Hi Wilma, I've been out of town lately with some illnesses in my family and haven't had much time to respond to mail. I hope to catch up soon. Right now, I don't know if the Andrew in Augusta Co. is connected to your line from William Hodge but I strongly suspect that he is. Kay, a descendant of this line, very kindly sent me some info that I'm still trying to sort out. Would you please send me any additional info on your William which might aid in this? 1. ABSALOM2 BAIRD (JOHN1) was born 1756 in Kennett Square, Chester Co.,PA, and died October 27, 1805 in Washington, PA. He married (1) MARGARET DARRAH. He married (2) SUSANNA HARLAN BROWN July 14, 1783 in Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, DE, daughter of GEORGE BROWN and SUSANNA HARLAN. Children of ABSALOM BAIRD and SUSANNA BROWN are: i. JOHN3 BAIRD, b. July 26, 1784, Kennett Square, Chester Co, PA; d. December 01, 1836, Washington County, PA. 2. ii. GEORGE BAIRD, b. October 28, 1785, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA; d. November 02, 1860, Washington, PA. 3. iii. THOMAS HARLAN BAIRD, b. November 15, 1787, Washington, PA; d. November 22, 1866, Washington, PA. 4. iv. WILLIAM BAIRD, b. July 24, 1789; d. November 11, 1834, Maybe October 11. 5. v. SARAH BAIRD, b. March 11, 1793; d. May 30, 1833, Maysfield, KY. Married William Hodge vi. SUSAN BAIRD, b. October 14, 1796; d. July 09, 1824, Uniontown, PA; m. HUGH CAMPBELL, August 09, 1823, Uniontown, PA. Ken in Orlando At 03:18 PM 05/08/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Hi Ken, Nice to see your name on line, Miss our little chats. I am >rereading your mail on Andrew Hodge of Augusta Co. Va. See two of his >children married into the Baird line, like Wiliam Hodge, father of my George >Baird Hodge did. Do you have any information on the line these two Bairds >are from?. I am sure the area is Pennsylvania. This is a very, old >respected family name in that part of our country. I did find a grave of a >small boy named Pleasant Baird in Maysville, Kentucky. I have been told a >GEORGE BAIRD , a brother of GEORGE'S mother was a merchant and traveled >to the Maysville area to deal with WILLIAM HODGE and an ANDREW TODD, brother >of WILLIAM'S first wife. I believe William may have met SARAH BAIRD through >her brother. WILMA JEAN HATTON PRETOT WJPteach@AOL.com > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >