Mary Bird, 1738–1803 (aged 65 years)

Name
Mary Bird
Given names
Mary
Surname
Bird
Birth 1738

MarriageJonathan Churchill — View this family
1799 (aged 61 years)
Death February 1, 1803 (aged 65 years)
Unique identifier
01A1D78097FF4A22ABEDF242BAF5A1253CD7

Last change August 28, 2018

Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage
Marriage: —
herself
1738–1803
Birth: 1738
Death: February 1, 1803 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Family with Jonathan Churchill
husband
1724–1803
Birth: 1724 32 54 — Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: after February 1803 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
herself
1738–1803
Birth: 1738
Death: February 1, 1803 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: 1799 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Jonathan Churchill + Lydia Smith
husband
1724–1803
Birth: 1724 32 54 — Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: after February 1803 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
partner’s partner
1728–1799
Birth: July 7, 1728 25 24 — West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death: before 1799 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 1746 —
16 months
step-son
1748–1749
Birth: February 14, 1748 24 19 — Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: June 2, 1749
22 months
step-son
1749–1829
Birth: November 25, 1749 25 21 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: February 6, 1829 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
step-son
1752–1792
Birth: February 2, 1752 28 23 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: September 29, 1792 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
step-son
1754–1776
Birth: February 25, 1754 30 25 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1776 — Revolutionary, War
2 years
step-daughter
1756–1776
Birth: July 5, 1756 32 27 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 5, 1776
3 years
step-son
1759–
Birth: December 1, 1759 35 31 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
step-son
1762–1847
Birth: April 15, 1762 38 33 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: January 27, 1847 — Bergen, Genesee, New York, USA
2 years
step-daughter
1764–
Birth: July 20, 1764 40 36 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
step-daughter
1766–1770
Birth: December 2, 1766 42 38 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1770
3 years
step-son
1769–1857
Birth: October 19, 1769 45 41 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 8, 1857
6 years
step-daughter
1775–
Birth: July 5, 1775 51 46 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Note

BIRTH: Year calculated from age at death. FAMILY: Her parents have not been found, nor her birth. However, it should be noted that Capt. Joseph Bird was one of the original proprietors of Goshen, purchasing land in 1837. (Rev. A. G. Hibbard, <i>History of the Town of Goshen</i>, 1897: Hartford, FHL book 974.61/G1 H2h p. 317.) DEATH: Congregational Church Records of Woodbury, FHL 6181, item 3: Deaths in Woodbury by William Cothren: "Wife of Jonathan Churchill, age 65, d. Feb. 1, 1803."

Note

There is no marriage record because vital records weren't well kept at that time in Woodbury. However, we know they married about 1799 from the following and from Mary's death record. “Mary Bird’s lease from Jonathan Churchill, 1799: Know all men by these presents that I Jonathan Churchill of Woodbury in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut for the consideration of the love and sincere affection I have for Mary Bird of the town of Bethlem in the county and state aforesaid whom I expect to marry and being desirous if she should live beyond my appointed time of life that she may have some comfortable expectation of support in her old age..." Marriage record has not been found. (Woodbury Land Records, Vol 29, FHL film 6162, item 2, p. 210.)

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