Parks Baird, Sr.

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This file is a loving work in progress. While I strive for accuracy, errors are bound to be made. Please verify data independently before using. Researched by Beverly Branning Green, (Branning Family Researcher/Historian) olsalte@aol.com since 1990.A revision of my original WFT CD #5-421 Source: Beverly Branning Green, 4406 Island Drive, North Topsail Beach, NC 28460 910-328-0939

Names Baird and Beard are used interchangeablely.

Parkes Baird/ Beard/ Bard, Sr.: Born March 11, 1779 Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT [13Mar1778 calculated in FTM] April 05, 1853 @ 75yrs23 das =1853 per Old Damascus Cem. record 1990 source: researcher Evalyn Tygrets info.: Parks died April 5, 1853 aged 73 y 23 dys; perr: Chester Branning died Apr 1st, 1853. Name Parkes on TS at Overlook Cem, First Baptist Church, (originally Old Damascus Cem.) Damascus, Wayne Co ,PA.

Penna Wills & Probate Records: (from Ancestry) Name: Parks Baird Probate Date: 1 Jun 1852 Probate Place: Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1852 Inferred Death Place: Pennsylvania, USA Case Number: 385 Item Description: Wills, Vol 1-2, 1798-1872

Parkes Baird Find A Grave Memorial # 15897893 + photo TS Birth: Mar. 11, 1779 Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Death: Apr. 5, 1853 Family links: Spouse: Sarah Ann Lassley Baird (1785 - 1840)* Inscription: Aged 75 yrs. Note: Death year looks like 1853 but questionable. Bev Green provided Birth information. Burial: Overlook Cemetery, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Created by: Patricia White-Bittner Record added: Sep 26, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial # 15897893 + photo TS

Sources: Equinunk Hist Soc.; Helen Branning- Honesdale, PA; Mary Branning- Scranton, PA; Beverly Branning Green's research, Evelyn BranningTygrets research info, Morland Branning- brother of Evelyn info.

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Parks Baird Birth Date: Mar 1779 Birth Location: Canaan Parent Name: Aaron Parent Name: Lucy

29 Apr 1807 Deed John Lapsley & Sarah Lapsley of town Greenfield, Co; of Greene, NY & PARKS BARD $13.75 the ground where PARKS BARD now lives -- to outline of lot that Luther Curtis bought of said Lapsley, thence along turnpike, containing one acre of land signed in presence of Matthew A. Salsbury & Stephen VanScoy.

1810 US Federal Census Township: Greenville, County: Greene, State: New York Parks Beard; Free White Males Under 10: 4; ; Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 ; Free White Females Under 10: 1 ; Free White Females 16 to 25: 1; Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 1; Total Number of Household Members: 7 [ch b in NY would be John L., Dennis, James, Parks Jr,& Sarah Ann Baird.]

1820 US Federal Census Township: Damascus County: Wayne State: Pa M 3 under10; 3 under 16; 1 16/25; 1 16/16; 2 45&up; F 1 under 10; 1 under 16; 1 45 up [4 agriculture] [13 in family] [ch b. in PA would be Ithemer, Amos, Esther, Cornelious, Hester, Aaron & Catherine] Neighbors: John Land; Jeremiah Lilly, John Young, Geo. Brown, John Lashley, Silas Tyler, *Parks Bard, Jonathan Lillie, Sipe Drake, Thomas Young, Harvey J. Smith, Jonathon Yerkes, Nathan Skinner, Oliver Calkins, David Guinnip, Joseph Guinnip.

1830 US Federal Census Township: Damascus County: Wayne State: Pennsylvania- pg 191 Parks Bard [Sr.] M 2- 5/10; 1 - 15/20; 1 - 56/60; F 1 - 10/15; 1 - 20/30; 1 - 40/50 [7 in family] Parks Bard, next John Bayed, other side: John Land, Sepe Corkins, David Yerkes, Aaron Lillie

1831 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 7/579 John L. Baird & Keturah et ux to Parks Baird (bros) $56 Berlin Twp. formerly Dyberry on Mast Hope Creek adjacent Samuel Sitgraves 415 ac. was Warranntee granted in land office Pa Whm Ledlie sold 1826 to Samuel Salter & Catherine 1830 - Deed # 7/172 conveyed to John L. Baird abt. 1831 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 8/374 Parks Baird - Buckley Beardslee Dyberry

1834 Deed Book 10, page 429-430, dated May 23, 1834, Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale, PA: Parks Baird and wife, Sarah, of Damascus to Buckley Beardslee, Dyberry, PA. Land conveyed was in Berlin Township, formerly Dyberry Twp.. Witnesses were Zillah Skinner and Sarah A. Skinner. (Information from this deed proves the marriage of Sarah Ann Lassley to Parks Baird.-)

1836 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 11/138 Parks Baird, David Guinnip also 11/140 Dam.Twp.

1840 US Federal Census Township: Damascus County: Wayne State: Pennsylvania pg 266

• Parks Baird [Sr.] next: Jess Lillie, other side Benjamin Hoffman, Jeremiah Lillie & Aaron Lillie Males: 1 under 5, 1 - 15/20, 1- 20/30, 1- 30/40, 1- 60/70 [b.c.1780/90] Females; 2 under 5, 1- 5/10, 1- 20/30

1849- In a NY history, Parks Baird was found, @ age 70, living with his son Aaron, in Greene Co, NY State.

