John Bird - Who’s his mama?

Частный профиль Is questioning the parent conflict noted by curator Angus Wood-Salomon

The “usual” genealogies seen on the internet have one wife only for his father Thomas Bird, Sr. Mary Bird For example, http://linton-research-fund-inc.com/bird_family_tree.html

But I see where the reference to Mary Belden as second wife, not the mother of his children, comes from:

Torrey, NE Marriages: BIRD, Thomas (bef 1653, 1662?) & Mary ____ (-ca 1660, 1664+?); by 1635?, by 1637; Hartford/Farmington, CT {Bird (1855) 5; Steele 7; Goodwin-Morgan 11-14; Booth (1910) 43; Flagg Anc. 276; Fulton Anc. 53; Sanborn Anc. 57; Sv. 1:182; Morse (,1) 106-107; Utah Gen. Mag 23:23, Bassett-Preston 33, Hartford Prob. 1:97; Warner-Harrington 60} BIRD, Thomas (-1662?) & 2/wf ____ [BELDEN?]; ?Hartford {Goodwin-Morgan 2:13}

The names in { } are references to articles where the marriage was discussed. So let’s see if they can be tracked down and clarified.

I should be able to find at least something at http://AmericanAncestors.Org using my subscription. They also have an Ask the Genealogist chat, I think I’ll use it to faster locate.

I’m transferring this over to a discussion so I don’t lose the plot, and I’ve unlocked “abouts.” That was from before we had relationship locking and a flock of confused Birds. Ha!