When John Baird was born on 26 May 1760, in Basking Ridge, Bernards Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, William R. Morris Baird, was 30 and his mother, Margaret O'Riley, was 18. He married Mary Polly Bockoven Baird on 15 June 1783, in Basking Ridge, Bernards Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 26 April 1808, in his hometown, at the age of 47, and was buried in Basking Ridge, Bernards Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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