1850 us fed census Damascus, Wayne, PA Aaron Baird 26 -1824 PA , Emily 26 ny, Sabia 8 pa, Amuz 8 mo [Amos],

• PARKS BAIRD 70 1780 Waggon maker CT [father], Cornelius 30 1820 lumberman PA [bros.], Hester 34 1816 PA Idiot. Neighbors: Joseph Dexter 26 & Catherine 22, John Williams 32, Aaron Dexter 51

1855 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 24/75 Emily Baird et al to Chas. P. Waller Dam.Twp. see Deed # 27/570 1857 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 25/63 Aaron Baird to Christopher Kuhn 1860 Wayne Co. PA Dam. Twp. Deed # 27/570 John D. Branning from Aaron Baird et all sellor 1862 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 29/202 Aaron Baird et ux to Delilah Keesler [his dau] 1900 Wayne Co. PA Damascus Twp deed 86/160 Amos Baird to Rosa Barkley

EARLY HISTORICAL EVENTS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY by John T. Bradley (A series of historical articles of interest to everyone who sides in the Delaware section of the county). In, 1858 John BAIRD, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Phillip and Thomas O'Reilly, of Cochecton Valley, associated and purchased what remained of Lot 61. This included Big Island and adjacent timber land in New York state amounting to 1700 acres. The cutting of the big pines soon followed. Thomas O'Reilly was the stationary engineer in the business of the firm and at death of the O'Reilly Brothers the firm of Baird and O'Reilly ceased and the lumber interest passed to the sons of Thomas, James and William. Thomas had his residence on the Cochecton side of the Delaware close to the Bridge. The dwelling stands today. The breakup in the river in 1902 injured one of the annexes although in a liveable condition the house is without an occupant.

1990 Source: Evalyn Tygrets Notes:(western Branning Historian) I have a handwritten note from Granger Branning. It says the Bairds were given a grant 16 miles long on the Jersey side of the Delaware River. They manufactured wagons and were blacksmiths. Jacob Branning [Jr.] married Keturah Baird, who had a twin sister. Her sister's name was Kathyrn (Katherine). Chester I. Branning, my grandfather left Penna. in 1878 and came to Illinois. Didn't go back for 25 years, until 1903. According to Lucian Branning, my Uncle and Chester's son.

From News-Times Nbg. NY 21Sep1967 article "From the Mail Box" by Arthur N. Meyers: Aaron Baird [1820-1887 son of Parkes Baird,Sr.] who once owned some of the Barkley Lake property is said by Mr. Metzermacher to have some Delaware Indian ancestry. He gave the right to use the Lake to Mr. Kuen. [1824-1905] ( Mr. & Mrs. Kuen moved to this site when they first came from Germany and Mr. Kuen built the house. It must be remembered that this was the day before concrete and even stone quarries. Many of the early Germans who immigrated to this country especially from the southern part of Germany were adept in stone masonry. They built many stone arch bridges, an attempt is being made to preserve the double arch bridge near Jeffersonville.)

The stone house on Camp St. Basil property is well over 100 years old. It was built by Leonard Kuen, a master craftsman in stone. He was a grandfather of Mrs. C. H. Mangels and John Metzermacher. This name translated from the old German means knife maker. many old German names have been Anglesized. The family name of Schneider has been shortened to Snyder and even Tayler means a tailor. The house in question is built of field stones and the walls are at least 3 foot thick. Needless to say, the small one story structure is as substantial as it was a century ago. Up until 7 or 8 years ago it was used as a cottage by one of the Lithuanian families at the camp, who stay on the Barkley (Baird Pond) Lake property for the summer. The Camp St. Basil property takes in the Leonard Barkley estate and the recently acquired additional property from Clarence Rice. This was the former Comfort tract. There was a question about the boundaries in the lake and rather than become involved in border disputes, the camp management bought the Rice property at a substantial price.

Barkley Lake (formerly Baird Pond) is a beautiful body of water and for the most part it is spring fed. The lake was once considered as a source of water supply for Narrowsburg. It has been a good fishing lake for a long time. It was apparent that the Delaware or Lenni Lenape Indians considered it good fishing ground also. When they fished in the peaceful Delaware Valley many years ago they established a camp on the east side of the lake. Dr. Max Scrabiscsh in his book "Archaeology of Delaware River Valley" published by the Pennsylvania Historical commission in 1930 has the following to say. "There are traces of a fishing camp on the eastern shore of Lake Barkley, [formerly Baird Pond] a mile and a half from the river. Considerable camp refuse, indicative of several fishing sites occurs on the extensive meadow lands between mountain and river, a mile north of Narrowsburg." Father Orest is interested in placing a historic marker near this old Indian campsite. By Arthur N. Meyers

1820 - Wayne Co. PA -Deed 5/162 Whm. Baird, Mary A. Baird, Deborah Baird, William or Warner Baird, Rebeccca Baird, Martha R. Baird 1820 Thomas & Samuel or said survivor to Warren & Samuel & survivors of them- grist mill plantation & tract in Coventry Chester Co. adj. Henry Deaffenderfer & late Phillip Miller 74 ac. Samuel deceased in Indiana.

Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, Source Citation: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) abt. Parks Baird born March 1779 in Canaan, Litchfield, CT. Parents Names: Aaron & Lucy Baird.

re my photo supposedly of Parks Baird Sr.. Karlyn Shedlowski decided it couldn't be Parks Baird Sr. & Sarah Ann Lassley, as it was too early in time for photographs. It could be Parks Barid Jr. even though he died a few short years after his father in 1859, he would have been around age 50 in the photo, with his wife Sarah Ann Young. My photo originally came from the files of Chester Branning son of Keturah Baird Branning, passed down to Lucian and his 2 children Morland & Evelyn Branning, the family Historian; so the photo probably is one of Parks Baird sons, those are the best possibilities to identify the individuals in the photo.

Have photo of Willliam Porter Baird & Phebe Raine, probably taken about 1860 near the time of their marriage. Carol Ogranko identifies photo of William Porter Baird & wife Phebe Raines taken c. 1860 by comparing other family photographs. (It is not previously wrongly labeled photo of Parks Baird & Catherine Lassley) May 27, 2017.

After contacting many Branning relatives in 2012, I finally located the person who had the images of the Beard/Baird Bible, but no one knew anything about the whereabouts of the original bible. This person was kind enough to send the Bible images to me in Oct 2012.. Her name is Karen Mae Branning ,d/o Morland P. Branning, (bros/o Evelyn J. Branning Tygret who was the early western Branning family researcher) s/o Lucian Branning, s/o Chester Branning who went west, s/o Jacob Branning Jr. m. Keturah Baird d/o Parks Baird Jr. s/o Parkes Baird Sr. (Now in 2015 Kara is posting many more photos etc on Find-a-grave.com.)

U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name:Parks Baird SAR Membership:69520 Birth Date:11 Apr 1779 Spouse: Sarah Lasly Children:John L Baird 1948-45 PVT ORDINANCE SCHOOL, Aberdeen Proving Ground, staff sgt 62 st quartermaster base depot school, Army of the US. service official register of officers and men of NJ in the Revol War- W S Stryker 1872 pg 382, 374, 48. [unmarried] descent see papers of Mrs Evangeline S. Wilson [sister]; DAR #363020; and Mrs Mary B P Childs [csn] DAR # 181674.- NJ Soc SAR Whm Gerard Menner Dec of John Lasly Feb 1948

Marriage Status:Notes from the personal manuscript of Nathan Skinner state that Sarah Lassley married David Parks. Perhaps Parks Baird and David Parks were the same person, or related. Kls

from Perry Streeter Jan 2013: Bairds The Citizen, Friday, Dec. 11, 1911 Hawley, PA Dec.7 D. J. Branning is the possessor of a milk bench of antiquated origin, used by his great-grandfather, Parks Baird, 100 years ago. He was the only wheelwright at that time in the northeastern part of Pennslvania turning out wheels by the slow hand process. He was kept very busy travelling about with his tools over his back through what was then a wild, unsettled country. Mr. Baird owned a large tract of land but little cultivated at that time, situated two miles from the village of Narrowsburg. Upon this tract is that most beautiful and picturesque natural lake of pure spring water now called "Barkley's Lake," named after its present owner, Simon Barkley. The Baird tract of land was divided into several farms and sol, a portion being kept by the family and their ancestors, until about twelve years ago the last survivors sold out to the above named gentleman from New York city. The subject of my sketch was born at Freehold, New Jersey. His father was born in Scotland and with a brother were unwilling emigrants to this country at a time when seafaring life had few if any charms for the average young man and these brothers were stolen and smuggled onto the vessel. Upon landing here one migrated to Michigan and the other one found a home in New Jersey. Mr. Branning procured the work bench of Park Briads (Bairds) grandson, Amos Baird, who recently sold his property on the East Side and also disposed of his household furnishings, etc., on Wednesday last.

per Perry Streeter: Source 260: That Parks was born in Mar. 1779 is documented in Canaan Vital Records, Town Clerk's Office, Falls Village, Conn., A:34; original reviewed by the author 18 Apr. 2013 and photocopy in his possession. That Parks was born on 11 Mar. 1779 is documented in longstanding transcriptions of records on the family group of Parks and Sarah (Lassley) Baird that appear to have been removed from an otherwise unknown Bible. With frequent use of the phrases, "my son" and "my daughter," the entries-all in the same hand-were recorded by Parks or Sarah. Digital images thereof were relayed to the author by Beverly (Branning) Green from Karen Mae Branning; they are challenging to read , but it may be possible that Parks was born on 12 or 22 Mar. 1779 instead of 11 Mar. 1779. Despite the fact that the family surname is consistently spelled Beard therein, these records are cited as Baird-Lassley Bible hereinafter, in alignment with the spellings primarily used by the family. ______________________________________________________________________

(NO connection to our Bairds:-bbg) 1823-1887 a Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian,a great naturalist, educator & builder of great institutions,he actively charted much of the direction & content of 19th Century science & museums in his role as 2nd secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. William Baird -Patent #105 Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian, by E.F.Rivinus & E.M.Youssef, Choice Outstanding Academic Book, Recounting the life and achievements of a great naturalist, educator, and builder of institutions, this biography reveals that Baird (1832-1887) actively charted much of the direction and content of nineteenth-century science and museums in his role as the second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 47b&w illus. 6x9 232 pp. 1992 LC92-6897 Cloth:ISBN i-56098-355-8 $24.95 from Smithsonian Institution Press Dar applic list Spencers father as Samuel Baird1786-1833 m. Rebecca Potts; Samuels mother as Mary Douglas Baird b. abt 1758 and gr. gr. mother as Lydia Biddle Baird.

