Background
Bayard, John Bubenheim was born on August 11, 1738 in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Mary (Ashton) Bayard.
merchant Continental congressman
Bayard, John Bubenheim was born on August 11, 1738 in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. Son of James and Mary (Ashton) Bayard.
Educated Nottingham Institution.
Member merc. firm John Rhea, Philadelphia, 1756-1807. Signer Non-Importation Agreement of 1765. Member Pennsylvania Provincial Congress, July 1774.
Member Philadelphia Council of Safety, 1776.
Participated in battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Princeton, 1776-1777. Speaker Pennsylvania Assembly, 1777-1778.
Member Board of War. Major 2d Battalion of Philadelphia Associators (volunteers with Continental Army), colonel, 1777.
Member Supreme Executive Council Pennsylvania, 1781. Delegate Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785-1787.
Mayor New Brunswick (New Jersey), 1790.
Member merc. firm John Rhea, Philadelphia, 1756-1807. Member Pennsylvania Provincial Congress, July 1774. Member Philadelphia Council of Safety, 1776.
Member Board of War.
Member Supreme Executive Council Pennsylvania, 1781.
Married Margaret Hodge. Married second, Mistress. Married 3d, Johannah White, 1787.