Ancestry of
O. Henry

Short Story Writer

Joseph Bird

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of O. Henry — 7th Generation
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  • AFT 16 Feb 1707 
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  • Mary Steele
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  Ruth Bird (Ahnentafel No:39 )

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  • Joseph Bird is said to be the son of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Bird. Evidence is needed to support this claim.

• Sources for Joseph Bird

  • ¹ Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Hartford, Connecticut, Case #541, Probate file for Joseph Bird.
  • ² Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2001), 72, 578.
  • ³ Durrie, Daniel Steele, Steele Family: A Genealogical History of John and George Steele, (Settlers of Hartford, Conn.,) 1635-6, And Their . . ., Albany, New York: Munsell and Rowland (1859), 10, 13.
  • ⁴ Egleston, Thomas, The Life of John Paterson: Major-General in the Revolutionary Army, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1894), 2.
  • ⁵ Walworth, Reuben H., Hyde Genealogy; or the Descendants in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, from William Hyde, of Norwich (2 vols.), Albany, NY: J. Munsell (1864), 270.