BAIRD, William 6th of Auchmedden, historian, Jacobite 1715 ^{1 2 3}

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  General 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 ²

William married Mary GORDON, daughter of Robert GORDON 7th of Pitlurg and Jean MAITLAND, in 1698.¹ (Mary GORDON was born about 1675 and died in 1710 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Baird (see Note below), VI of Auchmedden (1676-1720), son of James Baird (1648-1681), younger of Auchmedden, by his wife Katherine Hay, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Kinnoull. The valued rent of Auchmedden in 1696 was £666 13s 4d. The Poll Book (ii. 71-76) gives a full account of himself and his tenants. There were apparently twelve farms - Bankhead, Clenterie, Glenhowses, Glenquithell, Kinbeam,Lembess, Little Byth, Mains of Auchmedden, Mill of Auchmedden, Overton, Pennan, Seaton and Towie. Auchmedden was twice married, first in 1698 to Mary Gordon (d. 1710), daughter of Robert Gordon of Straloch, and great-granddaughter of Robert, the Great Straloch : and secondly to Elizabeth Abercrombie, of the Glassaugh family. He died in London in 1720, being succeeded by his son, the last of the original Bairds of Auchmedden, William Baird (1701-75), VII of Auchmedden, the historian of the family."

from The Bairds of Auchmedden

Note:

Bulloch refers to this laird as 'James Baird', where others sources, including primary sources, call him William, including the Aberdour parish register of baptisms which recorded his son, William's baptism in 1701, and William's own history of the Baird family. ^{1 3 4}

William next married Elizabeth ABERCROMBY, daughter of Alexander ABERCROMBY 2nd of Glasshaugh and Katherine DUNBAR, on 7 February 1712.¹ (Elizabeth ABERCROMBY was born about 1687.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James (see Note below) Baird, VI of Auchmedden (1676-1720) .... was twice married, first in 1698 to Mary Gordon (d. 1710) .... and secondly to Elizabeth Abercrombie, of the Glassaugh family. He died in London in 1720, being succeeded by his son, the last of the original Bairds of Auchmedden, William Baird (1701-75), VII of Auchmedden, the historian of the family."

from The Bairds of Auchmedden

Note:

Bulloch refers to this laird as 'James Baird', where others sources, including primary sources, call him William, including the Aberdour parish register of baptisms which recorded his son, William's baptism in 1701, and William's own history of the Baird family. ¹