parents of Anna ? b. 1691 wife of Thomas Bird
Hello.
I am a descendant of Rev. Frances Bird who lived in Habersham Co., GA in the 1800s.The common wisdom I have encountered is that he was a descendant of Thomas Bird and Anna Stedham. Anna was the daughter of Benjamin (Benedict) Stedham and granddaughter of Timen Stiddem, who was an original colonist at New Sweden in the 1600s.
While reading through material appearing on the Timen Stiddem Society website I saw that someone had posted information indicating that Anna Stedham was probably not married to Thomas Bird after all, but had two other husbands, those being Peter Mansson Jr. and Peter Peterson Smith, Jr.
Is there any positive evidence that Thomas Bird's wife was Anna Stedham and if not, is there any evidence of who she might have been?Was she even named Anna? Thomas and Anna(?) were the parents of John, Benjamin, Anna and Rebecca Bird.Benjamin Bird was the father of Thomas Allison Bird.
Thank you.
Charlene