BAIRD, William of Auchmedden, Jacobite 1745 ^{1 2}

   Another name for William was BAIRD, William of Auchmeden.³

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  General Notes:

"BAIRD
WILLIAM
WILLIAM BAIRD/MARY GORDON FR 26 (FR26)
M
30/08/1701
169/ 10 18
Aberdour"

from Births and Baptisms



"William and Anne Baird had a family of six sons and four daughters, but all died without issue except the youngest daughter, who married Francis Fraser of Findrach, Lumphanan, and preserved the portrait of her father, by James Ferguson the astronomer."

from Book of the Duffs

William Baird was the first historian of tiie Duffs in The Genealogical Memoirs of the Duffs.

On 4 April 1754 in Skene parish Aberdeenshire, "William Baird of Auchmeden at Echt" was witness, along with Alexander Simson younger of Concraig, at the baptism of Elisabeth, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Lochermick and Ann Brodie. ^{1 2 3}

William married Anne DUFF, daughter of William DUFF of Dipple and Jean DUNBAR of Durn, in 1721.¹ (Anne DUFF was born in 1705 ⁴ and died in 1775 ¹.)