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Parkes Baird/ Beard/ Bard, Sr. Born March 11, 1779 Canaan, Litchfield Co., CT [13Mar1778 calculated in FTM] per Evalyn Tygrets Notes: I have a handwritten note from Granger Branning. It says the Bairds were given a grant 16 miles long on the Jersey side of the Delaware River. They manufactured wagons and were blacksmiths. Jacob Branning [Jr.] married Keturah Baird, who had a twin sister. Her sister's name was Kathyrn (Katherine). Chester Ithmer Branning, my grandfather left Penna. in 1878 and came to Illinois. Didn't go back for 25 years, until 1903, according to Lucian Branning, my Uncle and Chester's son.

1830 - Deed # 7/172 conveyed to John L. Baird (son)

1831 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 7/579 John L. Baird & Keturah et ux to Parks Baird $56 Berlin Twp. formerly Dyberry on Mast Hope Creek adjacent Samuel Sitgraves 415 ac. was Warranntee granted in land office Pa Whm Ledlie sold 1826 to Samuel Salter & Catherine

abt. 1831 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 8/374 29Apr1834 Parks Baird - Buckley Beardslee Dyberry (same land as above?) 16 ac

1834 Deed Book 10, pg 429-430, dated May 23, 1834, Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale, PA: Parks Baird and wife, Sarah, of Damascus to Buckley Beardslee, Dyberry, PA. Land conveyed was in Berlin Township, formerly Dyberry. Witnesses were Zillah Skinner and Sarah A. Skinner. ( Information from this deed proves the marriage of Sarah Ann Lassley to Parks Baird.-kls)

1836 Wayne Co. PA -Deed # 11/138 Parks Baird, David Guinnip also 11/140 Dam.Twp.

(Why did Parks move to Damascus? (possibly because his in-laws lived there)

Microfilm: Tax Lists 5 Oct 1798 Dam Twp Wayne Co. Roll 12 # 372 John Lasley -1 dwelling $30 272 ac 130 perches $747 value Lany Lasley 2 ac $30 [2nd] John Lasley 1-Log House -860 ac 102 perches $2940

1. 712 Solomon Decker adjoins Aaron Thomas 1 Log House 16x18 $40 & 1 Log Barn 400 ac $1100
2. 625 John Lasley 1 Log Hse 14x16 $30 274 ac 130 perches $1348 - $717 Lany Lasly 1 Log House 15x15 122 ac. 130 perches $30 - $30

BEARD-BAIRD FAMILY BIBLE transcription: +Probably written 1803- 1818, so if Bible still exists would be over 200 years old; pages look to be old and worn when photocopied probably by Evalyn Branning Tygret in the 1980's. The writings appear to be written by Sara Lapsley Beard wife of Parks Beard,Sr. and then lists their children. Sarah's father John Lassley 1743 could read and write, so Sarah evidently could, not sure about the Beard side of the family. (Line by line interpretation:) Image Beard/Baird 1:

Parks Beard was born March 11, 1779 and was married October 4th 1803 Sara Lapsley the 2d was born Sept the 5th 1785 on Tuesday My son John Lapsley Beard was born November 14, 1806 on monday My Son Denis Beard was Born March the 12th 1807? ((1805) on teusday

Image Beard/Baird 2:

My son Cornelius Beard was Born April the 12th 1818 on Sunday my son Aaron Beard was Born March 24th 1820 on (4th) Friday my Dauther Cathara (Catharine) Beard was Born August 2th 1823 on (2nd) Saturday and Died October 30th 1823 on Thursday

Image Beard/Baird 3:

My son Frank? Beard (James P) was Born September the 6th 1806 on Saturday My Son Parks Beard Born September 17, 180? (19 or14,1807) on Saturday My Daughter Sarah Beard was Born Sep 13 - 1804 on Wednesday (1809) my Son Ithemer Bea? (no middle name?) Beard was Born nov 12th 1811 on monday my Son Ithamer Departed this Life August 12th ?? (2ndAug 1813 on thursday) my Son Amos Beard was Born Septem 16th 1813 on (15th?) thursday my Daughter Easther N. Beard (Esther) Born March 18th 1816 on (10thMar1814) monday

(the letter "p" was used for double letters in old handwriting, thus Lapsley for Lassley)

(also received from Morland Branning from his sister Evelyn Brannings "Branning Reserch materials" a photo supposedley of Sarah Ann Lassley & Parks Baird Sr.) [later Karlyn Shedlowski decided it couldn't be Parks Baird Sr. & Sarah Ann Lassley, as it was too early in time for photographs. It could be Parks Barid Jr. even though he died a few short years after his father in 1859, he would have been around age 50 in the photo, with his wife Sarah Ann Young. Or another possibility could be brother Aaron Baird 1820-1887 married to Emily Jane Jacobus. The photo originally came from the files of Chester Branning son of Keturah Baird Branning, passed down to Lucian and his 2 children Morland & Evelyn the family Historian; so the photo probably is one of Parks Baird Sr's sons, those are the best possibilities.]

