Barend
Southard was born on 16 October 1772 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY.
2,3 He was the son of
Benjamin Southard and
Maria Ostrom. Barend Southard married
Elizabeth Ostrander, daughter of
Elias Ostrander and
Rachel Van Etten, on 20 August 1797 at St. Paul's Zion Luth. Church, Red Hook, Dutchess Co., NY; The Southward (Southard) bible record in the D.A.R. collection provides information on the birth and marriage of Barnet Southward and Elizabeth Ostrander. It also lists their eight children. Page 197 of the D.A.R. volume contains the following notation in addition to the information noted above:
"Original in the possession of the Society.
"This single leaf was presented to the Society recently by Ernest A. Maynard, 161-41 86th Avenue, Jackson Heights 72, New York, with a notation that the Bible from which it was taken was published in 1810, and that the family concerned lived in Ghent, Columbia County, New York. --Ed."
The Southard Gazette pedigree chart shows the marriage date as 23 Nov 1797 in NY.
Their son, John, is an ancestor of Richard G. Rider who authored an article, "A Case of Mistaken Identity: Two Joseph Southards" in the NYG&B Record Vol. 116, No. 4.
4,5,6 Barend Southard died between 1820 and 1830 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY.
6 Barend Southard lived at Ghent, Columbia Co., NY. He appeared on the census of 1810 at Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY; with 2 M under 10, 1 M 26-45, 3 F under 10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 26-45. He began military service in 1812 served in the War of 1812.
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