John Baird and Unknown

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Husband John Baird ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1730 - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1758 ? - near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

       Marriage: Winter, 1756-1757

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Wife Unknown

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           Born: Abt 1733
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Nov 1802 4
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Dr. Absalom Baird ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1758 - Chester Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1805 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2 4
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         Spouse: Susanna Brown (      -1802) 1 2
           Marr: 14 Jul 1783 1

         Spouse: Margaret Darragh (Abt 1770-1851) 4 5
           Marr: 1804 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Baird

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He came to America as a soldier under Gen. Braddock, and shared with him the memorable defeat on the Monongahela, July 9, 1755. He is said to have lost his life in the disastrous battle of Grant's Hill, in 1758, before Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh). His widow with her infant son, Absalom, continued to reside in the home he had established for them in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Scotland about the year 1730, and came to America with Gen. Braddock in 1755, and was with that general at the defeat on the Monongahela. After the defeat he retired with the troops into winter quarters in Philadelphia, where, in the winter of 1756-57, he married a Quaker lady. In 1758 he was in one of the Highland regiments sent out under Forbes to attack Fort Duquesne, and was said to have been killed in the battle of Grant's Hill, Pittsburgh, September, 1758. He left a widow with an infant son. His widow was left with small means, and to support and educate her son taught school for several years. [HWC 1882, 541]

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 541.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 250.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 794.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 542.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1012.