When the land was acquired for Overlook Cemetery about 1821 at the time when the new church was chartered (present day church), there was no church and nobody was buried there. The deed came from William Penn's grandson, but I have to look in the Courthouse for the deed, if we need it. When the land was acquired to charter the new church in 1821, and the church was built, they moved all of the bodies from the previous location just up the hill from the old church location to the present church location to Overlook Cemetery (right near the present day church). Overlook is not a community cemetery; it is for charter members (old cemetery people, prior to 1821), other members, and members of extended family of church members. The community cemetery in Damascus is Hillside Cemetery, up the hill from the Baptist Church. This one is the Methodist Cemetery, but not all people buried there are Methodists.per KLS

This is from the church historian via a phone call tonight. Hope this answers your question. The earliest people buried in the cemetery would have been the charter members who were moved from the previous cemetery where the 1800 church "house" was located to the new church location about 1821. (Abstract of ) Deed # 339 - NY Greene Co. 29 Apr 1807 Baird, Parks This indenture made the 29th day of April in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seven between John Laspley and Sarah Lapsley of the town of Greenfield county of Greene and state of New York of the one part and Parks Bard of the same place of the other part. Witness that the said John Lapsley and Sarah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of thirteen dollars and seventy five cents lawful money of the state of New York to them in hand paid at or before the unsealing or delivery of this aperture by the said Parks Bard the receipt

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is hereby confessed and acknowledged ; Hattis granted bargained sold alieved required released ----------------------------------- and confirmed And by these apertures doth fully freely and absolutely grants, bargain, sale, align, remire, release, convey

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and confirm unto the said Parks Bard,

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to his heirs and assigns forever . All that certain

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parcel of land lying and being in the town of Greenfield county of Greene and state of New York and the ground where Parks Bard now lives and bounded as follows Beginning at a stake and stones near a small butternut tree on the north west corner of said acre of land and runs south there drives to the outline of the lot that Luther Carter bought of said Lapsley thence on the line south

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three chains 34 links along the turnpike thence north 3 chains to a stake and stones, thence north 99 degrees west three chains 34 links to the place of beginning. Containing by Elijah Gurganus survey one acre of land. Together with all and singular the apperturances privileges and advantages whatsoever with the said above mentioned and described premises in anywise appertaining and belonging in --------------------------- And remainders rents ipsacks and profits thereof. And when all retail right title interest property claim and demand whatsoever as well in law as in equity of the said John Lapsley and Sarah Lapsley wife of in and to the same or any part or parcel thereof, with the apperturances have and to hold the above granted bargained and described premises with the apperturances unto to the said Parks Bard and to his heirs and assigns for their own proper use benefit and behalf forever and the said John Lapsley and his heirs Executors and Administrators doth covenant promise grant and agree to

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with the said Parks Bard his heirs and assisgns that the said John Lapsley at the time of the unsealing and delivery of these presents was lawfully seized in his

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right of in and to the aforesaid described premises hereby granted and consigned with the apperturances as of a god sure perfect absolute and indefensible estate of inheritance in the law in fee ample without --- condition to otter change determine as defeat the same; and built in himself good sight full powers and lawful authority to grant bargain sell

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and release the above said described land and premises with the apperturances unto the said Parks Bard and to his heirs and assigns in manner aforesaid; and also that the said Parks Bard his heirs and assigns shall and may from time to time

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at all time forever after Peacefully and quietly have hold

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and enjoy the said

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granted and bargained premises with the apperturances ; and furthermore the said John Lapsley and Sarah Lapsley and heirs and assigns engage to "Warrant read by their presence to defend the above described land released premises. In Witness whereof the said John Laplsley and Sarah Lapsly have hereunto set their hand and send the day on

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first above written. The interest and the meaning of the justices to these presence are that the said Parks Bard Signatures etc. __________________________ Not to be shared: by Perry Streeter the first child born to Parks Baird after his departure from Greene County, New York in 1810 was Ithemar Baird; he was born in Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania on 15 November 1811 and died in infancy (per transcripts of original Bible records). Thus, we can be very confident that: The father of Parks Baird and his siblings was indeed Aaron [4] Beard (Aaron[3], John[2], Andrew[1]). The full name of Ai [5] Beard, recorded at Salisbury as Alfrost, Atrost, and Aifrost (?) must have been Ai Frost Beard-his middle name was derived from the maiden surname of his paternal grandmother, Susannah (Frost) Beard. It's not surprising that Aaron Beard chose to honor his mother's family in this manner; Susannah was the granddaughter of Dr. Samuel2 Frost and Dr. John2 Kittredge.

