BAIRD, Mary ¹

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Mary married William GORDON 3rd of Badenscoth, son of George GORDON 2nd of Badenscoth and Helen KEITH, in 1724.¹ (William GORDON 3rd of Badenscoth was born before 1696 and died in August 1733 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Gordon, III. of Badenscoth. (Son of II. : died 1733.) He is mentioned in the Poll Book of 1696. He was served heir to his father, November 17, 1713. He died August, 1733 (Services of Heirs). He married in 1724, Mary, daughter of William Baird of Auchmedden (by Mary, daughter of Robert Gordon of Straloch)."

from Terpersie




"William Gordon of Badenscoth married Mary Baird in 1724. They had three children: Catherine, Jane and James. Although the lairdship passed initially to James, the latter died without issue in 1788, at which point William's daughters Catherine and Jane became co-heirs."

from The Jacobite Gordons of Badenscoth ^{1 3}

Mary next married John GORDON of Law, then of Wardhouse and Kildrummy, son of John GORDON 2nd of Law and Ann CUMMING.^{1 2} (John GORDON of Law, then of Wardhouse and Kildrummy was born about 1670.)

  Marriage Notes:

"William Gordon, III. of Badenscoth .... married in 1724, Mary, daughter of William Baird of Auchmedden (by Mary, daughter of Robert Gordon of Straloch). She married (2) in 1738, Badenscoth's kinsman, John Gordon, III. of Law and of Wardhouse"

from Terpersie




"John Gordon married secondly Mary Baird, probably a daughter of Baird of Auchmedden ; at any rate one of the witnesses to the Deed of Entail of Wardhouse was William Baird of Auchmedden. (Information from Messrs Wilsone and Duffus, Aberdeen)."

from Gordons of Beldorney ^{1 2}

Mary next married Jonathan FORBES of Brux.¹ (Jonathan FORBES of Brux was born about 1695.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mary, daughter of William Baird of Auchmedden (by Mary, daughter of Robert Gordon of Straloch) .... married (3) in 1741 Jonathan Forbes of Brux (Baird Family)."

from Terpersie ¹