BAIRD, Thomas of Ordinhivas ²

   Another name for Thomas was BAIRD, George of Ordinhivas.¹

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Thomas married Janet MAITLAND, daughter of Sir Patrick MAITLAND of Netherdale, Gight and Schivas, Bailie to the Earl of Huntly and Margaret INNES.^{1 2} (Janet MAITLAND was born about 1453 and died on 6 June 1539 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

" Janet (Maitland), married to George Baird of Ordinhivas, ancestor of the Bairds of Auchmedden, Newbylh, &c., &c., she died 1539."

from The Thanage of Fermartyn

Note:

By other accounts the bridegroom's name was Thomas.




"Upon the death of Sir Patrick Maitland, of Gicht, his estate fell under precognition, because of unwary securities given to creditors, and George II., Earl of Huntly, got the gift of it from King James II. Sir Patrick left two daughters by his lady,The Earl gave the eldest, Janet, in marriage to Thomas Baird, her cousin-german, and with her the lands of Ordinhnivas, Drunmakeith, and Pittinbrinzian, in the Boyne, and several lands, fishings, and houses about Banif, particularly the lodging formerly belonging to Lord Airly, and now to Lord Fife. Upon that side of which, called Auchmull, there was a stone built into the wall with Ordinhnivas' coat-of-arms cut upon it, and which stood till 1735, when that side was taken down. This marriage was in 1490" [....]

"Their children, of whom any memory now remains, were -

1. George, his successor.

2. Thomas Baird of Sandbay, of whom no male posterity now remains.

3. William Baird of Byth, of whom was lineally descended the late James Band, of Chesterhall, father to Dr. James Baird, physician at Edinburgh, Mr. George Baird, one of the principal merchants in Glasgow, and four daughters, all married in the south ; and the late Alexander Baird, town-clerk of Cullen, whose father was a younger brother of Chesterhall's, and who has left several sons now in a good way."

from Genealogical Collections concerning the Sir-Name off Baird

Note:

Janet was in fact the younger of the sisters. ^{1 2}