Genealogical collections concerning the sir-name of Baird, and the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchton Hall in particular

CONCERNING THE SIBNAME OF BAI3B. 3
1270. Peter Bulkeley, second sou to Robert Bulkeley, by a daughter of
Butler of Bewsey in Lancashire, married the daughter of Baird ;
Robert Bulkeley, ancestor of this family, was Lord of the Manor of
Bulkeley in the county Palatine of Chester, in the reign of King John.
His descendant was made Viscount Bulkeley in 1643, by King
Charles I. — Lodges Peerage of Ireland.
1292. And following years, in the Ragman's Roll or Submission, sworn and
subscribed by the nobility and principal gentry of the Scotch nation,
to King Edward I. of England, the following three gentlemen are
found, — 1. Fergus de Baird, of Meikle and Little Kyp according to
Mr. Nisbet, who says it was a great and very considerable family. 2.
John Baird, of Evandale, as the same author thinks. 3. Robert Baird.
Mr. Nisbet thinks that this was Baud of Cambusnethan, and says that
estate went to Sir Alexander Stuart, afterwards of Darnley, by
marrying the heiress, Jean Baird, about 1360, and that in 1390 he
gave it with his daughter to Sir Thomas Somerville of Carnwath, Lord
Somerville's ancestor, upon their marriage.
1296. Duncan, Fergus, John, and Nicol Bairds, all mentioned this year as
men of rank and property in Piyn's Collections.
1297 to 1305. Jordan Baird was a constant companion of the brave Sir
William Wallace, in all his warlike exploits, and mentioned with great
honour in all the accounts of that heroic gentleman.
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In April 1768, Sir William Johnston of Hilton told me that he (Sir William)
saw some years ago a lineal genealogy from this Jordan Baird to Sir
James Baird of Auchmedden. 1
1308. Baird of Carnwath, in Clydesdale, county of Lanark, with other three
or four gentlemen of that name, being convicted of a conspiracy
against King Robert Bruce in a Parliament held at Perth, were
forfeited, and put to death, and the lands of Carnwath given to Sir
Alexander Stuart of Darnley by that Prince. — Dalrymple's . Collections,
p. 394.
1 It is noteworthy that although Auchmedden preserves all such scraps of information, he
asserts nothing of which he cannot produce proof: a good example to some of our modern
genealogists. — Ed.