Samuel Laird

  General Notes:

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

Samuel married Eleanor Tilton, daughter of John Tilton and Aaltie Alice Holsart / Holsaart, about 1814 in Monmouth Co New Jersey. (Eleanor Tilton was born on 16 May 1795 in Monmnouth Co New Jersey, died on 1 Jun 1848 in Tennent Monmouth New Jersey and was buried Tennent Cemetery in Tennent Monmouth New Jersey Find A Grave #22601599.)