard 140 acres on Smith's Creek; corner of Andrew Bird's line...Teste: Archibald Ruddell, Thos. Beggs, and Abraham Bird." Note: deed records show Moses and Mounce to have been the same person SOURCE: Terrell, Isaac Long, Old Houses in Rockingham County: 1750-1850, McClure Press, 1970, Dallas Public Library. " "Craney Island" 1750...Craney Island is formed in Smith's Creek by the mill race. Here Andrew Byrd built his mills and iron foundries, and made Franklin stoves used throught the area. His mills, Craney Island Mills, ground grain. Andrew Byrd received a patent for the land in 1749, and probably built the house shortly thereafter. It is a simply stated weatherboarded house which sits on a slight rise above the creek. It was built in sections, the older portion being the north end, judging by the type of chimney. To the back was a lean-to addition of stone, now partially torn down. The house has six rooms with fireplaces. Some rooms have wainscoting and chair rail. Some of the original doors have handmade thumb latches remaining. The windows on the first floor have fifteen panes while those on the second floor have twelve. The house is fronted with a four square column portico with the front door opening into a center hallway with open staircase and door opening onto the back. [photo from United States Government, Works Progress Administration, Historical American Buildings Survey, Rockingham County, 1935-1939, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Library Photographic Files, unbound, uncatalogued]." SOURCE: Wayland, John W., Historic Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, VA: C. J. Carrier Co., 1973 Harrisonburg, VA: 1973, p. 93-97. " p. 93-97...This letter, written June 30, 1928 [to the author from Mrs. Douglas T. Elam, granddaughter of Abraham and Rebecca Byrd]...My mother was Mary Catherine Byrd, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca Samuels Byrd. She was the widow of Robert M. Kyle when whe was married to my father, Rev. L. S. Reed [the father of Dr. Walter Reed], Dec. 11, 1866. At the time my father was in charge of the Charlottesville District and moved to Harrisonburg for one year in 1870 to be near my aged grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Samuels Byrd [she died in July of 1870]...With regard to Stoneleigh Inn, I do not know just when my grandparents, the Byrds, moved there. They came from out in the country--my grandfather had an iron foundry, and also a mill. I think the latter was on Smith Creek. I do not know the location of the foundry, but have seen stoves made there. My mother bought the place from the Byrds [Stoneleigh Inn]...I have recently had a hurried glance at your book, giving a history of the Valley [Shenandoah County]. My cousin, Mrs. Carrie Samuels Spencer, showed it to me. My grandmother, Rebecca Samuels Byrd, was a sister of Judge Greenberry Samuels. SOURCE: Narrative account of John H. Bird of Harrisonburg, VA, June 1978. Mr. Bird at that time had in his possession various items manufactured at the Bird/Byrd forges..."The Pennybackers were largely engaged in the ironworks. Well, Capt. Derick Pennybacker served his apprenticeship with William and Colonel Mark Bird of Birdsboro, at the Hopewell Furnaces in Pennsylvania. In the meantime, Andrew (II), Abraham, and Mounce Byrd, three brothers, had started ironworks down here in Virginia and been in business for some time, but they were getting old. So, when Capt. Derick Pennybacker, their relative, came down here in 1781, they sold out to him. But Andrew remained as designer of the stoves and the iron work--in the artistic part of it. This was Andrew II....The White House was built by Capt. Derick's son Benjamin Pennybacker, who managed Union Forge Foundry which was right here on Smiths Creek." Note: I have deed records to show that Derick Pennybacker purchased a tract of land with a gristmill in Berks Co. from the estate of William Bird in 1767. He lost that property in a lawsuit in 1782, and subsequestly removed to Virginia where he purchased Pine Forge from Mounce Bird and established several others and became a very successful ironmaster himself. I also have photocopies of three documents bearing Andrew Bird's signature...one, the estate inventory of Mounce Jones in Berks Co. (1727), another on the inventory of Swen Rambo of Lancaster Co.(1731), and the other, the will of John Ruddell, Jr. in 1749, in present-day Rockingham County. The signatures are the same. Mounce Jones' land straddled the Berks/Lancaster county line. I hope these sources will be of some help. Sherry Johnson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com