John
Bayard
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of William Bayard
and Catherine (McEvens) Bayard
Brother of
Alida (Bayard) Johnson, Catherine (Bayard) Roberts, Stephen Bayard, Robert Bayard, Samuel Vetch Bayard UEL, William Bayard Jr. and Mary (Bayard) Arnold
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
| John Bayard was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland |
Lieutenant Colonel John Bayard served with King's Orange Rangers during the American Revolution.
In Dec 1776, John Bayard, previously a lieutenant in the 60th Regiment of Foot, was made lieutenant colonel commandant of a new Loyalist corps called the King's Orange Rangers[1][2][3][4], a Loyalist regiment raised by his father, William Bayard. John's brother Samuel was a Captain in the regiment.
http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/courts/cmbayd.htm
Sources
- ↑ Lt.Col. John Bayard, in Muster Roll of Lieutenant Colonel Bayard's Company in the King's Orange Rangers commanded by John Bayard Lieutenant Colonel Commandant.: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-ward-chipman/pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8434&
- ↑ Lt Col. John Bayard, Commsiioned December 25th 1776, in Muster Roll of Lt Col Bayard's Company of the Kings Orange Rangers Camp Paulus Hook August 28th 1777, National Archives of Canada, RG 8, “C” Series, Volume 1908: https://data2.archives.ca/microform/data2/dm13/d13/006003/c-4224/pdf/c-4224-00303.pdf
- ↑ Muster Roll of Lieutenant Colonel John Bayard's Company of his Majesty's Battalion of King's Orange Rangers.: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/loyalists-ward-chipman/pages/image.aspx?Image=e003637291&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fcentral.bac-lac.gc.ca%2f.item%2f%3fid%3de003637291%26op%3dimg&Ecopy=e003637291
- ↑ http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/rhist/kor/kormem1.htm
Acknowledgments
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….. acting entirely as a Military Court; they are of opinion the Prisoner Lieut. Col. BAYARD, is Guilty of wounding Lieut. Col. BIRD, of which wound He died. And do therefore Sentence him to be Cashier’d as Lieut. Colonel of the Orange Rangers.
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