James Fairbairn (schoolmaster of Penicuik)1,2,3

(say 1680 - bet. Jun 1744 - Mar 1745)

Intro

     Soley by timing, it seemed likely that the James married to Margaret GIBSON in 1737 would be the 1715 James son of James and Marion (CRAIG) FAIRBAIRN.
At the time I was lacking dates for the schoolmaster beyond "1740s" and had two confusing extracts from apprenticeship records to unravel.
Richard pointed to the birth of Adam, which highlighted that James, a mason, was sponsor for the father-less Adam, son of the late James, schoolmaster, and added that this James was Adam's step brother.
It is noted that this id makes two William's in the family, with no immediately obvious death of the elder William in the very patchy OPR deaths.
Certainly the baptism of the mason James' eldest son John was witnessed by a CRAIG (and a MARSHALL.)4,5,6,1

BDMs

     James Fairbairn was born say 1680 ?Penicuik, MLN, SCT.3
     James Fairbairn married Marion Craig say 1705 ?Penicuik, MLN.3
     James Fairbairn married Margaret Gibson on 28 Nov 1737 Penicuik, MLN, SCT, entry 12 Nov 1737 reads: "Mr James Fairbairn & Margaret Gibson both in this paroch were contracted Novr ye 12th day & were married the 28th1737 years." There is an intriguing matching entry in the Catalogue of the National Archives of Scotland (Papers of the Clerk family of Penicuik): "GD18/5415 Letters to Sir John Clerk from James Fairbairn requesting money for his wedding and giving an account of the uproar which occurred on his wedding day."2,7,8
     James Fairbairn died bet. Jun 1744 - Mar 1745 Penicuik, MLN.1

DNA Info

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Family 1

Marion Craig (say 1680 - )
Children
  • Marion Fairbairn3 (circa Aug 1706 - )
  • Archibald Fairbairn9 (circa Jun 1713 - bet. 1754 - 1804)
  • James Fairbairn10 (circa Oct 1715 - aft. 1757)
  • Patrick Fairbairn11 (circa Jul 1719 - )
  • William Fairbairn12 (circa May 1722 - )

Family 2

Margaret Gibson (say 1715 - )
Children
ChartsJames & Marion (CRAIG) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited24 Mar 2013

Citations

  1. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 6th Bap. 10 Mar 1745 Adam s/o James (dec'd, late schoolmaster) FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN 697/000 0010 0182, copy d/loaded May 2011.
  2. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 31 Aug 1738 John s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0158, extracted from index May 2011.
  3. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 4 Aug 1706 Marion d/o James FAIRBAIRN & Marion CRAIGE, Glencourse, MLN, 687/ 0010 0083, extracted from index May 2011.
  4. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", May 2011.
  5. [S3026] Richard GREENE, "EM FAIRBAIRN: Penicuik, MLN ex Richard G," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Marr. James FAIRBAIRN, schoolmaster, to Marion CRAIG, and to Margaret GIBSON, rcvd Jun 2011.
  6. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 3rd Bap. 7th Feb 1742 John s/o James FAIRBAIRN (mason Walkhead of Newbigging) & Katherine MARSHALL, Penicuik, MLN, 697/00 0010 0169, copy d/loaded Jun 2011.
  7. [S3124] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Midlothian, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Marriages 1538-1854", Marr. 28 Nov 1737 James FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0030 0102, extracted from index May 2011.
  8. [S2892] National Records of Scotland online at http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/ was http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/, 1737 GD18/5415 Letters to Sir John Clerk from James Fairbairn .. money for his wedding .. account of uproar, extracted from catalogue, Dec 2009.
  9. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 9 Jun 1713 Archibald s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Marion CRAIG, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0042, extracted from index May 2011.
  10. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 15 Oct 1715 James s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Marion CRAIG, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0051, extracted from index May 2011.
  11. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 3 Jul 1719 Patrick s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Marion CRAIG, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0068, extracted from index May 2011.
  12. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 6 May 1722 William s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Marion CRAIG, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0080, extracted from index May 2011.
  13. [S3025] Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI) online at http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/scottish-book-trade-index, John FAIRBAIRN, bookseller, Edinburgh, 9 Hunter Sq, extracted May 2011.
  14. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 28th Bap. 31st Aug 1738 John s/o James (schoolmaster) FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN 697/000 0010 0158, copy d/loaded May 2011.
  15. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 25 Jul 1740 William s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0165, extracted from index May 2011.
  16. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 19 Nov 1742 Elizabeth d/o James FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0172, extracted from index May 2011.
  17. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap. 10 Mar 1745 Adam s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Margaret GIBSON, Penicuik, MLN, 697/ 0010 0182, extracted from index May 2011.
 
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