Simon Baird, Merchant in Glasgow

SIMON BAIRD

Merchant in Glasgow: Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

A date and place of birth has not been identified for Simon Baird. He died on 29 October 1704, and is said to have died in the fifty-seventh year of his age. This suggests that he may have been born during the twelve month period between 30 October 1646 and 29 October 1647. Aview of the Merchants House of Glasgow: 575

Simon Baird was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 24 December 1673. The burgh council admitted him in right of his wife, Beatrix Cordiner, the daughter of John Cordiner, merchant in Glasgow, who was already established as a burgess and guild brother. Glasgow Burgesses, p. 197

Peter Family Gatherings

Simon Baird's wife, Beatrix Cordiner, was the sister of Janet Cordiner, the wife of Thomas Peter, afterwards Thomas Peter of Crossbasket and Cardarroch. On 16 November 1699, in the company of Thomas Peter, Simon Baird witnessed the baptism of Elizabeth Peter, the daughter of John Peter, merchant in Glasgow. John Peter was his wife's nephew [Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Glasgow Baptisms, 1699-1707, reference OPR.644/7]. In the company of Thomas Peter again, he witnessed the baptism of Jonet Peter, the daughter of Walter Peter and Elizabeth Johns, another of his wife's nephews, whose baptism was registered on 2 January 1701. Again, on 7 March 1701, he witnessed the baptism of John Peter's son John, in company with Walter Peter, and the child's paternal grandfather, Baillie Thomas Peter, merchant, burgess, and guild brother of Glasgow, afterwards Thomas Peter of Crossbasket and Cardarroch [Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Glasgow Baptisms, 1699-1707, reference OPR.644/8]

Death

Simon Baird died on 29 October 1704 in the fifty-seventh year of his age. He left one hundred pounds Scots money to the poor of the Merchant's House of Glasgow. Aview of the Merchants House of Glasgow: 575

Marriage

Simon Baird married Beatrix Cordiner, daughter of John Cordiner, merchant, burgess, and guild brother of the burgh of Glasgow. Glasgow Burgesses, p. 197

Children

1. Simon Baird
2. Mary Baird
3. Martha Baird
4. Jonet Baird
5. Margaret Baird
6. Beatrix Baird