Dame Margaret Baird

Dame Margaret Baird

• Gender: Female
• Baptzied: Mar 21 1661 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Death: January 11, 1745 / 12 Feb 1745 Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Daughter of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet of Saughton Hall, and Elizabeth Fleming
• Wife of Sir Patrick Home, 1st Baronet of Lumsden

Children:

1. Margaret Hume, d. 13 Apr 1765. Married Sir George Home, of Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet
2. Elizabeth Home, d. 1716. Married Francis Home, of Quixwood, 2nd son, brother of Sir George Home.
3. Sir John Home, of Lumsden and Manderston, 2nd Baronet, b. 6 Aug 1679 d. 21 Dec 1756.
4. Isobel Home, bp 22 Jun 1702

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Error in print source

The note for Sir John Home, Baronet [S. 1697] in SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1904; Vol. IV; page 375 mistakes his wife. He did not “m. Margaret, da. of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet [S. 1696], of Saughton Hall, by Elizabeth, da. of Michael, or Malcolm, Fleming, of Ratho Byres. She d. 12 Feb. 1746. He d. 21 Dec. 1756."

That Dame Margaret Baird was his mother, married to his father Sir Patrick Home, 1st Baronet of Lumsden (which also mistakes his wife in TCB).

The only known wife of Sir John Home of Lumsden, 2nd Baronet was Beatrix Aitken.

See the discussion: https://www.geni.com/discussions/259261?msg=1606528

Birth seen as November 30, 1666 Scotland

Notes

“ Help with the royal and noble ancestry of George Home/Hume of Virginia (1698 - 1760).” Alex Maxwell Finklaer, et al. (Apr 22, 2012) < soc.gen.medieval - GoogleGroups >

Patrick Home married Margaret Baird on the 20 April 1676 in Edinburgh Parish (SRO Register of Marriages, Parish of Edinburgh, & on Scotland's People: 1676/Edinburgh 685-1/440/#167).

Patrick Home, second son of Sir John Home of Renton, was granted the estates of Lumsden, but managed to with hold the Renton estates from his older brother Alexander, and almost bankrupted him. Alexander accused his younger brother of forgery in 1685, and eventually received his entitlements of the estates of Renton. During this time, Patrick was often referred to as being "of Rentoun".

Jean Dalmahoy married Robert Home, 2nd Bt of Renton, and only son of the above Sir Alexander Home of Renton. Robert Home, 2nd Bt was born about 1681, and had died by the 9 March 1733/34 (Retours and CB Vol 4,1665 - 1707: pp 302, 302; HOME or HUME). It is most likely, (but not as yet provable) that the Jean Dalmahoy, who was definitely baptised on the 19th April 1688 to William Dalmahoy of Ravelrig and his spouse Helen Martin (Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy by Falconer, has an image of the baptism from the Canongate Registers) is the woman who married Robert Home, 2nd Bt of Renton and that this is where confusion has arisen.

It is most definitely impossible for Jean Dalmahoy, born in 1688, to be the mother of the eldest surviving son of Sir Patrick Home of Lumsden as that son John was admitted as an advocate on the 10 February 1709 (CB Vol 4, 1665 - 1707: p 375, Home or Hume) ; not enough years for her to grow up, have a child, and that child to grow, and serve an apprenticeship all in 21 years !

Looking more like Patrick Home of Lumsden, and (illegally) of Renton, only had the one wife, Margaret Baird. Robert Home, 2nd Bt of Renton married the Jean Dalmahoy, born 1688.

“ Help with the royal and noble ancestry of George Home/Hume of Virginia (1698 - 1760).” Alex Maxwell Finklaer, et al. (April 20, 2022). < soc.gen.medieval - GoogleGroups >

It seems that Margaret Baird died after Sir Patrick, as she was suing the estate factor in 1741-44 (NAS search) and her Testament dative was registered 16/01/1747, when she was described as DAME MARGARET BAIRD, RELICT OF SIR PATRICK HOME, OF RENTOUN, ADVOCATE. This would suggest that Sir Patrick did not marry Jean Dalmahoy - I have found no record of the marriage, although that is far from conclusive! The alternative is that she was his first wife, married only briefly and not the mother of his heir. Although he was not strictly of Renton, if he was acting a Tutor to his nephew, he would probably have adopted the 'senior' name.

