John Laird & Eliza Davis (Vermont)
Do a websearch under the name Fred Leslie Laird and you will get an excerpt by Cathy Kubly from "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont" page 289 (1903). The entry under John Laird states by his first wife he had a son named Joseph Laird. John Laird was a farmer whom had lived in Woodbury, Washington, Vermont.
John Laird married again to Eliza Davis and had 12 children:
Henry Speary, Loren, James, John, Lemuel, Cynthia, Lucretia, Hattie, Eliza, Sarah, Mary, and Dorothy.
On another gene web site in response to my query, a Lisa Ash attributes John Laird's parentage: Stephen Laird & Hannah Brink.
Lisa is a direct descendant of Loren Laird b. 29 August 1824, Plainfield, Washington, Vermont.
Hope this information can be of use to fellow researchers. My thanks to Lisa Ash for her 31 July 2005 posting at Rootsweb.
As is my custom, peace and goodwill to you.