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Sarah DeKay Baird
née DeKay
Sarah DeKay Baird (née DeKay) (24 April 1766 – 5 June 1819) was born in Warwick area, Orange County, New York to Mary DeKay and Capt. Thomas DeKay. She married William Eagles Baird. Her child was Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird. She died in 1819, in Warwick, Orange County, New York.
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- LOCK as father of Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird: Baird family centennial lists Nathaniel Wheeler among the ten children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay, and states William left real estate to his two sons Nathaniel Wheeler and Abia Francis.
William Eagles, was married on Feb. 22, 1784 to Sarah DeKay … To them were born 10 children, as follows: … Nathaniel Wheeler, b July 31, 1787; d April 7, 1838. … The other children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay his wife married and had children … William Eagles Baird died in 1814 … eight of whom survived him and his widow Sarah DeKay Baird.
- LOCK as father of Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird: Baird family centennial lists Nathaniel Wheeler among the ten children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay, and states William left real estate to his two sons Nathaniel Wheeler and Abia Francis.
The oldest son of Francis Baird, William Ragles, was married on Feb. 22, 1784 to Sarah DcKay (b April 24, 1766 d. June 5, 1819) a daughter of Capt, Thomas Dekay, who at that time resided on the Townsend W. Sanford farm, which adjoined the Baird homestead. … there are also buried in this old burying ground (on the Sanford farm) with stones to mark their graves, the parents of Sarah DeKay Baird, with the following inscriptions: Capt. Thomas DeKay who departed this life Feb. 12, 1810, in the 78th year of his age. Mary DeKay wife of Thomas DeKay died, Dec. 21, 1820 in the 82nd year.
- LOCK as father of Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird: Baird family centennial lists Nathaniel Wheeler among the ten children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay, and states William left real estate to his two sons Nathaniel Wheeler and Abia Francis.
Captain Thomas DeKay owned the farm now belonging to Mr. Townsend W. Sanford, adjoining the Baird property. He sold a portion of his lands in 1789 to William E. Baird, who was then his son-in-law. The Captain died in 1810, and both he and his wife are buried in the private cemetery on the farm. He left sons, Nathaniel and Thomas, and daughters, Mary, Sarah, Christian, Jane and Julia. His daughter, Sarah DeKay, was born April 24th, 1766, and married William E. Baird February 22nd.