References

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQCM-YVS : 11 February 2020), John Baronet Hume, 1679. Name John Baronet Hume Sex Male Christening Date 6 Aug 1679 Christening Place Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Christening Place (Original) Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Father's Name Patrick Baronet Hume Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Margaret Baird Mother's Sex Female Event Type Christening. Maternal Grandfather's Name Robert Baronet Baird Maternal Grandmother's Name Elizabeth Fleming Paternal Grandfather's Name John Sir Hume Paternal Grandmother's Name Margaret Stewart Event Type Christening Additional Relatives Y
• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYQS-J76 : 11 February 2020), Margaret Baird in entry for Isobell Home, 1702. Name Isobell Home Sex Female Christening Date 22 Jun 1702 Christening Place Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Christening Place (Original) Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Father's Name Patrick Baronet Home Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Margaret Baird Mother's Sex Female Maternal Grandfather's Name Robert Sir Baird Paternal Grandfather's Name John Sir Home Paternal Grandmother's Name Margaret Stewart Event Type Christening Additional Relatives Y.
• Margaret Baird, The Scots magazine or general repository of literature, history and poltics. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1984) 8:97. , Deaths..1745.. Feb. 12. At Edinburgh, Dame Margaret Baird, relict of Sir Patrick Home.
• (THE FACULTY OF ADVOCATES OF SCOTLAND 1532-1943 WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 1944 p.103) < link >. Sir Patrick Home, of Lumsden, second son of Sir John of Renton, Lord Justice Clerk, died Feb. 1723, mar. 20 April 1676 Margaret (died 11 Jan. 1746). Home, Sir Patrick, of Lumsden, admitted 25 Jan. 1667, second son of Sir John Home of Renton, Lord Justice Clerk, died Feb. 1723. mar. 20 April 1676 Margaret (died 11 Jan. 1746), daughter of Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall. Knighted 1682, M.P. Berwick 1702-7, Solicitor to the King, Bart. 31 Dec. 1697
• Account of the surname of Baird - Particularly of the families of Auchmedden, Newbyth, and Sauchtonhall Edited by William N. Fraser .... page 21-22. link We now come to Robert, the second son of Mr James Baird, and his posterity, who are numberless. He having received a large patrimony from his father, became a merchant at Edinburgh of the greatest reputation and credit in his time. In 1660, he purchased the lands of Sauehtonhall and others, in the Shire of Edinburgh, and in the year 1695 he was created a Knight Baronet. He married Elizabeth Fleming, daughter to Mr Malcolm Fleming, brother to Sir William Fleming, of Ferm, by whom he had six sons and five daughters, viz. … Sir Robert Baird' s eldest daughter, Bathia, was married to Sir Robert Barclay of Pierston, in the Shire of Ayr. The second, Margaret, to Sir Patrick Hume, of Coldingham, in the Shire of Berwick.
• Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet, Wikipedia
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 28 2019, 22:52:44 UTC
• Clan MacFarlane Genealogy cites
  • Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Baird02 (Reliability: 3), 23 Mar 2008. Stirnet - ‘Baird02’ 2. Sir Robert Baird, 1st Bart of Saughton Hall (bur 02.03.1697) m. (18.01.1655) Elizabeth Fleming (bur 18.10.1676, dau of Michael Fleming of Ratho Byres)
• “Landed families of Britain and Ireland - (329) Baird of Newbyth and Saughtonhall, baronets“ (Monday, 7 May 2018) < link > Baird family of Saughtonhall, baronets. Baird, Sir Robert (1630-97), 1st bt. Second son of James Baird (d. 1655) [for whom see Baird of Newbyth, above] and his wife Bethia, daughter of Sir John Dempster of Pitliver, baptised at Edinburgh, 4 October 1630. 'A merchant of great reputation in Edinburgh'. He was created a baronet, 28 February 1695/6. He married, 18 January 1655 at Edinburgh, Elizabeth (d. 1676), daughter of Malcolm alias Michael Fleming of Ratho Byres, and had issue: … (4) Margaret Baird (1661-1745), baptised at Edinburgh, 21 March 1661; married, 20 April 1676 at Edinburgh, Sir Patrick Home (c.1650-1723), 1st bt., of Lumsden, and had issue one son and two daughters; died 12 February 1745;