Person Sheet


Name Dorothy BIRD
Birth 25 May 1588, England
Death 1676, Hartford, CT
Spouses:
1 Thomas LORD
Birth 1585
Marriage 3 Feb 1610/1611, England
Children: Richard (1611-1662)
Thomas (1619-)
Ann (<1614-~1688)
William (1623-1678)
John (1625-)
Robert (1626-)
Aymie (1629-1691)
Dorothy (1631-1657)
Notes for Dorothy BIRD
814Dorothy Lord d. in 1676, a. 87. Her will executed Feb. 8, 1669/70, is sealed with the above coat of arms. Ch.: i. Richard, b. ab. 1611. ii. Thomas, b. 1619. iii. Ann, b. 1621; m. Thomas Stanton, of Hartford, afterward of Stonington, ab. 1637; d. in 1688. iv. William, b. 1623; removed to that part of ancient Saybrook now called Lyme; married; d. May 17, 1678. v. John, b. 1625; m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Francis Bushnell, of Guilford, who d. before 1647; (2) May 15, 1648, Adrean Basey, of Hartford, prob. a sister of John Baysey; he abandoned his wife, and in September, 1651, the General Court ordered the Townsmen of Hartford to require John Lord the wearing apparel of his wife and a bed "for her to lodge on." He probably fled to Virginia; Porter (p.11) prints a letter, dated at Apomatixe (Appomattox), Feb. 20, 1663/4, from him to his nephew, Richard Lord, promising to pay his debts if the next season were favorable to tobacco. Oct. 17, 1648, John Lord, Taylor, was bound over to good behavior, his brother, Thomas Lord, giving bonds for him. vi. Robert, b. 1627; he was a sea-captain, supposed to have been living in 1670, and to have d. abroad after that year unm. vii. Amy, b. 1629; m. May 6, 1647, John Gilbert (q.v.), of Hartford; d. Jan. 8, 1691. viii. Dorothy, b. 1631; m. ab. 1651, John ingersoll, of Hartford, afterward of Northampton, where she d. January, 1657.
Research
Death: Goodwin, Nathaniel; Genealogical Notes of Some of the
Notes for Thomas (Spouse 1)
814Thomas Lord, smith, embarked April 19, 1635, in the "Elizabeth and Ann," at London, aged 50, with wife Dorothy, aged 46. -Ch.: Thomas (16), Ann (14), William (12), John (10), Robert (9), Aymie (6), Dorothy (4), in same ship with Clement Chaplin, William Swayne, and others. He was an original prorietor at Hartford, and his homelot in 1639 was on the highway on the bank of the Little River, now Wells St. He m. ab. 1610, Dorothy. The time of his death is unknown.
Research
Death: Goodwin, Nathaniel; Genealogical Notes of Some of the
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