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

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2. Elizabeth, the second daughter, born 1716, m. Jas. Walker, of Pardovan,
and left issue one son and four daughters. 1
3. Katherine, m. 14th April, 1745, to David Clifton, 2 Esq., clerk in the
Excise Office {Edinburgh Register), son of William Clifton, Esq., of the Excise
Office, whose daughter, Christian Catherine, married, in 1737, Edward Wyvil, 3 Esq.,
General Surveyor of Excise, second son of D'Arcy Wyvil, second son of Sir
William Wyvil, fourth baronet of Constable Burton, in Yorkshire, and left by him
an only son, the Rev. Christopher Wyvil, who succeeded to the estates. Katherine
Baird must have survived her marriage only a few years, for her husband, David
Clifton, died before January, 1750, having previously married a second wife, one
Rosamond Pearson.
4. Janet, born 1722, married Mr. Jackson, in Dalkeith, whose eldest son
was James Jackson, Esq., Commissioner of Excise, father of the present Alexander
Jackson, Esq., M.D., Edinburgh.
To return to William Baird, second son of John, 8th in descent, and brother
of James of Chesterhall.
IX. 2.
William Baird was " Thesaurer " of Cullen. He married Helen Ord, and
by her had an only son, Alexander, born 13th May, 1700. {Cullen Register.) He
was dead before 1726, for on 11th March in that year the Testament dative of his
relict, Helen Ord, is recorded in the Books of the Commissary Court of Aberdeen.
Their son Alexander is mentioned in the deed, which is of no particular interest.
1 There is a large genealogical tree in existence, splendidly emblazoned by , herald
painter in Edinburgh, in which the descent of this family is traced through the Bairds to regal and
imperial ancestors. Unfortunately, the intermediate steps are entirely false.
2 Born 6th February, 1724 (Edinburgh Register) ; his mother was Mary Deryck. There is little
doubt that these Cliftons were members of the ancient family of Clifton of Clifton, in Nottingham-
shire, for William Clifton, the father, is " cautioner " to the Testament dative of Sir G-ervas Clifton
of Clifton, registered in the books of the Commissariat of Edinburgh, 8th September, 1735. Again,
the Testament dative of David, his son, 17th January, 1750, is given in by his brother William,
designed as " minister of the gospel at Nottingham," who had previously been Vicar of Embleton,
in Northumberland.
3 He sends in to Government the list of persons in Edinburgh, Portsburgh, and the Canongate,
who were engaged in the rebellion of 1745, now preserved in the " List of Eebels, B.M. Addit.
MSS. No. 19,796," referred to in Preface ante.