Eldest daughter of Rev. Samuel Bird, DD, [founder and] first pastor of the White Haven Society, New Haven CT. In 1796 the White Haven Society merged with the Fairhaven Society and the 2nd Church of Christ. In 1884 it became the United Church of New Haven, CT, and today stands in the middle of the town commons between two other old churches.
Rev. Bird married, 1st, Mabel Jenner; and 2nd, Sarah (mother of Mabel Sarah), daughter of John Prout, for many years treasurer of Yale College.
Mabel Sarah BIRD (daughter of Samuel BIRD and Sarah PROUT) was born 1755, and died February 14, 1835. She married Joel NORTHROP on May 15, 1777 in NEW HAVEN, NEW HAVEN, CT,
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