Dr Robert Laird

  General Notes:

Robert Laird
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Name:
Robert Laird
Event Type:
Marriage Notice
Event Date:
06 Oct 1825
Event Place:
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender:
Male
Marital Status:
Married
Spouse's Name:
Elizabeth Tilton
Spouse's Gender:
Female
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Laird family, genealogy of:

Alexander, William and Robert, brothers, ances-
tors of the Laird family in Monmouth County,
emigrated from Scotland before 1700 and set-
tled in East Jersey;
Robert Laird, born 1758, a descendant of one of

the three brothers, married Elizabeth , born

1754; his home was at Englishtown; the child-
ren of Robert and Elizabeth Laird were: Sarah
(married Thomas Walton), Charlotte (married
James Herbert), John A., Benjamin, Samuel
(see below) and Elisha;
Samuel Laird, born 1787, son of Robert and
Elizabeth Laird, married Eleanor Tilton, daugh-
ter of John Tilton, a Revolutionary soldier: the
children of Samuel and Eleanor (Tilton) Laird
were: Sarah, Benjamin, Alice, John T., Joseph
T. (see below), Elizabeth, James, Malvina, Mary,
Robert and Mary S.:
Joseph T. Laird, born at Coifs Neck, 1824, son of
Samuel and Eleanor (Tilton) Laird, married
Mary Evans, daughter of John Evans of Fryes-
burg. Me.: the children of Joseph T. and Mary
(Evans) Laird were: Marion, Joseph T. Jr., Elea-
nor and Samuel E.; biography; 468
Laird, Benjamin, prominent citizen of Monmouth

County in early nineteenth century, 391

storekeeper. Freehold, 1811, 394

opened a ball at Freehold, 1825, 394

opened Monmouth Hotel, Freehold, 1830, 459

manager United States Hotel, Freehold, 1845, 459

kept old Smock tavern. Red Bank, 1843, 597

Laird, Dr. Charles A., member of Medical Society of

Monmouth, 1873, 321

son of Dr. Robert Laird, practiced at Squan, 1871 , 802

Laird, Daniel, sold lot for Englishtown Methodist

Church about 1843, 691

Laird, Daniel H., kept store, Englishtown, 1820, 690

postmaster, Englishtown, 1839, 691

Laird, David, sailor in navy. War of 1812, buried at

Old Tennent, 688

kept store, Englishtown, 1820, 690

sold lot for Englishtown Methodist Church about
1843. 691

Laird, Dr. E. B., member of Medical Society of Mon-
mouth, 1878, 321
Laird, Elisha, prominent citizen of Monmouth County

in early nineteenth century, 391

established general merchandise business, 1830, 469

corporator, Monmouth Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, 1858. 469
kept store, Colt's Neck, 1836, 666
initiated by Masonic Lodge, Shrewsbury Township,
1815, 882

Robert married Elizabeth Tilton, daughter of Joseph Tilton and Mary Patterson, about 1775 in New Jersey. (Elizabeth Tilton was born on 12 May 1754 in New Jersey and died on 13 Apr 1833 in Englishtown Monmouth New Jersey.)