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Surnames of Co. Down: Baird & Beard
| . | . | Name | . | Parish | Information | Reference |
| Mrs. | . | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | ran a temperance hotel in 1910 | POD |
| Mrs. | . | BAIRD | . | Newry | lived in Damolly townland in 1851 census; nee Weir | OFN p 228 |
| Miss | . | BAIRD | . | Ballykinlar | played violin & piano at St. Josephs Catholic church concert 6 Jan 1900 | DR* |
| Sgt. | A. | BAIRD | . | Newry | of 71st Regiment; father of Edward who d.1852 aged 6 months; buried St. Patrick's Church of Ireland graveyard | MIs |
| Mr. | A. | BAIRD | . | Newry | served in 1st World War | OFN p 115 |
| . | Adam | BAIRD | . | Bangor | of Sandy Row, Bangor ; leased a house, office, yard & small garden in 1863 from Margaret Halliday | GV |
| . | Adam | BAIRD | . | Bangor | of Ballymagee St, Bangor; leased a house, office & yard in 1863 from Eliza Jane McCune | GV |
| . | Adam | BAIRD | . | Bangor | in Quay St, Bangor , leased out a house in 1863 to George Lowden | GV |
| Miss | Agnes | BAIRD | . | Newtownards |
daughter of Robert Baird ; aged 24 married David Ferguson 4 Aug 1862 |
CR |
| . | Alexander | BAIRD | . | Newtownards | member of Freemason's Lodge 9 Jul 1827 | old letters |
| Miss | Alison | BAIRD | . | Inishargy | daughter of James Baird ; married John Shields 19 Dec 1851 | CR |
| . | Andrew | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | of Blackabbey ; a farmer in 1910 | POD |
| . | Andrew | BAIRD | . | Kilmegan | a blacksmith in Castlewellan in 1846 | POD |
| Miss | Ann/ Nancy |
BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | wife of John Nicholson ; mother of Emma b. 1868 & Frances (f) b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Annie | BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | wife of James Cousins of Brackenagh; mother of Susan b. 8 Dec 1897 & bpt. 13 Mar 1898 & William b. 12 Jan & bpt. 23 Jul 1899 & Hugh b. 8 Jan & bpt. 5 Apr 1903 & James Herbert b. 12 Aug 1905 & bpt. 3 Jun 1906 at Mourne Presbyterian Church | PR |
| . | Charles | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | regd. Waringstown; husband of Susanna Carson ; father of Alice Jane b. 14 Mar 1869 & Thomas Henry b. 5 Apr 1871 | CR |
| . | David | BAIRD(S) | . | Dromore | son of Edward Bairds; married Mary Meaney 4 Apr 1862; father of David b. 29 Mar 1869 & Mary Jane b. 3 Feb 1874 | CR |
| Rev. | David | BAIRD | . | Garvaghy | Presbyterian minister, Garvaghy c. 1888; click here for story | MOF p10 |
| . | David | BAIRD | . | Hillsborough | of Tullynore; will probated in 1759 | IIW V4 p6 |
| Mr. | David A. | BAIRD | . | Newry | died in 1st World War | OFN p 115 |
| . | Edward | BAIRD | . | Newry | of 61 Water St, Newry ; a painter & glazier in 1846 | POD |
| Miss | Eliza | BAIRD | . | Bangor | wife of Alexander Colville; mother of Annabella b. 1869 & Samuel b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Eliza | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | daughter of Robert Baird; married William Bowden (son of John) on 26 Apr 1848; mother of Samuel b. 1869 | BVR; CR |
| Miss. | Eliza Jane | BAIRD | . | Dundonald | of Dundonald; bapt. 1858, daughter of Hugh Baird & Jane Kirkwood; married William James Yeates in 1879 at 1st Holywood Presbyterian Church | PR |
| Miss | Eliza Jane | BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | wife of James Gracey; mother of John b. 1868 | CR |
| Miss | Eliza Jane | BAIRD | . | Kilmood | wife of James Lawther ; mother of Margaret b. 1869 & Mary b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss | Elizabeth | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | married John Price 23 Aug 1849 at 2nd Presbyterian Church | EA/CR |
| Miss | Elizabeth | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | wife of Hugh Cumming ; mother of Hugh Henry b. 1869 | CR |
| . | Elizabeth | BAIRD | . | Newry | of Hill St, Newry; a confectioner in 1824 | POD |
| Miss | Ellen | BAIRD | . | Dromore | wife of Samuel Ross; mother of Cameron b. 1869 & Sarah Anne b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss | Ellen | BAIRD | . | Moira | wife of Robert Kinkaid; mother of Robert b. 1869 | CR |
