John Bayard
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| Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey | |
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In office 1794–1796 |
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| Preceded by | Lewis Dunham |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Schuyler |
| Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for the County of Philadelphia | |
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In office 16 October 1781 – 4 November 1782 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Reed |
| Succeeded by | John Dickinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Bubenheim Bayard August 11, 1738 Bohemia Manor, Maryland |
| Died | January 7, 1807 (aged 68) New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) |
Margaret Hodge (m. 1759; her death 1780) Mary Grant Hodgson (m. 1781; her death 1785) Johannah White (m. 1786; his death 1807) |
| Relations |
Littleton Kirkpatrick (grandson) James A. Bayard II (nephew) Charles Hodge (nephew) Andrew Kirkpatrick (son-in-law) Samuel H. Smith (son-in-law) George Dashiell Bayard (great-grandson) |
| Children | 8, including Margaret |
| Parents | James Bayard Mary Asheton |
| Education | West Nottingham Academy |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 Continental Army
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| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars |
Revolutionary War • Battle of Brandywine • Battle of Germantown • Battle of Trenton |
Col. John Bubenheim Bayard (11 August 1738 – 7 January 1807) was a merchant, soldier, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Congress of the Confederation in 1785 and 1786, and later mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
John Bubenheim Bayard was born on 11 August 1738 to James Bayard (1717–1780) and Mary Asheton (b. ca. 1715) at Bohemia Manor on August 11, 1738. His twin brother was James Asheton Bayard (1738–1770). His father, James, was the youngest son of Samuel Bayard (1675–1721), who was born in New Amsterdam, and Susanna Bouchelle (1678–1750). Bayard was educated at West Nottingham Academy under the tutelage of the Rev. Samuel Finley, who later became the 5th President of Princeton University.
Bayard's family were French Huguenots who escaped France through the Netherlands. His 2x great grandfather, Samuel Bayard (d. ca. 1647), the son of the Rev. Balthazar Bayard, married Ann Stuyvesant, the daughter of the Rev. Balthazar Stuyvesant, in the Netherlands in 1638. After Samuel Bayard's death, she brought their four children, of which Petrus Bayard (d. 1690), John Bayard's great grandfather, was the eldest, to New Netherland with her brother Peter Stuyvesant in 1647. In 1698, John Bayard's grandfather, Samuel Bayard (1675–1721), moved to Maryland and established a plantation known as Bohemia Manor in Cecil County, Maryland. It remained the seat of the family for several new generations of the Bayard family.
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