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Clan Baird Bard, Barde, Baard, Bayard, Beard SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF LOUISVILLE JULY 28, 2020 CHERI ESKRIDGE

My Baird Connection My Great-Gramma Agnes Robertson Baird (Miller) Record of my Great-Great Grandparents marriage in 1827, Glasgow

Clan Baird Crest & Coat of Arms

“Baird” origins? Bar-le-Duc, France Montbard, France Bard, Italy

Baird Lands in Scotland Auchmedden New Byth Gartsherrie Lanarkshire Saughtonhall

Clan History 1178: Henry de Barde & William the Lion 1194: Hugo de Bard & William the Lion 1240: Richard Baird granted charter of Little & Meikle Kyp (Lanarkshire) 1306: Robert de Barde granted charter of Barony of Cambusnethan by Robert the Bruce 1328: “Company of Bairds” settles Robert the Bruce’s debt to England 1345: Robert de Barde succeeded by the Somervilles; Cambusnethan lost 1430: Baird family granted land in Forest of Boyne by the Earl of Huntly 1534: Andrew Baird purchased estate of Auchmedden from the Earl of

The Rising v The Bairds of Auchmedden v William Baird, the 7 th Laird helped Lord Lewis Gordon and James Moir of Stoneywood raise two regiments of soldiers. Among those who served Prince Charlie: 16 -year-old silk dyer William Baird of Aberdeen, his father, also named William, a William Baird from Montrose, and a William Baird from Falkirk. v The Baird's of Saughtonhall v The Baird’s of Newbyth v The Baird’s of Gartsherrie

Clan History 1750: Auchmedden was ‘absorbed’ by the Gordons 1854: Robert Baird purchased Auchmedden 1925: Auchmedden was sold in pieces Today: Last Baird estate is at Rickarton, near Stonehaven

New Commander Elected in 2019 Clan Baird had no chief since 1775 Richard Holman-Baird serves as Chief of the Glasgow, Kentucky Highland Games Richard Holman-Baird of Rickarton, Ury, and Lochwood was named Commander of Clan Baird in August 2019 by the Lord Lyon King of Arms

The Bridge at Nethermill

Clan Baird Contributions to the World David Baird (grandson of John Baird, Lord Newbyth) – general Napoleonic Wars William Baird – settled BAIRDStown, Kentucky James Baird – first trade expedition from the US to Mexico The Rev. Dr. George Husband Baird – principal of Edinburgh University Early 1830 s William Baird (the Bairds of Gartsherrie) – leading producer of pig iron George Alexander Baird, AKA Mr. Abington – the most successful gentleman rider of his day Andrew Blain Baird – first all-Scottish attempted flight Robert Wilson Baird – First Wisconsin Company (Robert W. Baird Investment firm) John Logie Baird – Television jessie little doe and her husband Jason Baird – Wampanoag language

Photo taken in my backyard, 2016

Ancestry is like the potato – the best part under the ground. “By the way of a footnote I cannot help mentioning the enormous activity of American genealogists. Here is a people busy with the world of affairs in a way we scarcely understand; and yet the merest amateurs there find time to investigate their history with relentless energy. The fact is a useful reminder to those who regard antiquarian and antediluvian as interchangeable words. ” (J. M. Bulloch’s Historical Review)

References Herman, A. (2011). How the Scots invented the modern world: The true story of how western europe's poorest nation created our world & everything in it. New York, NY: MJF Books. http: //ourhistory. is. ed. ac. uk/index. php/George_Husband_Baird_(1761 -1840) https: //www. scotclans. com/scottish-clans/clan-baird/baird-history/ https: //electricscotland. com/history/nation/baird. htm https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/George_Alexander_Baird Catchings, Fermine Baird (1918). Baird and Beard Families: A Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical Collection of Data. Nashville, TN: Baird-Ward Publishers. Bulloch, John Malcolm (1934). The Bairds of Auchmedden and Strichen, Aberdeenshire. Peterhead, The Buchan Club. VIDEO Calling of the Clans (Baird): https: //www. facebook. com/clanbairdsocietyworldwide/videos/1192482651097993/