Gilbert Baird (abt. 1455 - 1513)

Born about 1455 in Peebles-shire, Scotland

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Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1513 at about age 58 in Battle of Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

Biography

Gilbert was born in about 1455 in Scotland, the son of Gilbert Baird of Posso, Peeblesshire. He married Christine Lindsay and their children included John, Andrew, and two daughters, who married respectively William Geddes of the Rauchane family and Thomas Nasmyth. Gilbert died 9 September 1513 in the Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England, according to information given on the Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy website.

Sources

• Account of the surname of Baird : particularly of the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth and Sauchton Hall by Baird, William, d. 1777; Fraser, William N; 1857

• The Bairds of Auchmedden and Strichen, Aberdeenshire by Bulloch, John Malcolm, p 3.

• Baird and Beard families : a genealogical, biographical, and historical collection of databyCatchings,FermineBaird,1918

• "The Baird Surname", Somerset County, New Jersey, Historical 1918, Quarterly: Volume 7. Taken from Genealogical Collections Concerning the surname of Baird and the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth and Saughton Hall. Reprinted from the original MS. of William Baird, Esq. (Last of the family) of Auchmedden. The MS. is preserved in the advocates' library, Edinburgh. London: John Camden Holten, Piccadilly, MDCCCLXX.

• Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. (http://www.Ancestry.com)