Dorothy (Bird) Lord (abt. 1588 - bef. 1675)

Born about 25 May 1588 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lord — married 23 Feb 1610 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England

Descendants

Died before 12 May 1675 before about age 86 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

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Dorothy (Bird) Lord migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Dorothy Bird married THOMAS LORD, son of Richard Lord of Towcester, ^[1] 23 Feb 1610/11 at Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. ^[2] She was the daughter of ROBERT BIRD ^[3] & AMY BIRD of Towcester. Thomas & Dorothy Lord were early settlers of Hartford, Conn.

Birth

Birth: May 18, 1588, Northamptonshire, England ^{[citation needed]}

Baptized

Baptized: 25 May 1588, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England ^{[4] [5]}

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Lord

Wife: Dorothy Lord

Child: John Lord

Marriage: 23 Feb 1609/10

Place: Towchester

Parish Register reads: Marriage: Name: Thomas Lorde [Tomas Lorde] Gender: Male Marriage Date: 23 Feb 1610 Marriage Place: Towcester, Northamptonshire, England Spouse: Dorithee Byrd. ^[6]

Husband: Richard Lord (Richard Lord married Joan Bird)

Wife: Dorothy Bird (Dorothy Bird was Richard's daughter in law)

Child: Thomas Lord

Death Aug. 1, 1676, Hartford, Hartford Co., Ct.

Children

All children baptized Towcester, Northamptonshire, England: ^[7]

Richard Lord, baptized 5 Jan 1611/12, (died 1662), married by 1636 Sarah (Unknown)

Anna Lord Stanton, baptized 18 Sept 1614, (died 1688) married by 1638 Thomas Stanton

Thomas Lord, baptized 15 Nov 1616, (died 1662), married 1652 Hannah Thurston

William Lord, baptized 27 Dec 1618, (died 1678), married (1) by 1643 Unknown Saybrook,

(2) about 1664 Lydia Buckland, widow of John Brown - 1678

Robert Lord, baptized 12 May 1620, married by 1651 Rebecca (Unknown)

John Lord, baptized 21 Jan 1623/4, married (1) Rebecca Bushnell, (2) Adrean Baysey

Aymie Lord Gilbert, baptized 30 Nov 1626, (died 1691), married 1647 John Gilbert

Dorothy Lord, baptized 1 July 1629, married about 1652 John Ingersoll, (children Hannah, Dorothy and Margaret named in the will of their grandmother, Dorothy Bird Lord) ^[8]

Event

Event: Sailed from London, England on the "Elizabeth & Ann" in May, 1635 ^[9][10]

Arrival: 1635, Cambridge, Massachusetts Elizabeth & Ann ^[11]

Death

Death: between 8 Feb 1669/70 (date of will) and 12 May 1675 (will proved) ^[12]

Place: Hartford, , Connecticut

Inscription at the bottom of stone:

Dorothy his wife

Born 1589 Died 1676

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Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
2. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
3. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
4. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
5. ↑  :Chrystenings Anno D'mni 1588

   Dorottee the daughter of Robart Burd 25 Maie

   Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 329P/255, Towcester parish register 1561-1714, (viewed on Ancestry.co.uk, image 38/355)

6. ↑ Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 329P/255 accessed 4 Feb 2020 by subscription at: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9198/images/329P-255-1561-1741_00125?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=55c2ed754b6c0e6db3c7eb5f26f71b38&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IzZ6518&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=9660727
7. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
8. ↑ ''Genealogical Notes On the Founding of New England, page 274
9. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
10. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. p. 72 see attached photo.
11. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L
12. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L

• Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. Page 331-335 Thomas Lord

• Genealogical Notes On the Founding of New England, database online, Ancestry.com, Ernest Flagg, (Hartford, Connecticut, Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1926), p. 273. also found at FamilySearch, free access.

See also:

• The Descendants of William Lord, Sr., b. 1535, d. 1610, Yelvertoft or Towchester, Northhampton, England, p. 2, James T. Lord, rev. through 2014, unpublished. Personal copy in the files of M. Gaulden

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s - sailed from London, England in May, 1635 for New England on the Elizabeth & Ann

Note: Information obtained from the internet at RootsWeb's World Connect Project from Sharon Garner, Michele Linse, Tammy Davis and Wendy Smith pedigree reports.

Information developed from Find A Grave memorial no. 11290420