Benjamin Freeman Bird b. 19 Jan 1778 Rahway, Union, New Jersey, USA d. 23 Feb 1861 Springville, Utah, Utah, USA: Early Latter-day Saints Database

1778 - 1861 (83 years)

Name	Benjamin Freeman Bird
Born	19 Jan 1778	Rahway, Union, New Jersey, USA
Gender	Male
Calling	17 Jul 1848	Lake Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [11]
Calling	Branch President & Bishop
Residence	17 Jul 1848	Lake Branch, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA [11, 12]
Endowed (LDS)	16 Apr 1851	POFFI [13]
Baptized (LDS)	18 Jun 1854 [13]
Buried	Feb 1861	Springville, Utah, Utah, USA
Died	23 Feb 1861	Springville, Utah, Utah, USA
Person ID	I2475	Early Latter-day Saints
Last Modified	6 Dec 2012

Father	Jeremiah Bird, b. 1745/1748, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA , d. 29 Nov 1788, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA (Age 40 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Marsh, b. 1750, Rahway, Union, New Jersey, USA , d. 1825 (Age 75 years)
Married	2 Nov 1768
Sealed P (LDS)	17 Jun 1981	PROVO
Family ID	F2266	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Marabah Reeves, b. 6 May 1784, Rahway, Union, New Jersey, USA , d. 13 Feb 1833, Southport, Chemung, New York, USA (Age 48 years)

Married 22 Feb 1801 , Morris, New Jersey, USA

Children

+	1. Phineas Reeves Bird, b. 29 Jan 1802, Flanders, Suffolk, New York, USA , d. 25 Jul 1850, Zodiac, Gillespie, Texas (Age 48 years)
	2. Charles Bird, b. 19 Sep 1803, Flanders, Morris, New Jersey, USA , d. 29 Sep 1884, Mendon, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 81 years)
	3. George Bird, b. 19 Mar 1805, Flanders, Morris, New Jersey, USA
	4. James Bird, b. 22 Dec 1806, Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey, USA , d. 16 Jun 1879, Saint George, Washington, Utah, USA (Age 72 years)
	5. Polly Bird, b. 8 Feb 1809, Roxbury, Morris, New Jersey, USA
	6. Polly Bird, b. 23 Jun 1815, Hector, Schuyler, New York, USA
	7. Elizabeth Bird, b. 24 Jan 1819, Southport, Chemung, New York, USA
	8. Richard Bird, b. 13 Oct 1820, Southport, Chemung, New York, USA , d. 27 Feb 1895, Springville, Utah, Utah, USA (Age 74 years)
	9. William Bird, b. 18 Jul 1823, Southport, Chemung, New York, USA , d. 4 Oct 1894, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, USA (Age 71 years)
	10. Samuel Bird
	11. Kelsey Bird
	12. Amanda Ann Bird

Family ID F2263 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Margaret Jane Crain, b. 2 Jun 1797, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, USA , d. 24 Mar 1865 or 1866, Wellsburg, Chemung, New York, USA (Age 68 years)

Married 25 Apr 1833

Children

	1. Margaret Jane Bird, b. Abt 1834, Southport, Chemung, New York, USA , d. 22 Jun 1912 (Age ~ 78 years)
	2. Benjamin T. Bird, b. 20 Jun 1837, Wellsburg, Chemung, New York, USA , d. 24 Jun 1864 (Age 27 years)
	3. Martha Marie Bird, b. 2 Jun 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois,USA , d. 14 Jan 1903 (Age 62 years)
	4. Clarinda Bird
	5. Cordelia Bird

Family ID F2264 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Jane Jones Frylick, b. 22 Jun 1801, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA , d. 19 Mar 1881, Clover Valley (Barclay), Lincoln, Nevada, USA (Age 79 years)
Married	27 Feb 1852	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
Family ID	F2265	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

Married - 27 Feb 1852 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA

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Notes

PROPERTY:
Nauvoo : Block 118 Lot 2 S/2
T6 R5 Sec 8 NE 50 acres

NAUVOO RECORDS:
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 5, pp 443-446
High Priests, Nauvoo and Salt Lake, pp 12-13
Record of Baptisms for the Dead, by Black and Black, Vol 1, pp 411-415

HISTORY/HISTORIES:
Utah in 1850
Conquerors of the West: Sons of Utah Pioneers, Vol 1, pp 281-283

OTHER SOURCES:
History, Benjamin Freeman BIRD and Marabah REEVES, 12 p
History, 3 p
Benjamin Freeman BIRD Ancestry, Research Report #1, 1995, John M Kirtziller II

SPOUSE NAME VARIANT: Marabe REEVES; Maribah REEVES
SPOUSE #2 NAME VARIANT: Margaret CRANE

(The Jonathan Browning lot had been owned from 1840 to 1843 by the Benjamin Bird family, converts to the church from New York state)

Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Note: Stated in record above, "Bishop 24 July 1846, V. 1 p. 4"

Sources

[S15] USA - 1850 United States Census, US Census Bureau.
[S4] Book - Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, Nauvoo, 7 vols., Black, Susan Easton, (Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602), , by Black and Black, Vol 1, pp 411-415.
[S121] Book - Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, 4 vols., Youngberg, Florence C., Compiler, (Sons of the Utah Pioneers, 1999), : Sons of Utah Pioneers, Vol 1, pp 281-283.
[S61] LDS - High Priests, Nauvoo and Salt Lake, , pp 12-13.
[S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), Vol 5, pp 443-446.
[S492] Internet Link - "A Room of Round Logs with a Dirt Roof: Ute Perkins' Stewardship to Look after Mormon Battalion Families, Eugene H. Perkins and Waldo C. Perkins, (Mormon Historical Studies, Vol 1, No. 1, Spring 2000), Mormon Historical Studies, Spring 2000, p. 61-72.
[S10] Periodical - The Nauvoo Journal, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989-1999), Milo Andrus Company, 1850.
[S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.
[S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org.
[S2586] .
[S54104] LDS - Lake Branch (Iowa) records, film 1923pt4.
[S3] LDS - Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Watt, Ronald G., (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991,).
[S2] Internet Link - International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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