Mike and Tena Hanna, If you have checked the LFA newsletter (special edition) which can be downloaded from the LFA website you will see that I am a descendant of John Laird and Agnes Black of Derry T., Lancaster County, PA. Evidence does point to the probability of John being the son of James Laird and wife Jane of Derry. However, there were two James Laird's living in Derry Township, with wife's named Jane. One died abt 1741, and a transcribed copy of his will appears in one of the newsletters. He seems to be the younger of the two Laird's and two minor children are mentioned in his will. The will also mentions Hugh Laird as a brother of James, and was witnessed by John Laird. The other James Laird died abt 1736, and was a much older man who apparently had adult children at the time of his death. His widow Jane Laird received a warrant for land in Lancaster County. I notice that the information you sent to me on the early James Laird gives his date of birth as (1704) Ireland, and date of death 1737, Derby Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His wife's date of birth is (1708) Ireland. Their children are named as William Laird born 1730, Samuel Laird born 1732, Hugh Laird born (1736) Matthew Laird born (1755), and James Laird, born (1769). This information came from the ancestral file, and was submitted to the LDS Church. I have a copy of the groupsheet in my files. As you can see the dates for Hugh, Matthew and James are much later than the death date of James, Sr., so do not fit. I will look over my files and see what information I have on your ancestry. I will then publish the information in the next LFA newsletter. Sincerely, Patricia Laird Howard