Joseph Bird

Joseph Bird was born 28 May 1698 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, and died 1 August 1727. He was the son of 2. Joseph Bird and 3. Joanna Leeds. He married Ruth Jones 1 May 1723.

Their children:

1. Isaac Bird b: 18 January 1723-1724
2. Jonathan Bird b: 17 August 1726

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From William Richard Cutter. Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ; online. (page 66 of 95) link

(IV) Joseph Bird, son of Joseph (3) and Johanna (Leeds) Bird, was bom in Dorchester, May 28, 1698. Married, May 1, 1723, Ruth Jones. He died at Dorchester, August 1, 1727. His widow Ruth administered the estate. He was a cordwainer. Ruth was admitted to full communion in the church, January 12, 1727-28. She married (second) June 10, 1731, Robert Seaver, of Roxbury.

Children of Joseph and Ruth Bird:

• i. Isaac,
• 2. Jonathan, born August 17, 1726, married, April 7, 1757, Bebe Bird, daughter of Thomas born January 18, 1723-24, mentioned below. and Mary (Clapp) Bird; she died May 8, 1819, aged eighty-four; had eleven children.

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  • New England Historical and Genealogical Register
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