| Miss |
Ellen
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BAIRD BEARD |
. | Newtownards | daughter of Robert Baird; married David McManus/ McMannis 7 Apr 1855 ; mother of David b. 1869 | CR |
| Miuss | Ellen | BAIRD | . | Seapatrick | regd. Banbridge; daughter of Archibald Baird ; aka widow Anderson; married John Cupples 5 Jul 1853 | CR |
| Miss | Ester | BAIRD | . | Magherally | married John Gracey 30 Dec 1851 at Presbyterian Church | EA/CR |
| . | Francis | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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husband of Jane Tagart; father of James b. 6 Jul 1870 | CR |
| . | Francis | BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | a cooper in Kilkeel in 1876 | POD |
| . | G. | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch; a farmer in 1910 | POD |
| . | George | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | regd. Waringstown; husband of Jane Perry/ Percy; father of Alice b. 8 Mar 1869 | CR |
| . | George | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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son of John Baird; married Mary Jane Curlet 1 Aug 1855 ; father of George b. 27 Sep 1869 | CR |
| . | Gideon | BAIRD | . | Knockbreda | regd. Castlereagh; husband of Elizabeth Robinson; father of Mary Alecia b. 27 Jun 1874 | CR |
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Hans | BAIRD | . | Hillsborough | charitable subscriber in 1836 | V12 p105 OSM |
| . | Hans | BAIRD | . | Newry | of Hill St, Newry; a painter & glazier in 1824 | POD |
| Miss | Harriet Campbell | BAIRD | . | Kilbroney | regd. Rostrevor; wife of Guy Carleton L'Estrange; mother of Guy William b. 1868 | CR |
| . | Henry | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | husband of Margaret Anne Ringland; father of George b. 22 Nov 1867 & William b. 12 Jun 1870 | CR |
| . | Hugh | BAIRD | . | Bangor | of Mill Row, Bangor; leased a house & small garden in 1863 from James Baird | GV |
| . | Hugh | BAIRD | . | Dundonald | a farmer; husband of Jane Kirkwood; father of Eliza Jane (Dundonald) bapt. 1858 & Alexander (Ballyregan) bapt. 1860 & William John (Dunlady) bapt. 1863 & Isaac (Ballyregan) b. 21 Feb 1868 at 1st Holywood Presbyterian Church | CR |
| . | Hugh | BAIRD | . | Dundonald | of Ballyregan;leased a house & 20 acres in 1863 from Arthur C. Innes | GV |
| . | Hugh | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | of Greyabbey in 1910 | POD |
| . | Hugh | BAIRD | . | Newtownards | son of James Baird ; aged 24 married Martha Cleland 14 Sep 1852 | CR |
| . | J. | BAIRD | . | Blaris | principal at Culcavey National School in 1910 | POD |
| . | J. | BAIRD | . | Dromore | a grocer & spirit retailer in Dromore in 1886 | POD |
| . | J. | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | of Ballynester ; a farmer in 1910 | POD |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Ballyphilip | a linen & woollen draper & haberdasher & agent for John Shaw & Co. of Glasgow & Maxwell Turnbull & Co. of Glasgow , sewed muslin manufacturers in Portaferry in 1846 | POD |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch ; leased a house & 7,6,11,29 & 4 acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 | GV |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Bangor | of Mill Row, Bangor; owned a house, office yard & small garden in 1863 & leased out 3 houses next door | GV |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | of Waringstown; leased land in 1788 | FR |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | of Corcreany; will probated in 1807 | IIW V4 p6 |
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James
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BAIRDS | . | Dromore | married Mary Meaney 4 Apr 1862 at Church of Ireland | EA/CR |
| . | James | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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husband of Jane McKee; father of Mary Jane b. 16 Apr 1868 & William b. 17 Jul 1874 | CR |
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Rev.
