BARD Family: History and Genealogy of the Bards of "Carroll's Delight" & Genealogies of the Bard KinshipBy G. O. Seilhamer Variations include: Beard, Baird Archibald Beard, the emigrant ancestor of the Bards of "Carroll's Delight" was born in County Antrim, Ireland. His birth date is not recorded but he died in 1596. This book includes the descendants of Richard, William, and David Bard as well as the Bard, Poe, McFarland, Smith, etc. Kinship. (515p., 1908)