Now that we have established that Ai Frost Beard was named in honor of his paternal grandmother's maiden surname, we can also be reasonably confident that Parks Baird's distinctive given name honored the maiden surname of his mother, Lucy. We have also established that Aaron Beard was a native of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Thus, we have a highly likely (but unproven!) match for Lucy (Parks?) Beard/Baird, reportedly born in 1746 (grave marker), as Lucy[4] Parks (Ephraim[3], Richard[2-1]), born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 14 March 1747, daughter of Ephraim [3] and Mary (Hobbs) Parks; granddaughter of LT. Richard [2] and Elizabeth (Billings) Parks; and great-granddaughter of Richard [1] and Mary (Cutler) Parks. In the scholarly Great Migration series, Mary (Cutler) Parks is identified as the daughter of James1 and Ann (-) Cutler; however, her husband, Richard Parks of Cambridge, Sherborn, Concord and Weston, Massachusetts, is also disproved as the son of Richard1 Park of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thus, we are uncertain if Richard[1] Parks, husband of Mary Cutler, descends from an as-yet undetermined immigrant or if he was an immigrant himself.

Chenango County, New York [but not before 2013]) Is there deed for Aaron Beard that identifies his residence prior to Chenango County? Is there a deed for Ai Beard that identifies his residence prior to Chenango County? Was Aaron Beard enumerated in the 1825 New York State Census in Greene, Chenango County? (Available only in Chenango County!) Is there an intestate settlement for Aaron Beard? Are there deeds for Aaron Beard, Lucy Beard and/or Ai Beard that may reveal when Aaron died? Is there room on either side of Lucy's grave for Aaron Beard to possibly be buried next to her? If yes, can a marker for Aaron be re-discovered through shallow excavation?

