John Birdsong

John Birdsong II [Parents] was born in 1701 in Sussex, Va. He died on 20 Jan 1785 in Sussex, Va. He married Sarah Bennett about 1732 in , Va.

   Other marriages:

Freeman, Hannah

       Bennet, Mary

       Hancock, Damarius

Sarah Bennett was born in 1703. She died on 18 Mar 1735 in St. Charles, York, Va. She married John Birdsong II about 1732 in , Va.

They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	John Birdsong Jr.

     		M 	ii 	Enos Birdsong.

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The surname “Birdsong” goes all the way back to the 1600’s. John Birdsong started it. He came from England to America and his family may have come from Germany. This is thought because the name Birdsong is believed to have come from the German Vogelsang.

John had three boys and one girl. John Birdsong II, James Birdsong, Charles Birdsong, and Frances Birdsong. All of the boys married more than once. Charles was the youngest, and he married twice. He married a girl named Mary, (last name unknown) and Frances Bennett.

James married three times. He also married a girl named Mary, (last name unknown) and two different Elizabeth’s (last names unknown).

John was the oldest, born in 1701 and he married four times! His wife’s names were Hannah Freeman, Sara Bennett, Mary Bennet (Sara and Mary were not related), and Damaris Hancock. His only child when he was married to Hannah Freeman was my direct ancestor, James Birdsong. When he was married to Sara Bennett he had two children. While he was married to Mary Bennett, he had three children. And when he was married to Damaris Hancock, he had eight children.

James Birdsong was born on March 22, 1726, at York Co., Virginia, and only married once. He married to Frances Merritt. They had six children. My direct ancestor was the third born, Freeman Butler Birdsong.

Freeman Birdsong was born on January 4, 1765 at Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, and married Frances Finn and they had eight children. My direct ancestor there was James Birdsong. He was the first-born and he was a twin to Lucy Birdsong. James Birdsong was born on June 25, 1791, in Randolph Co., Virginia. He married Sarah Clayton McCoy and they had fourteen children! Talk about a full house! My direct ancestor was the fifth one born, Edmund Lowe Birdsong. James fought in the war of 1812.

Edmund Lowe Birdsong was born on October 5, 1825, Upson Co., Georgia. He married Sarah (Sally) Wickes and they had twelve children! Edmund was a farmer and veterinarian. My direct ancestor in that generation was the sixth born, Edmund Lowe Birdsong Jr.

Edmund Lowe Birdsong Jr. was born on January 24, 1860, in Georgia. He married Martha Priscilla Nichols and they had four children. My direct ancestor of them was the first born, Henry Walter Birdsong, my great-grandfather.

Henry Walter Birdsong was born in 1883, in Georgia, got a job as a doctor in Athens and married Bertha Elizabeth Smith. They had four children. My direct ancestor in that family was Henry Walter Birdsong Jr.

Henry Walter Birdsong Jr. was born 1918 in Georgia. He married Natalie Nunn West and had the typical four children. My direct ancestor in that family was my dad, Henry Walter Birdsong III.

Henry married Hannah Townsend Williams. Those two lovebirds had two children. And lastly, that comes to my direct ancestor, and self, Mark West Birdsong.

GEDCOM Source

9GSD-ZBC John Birdsong in entry for Henry Blow and Rebecca Birdsong, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940" "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7X-QT5 : 11 February 2018), John Birdsong in entry for Henry Blow and Rebecca Birdsong, 11 Feb 1771; citing Sussex, Virginia, reference 14; FHL microf https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7X-QT5