John Fairbairn (m. Magdalen BO)1

(say 1685 - circa 1721)

BDMs

     John Fairbairn was born say 1685 ?Lidgatehead, Par. of Earlston, BEW, SCT.1
     John Fairbairn married Magdalen Bo say 1710 ?Par. of Earlston, BEW, SCT.1
     John Fairbairn died circa 1721 Lidgatehead, Par. of Earlston, BEW, SCT; son James's Jan 1722 baptism was as "posthumous son to John fairbairn lidgatehead in fanns."1,2
The family of John and Magdalen (BO) FAIRBAIRN shown here has been pieced together from surviving BDM and headstone records, FARIBAIRN/TAYLOR/MACK wills, newspaper snippets, and is supported by evidence from the dna project.
Additional information would be most welcome.

There is an excellent genetic match (66/67) between John(F-17), descendant of John and Jessie (JOHNSTON), and Stewart(F-38), descendant of James & Isabel (TAIT).
In addition Stewart(F-38) has exact matches (67/67) with Robert F(F-34), and (F-42), and (F-42) a highly probable paper trail match with a GD2 genetic match to RJ(Bob) F-44.
Stewart (F-38)'s line of James and Isobel (TAIT) is believed to track back to John and Magdalen (BO) of Lidgatehead, Fanns in Earlston in the early 1700s.
RF(Bob)F-34 represents the line of the Alexander and Isabella (AITCHISON), so far only traced back to James and Agnes (LINDSAY) with children born Ednam in the 1780s;
(F-42) represents the line of John and Helen (ATCHESON) who married in Edinburgh,and were rebuked for so doing in Legerwood in 1771, children born Smailholm, then Earlston, possibly Mellerstain.
No immediately obvious link presents itself between these last three, but if Alexander is a family name for Bob's line, perhaps there's a link with one of the Alexanders contemporary with the John of Stewart's line.
The Alexander married to Betsy NEWTON however is spoken for, as is his son James (married Agnes BRACK 1783 at Lauder.
Exploration of a possible AITCHISON link may bear some fruit for a connection between F-42's and Bob's lines, and with Alexander being a family name (for F-34), possibly there is a connection to one of the early Alexanders in Mellerstain, Earlston?3,4

DNA Info

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

Family

Magdalen Bo (say 1685 - aft. 1722)
Children
ChartsLineage 1a2: John & Magdalen (BO) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited1 Apr 2012

Citations

  1. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 15 Feb 1719 Isabel d/o John FAIRBAIRN (Lidgatehead) & Magdalen BO, Lidgatehead, Par. of Earlston, BEW 736/010 0052, copy d/loaded Dec 2009.
  2. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 17 Jan 1722 James s/o John FAIRBAIRN, Lidgatehead Par. of Earlston, 736/0010 0076, copy d/loaded Dec 2009.
  3. [S14] FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/fairbairn/results.html, Stewart (F-38), Bob (F-34), (F-42), exact 67/67/ match, extracted from FT DNA GAP, Jun 2011.
  4. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Sep - Dec 2010.
  5. [S3110] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Berwick, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Bap. 22 Mar 1713 Isabel d/o John FAIRBAIRN, Lidgatehead Par. of Earlston, 736/0010 0052, index searched Dec 2009.
  6. [S3110] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Berwick, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Bap. 20 Jan 1715 Jean d/o John FAIRBAIRN, Lidgatehead Par. of Earlston, 736/0010 0056, index searched Dec 2009.
  7. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 3 Feb 1717 John s/o John FAIRBAIRN, Lidgatehead Par. of Earlston, 736/0010 0062, copy d/loaded Dec 2009.
  8. [S3110] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Berwick, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Bap. 11 Sep 1720 Margaret d/o John FAIRBAIRN, Lidgatehead Par. of Earlston, 736/0010 0072, index searched Dec 2009.
 
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