Derrick
Richard
Bird
Born about in Bedminster Twp, Somerset County, New Jersey colony
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Barnet) Bird
— married
about 1806 in PA [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Andrew Bird, John Bird, Derrick Bird, Henry Bird, Sarah Ann Augustine Bird, Thomas Bird, Ann Elizabeth Bird, Basil Bird, Noah Bird, Archibald Bird and Andrew Jackson Bird Jr
Died about
at about age 76
in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile managers:
Philip Burd 
[send private message], Teri Chalmers [send private message], and Edward Konopinski [send private message]
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Derrick Bird's birth date has yet to be more closely determined. Death dates ranging from 1755 to 1763 have been seen in other trees. The following information was listed in this biography as a first-hand report when my line joined this one "Derrick was born in 1755. He passed away about 1841. [1]
According to the information in the Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941 cited below, Derrick died 25 Aug 1831 and is interred at Forty Fort Cemetery in Luzerne, PA. for his service in the Pennsylvania Militia during the War of 1812. He held the rank of Private.
Sources
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Edward Konopinski, Saturday, January 24, 2015."
- 1778 New Jersey Early Census, U.S. Compiled Census, and Census Substitutes Index, May and November 1778 Tax Lists Somerset County, Bedminister Township 1643-1890 Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. New Jersey Census, 1643-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
- Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. National Archives at Washington DC; NAID: M1916, NAID 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118.
- Philip Burd Jr < Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815. War of 1812 Pension Applications. Washington D.C.: National Archives. NARA Microfilm Publication M313, 102 rolls. Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group Number 15./>
Acknowledgments
- This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Derrick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Derrick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Philip Burd
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 65 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #283603
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~3.12%
Teri (Fulmer) Chalmers :
23andMe, GEDmatch M122034 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M122034 [compare], Ancestry member teri_chalmers
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~1.56%
Karen Kemp :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Garnett Lee :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jodi Linderman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GX7701791 [compare], Ancestry member jodi_linderman
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Bird-3517 and Bird-718 appear to represent the same person because: This is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge. No tree conflicts. Alternate death is about 1 Oct 1827. Thanks!
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Steven Mix
Bird-5873 and Bird-718 appear to represent the same person because: This newly created duplicate by a direct descendant is the oldest paternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge. No tree conflicts. Thanks!
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