BAIRD, James younger of Auchmedden, (joint) Sheriff of Banff ^{1 2}

   Cause of his death was smallpox.¹

   User ID: W602.

  General Notes:

James predeceased his father. ²

James married Catherine HAY, daughter of George HAY 2nd Earl of Kinnoull and Ann DOUGLAS.¹ (Catherine HAY was baptised on 12 September 1641 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Baird, William, of Auchmedden

Son of James Baird, younger, of Auchmedden, and his wife, Lady Katherine Hay, daughter of George, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull. This James, who died of smallpox in 1681, was eldest son of Sir James Baird, Knight of Auchmedden, and Christian, only daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvie of Boyne."

from Jacobites of 1715 ¹