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James | BAIRD | Kilmegan | ordination as minister in Castlewellan 20 Aug 1853 | DR | |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Kilmegan | of Moneycarragh; leased a house & 10 acres in 1863 from trustees of Mrs Lascelles | GV |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Knockbreda | regd. Castlereagh; husband of Elizabeth Magraw; father of James b. 15 Jul 1869 | CR |
| . | James | BAIRD | . | Newtownards | son of James Baird ; aged 25 married Isabella McCutcheon 12 Dec 1851 | CR |
| Miss | Jane | BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | married James Gracey 19 Nov 1849 at Meeting House Lane Presbyterian Church | EA/CR |
| Miss | Jane | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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daughter of Robert Baird; married James Seed 22 Mar 1861; mother of Esther b. 1869 | CR |
| Miss | Jane | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of John Edgar ; mother of twins, Jeremiah Seed & Alexander Dudgeon b. 1868 & Robert b. 1870 | CR |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Bangor | husband of Susannah Gibson; father of James Gibson Baird b. 8 Jan 1868 & Margaret Gibson Baird b. 17 Feb 1871 | CR |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Comber | of Nurseryville, Ballyloughan ; leased a house from William Campbell in 1863 | GV |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Donaghadee | of Ballydoonan ; leased a house & 39 acres in 1863 from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye & leased out a house next door to Andrew Close | GV |
| Mrs. | John | BAIRD | . | Donaghadee | of The Parade, Donaghadee ; a publican in 1910 | POD |
| . | John & Margaret | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | family burying ground in Donaghcloney parish graveyard; no dates | MIs |
| . | John | BAIRD BARD |
. | Dromore | of Dromore; will probated in 1720 | IIW V4 p6 |
| . | John A. | BAIRD | . | Dromore | of Dromore; a clerk in 1910 | POD |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Greyabbey | husband of Agnes Johnston; father of Robert b. 22 Mar 1868 & Agnes b. 4 Jan 1874 | CR |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Kilkeel | a tailor in Kilkeel in 1876 | POD |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Knockbreda | regd. Castlereagh; husband of Maria Templeton; father of Maria Louisa b. 18 Feb 1874 | CR |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Seapatrick | regd. Banbridge ; husband of Margaret McGilligan; father of twins, Francis & Emma Jane b. 27 Jan 1869 | CR |
| . | John | BAIRD | . | Tullylish | son of James Baird ; married Ellen McClean 18 Jun 1854 | CR |
| . | Joseph | BAIRD | . | Dromore | of Dromore; clerk of markets & attendance office for Dromore Urban School Committee in 1910 | POD |
| . | Longford | BAIRD | . | Bangor | of Carnalea ; leased a house & 33 acres acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 | GV |
| Mrs. | Margaret | BAIRD | . | Ardkeen | died 2 Jul 1934 aged 80; sister of John NcGeean of Kirkistownl buried Ballygalget Catholic graveyard | MIs |
| Miss |
Margaret
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BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | daughter of Hugh Baird ; aka widow Matthews; aged 21 married Hugh Bell 30 Oct 1851 | CR |
| Miss | Margret | BAIRD | . |
Loughinisland
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regd. Clough; wife of George Leslie; mother of William b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Martha | BAIRD | . | Magheradrool | regd. Ballynahinch; wife of Bernard Kelly ; mother of Bernard b. 1868 | CR |
| Miss | Mary Jane | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | regd. Waringstown; wife of William John McCormick ; mother of Margaret b. 1868 & Selina b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss |
Mary Jane
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BAIRD | . | Dromara | wife of Hugh Meeney; mother of Eliza b. 1868 & Rose b. 1871 & David b. 1872 | CR |
| Miss | Mary | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of John Pue; mother of Alexander b. 1868 | CR |
| Miss | Mary | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of Thomas Beck; mother of Sarah b. 1869 & Margaret b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Mary | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of John Annett; mother of John b. 1869 & Elizabeth b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss | Matilda Anne | BAIRD | . |
