George Fairbairn (m. Janet MURRAY)1,2

(say 1745 - aft. 1789)

Intro

     As of Oct 2011, the analysis below appears to be redundant.
John (marr. Helen ANDERSON) appears to belong to haplogroup R1b1 instead of the I1 all of the tested lines mentioned below belong to.
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Some trees assign the George who married Janet Murray to the family of John and Helen (Anderson) Fairbairn, whose son George was born Nenthorn, 1750.
The date is possible (George would be 19 at the birth of his first child), naming pattern, although completely fallible, would however indicate parents named James and Janet. There aren't any immediatlely obvious records surviving for a couple of this name in the right timeframe and place, although there are two in Gordon who married in 1718

Some assign George to Robert F. and Margaret Paterson.
Assuming there was only one couple of that name around this time, they married 1778, so seem unlikely, although
Patrick (F-8), the representative in the DNA project for the family of Thomas (marr. Elspeth REDPATH), which Thomas is often assumed to belong to Robert & Margaret (PATERSON) FAIRBAIRN, is a slightly more distant match, but still within a subbroup of the DNA project having marker 570 = 18.

Many also state George, father of James m. Helen Goodfellow, was born 1770 or 1774 and died Duns.
Bear in mind that James' siblings were born 1769 thru 1784, or at the very least 1774 up, which discounts a 1770ish birth for George.

Does anyone know the sources supporting any of the more likely identifications?

If however, there was a missing first daughter Elizabeth for George and Janet, his parents could just possibly be James and Elizabeth (Purves) Fairbairn, which would tie in nicely with a father James being a brother to John (marr. Helen Anderson), as many trees claim this is where James married to Elizabeth (Purves) fits - apart from the fact that there is a reasonably solid paper trail back to James and Elizabeth from John (F-17), who is much nearer the Lineage 1 modal than the descendants of George & Janet (Murray) Fairbairn.

DNA evidence that shows a descendant of George ( Doug (F-6)) has an exact match to LE(F-31) whose ancestors look likely to be John & Christian (Wood) Fairbairn, some of whose children were born Nenthorn.3 Known places associated with George and Janet, are Sprouston (baptisms of first two dtrs) and Kelso (baptisms of later children).
Assuming that all of the known baptisms to George and Janet (Murray) Fairbairn around this time belong to this one couple, then George and Janet were probably born around 1745.
James' and Helen's first son was named George, and they had a dtr Janet, albeit the 1st (that I know of), rather than the 2nd dtr as would fit the Scottish naming pattern.
Proven place connections in Scotland for James are Maxton (1813 when he married Helen) and Eccles (where some of the children were baptised);
There is a Maxton connection with a proven descendant of George and Janet's in that their son Robert married Ann Curle there in 1811.
James and Helen's son Robert was born at Birgham, Eccles, 1825, at which time James was described as a weaver.4

BDMs

     George Fairbairn was born say 1745 ?Sprouston, ROX, SCT.2 He married Janet Murray say 1768 ?Sprouston, ROX.2,5
     George Fairbairn died aft. 1789 ?Kelso, ROX, SCT; some trees say d. Dunse.2,6

DNA Info

     George belongs to a tested line in the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project. Follow this link for supplementary DNA information.

Researcher(s)

     George Fairbairn is the ancestor of researcher Doug Fairbairn (F-6). Email: Doug.7

Family

Janet Murray (say 1747 - aft. 1788)
Children
ChartsLineage 1b4a1: George & Janet (MURRAY) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited5 Apr 2013

Citations

  1. [S14] FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/fairbairn/results.html, Feb 2010, updated Oct 2011.
  2. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 22 Mar 1781 Robert to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C117935, Kelso, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  3. [S14] FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/fairbairn/results.html, Dec 2008, updated Oct 2011.
  4. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Feb 2008.
  5. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 12 Nov 1769 Isable to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C118072, Sprouston, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  6. [S1960] Sanna F Ross (Gaffney), "EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G," e-mail to Lorna & GenForum FAIRBAIRN, Dth George FAIRBAIRN, Dunse, from FAIRBAIRN/WILLIAMS in Canada ahnentafel ex Joyce McEOWN, undated, rcvd Dec 2008.
  7. [S14] FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/fairbairn/results.html, Aug 2008.
  8. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 1771 Janet to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C118072, Sprouston, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  9. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 7 Dec 1774 James to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C117935, Kelso, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  10. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 23 Aug 1778 John to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C117935, Kelso, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  11. [S56] Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 22 Nov 1856 Robert FAIRBAIRN, reg. Par. of Kelso, ROX, Dist 793 Pg 26 #76, copy d/loaded May 2008.
  12. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 5 Apr 1784 Janet to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C117935, Kelso, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
  13. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 8 Feb 1789 James to George FAIRBAIRN & Janet MURRAY, batch C117936, Kelso, ROX, extracted Apr 2008.
 
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