Bayard family

The Bayard family has been a prominent family of lawyers and politicians throughout American history, primarily from Wilmington, Delaware. Beginning as Federalists, they joined the party of Andrew Jackson and remained leaders of the Democratic Party into the 20th century. Counting Richard Bassett, the father-in-law of James A. Bayard, Sr., the family provided six generations of U.S. Senators from Delaware, serving from 1789 until 1929.

Ann Stuyvesant Bayard, widowed wife of the French Huguenot Samuel Bayard, came to New Netherland with her brother, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant in 1647. Her grandson, another Samuel Bayard went to Bohemia Manor, Maryland in 1698. His grandson was John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1808), Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, and his great grandson, John Bayard's nephew, was James A. Bayard, Sr., the first Bayard in the U.S. Senate.

Family members

The Rev. Nicholas Bayard (c1555- ), a pastor in Antwerp in 1590, m. Blandina Conde
*The Rev. Lazare Bayard (c1585- ), m. 1607, Judith de Vos
**Judith Bayard (c1615- ), m. Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland
**Samuel Bayard (c1615-c1647), m. 1638, Ann Stuyvesant, sister of Peter Stuyvesant; to New Amsterdam 1647
**1. Petrus Bayard (c1640-1690), m. 1674. Blandina Kierstede, daughter of Dr. Hans Kierstede
***2. Samuel Bayard (1675-1721), m1. Susannah Bouchelle, (1677- ), daughter of Liege de Bouchelle and Anna Margaretta Condé; m2. Elizabeth Sluyter; to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland 1698.
****3. Col. Peter Bayard, (c1705- ), m.Susannah Richardson
****3. Samuel Bayard, m. 1729 Francina Maulden.
****3. James Bayard, m. Mary Asheton
*****4. Dr. James Asheton Bayard (1738 -1770), m. Ann Hodge, daughter of Andrew Hodge and Margaret McCulloch
******5. John Hodge Bayard (1762-1820); settled in Cumberland County, Maryland; married and had children.
******5. Jane Bayard, born Feb. 13, 1765; never married.
******5. James A. Bayard, Sr. (1767-1815), U.S. Senator from Delaware, m. Ann Bassett, daughter of Richard Bassett, U.S. Senator
*******6. Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868), U.S. Senator from Delaware
*******6. Caroline Bayard
*******6. James Asheton Bayard, Jr. (1799-1888), U.S. Senator from Delaware
********7. Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), U.S. Senator from Delaware
*********8. Mabel Bayard Warren (1861-1920), married Boston attorney Samuel D. Warren
*********8. Florence Bayard Hilles (1865- ), suffragist
*********8. Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr. (1868-1942), U.S. Senator from Delaware, m. Elizabeth Bradford du Pont, daughter of Alexis I. du Pont
**********9. Alexis Irenee du Pont "Lex" Bayard (1918-1985), Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
***********10. Richard H. Bayard (c1950- ), Delaware Democratic Party Chairman
*******6. Edward Bayard m. Tryphena Cady, daughter of Judge Daniel Cady and sister of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. (Edward Bayard attended Union College in Schenectady, New York and studied law under his father-in-law, Daniel Cady.)
*******6. Mary Bayard
*******6. Henry M. Bayard
*****4. Col. John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1808), Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia 1755, m. Margaret Hodge, daughter of Andrew Hodge and Margaret McCulloch
******5. James Bayard (1760-1782), m. Eliza, daughter of Dr. John Rodgers and Elizabeth Bayard
******5. Andrew Bayard (1762-1833), m. Sarah Pettit, a daughter of Col. Charles Pettit
******5. John Murray Bayard (1766-1833), m. Margaret Carrick
******5. Samuel Bayard (1766-1840), m. Martha, daughter of Lewis Pintard and Susan Stockton
*******6. Caroline Smith Bayard (1807-1891), m. Albert Baldwin Dod (1805-1845), professor of mathematics at Princeton University
********7. Martha Bayard Dod (1831-1899), m. Edwin Augustus Stevens (1795-1868), founder of Stevens Institute of Technology
******5. Jane Bayard (1772-1851), m. Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831), Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
******5. Dr. Nicholas Serl Bayard (1774-1821), m1. Ann Livingston Bayard
******5. Margaret Bayard (1778-1844), m. Samuel Harrison Smith
******5. Anna M. Bayard (1779-1869), m. Samuel Boyd
****3. Mary (or Maria) Ann Bayard, m. Dr. Sluyter Bouchelle
***2. Petrus Bayard (c1677- ), m. 1696, Rachel Van Bolen
****3. Capt. Richard Bayard
***2. Sarah Bayard (c1680- )
***2. James Bayard (c1683- )
**1. Balthazar Bayard (c1642-1690), m. 1664, Maria Lockerman
**1. Col. Nicholas Bayard (c1645-1690), m. c1663. Judith Varleth, daughter of Casper Varleth
**1. Catharine Bayard (c1647-1690), m. William De Meyer.

References

*Bayard Genealogy. [http://www.surnameguide.com/bayard/ Samuel Bayard Genealogy] .

External links

*Pickett, Russell S. [http://www.russpickett.com/history/index.htm Delaware and U.S. History] .
*Kestenbaum, Lawrence. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/1032.html The Political Graveyard] .

Places with more information

* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library] 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone].
* [http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/libraries/newark/library1.asp Newark Free Library] 750 Library Ave., Newark Delaware [phone].
* [http://www.corbitlibrary.org/ Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library] 2nd and High St. Odessa Delaware [phone].
* [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware [phone].