Re: Margaret, d/o Jacob BEARD & Tabitha OWENS

In "Baird and Beard Families - A Collection of Data" by Fermine Baird Catchings, 1918 there is a Tabitha Owens who married a Jacob Baird.Jacob was son of John Baird (born 1760) and Elizabeth Winkler.John came from New Jersey to Lenoir, Burke County, N.C., when his son William was four years old.Children of John:1)William, born 1786; died 1856.Married Mary H. Baker in 1825.2)Jacob. Married Tabitha Owens.3) Mary. Married James Davis. 4)Elizabeth. Married John Sitsee. 5)Ann.Married Bryan Braswell.6) Rachel.Married Caleb Gobel.Settled in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
John Baird is the son of William and Margaret O'Riley Baird, who married in December 1, 1758.William died in 1794, in Morris County, New Jersey.
William is the son of John, Jr. and Avis Baird. John, Jr. was born in 1707; died 1747.He is buried at Topenemus.
John, Jr. is the son of John Baird.
John Baird, born 1665, came from Scotland, 1683, on Exchange, aged 18.He is buried at Topenemus, Monmouth County, N.J., near Marlboro, where his home was.It is said he rescued Mary Hall from a wrecked vessel near old Perth Amboy and married her in 1684.He died April, 1755.He appears to have had another marriage to a Mary Bedent.
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Carolynn Fuller