Family:Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird (1)

Parents: Richard Lord and Joan Unknown Thomas Lord b. Est 1585 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England d. Bet 29 Jan 1643/44 and 1648 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Robert Bird and Amy Unknown Dorothy Bird chr. 25 May 1588 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England d. Bef 12 May 1675 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage License^[2]	20 Feb 1610/11	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Marriage^[1]^[2]	23 Feb 1610/11	Towcester, Northamptonshire, England

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Richard Lord	chr. 5 Jan 1611/12 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	10 May 1662 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2.	Ann Lord	chr. 18 Sep 1614 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	1688 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
3.	Dr. Thomas Lord	chr. 15 Nov 1616 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	Mar 1662 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
4.	William Lord	chr. 27 Dec 1618 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	17 May 1678 Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
5.	Robert Lord	chr. 12 May 1620 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England
6.	John Lord	chr. 21 Jan 1623/24 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	Bet 1691 and 1692 Stafford Co, Virginia, USA
7.	Amy Lord	chr. 30 Nov 1626 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	8 Jan 1690/91 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
8.	Dorothy Lord	chr. 1 Jul 1629 Towcester, Northamptonshire, England	Jan 1656/57 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford were descendants of Thomas and Dorothy (Bird) Lord, Hoover through daughter Amy and Ford through son William.

References

↑ Thomas Lord, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
4:333 Thomas Lord.

'MARRIAGE: Towcester, Northamptonshire, 23 February 1610/1 Dorothy Bird [Flagg 273], baptized at Towcester on 25 May 1588, daughter of Robert Bird [Ackley-Bosworth 281].'
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lord, Kenneth. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord: an Original Proprietor and Founder of Hartford, Conn., in 1636. (New York: The Compiler, 1946)
page 2.

'Thomas Lord married February 23, 1610-11, Dorothy Bird, daughter of Robert and Amy Bird of Towcester, England. ...
There is also a record on page 25 of the ancient Marriage License Book of Petersborough (near Towcester), England, of the marriage license issued to Thomas Lord and Dorothy Bird on February 20, 1610-11.'