Andrew Bird was born ca 1698 to Andrew Bird, Jr. and Marie Brokaw Bird, probably at Newtown (formerly Mespat/Maspeth, now Elmhurst) on Long Island. The family moved about 1704 to join family already settled in the Raritan Valley on the Raritan and Millstone Rivers in Somerset Co., NJ. Andrew, as a young man, moved to Amity township (now Berks Co., PA), where he married ca 1724, Magdalene, daughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones, who were among the first settlers of the "Swedes Tract," Philadelphia (now Berks) County, PA.
Pendleton, Philip E., Oley Valley Heritage: The Colonial Years 1700-1775, Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society & Oley Valley Heritage Assoc., 1994, p.176, Dallas Public Library.
Known heads of households and single freemen residing in the Oley Valley 1701-1741"...William Bird 1728 Amity, Robeson....Andrew Bord (Burd, Bird) 1727 Robeson, Burgund Bord (Burd, Bird) 1735 Exeter...Marcus Huling (Hulings, Hulin) 1716 Amity...Mounce Jones (Magnus Jonasson) 1704 Amity, John Jones (Jonasson) 1709 Amity,...Andrew Robeson 1714 Exeter, Israel Robeson 1718 Robeson, Jonathan Robeson 1725 Exeter...Thomas Rutter 1715 Douglass...Jonas Yocom (Yocum, Yokom, Jochim) 1714 Douglass...
Note: Y-DNA testing indicates the strong genetic relationship of multiple male descendants of Andrew Bird and Burgoon/Burgund Bird, but William Bird was related only through his marriage to the daughter of Marcus Huling (a granddaughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones).
Andrew Bird and his wife Magdalene and their young children moved to Opequon Creek, Old Frederick Co., VA, ca 1732 with the Jost Hite settlers.
Eisenberg, William Edward, This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, and of Grace Church, Winchester, 1954, Dallas Public Library.
5 June 1737 at Shenandoah, baptised Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Bird, born 6 July 1732. Evidences" James Gill & Sarah Moor [Moore]...
On 8 Jun 1737, Andrew Bird "Testes" for baptism of Jacob, son of Rilie Moor, born Dec 1734.
*Note: This baptismal record appears to be evidence that Rebecca was born after her parents moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Her older siblings were probably baptised in Pennsylvania, though such records have not been found. Andrew and Magdalene would likely have had their daughter baptized before taking her to live in an area where clergymen were available only on infrequent visits. It would appear that the family arrived in the Shenandoah Valley circa 1731-32.
Transcribed from the Fairfax Land Suit 27:152
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1 November 1735
Affidavit of Peter Wolf that he saw 49 settlements in no. on the grant to Mackay & Hite in the fork of Shanandoah; and that the same are now improving by the persons named in the List taken by Justice Morgan Morgan - viz:
...Andrew Bird
Pendleton, Philip E., Oley Valley Heritage: The Colonial Years 1700-1775, Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society & Oley Valley Heritage Assoc., 1994, p.176, Dallas Public Library.
Known heads of households and single freemen residing in the Oley Valley 1701-1741"...William Bird 1728 Amity, Robeson....Andrew Bord (Burd, Bird) 1727 Robeson, Burgund Bord (Burd, Bird) 1735 Exeter...Marcus Huling (Hulings, Hulin) 1716 Amity...Mounce Jones (Magnus Jonasson) 1704 Amity, John Jones (Jonasson) 1709 Amity,...Andrew Robeson 1714 Exeter, Israel Robeson 1718 Robeson, Jonathan Robeson 1725 Exeter...Thomas Rutter 1715 Douglass...Jonas Yocom (Yocum, Yokom, Jochim) 1714 Douglass...
Note: Y-DNA testing indicates the strong genetic relationship of multiple male descendants of Andrew Bird and Burgoon/Burgund Bird, but William Bird was related only through his marriage to the daughter of Marcus Huling (a granddaughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones).
Andrew Bird and his wife Magdalene and their young children moved to Opequon Creek, Old Frederick Co., VA, ca 1732 with the Jost Hite settlers.
Eisenberg, William Edward, This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, and of Grace Church, Winchester, 1954, Dallas Public Library.
5 June 1737 at Shenandoah, baptised Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Bird, born 6 July 1732. Evidences" James Gill & Sarah Moor [Moore]...
On 8 Jun 1737, Andrew Bird "Testes" for baptism of Jacob, son of Rilie Moor, born Dec 1734.
*Note: This baptismal record appears to be evidence that Rebecca was born after her parents moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Her older siblings were probably baptised in Pennsylvania, though such records have not been found. Andrew and Magdalene would likely have had their daughter baptized before taking her to live in an area where clergymen were available only on infrequent visits. It would appear that the family arrived in the Shenandoah Valley circa 1731-32.