3/26/13 by Karlyn First let me note that the earliest known spelling we have of the "Lassley" surname is "Lassly" as written by both sons of John Lassly of Voluntown, CT. Just a little tidbit. Perry, I can send you as much background information on John Lassly (perhaps the immigrant ancestor) of Voluntown that I have, and his wife Katherine McCane, should you desire it. I have searched for years for his origins on my own and through professional genealogists. We know he was a Congreationalist, married 1740 in Newport, Rhode Island to Katherine McCane (Irish for the Scots surname McEwen). I can send you hundreds of source documents that I have searched for their origins and the results of my paid research. The only dates I have on record are their marriage date and place, and two deeds from Voluntown dated 1755-1756. After that he disappears. The only mention of Katherine, his wife, is on her marriage record and the birth of their two recorded sons, James, 1742 and John, 1743. I have already sent, and Beverly probably passed along, information about their migration across CT in the French and Indian War. I can send family group sheets for both of these men if you wish with time lines and all I know. So today, I tried to address the questions you asked, why did they go to Greene Co., NY and how did Sarah Ann Lassly and Parks Baird meet? Well of course, there are no perfect answers. Regarding Greene County: This county was heavily engaged in the tanning business because of the vast number of hemlock trees there, which by the way, they almost totally eradicated by stripping them alive and taking the tannin from the bark to tan hides. Northampton Co., PA, now Wayne Co, was heavily engaged in the logging business and some tanning. They harvested their pines trees until they nearly denuded the mountains here. But, our first clue of possibly why the Lasslys went to Greene County, was that they most likely migrated across this area to come to Damascus, and therefore were familiar with it. According to Matthews, "History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties," page 452, when Indian troubles broke out here, "Solomon Decker, Grasham Smith, John Lashley, and Daniel Skinner moved to more settled parts of the country." Our problem is that we don't know whether that was Greene County specifically or not. We do know, if we examine the censuses of both Greene, and Northampton, that their same surnames show up in both. Now regarding how did the Lasslys and the Bairds meet? I have reviewed my research for the area near Litchfield. I went there and I suggest the Litchfield Historical Society, and the Town Clerk and the Court Records, but I did not find any records of any Lasslys there. If you find anything, please share, as I would have liked more time there. However, I do know that James Lassly, brother of John, moved to the area near Woodbury, CT., after the French and Indian War. I have searched the war records for James and John and was unable to find their enlistment places or where their superiors were from, and where their service was located. I've done this more than twice. I could only turn up one record, which I sent to Beverly, stating that one of their captains was from Litchfield, so perhaps that is how James settled in this area. According to the Vital Records of Woodbury, CT., he married Martha Wheeler in Woodbury, CT on April 24, 1766. From 1769 through Jan. 29, 1772, James bought land in the "Northern Tier" of Woodbury, CT, which actually puts his residence closer to either Judea or Bethlehem, CT. Beginning April 1772 through 1773. he divested himself of most of his land and moved to Westmoreland Co., CT, which is now Luzerne Co., PA. By my calculations, he purchased 74 acres of land and sold 63.75 acres of land at a loss of about 0.45 pounds an acre. Shortly after this, in 1774, he is involved in the government of Westmoreland Co (Luzerne, PA), now being a member of the Susquehanna Company, which by the way, got its impetus in Windham Co., CT (ie Voluntown and Ashford area). He lives in this area until 1799, when he appears on the Freehold Tax Assessment list in Green Co., NY. I checked all the deeds and records I have for the above areas, looking for mention of your Bairds, as in neighbors, government records, tax lists, and everything else, and found nothing. However, it is curious what happened to the last 11 acres of land in Judea or Bethlehem, CT. It is my theory, that perhaps his father, John was with him, and perhaps his brother John too, but neither are mentioned anywhere I could find. So where is John Lassly who married Sarah Tyler from the end of his service on Dec. 1, 1761, in the French and Indian War, to the first written record of him in Damascus Township, Northampton, PA? This first record comes from Matthews, mentioned above, were in 1772, he is recorded as being in Cushetunk, Damascus, Northampton, PA, where four individuals signed a statement about Daniel Skinner. These were: Nicholas Conklin, John Lassley, Elizabeth Conklin, and William Conklin. (Matthews, page 450). We have various stories that John may have been present in Damascus in the late 1760s, but nothing concrete. That seems a bit odd to, if his brother was still living in Woodburg, CT. Beers, FW, Atlas of Wayne Co., Pomeroy & Co., NY, 1872, pp 4, 5, 10, list the Warrantees for Damascus Twp. Warrantee 105 was William Baird, whose tract appears to be half in Damascus and half in Lebanon Twp., about 7 miles directly west and slightly north of John Lassly's tract # 176. Neighbors nearer John Lassley were Aaron Thomas, Samuel Taylor, John Land, Moses Thomas, Solomon Decker, Benjamin Brink, and John Jenkins. The date of the request for survey of the Warrant Tract of John Lassly was Sept. 26, 1787. I do not know the exact date he became Warrantee. I am aware of something called the "five mile rule," that back in those days men married woman who were convenient to their location, and probably within a five mile radius. The William Baird tract almost fit that "bill" but I am not sure of the relationship or who was living there. In the meantime, I had asked a researcher for Northampton Co. to search the Tax Assessment Records at the Northampton Co. Archives in Easton for Upper Smithfield Township (this would take us from Stroudsburg, PA into Pike County, PA and up through Milford, PA). I requested information on the surnames, Lassly, Baird, Beamer, and Salisbury from 1784 through 1779, looking for any nearby relatives: 1784 - James Lashly, 2 cattle and 1 horse 1785: John Byard, 0.0.2 pounds 1785: James Lasly 0.0.5 pounds 1793: John Byard 0.1.8 pounds 1795: John Byard 0.1.8 pounds 1796: John Byard, 2 cattle, 1 building 1797: John Byard, $0.14 1798: John Byard $0.14 After 1798, Upper Smithfied Township was no longer part of Northampton Co. James Lashley could be the brother of OUR John or someone else, as there were Lashleys from Philadelphia. I am uncertain who John Byard was. In the meantime, Beverly had records from the PA Archives for 1798 for the US Direct Tax List (#372, Roll 12) for Damascus. In an email she sent to me June 3, 2010, she mentions Simeon Bush, William and Thomas Baird, John Brown, Reuben Decker and Solomon Decker. Then she gives an accounting of John Lasley and Lany Lasley, his daughter-in -law (her husband Cornelius Lasley, John's son drowned in 1797). Next she mentions Reuben, Daniel and Joseph Skinner, and John Land and James Wilson. Now in Green County, NY, the purchase of land by John Lassley from Luther Carter, at an unknown date, shows up in the Catskill Court, Recorder of Deeds, Catskill, NY DB C:339, where the chain of title is given as John grants this land to his son-in-law, Parks Baird, on April 9, 1807. James Lashley, and his son James, are found on the 1800 Freehold Census, Green Co., NY living next to Luther Carter. John Lassley is also present there, age 45 or older, with 2 females age 10-16 and Sarah, over 45. In the previous information I sent to Beverly, I noted that John Lassly belonged to the Delaware Company, a sister company to the Susquehanna Company, and that he was also found in Westmoreland Co (Luzerne, back and forth between there and Damascus). Both he and his brother seemed aimed toward Green County, moving there at almost the same time. Both were engaged in the same business, settling Connecticut land claims, and farming. John was also in the Revolution, but James was not; he was active in government. Since John moved back and forth between Wayne and Luzerne also, I checked for Bairds in relation to his being in Luzerne but still found nothing. In Freehold in 1800 though, we find evidence of Warren and Phineas and Elisha Tyler. In 1820 we have Silas Tyler, George Brown, John Lashley and the Skinners and Calkins, all names from Connecticut, from Damascus, and Luzerne Co. So how did Sarah Ann Lassly and Parks Baird meet? Well, it's hard to say, but it is obvious that people with the same surnames lived in the same general area in Connecticut, although Woodbury and Litchfield would have different houses of worship. The same is true in Wayne County, their relatives lived somewhat near each other. I wish I could give you a definitive answer, but the answer is, these people moved many times, many places, and they moved in flocks, so it happened that they were somewhere within 5 or so miles of each other at the proper courting age, and the rest is history. Karlyn Shedlowski !