Jeremiah Freeman Bird

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Birth: 1748 New Jersey, USA Death: Nov. 29, 1788 New Jersey, USA

Jeremiah Bird was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a private in the New Jersey Militia under Capt. Benjamin Laing. He also participated in rebel army maneuvers under the command of Lieutenant Hutchinson, first Battalion, NJ volunteers. (see Service records of NJ Adjuntant General: NJ Rev War slips: Single Citations of the NJ DOD Materials. FHL Vol 568992 #244.9258. See also History of Elizabeth New Jersey by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield pp 501, 504-505.) He had at least four children: Abigail (name of her Great Grandmother, Abigail Jones); Charles (name of grandfather Charles Marsh; Samuel,(name of Great-Grandfather Samuel Jacques); and Benjamin Freeman apparently named after Benjamin Freeman, his grandmother Marsh's second husband. Jeremiah's son, Benjamin Freeman, is FindaGrave #10842454.

Jeremiah and Elizabeth Marsh were married in Elizabeth, NJ at ST John's Church on 2 Nov. 1768 according to church records.

Jeremiah is mentioned in his father Joseph's will, as are his wife Elizabeth and three of his children. Jeremiah apparently passed away very close to the time that his father died in late 1788.

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Parents:

 Joseph Bird (1725 - 1788)

 Susanna Jacques Bird (1731 - 1768)

Children:

 Benjamin Freeman Bird (1778 - 1862)*

Siblings:

 Jeremiah Bird (1748 - 1788)

 Joseph Bird (1755 - ____)*

 Samuel Bird (1757 - 1763)*

 Susannah Bird (1762 - 1772)*

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Burial: Unknown

Maintained by: Mary P Millet Originally Created by: Charlotte Record added: Jul 31, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 94619120

Jeremiah Bird was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a private in the New Jersey Militia under Capt. Benjamin Laing. He also participated in rebel army maneuvers under the command of Lieutenant Hutchinson, first Battalion, NJ volunteers. (see Service records of NJ Adjuntant General: NJ Rev War slips: Single Citations of the NJ DOD Materials. FHL Vol 568992 #244.9258. See also History of Elizabeth New Jersey by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield pp 501, 504-505.)
He had at least four children: Abigail (name of her Great Grandmother, Abigail Jones); Charles (name of grandfather Charles Marsh; Samuel,(name of Great-Grandfather Samuel Jacques); and Benjamin Freeman apparently named after Benjamin Freeman, his grandmother Esther Cutter Marsh's second husband, with whom he was acquainted.
Jeremiah's son, Benjamin Freeman bird, is FindaGrave #10842454.

Jeremiah and Elizabeth Marsh were married in Elizabeth, NJ at ST John's Church on 2 Nov. 1768 according to church records.

Jeremiah is mentioned in his father Joseph's will, as are his wife Elizabeth and three of his children. Jeremiah apparently passed away very close to the time that his father died in late 1788. (Bio by Mary Millet. Jeremiah is a DAR Ancestor)