Loughinisland
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regd. Clough; wife of Samuel McCready; mother of Margret Jane b. 1868 & Samuel b. 1870 | CR |
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Moses
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BAIRD | . | Seapatrick | of Newry St, Banbridge ; a blacksmith in 1846 | POD |
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Miss
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Rachel | BAIRD | . | Donaghadee | wife of James McCracken ; mother of Mary Ann b. 1869 & Alexander b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss | Rebecca | BAIRD | . |
Magheradrool & Annahilt
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daughter of John Baird; married William Graham 26 Apr 1854 in Magheradrool; mother of David b. 1868 & Martha Agnes b.1870 (regd. Annahilt) | CR |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Ballyphilip | a grocer in Portaferry in 1846 | POD |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | of Ganaway ; leased a house & 24 acres acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 | GV |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch ; leased a house & 9,3,10 acres acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 & lesed the house to Anne Baird | GV |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | of Dunover ; a carpenter in 1910 | POD |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Dundonald area | achieved 6th place in Tourist Trophy Car Race in 1933 | NDM p144 |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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husband of Mary Anne Baird; father of Elizabeth Jane b. 8 Jun 1869 | CR |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Newry | son of William Baird; married Mary Numay / Nummy 3 Jan 1848; father of George b. 29 May 1868 | BVR; CR |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . |
Newry
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stonemason & sculptor from St. Marys Street in 1881 | POD |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . |
Newry
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of Commons; died 19 Mar 1905 aged 80; son of William; buried St. Patrick's Church of Ireland graveyard | MIs |
| . | Robert | BAIRD | . | Seapatrick | regd. Banbridge ; husband of Mary Anne Andeson; father of Essy Maria b. 9 Mar 1868 | CR |
| . | Samuel | BAIRD | . | Kilmegan | in Aghlisnafin , leased a house & 10 acres in 1863 from Marquis of Downshire | GV |
| . | Samuel | BAIRD | . |
Knockbreda
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b. 1878 in Belfast; Church of Ireland; single; a boarder with Mrs Mary Rowley at 41 Fraser St, Belfast in 1911 | 1911 census |
| Miss | Sarah | BAIRD | . | Bangor | daughter of Langford Baird; married Samuel Dunlop 23 Oct 1860 | CR |
| Miss | Sarah | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | regd. Waringstown; mother of John b. 2 Aug 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Sarah Anne | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of Alexander Beck; mother of James b. 1868 & Teresa b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss |
Sarah
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BAIRD BEARD |
. | Moira | wife of Henry Little; mother of James b. 1867 & William Henry b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Sarah | BAIRD | . | Newry |
daughter of William Baird ; aged 30 married Hugh Mitchell 13 Dec 1855 |
CR |
| Miss | Susana | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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wife of James Cousins; mother of Mary b. 1871 | CR |
| . | Thomas | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | of Waringstown; leased land in 1788 | FR |
| . | Thomas | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | of Waringstown; will probated in 1816 | IIW V4 p6 |
| . | Thomas | BAIRD | . | Donaghcloney | of Corcreany; will probated in 1829 | IIW V4 p6 |
| . | Thomas | BAIRD | . |
Kilkeel
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grocer & tea dealer in 1856 | POD |
| . | W. | BAIRD | . | Dromore | a grocer & spirit retailer in Dromore in 1886 | POD |
| Mr. | W. | BAIRD | . | Newry | served in 1st World War | OFN p 115 |