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Comment 3 Parks-5 Baird (Aaron-4-3, John-2, Andrew-1) (1779-1852); CT > MA? > NY > PA Perry Streeter added this on 9 Jun 2014 Aaron-4 Beard Jr. (Aaron-3, John-2, Andrew-1) was born in Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 4 August 1742, the son of Aaron-3 Beard and Susannah-4 Frost (Edmund-2, Samuel-2, Edmund-1), who were primarily of Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Aaron-4 Beard Jr. was probably the Aaron Beard (also known as Bard and Baird) who migrated to Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1772; to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1779; to Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by 1800 (and perhaps much earlier); to Oxford, Chenango County, New York by 1803; and to Greene, Chenango County, New York probably in 1814. For more information, please see the following article: Perry Streeter, “Was Louisa, Daughter of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]%29 Beard of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Chenango County, New York, the Second Wife of Thomas Streeter of Steuben County, New York?” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. The first installment has already appeared in the April 2014 issue; www.perrystreeter.com/beard.pdf will be updated as subsequent installments for the genealogical summary appear in print. The known children of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]) Beard were: 1) Louisa Beard (1774- ), a probable match for Louisa ([-?-]) Streeter (ca. 1773-1844), wife of Thomas-1 Streeter of Steuben County, New York; 2) Ai Frost Beard (1777-1852) of Chenango County, New York and St. Clair County, Michigan; 3) Parks Baird (1779-1852) of Greene County, New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Prior to collaboration that I initiated in October 2012, no one was aware of what happened to Aaron-4 Beard Jr. after he left Massachusetts, nor had the descendants of Ai Frost Beard and Parks Baird identified Aaron and Lucy as their most recent common ancestors. The reconstruction of this family group is a research breakthrough for the large American family that descends from Andrew-1 and Mary (Williams) Beard of Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is still unknown if Andrew-1 Beard was an immigrant and/or the descendant of an immigrant. Parks-5 Baird (Aaron-4-3, John-2, Andrew-1) (1779-1852); CT > MA? > NY > PA Perry Streeter added this on 9 Jun 2014 Aaron-4 Beard Jr. (Aaron-3, John-2, Andrew-1) was born in Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 4 August 1742, the son of Aaron-3 Beard and Susannah-4 Frost (Edmund-2, Samuel-2, Edmund-1), who were primarily of Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Aaron-4 Beard Jr. was probably the Aaron Beard (also known as Bard and Baird) who migrated to Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1772; to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1779; to Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by 1800 (and perhaps much earlier); to Oxford, Chenango County, New York by 1803; and to Greene, Chenango County, New York probably in 1814. For more information, please see the following article: Perry Streeter, “Was Louisa, Daughter of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]) Beard of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Chenango County, New York, the Second Wife of Thomas Streeter of Steuben County, New York?” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. The first installment has already appeared in the April 2014 issue; www.perrystreeter.com/beard.pdf will be updated as subsequent installments for the genealogical summary appear in print. The known children of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]) Beard were: 1) Louisa Beard (1774- ), a probable match for Louisa ([-?-]) Streeter (ca. 1773-1844), wife of Thomas-1 Streeter of Steuben County, New York; 2) Ai Frost Beard (1777-1852) of Chenango County, New York and St. Clair County, Michigan; 3) Parks Baird (1779-1852) of Greene County, New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Prior to collaboration that I initiated in October 2012, no one was aware of what happened to Aaron-4 Beard Jr. after he left Massachusetts, nor had the descendants of Ai Frost Beard and Parks Baird identified Aaron and Lucy as their most recent common ancestors. The reconstruction of this family group is a research breakthrough for the large American family that descends from Andrew-1 and Mary (Williams) Beard of Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is still unknown if Andrew-1 Beard was an immigrant and/or the descendant of an immigrant. Parks-5 Baird (Aaron-4-3, John-2, Andrew-1) (1779-1852); CT > MA? > NY > PA Perry Streeter added this on 9 Jun 2014 Aaron-4 Beard Jr. (Aaron-3, John-2, Andrew-1) was born in Wilmington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 4 August 1742, the son of Aaron-3 Beard and Susannah-4 Frost (Edmund-2, Samuel-2, Edmund-1), who were primarily of Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Aaron-4 Beard Jr. was probably the Aaron Beard (also known as Bard and Baird) who migrated to Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1772; to Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut by 1779; to Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by 1800 (and perhaps much earlier); to Oxford, Chenango County, New York by 1803; and to Greene, Chenango County, New York probably in 1814. For more information, please see the following article: Perry Streeter, “Was Louisa, Daughter of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]) Beard of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Chenango County, New York, the Second Wife of Thomas Streeter of Steuben County, New York?” The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. The first installment has already appeared in the April 2014 issue; www.perrystreeter.com/beard.pdf will be updated as subsequent installments for the genealogical summary appear in print. The known children of Aaron and Lucy ([-?-]) Beard were: 1) Louisa Beard (1774- ), a probable match for Louisa ([-?-]) Streeter (ca. 1773-1844), wife of Thomas-1 Streeter of Steuben County, New York; 2) Ai Frost Beard (1777-1852) of Chenango County, New York and St. Clair County, Michigan; 3) Parks Baird (1779-1852) of Greene County, New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Prior to collaboration that I initiated in October 2012, no one was aware of what happened to Aaron-4 Beard Jr. after he left Massachusetts, nor had the descendants of Ai Frost Beard and Parks Baird identified Aaron and Lucy as their most recent common ancestors. The reconstruction of this family group is a research breakthrough for the large American family that descends from Andrew-1 and Mary (Williams) Beard of Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is still unknown if Andrew-1 Beard was an immigrant and/or the descendant of an immigrant.