The progenitor of the Ohio County, Kentucky Baird family was James. He was born and reared at Newton, not far from Londonderry, Ireland and died in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1826.
James had four brothers, Robert, John, Thomas, and William, all of whom came to America before the Revolutionary War. It has been told by other family that their father was either Robert or Thomas Baird and mother was Esther/Hester Johnstoun-Johnson, They both died & buried in Isle of Man. At one time the 4 brothers all lived in Kentucky, near Bardstown, the town established by their uncles David and William Baird. When this town was founded, it was known as Salem. Robert was a surveyor and was associated with his father-in-law, Joseph Barnett in land speculation. William operated a Tanyard in Hartford, Ohio County, Ky. until 1714, and in that year he and William Barnett went to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, to join "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Army of the Northwest.
As a young man in Ireland, James Baird was employed as a coachman. In 1779 he married Jane, eldest daughter of his employer, Sir William Lynn. This displeased her father, and he forbade her to have any contact with her family. Many years after Jane's death, a letter was received in Ohio County from her younger sister. Mrs. Rachel Baird Barnett Bell, a granddaughter of James and Jane said her grandmother was always spoken of as "Lady Jane." It is possible Rachel remembered her grandmother. James and Jane came to America in 1782, when their son James was an infant. The voyage took seven weeks instead of the usual four and food rations were so low James Senior had to be carried from the boat.
James and Jane lived with relatives in or near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for several years before starting the long trek in the winter of 1789 over the mountains to Red Stone, now the town of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The built a boat and they flat boated down the Ohio River to "The Falls," now Louisville. At a place near the present city of Cincinnati the boat was attacked by Indians and several of the passengers and crew were injured. James Junior was one of those injured and had scars of this injury all his life. They landed at the Falls in February of the latter year (1790) when only a few log cabins marked the present site of the city of Louisville.
In Kentucky the family settled at Bardstown, and later moved to Hartford.
*NOTE* Bardstown, Kentucky was once called Salem as it was founded in 1778 by William Bard and some years later the name changed in honor of founder William Bard. The name Bard was changed to Baird some years later.
James Baird Senior was the first Coroner of Ohio County, Kentucky and took an active interest in politics. The early records show he was present at nearly every session of Court and many of the minutes were signed by him.
James and "Lady Jane" Baird had five children: Mary called 'Polly,' James Jr., William, Thomas, and Robert. James and Thomas lived in the No Creek area.
*Information Source*
An excerpt from a handwritten genealogy entitled "The Baird Family", by Harry Tinsley's HISTORY OF NO CREEK, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1953.
James had four brothers, Robert, John, Thomas, and William, all of whom came to America before the Revolutionary War. It has been told by other family that their father was either Robert or Thomas Baird and mother was Esther/Hester Johnstoun-Johnson, They both died & buried in Isle of Man. At one time the 4 brothers all lived in Kentucky, near Bardstown, the town established by their uncles David and William Baird. When this town was founded, it was known as Salem. Robert was a surveyor and was associated with his father-in-law, Joseph Barnett in land speculation. William operated a Tanyard in Hartford, Ohio County, Ky. until 1714, and in that year he and William Barnett went to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, to join "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Army of the Northwest.
As a young man in Ireland, James Baird was employed as a coachman. In 1779 he married Jane, eldest daughter of his employer, Sir William Lynn. This displeased her father, and he forbade her to have any contact with her family. Many years after Jane's death, a letter was received in Ohio County from her younger sister. Mrs. Rachel Baird Barnett Bell, a granddaughter of James and Jane said her grandmother was always spoken of as "Lady Jane." It is possible Rachel remembered her grandmother. James and Jane came to America in 1782, when their son James was an infant. The voyage took seven weeks instead of the usual four and food rations were so low James Senior had to be carried from the boat.
James and Jane lived with relatives in or near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for several years before starting the long trek in the winter of 1789 over the mountains to Red Stone, now the town of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The built a boat and they flat boated down the Ohio River to "The Falls," now Louisville. At a place near the present city of Cincinnati the boat was attacked by Indians and several of the passengers and crew were injured. James Junior was one of those injured and had scars of this injury all his life. They landed at the Falls in February of the latter year (1790) when only a few log cabins marked the present site of the city of Louisville.
In Kentucky the family settled at Bardstown, and later moved to Hartford.
*NOTE* Bardstown, Kentucky was once called Salem as it was founded in 1778 by William Bard and some years later the name changed in honor of founder William Bard. The name Bard was changed to Baird some years later.
James Baird Senior was the first Coroner of Ohio County, Kentucky and took an active interest in politics. The early records show he was present at nearly every session of Court and many of the minutes were signed by him.
James and "Lady Jane" Baird had five children: Mary called 'Polly,' James Jr., William, Thomas, and Robert. James and Thomas lived in the No Creek area.
*Information Source*
An excerpt from a handwritten genealogy entitled "The Baird Family", by Harry Tinsley's HISTORY OF NO CREEK, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1953.
