John Baird

1665 - 1755  (90 years)

• Name	John Baird
  Birth	1665	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  	Imported by the 'Proprietors as belongs to Scotland' on a four-year indenture
  Role	1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Indentured servant
  Name	John Bawd
  Name	John Beard  [3]
  Property	10 May 1687	Watchung, Somerset, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Petitioned the Board of Proprietors with other servants for land in the Blew Hills (Watchung Mountains)for
  Property	10 May 1688	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4, 5]
  	Deeds awarding his headland and selling this from and to Robert Barclay
  Burial	1755	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	"about 90 years & of an honest Caracter"
  Death	Apr 1755	Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I44944	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Hall,   b. Abt 1666   d. Bef 1700 (Age < 33 years)
  Marriage	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F31327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Bedient,   b. Abt 1675, England d. 1736 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1699	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. John Baird,   b. 1707, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 6 Feb 1746/47 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Zebulon Baird,   b. 13 Oct 1721   d. 28 Jan 1804 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Andrew Baird,   b. 1700, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1773, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. David Baird,   b. 19 Oct 1710, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 19 Jun 1801 (Age < 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Baird,   b. 1713, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1793, Dunnstable, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1665 - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by the 'Proprietors as belongs to Scotland' on a four-year indenture - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Role - Indentured servant - 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Petitioned the Board of Proprietors with other servants for land in the Blew Hills (Watchung Mountains)for - 10 May 1687 - Watchung, Somerset, New Jersey, USA Property - Deeds awarding his headland and selling this from and to Robert Barclay - 10 May 1688 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - Abt 1699 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1755 - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p256. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp157-158. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p120. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p132. [S3694] Lee, Francis Bazley, Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol.2, p820. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p436.