Transcribed from the Fairfax Land Suit 27:152
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1 November 1735
Affidavit of Peter Wolf that he saw 49 settlements in no. on the grant to Mackay & Hite in the fork of Shanandoah; and that the same are now improving by the persons named in the List taken by Justice Morgan Morgan - viz:
...Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird was born ca 1698 to Andrew Bird, Jr. and Marie Brokaw Bird, probably at Newtown (formerly Mespat/Maspeth, now Elmhurst) on Long Island. The family moved about 1704 to join family already settled in the Raritan Valley on the Raritan and Millstone Rivers in Somerset Co., NJ. Andrew, as a young man, moved to Amity township (now Berks Co., PA), where he married ca 1724, Magdalene, daughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones, who were among the first settlers of the "Swedes Tract," Philadelphia (now Berks) County, PA.
Pendleton, Philip E., Oley Valley Heritage: The Colonial Years 1700-1775, Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society & Oley Valley Heritage Assoc., 1994, p.176, Dallas Public Library.
Known heads of households and single freemen residing in the Oley Valley 1701-1741"...William Bird 1728 Amity, Robeson....Andrew Bord (Burd, Bird) 1727 Robeson, Burgund Bord (Burd, Bird) 1735 Exeter...Marcus Huling (Hulings, Hulin) 1716 Amity...Mounce Jones (Magnus Jonasson) 1704 Amity, John Jones (Jonasson) 1709 Amity,...Andrew Robeson 1714 Exeter, Israel Robeson 1718 Robeson, Jonathan Robeson 1725 Exeter...Thomas Rutter 1715 Douglass...Jonas Yocom (Yocum, Yokom, Jochim) 1714 Douglass...
Note: Y-DNA testing indicates the strong genetic relationship of multiple male descendants of Andrew Bird and Burgoon/Burgund Bird, but William Bird was related only through his marriage to the daughter of Marcus Huling (a granddaughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones).
Andrew Bird and his wife Magdalene and their young children moved to Opequon Creek, Old Frederick Co., VA, ca 1732 with the Jost Hite settlers.
Eisenberg, William Edward, This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, and of Grace Church, Winchester, 1954, Dallas Public Library.
5 June 1737 at Shenandoah, baptised Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Bird, born 6 July 1732. Evidences" James Gill & Sarah Moor [Moore]...
On 8 Jun 1737, Andrew Bird "Testes" for baptism of Jacob, son of Rilie Moor, born Dec 1734.
*Note: This baptismal record appears to be evidence that Rebecca was born after her parents moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Her older siblings were probably baptised in Pennsylvania, though such records have not been found. Andrew and Magdalene would likely have had their daughter baptized before taking her to live in an area where clergymen were available only on infrequent visits. It would appear that the family arrived in the Shenandoah Valley circa 1731-32.
Transcribed from the Fairfax Land Suit 27:152
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1 November 1735
Affidavit of Peter Wolf that he saw 49 settlements in no. on the grant to Mackay & Hite in the fork of Shanandoah; and that the same are now improving by the persons named in the List taken by Justice Morgan Morgan - viz:
...Andrew Bird
Pendleton, Philip E., Oley Valley Heritage: The Colonial Years 1700-1775, Birdsboro, PA: Pennsylvania German Society & Oley Valley Heritage Assoc., 1994, p.176, Dallas Public Library.
Known heads of households and single freemen residing in the Oley Valley 1701-1741"...William Bird 1728 Amity, Robeson....Andrew Bord (Burd, Bird) 1727 Robeson, Burgund Bord (Burd, Bird) 1735 Exeter...Marcus Huling (Hulings, Hulin) 1716 Amity...Mounce Jones (Magnus Jonasson) 1704 Amity, John Jones (Jonasson) 1709 Amity,...Andrew Robeson 1714 Exeter, Israel Robeson 1718 Robeson, Jonathan Robeson 1725 Exeter...Thomas Rutter 1715 Douglass...Jonas Yocom (Yocum, Yokom, Jochim) 1714 Douglass...
Note: Y-DNA testing indicates the strong genetic relationship of multiple male descendants of Andrew Bird and Burgoon/Burgund Bird, but William Bird was related only through his marriage to the daughter of Marcus Huling (a granddaughter of Mounce and Ingaborg Jones).
Andrew Bird and his wife Magdalene and their young children moved to Opequon Creek, Old Frederick Co., VA, ca 1732 with the Jost Hite settlers.
Eisenberg, William Edward, This Heritage: The Story of Lutheran Beginnings in the Lower Shenandoah Valley, and of Grace Church, Winchester, 1954, Dallas Public Library.
5 June 1737 at Shenandoah, baptised Rebecca, daughter of Andrew Bird, born 6 July 1732. Evidences" James Gill & Sarah Moor [Moore]...
On 8 Jun 1737, Andrew Bird "Testes" for baptism of Jacob, son of Rilie Moor, born Dec 1734.
*Note: This baptismal record appears to be evidence that Rebecca was born after her parents moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Her older siblings were probably baptised in Pennsylvania, though such records have not been found. Andrew and Magdalene would likely have had their daughter baptized before taking her to live in an area where clergymen were available only on infrequent visits. It would appear that the family arrived in the Shenandoah Valley circa 1731-32.
Transcribed from the Fairfax Land Suit 27:152
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1 November 1735
Affidavit of Peter Wolf that he saw 49 settlements in no. on the grant to Mackay & Hite in the fork of Shanandoah; and that the same are now improving by the persons named in the List taken by Justice Morgan Morgan - viz:
...Andrew Bird
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