The progenitor of the Ohio County, Kentucky Baird family was James. He was born and reared at Newton, not far from Londonderry, Ireland and died in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1826.
James had four brothers, Robert, John, Thomas, and William, all of whom came to America before the Revolutionary War. It has been told by other family that their father was either Robert or Thomas Baird and mother was Esther/Hester Johnstoun-Johnson, They both died & buried in Isle of Man. At one time the 4 brothers all lived in Kentucky, near Bardstown, the town established by their uncles David and William Baird. When this town was founded, it was known as Salem. Robert was a surveyor and was associated with his father-in-law, Joseph Barnett in land speculation. William operated a Tanyard in Hartford, Ohio County, Ky. until 1714, and in that year he and William Barnett went to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, to join "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Army of the Northwest.
As a young man in Ireland, James Baird was employed as a coachman. In 1779 he married Jane, eldest daughter of his employer, Sir William Lynn. This displeased her father, and he forbade her to have any contact with her family. Many years after Jane's death, a letter was received in Ohio County from her younger sister. Mrs. Rachel Baird Barnett Bell, a granddaughter of James and Jane said her grandmother was always spoken of as "Lady Jane." It is possible Rachel remembered her grandmother. James and Jane came to America in 1782, when their son James was an infant. The voyage took seven weeks instead of the usual four and food rations were so low James Senior had to be carried from the boat.
James and Jane lived with relatives in or near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for several years before starting the long trek in the winter of 1789 over the mountains to Red Stone, now the town of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The built a boat and they flat boated down the Ohio River to "The Falls," now Louisville. At a place near the present city of Cincinnati the boat was attacked by Indians and several of the passengers and crew were injured. James Junior was one of those injured and had scars of this injury all his life. They landed at the Falls in February of the latter year (1790) when only a few log cabins marked the present site of the city of Louisville.
In Kentucky the family settled at Bardstown, and later moved to Hartford.
*NOTE* Bardstown, Kentucky was once called Salem as it was founded in 1778 by William Bard and some years later the name changed in honor of founder William Bard. The name Bard was changed to Baird some years later.
James Baird Senior was the first Coroner of Ohio County, Kentucky and took an active interest in politics. The early records show he was present at nearly every session of Court and many of the minutes were signed by him.
James and "Lady Jane" Baird had five children: Mary called 'Polly,' James Jr., William, Thomas, and Robert. James and Thomas lived in the No Creek area.
*Information Source*
An excerpt from a handwritten genealogy entitled "The Baird Family", by Harry Tinsley's HISTORY OF NO CREEK, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1953.
James had four brothers, Robert, John, Thomas, and William, all of whom came to America before the Revolutionary War. It has been told by other family that their father was either Robert or Thomas Baird and mother was Esther/Hester Johnstoun-Johnson, They both died & buried in Isle of Man. At one time the 4 brothers all lived in Kentucky, near Bardstown, the town established by their uncles David and William Baird. When this town was founded, it was known as Salem. Robert was a surveyor and was associated with his father-in-law, Joseph Barnett in land speculation. William operated a Tanyard in Hartford, Ohio County, Ky. until 1714, and in that year he and William Barnett went to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati, to join "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Army of the Northwest.
As a young man in Ireland, James Baird was employed as a coachman. In 1779 he married Jane, eldest daughter of his employer, Sir William Lynn. This displeased her father, and he forbade her to have any contact with her family. Many years after Jane's death, a letter was received in Ohio County from her younger sister. Mrs. Rachel Baird Barnett Bell, a granddaughter of James and Jane said her grandmother was always spoken of as "Lady Jane." It is possible Rachel remembered her grandmother. James and Jane came to America in 1782, when their son James was an infant. The voyage took seven weeks instead of the usual four and food rations were so low James Senior had to be carried from the boat.
James and Jane lived with relatives in or near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for several years before starting the long trek in the winter of 1789 over the mountains to Red Stone, now the town of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The built a boat and they flat boated down the Ohio River to "The Falls," now Louisville. At a place near the present city of Cincinnati the boat was attacked by Indians and several of the passengers and crew were injured. James Junior was one of those injured and had scars of this injury all his life. They landed at the Falls in February of the latter year (1790) when only a few log cabins marked the present site of the city of Louisville.
In Kentucky the family settled at Bardstown, and later moved to Hartford.
*NOTE* Bardstown, Kentucky was once called Salem as it was founded in 1778 by William Bard and some years later the name changed in honor of founder William Bard. The name Bard was changed to Baird some years later.
James Baird Senior was the first Coroner of Ohio County, Kentucky and took an active interest in politics. The early records show he was present at nearly every session of Court and many of the minutes were signed by him.
James and "Lady Jane" Baird had five children: Mary called 'Polly,' James Jr., William, Thomas, and Robert. James and Thomas lived in the No Creek area.
*Information Source*
An excerpt from a handwritten genealogy entitled "The Baird Family", by Harry Tinsley's HISTORY OF NO CREEK, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1953.
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