Elizabeth Fleming

ELIZABETH FLEMING (aka BESSIE FLEEMING)

Elizabeth Fleming, here treated, is the daughter of Malcolm Fleming of Rathobyres, Merchant in Edinburgh and his wife Elizabeth Fleming She was born before 4 September 1638, the date upon which her baptism was registered at Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Baptisms, reference OPR.685/1/4]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

4 January 1666: Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of Malcolm Fleming, merchant in Edinburgh, and spouse of Robert Baird, Merchant in Edinburgh. Index to Register of Deeds for 1666: Durie. 11/421

Evidence from the Register of Interments in Greyfriars Burying-gtound in Edinburgh

18 October 1676: Fleming. Elizabeth, wife of Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, merchantl. Greyfriars Burying-ground: 222

Family

Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet retrieved from Wikipedia, 2 January 2023

Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, 1st Bt. (1630-1697) married Elizabeth Fleming (died 1676), a daughter of Malcolm or Michael Fleming of Ratho Byres. Their children included:[34]

1. Sir James Baird (died 1715)
2. John Baird, who was a merchant in Gdansk
3. Alexander Baird, who settled in New York
4. Robert Baird, Governor of Dutch Surinam
5. Bathia Baird, who married Robert Barclay of Pierston or Perceton, Ayrshire, near Irvine.
6. Margaret Baird, who married Patrick Hume of Renton and Coldingham.[35]
7. Mary Baird, who married Robert Watson of Muirhouse. Their daughter Elizabeth Watson (died 1734) married Robert Dundas of Arniston in 1712.
8. Elizabeth Baird, who married the advocate David Cunningham of Milncraig (died 1708).[36]

Footnotes

• 34. William N. Fraser, Account of the Surname of Baird, particularly of the families of Auchmedden (Edinburgh, 1870), pp. 21-2
• 35. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 100.
• 36. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses (Edinburgh, 1929), p. 135.

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Family

“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:

1. (1) Bethiah Baird (1656-1731), baptised at Edinburgh, 3 February 1656; married, 22 March 1676 at Edinburgh, Sir Robert Barclay (1658-1717), 2nd bt. of Pierston, son of Sir Robert Barclay, 1st bt., and had issue four sons and three daughters; buried at Glasgow, 21 January 1731;
2. (2) Sir James Baird (1657-1715), 2nd bt. (q.v.);
3. (3) Elizabeth Baird (b. 1659), baptised at Edinburgh, 1 May 1659; probably died young;
4. (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;
5. (5) Robert Baird (1662-99), baptised at Edinburgh, 11 May 1662; an officer in Dutch service, who became the first Governor of Surinam; died unmarried and was buried at Edinburgh, July 1699; will confirmed, 21 June 1699;
6. (6) John Baird (b. 1663), baptised at Edinburgh, 2 August 1663; merchant at Danzig; died unmarried;
7. (7) Archibald Baird (1665-1724?), baptised at Edinburgh, 21 May 1665; perhaps the man of this name buried at Edinburgh, 22 November 1724;
8. (8) Mary Baird (b. 1666), baptised at Edinburgh, 24 August 1666; married Robert Watson of Muirhouse (Midlothian);
9. (9) Andrew Baird (b. 1668), baptised at Edinburgh, 24 April 1668; an officer in Dutch service, who died unmarried in the East Indies;
10. (10) William Baird (1669-1737) [for whom see above, under Baird of Newbyth, bts.];
11. (11) Alexander Baird (b. 1672), baptised at Edinburgh, 16 May 1672; emigrated to New York (USA); married and had issue;
12. (12) Elizabeth Baird (b. 1673), baptised at Edinburgh, 28 November 1673; married, 16 March 1698 at Edinburgh, as his second wife, Sir David Cunyngham (c.1648-1708), 1st bt., advocate and MP, and had issue one son;
13. (13) Agnes Baird (b. 1675), baptised at Edinburgh, 16 September 1675; died unmarried.

He purchased Saughtonhall in about 1660. He died in February 1697 and was buried at Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 2 March 1697. His wife was buried at Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 18 October 1676.

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
• Elizabeth Fleming (died 1676), a daughter of Malcolm or Michael Fleming of Ratho Byres (see)
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p12916.htm
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 28 2019, 22:52:44 UTC
• 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
• 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 >
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180803818/elizabeth-baird