| . | William John | BAIRD | . | Donagadee | husband of Margaret Shanks; father of Mary b. 3 Apr 1868 & Margaret b. 28 May 1871 | CR |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Dromara | husband of Susan Hanna; father of William b. 26 Nov 1868 & Denis b. 5 Jul 1870 & Susan Bella b. 31 Dec 1871 | CR |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Ballywalter | ordered a meeting of the Dunover Independent Corps 16 Jan 1793 | NS |
| . | William | BAIRD | senior | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch ; leased a house & 16, 7,8,6 acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 | GV |
| . | William | BAIRD | junior | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch ; leased a house & 6, 4,2,2,4 acres from Lord Dufferin & Claneboye in 1863 | GV |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Knockbreda | regd. Castlereagh; husband of Rachel Gregg; father of margaret Ellen b. 17 Jul 1869 | CR |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Newry | died 21 Feb 1861 aged 85; husband of Mary Ann; father of Robert & Mary; buried St. Patrick's Church of Ireland graveyard | MIs |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Newtownards | of Conway Square , Newtownards; a linen & woollen draper & haberdasher in 1846 & 1852; leased a house, office & yard in 1863 from Arthur Black | POD; GV |
| . | William | BAIRD | . | Newtownards | of Corporation South; leased 4 acres acres from Marquis of Londonderry in 1863 | GV |
| . | Willliam | BAIRD | . | Seapatrick | regd. Banbridge ; husband of Margaret Thompson; father of Agnes b. 14 Jan 1871 | CR |
| Miss | Agnes | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | regd. Loughbrickland; wife of Francis Huston ; mother of John b. 1871 | CR |
| . | Alexander | BEARD | . | Newtownards | husband of Elizabeth Clark; father of Mary Elizabeth b. 15 Jun 1868 | CR |
| . | Andrew | BEARD | . | Kilmegan | of Castlewellan; leased a house, forge & small garden in 1863 from Earl Annesley & leased out 2 houses nearby | GV |
| . | Archibald | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | of Ballintaggart; will dated 1843 | IIW V4 p8 |
| . | David | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | of Ballintaggart; will probated 1846 | IIW V4 p8 |
| Miss | Eliza | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | regd. Loughbrickland; wife of James Gratten; mother of Mary b. 1871 | CR |
| Miss |
Ellen
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BAIRD BEARD | . | Newtownards | daughter of Robert Baird; married David McManus/ McMannis 7 Apr 1855 ; mother of David b. 1869 | CR |
| . | Hugh | BEARD | . | Ballywalter | of Ganaway; will probated 16 Jan 1854 | IIW #4546 |
| . | Hugh | BEARD | . | Greyabbey | husband of Agnes Jane Lowry; father of Andrew b. 3 Sep 1874 | CR |
| . | James | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | regd.Loughbrickland; husband of Elizabeth Sarah Barnes/ Bamer; father of Sarah Jane b. 8 Apr 1866 & Mathew b. 1 Jan 1869 | CR |
| . | Jane | BEARD | . | Donaghadee | left a will in 1837; executor was Robert Boyle of Donaghadee | IIW # 4574 |
| . | John | BEARD | . | Dromara | named on 1830s map as leasing land & a forge in Dunmore | 1830 map |
| . | John | BEARD | . | Dromore | of Skeagh; will probated 1734 | IIW V4 p8 |
| . | John | BEARD | . | Dromore | will probated 1740 | IIW V4 p8 |
| . | Margaret | BEARD | . | Greyabbey | of the village of Greyabbey; leased a house & yard in 1863 from Alice McDonnell | GV |
| Miss | Mary | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | regd. Loughbrickland; wife of James Lennox; mother of James b. 1865 | CR |
| Miss | Mary Ann | BEARD | . | Newtownards | wife of Hugh Askin; mother of John b. 1867 & Robert b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Rebecca | BEARD | . | Aghaderg | regd. Loughbrickland; wife of Thomas Gratten; mother of Samuel b. 1869 & Mary b. 1871 | CR |
| . | Robert | BEARD | . | Ballywalter | of Whitechurch; a farmer; will probated 11 Mar 1852 | IIW #4549 |
| . | Robert | BEARD | . | Donaghcloney | of Harrrymount; will lodged 1781 | IIW V4 p8 |
| Miss |
Sarah
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BEARD BAIRD |
. | Moira | wife of Henry Little; mother of James b. 1867 & William Henry b. 1870 | CR |
| Miss | Sarah | BEARD | . | Newtownards | wife of William Finlay; mother of Henery b. 1868 & Thomas b. 1869 | CR |
| . | William | BEARD | . | Ballywalter | of White Church; sale of a stocking frame 2 Feb 1793 | NS |
| . | William J. | BEARD | . | Donaghadee | of Millisle village ; leased a house & small garden in 1863 from David & William Carmichael | GV |
Last Updated July 2008
By Ros Davies
