Pearcy Byrd: Our Family History

Generation: 1

1. Pearcy Byrd was born about 1807 (son of Benjamin Byrd and Zilpha Unknown).

Generation: 2

2.	Benjamin Byrd was born between 1787 and 1789 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina (son of Richard R. Byrd and Elizabeth Sparkman); died about 1863. Benjamin married Zilpha Unknown about 1805. Zilpha was born about 1788 in Duplin Co., North Carolina; died about 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zilpha Unknown was born about 1788 in Duplin Co., North Carolina; died about 1866.

Children:

Benjamin Byrd was born about 1806.
1. Pearcy Byrd was born about 1807.
Nancy Byrd was born about 1805.
William Byrd was born about 1805.

Generation: 3

Richard R. Byrd was born in 1752 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina (son of Richard Byrd and Mary O'Dyer); died between 1807 and 1818 in Mingo Swamp, Johnston Co., North Carolina.

Richard married Elizabeth Sparkman on 30 Jul 1785 in Bertie Co., North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Sparkman and Winifred Unknown) was born in 1765 in Bertie Co., North Carolina; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Sparkman was born in 1765 in Bertie Co., North Carolina (daughter of Edward Sparkman and Winifred Unknown); died in 1840.

Children:

George Washington Byrd was born in 1793 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died about 1859 in Harnett Co., North Carolina.
John Byrd was born between 1785 and 1789 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina.
Elizabeth Byrd was born about 1788 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died about 1867; was buried in Lawley, North Carolina.
2. Benjamin Byrd was born between 1787 and 1789 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died about 1863.
Redding Byrd was born in 1786 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died on 11 Feb 1875 in Dale Co., Alabama; was buried in Old Darian Church, Dale Co., Alabama.
Bright Byrd was born in 1790 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died on 27 May 1886 in Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama; was buried in Byrd Cemetery, Ozark, Dale Co., Alabama.
Richard Byrd was born on 20 Dec 1800 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died on 25 Dec 1876 in Harnett Co., North Carolina; was buried in Bunnlevel Cemetery, Harnett Co., North Carolina.
Edward Byrd was born between 1785 and 1800 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died in 1876.

Generation: 4

Richard Byrd was born in 1711 in Chowan Co., North Carolina (son of John Byrd, Jr. and Rebecca Sutton); died in 1796 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina.

Richard married Mary O'Dyer between 1751 and 1752. Mary (daughter of Dennis O'Dyer and Ann Unknown) was born between 1720 and 1724; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary O'Dyer was born between 1720 and 1724 (daughter of Dennis O'Dyer and Ann Unknown); died in 1797.

Children:

4. Richard R. Byrd was born in 1752 in Lenoir Co., North Carolina; died between 1807 and 1818 in Mingo Swamp, Johnston Co., North Carolina.
Edward Byrd was born in 1762; died in 1818.

10. Edward Sparkman was born about 1739 (son of William Sparkman and Anna Gardner).
Edward married Winifred Unknown. Winifred was born about 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11.
Winifred Unknown was born about 1740.
Children:

5. Elizabeth Sparkman was born in 1765 in Bertie Co., North Carolina; died in 1840.