James (1st of Tankerness) Baikie^{[1, 2, 3]}

- 1675

• Name	James (1st of Tankerness) Baikie
  Gender	Male
  Death	1675  [2]
  Person ID	I130709	First tree
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Baikie   d. 1613
  Mother	Marjorie Paplay, of Kirkwall   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Family ID	F38627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Smith, of Ackergill,   b. Ackergill, Caithness, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Y  [2]
  Children	1. Arthur (2nd of Tankerness) Baikie   d. 1679   2. Marjorie Baikie   d. 1678   3. George (4th of Tankerness) Baikie   d. 1730   4. Thomas Baikie   d. Abt 1671   5. William Baikie   d. 1683   6. Margaret Baikie   7. Marie Baikie   8. Katherine Baikie,   b. Bef 1666   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Elspeth Baikie,   b. Bef 1669   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Jean Baikie
  Family ID	F38623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  BAIKIE - This name has long been identified with the Orcadian mainland, and is considered to be the diminutive of beck - a stream. The earliest notice of the surname is to be found in the Rental of Merwick (for the King) 1595, where Henry Baky is noted as having excambed land in Ysbustar, Marwick, for ob terre in Tronston. In 1623 James Baikie purchased the first part of the estate of Tankerness. In 1686 James Baikie of Tankerness received a Grant of Arms, and in 1780 Robert Baikie of Tankerness was elected to represent Orkney and Shetland as a Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom, but was unseated on petition. Tankerness House, Kirkwall was acquired by James Baikie of Tankerness in 1641. Baikie was a successful Kirkwall merchant and a descendant of Paul Baikie, navigator to King Håkon IV of Norway.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2030] Hamish Maclaren. [S1984] Peter Barns-Graham, Stirnet Genealogy, bzmisc13 (Reliability: 3). [S1984] Peter Barns-Graham, Stirnet Genealogy, Balfour02 (Reliability: 3).