Archibald Fairbairn (abt. 1758 - aft. 1806)

Born about Jul 1758 in Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Son of Robert Fairbairn and Agnes (Landreth) Fairbairn

Husband of Mary Grierson — married about 25 Jul 1784 in Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1806 after about age 47 in Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

Archibald Fairbairn. ^[1]

Born ABT JUL 1758. Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. ^[2]

Died after 1806 and before 1841. possibly at Moorhead, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland. ^[3][4]

Christening: 11 AUG 1758. Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Note: "Agst 11 Robt Fairbairn had a son B(aptized?) n(amed) Archbald". ^[2]

Occupation: shown as a ploughman, dec'd, on son George's Selkirk death cert. NOV 1870. ^[5]

Family

Husband Archibald Fairbairn.

Wife Mary Grierson.

Marriage ABT 25 JUL 1784. Par. of Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Note: Sessions 25 July 1784: "Archd F. & Mary G. who are said to be married in an irregular way a short time ago, and they themselves declaring the truth of it, were rebuked for taking such a step & exhorted to live for the future in a christian way as man & wife." ^[1]

Children:

Mary Fairbairn.

Agnes Fairbairn.

Isabel Fairbairn.

Robert Fairbairn.

Margaret Fairbairn.

George Fairbairn.

Cecily Fairbairn.

Research notes

DNA

yDNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Gordon Roy Fairbairn (1929-2013), FTDNA kit #110935, and his 5th cousin once removed, Earl Millard Fairburn (1924-2007), FTDNA kit #87728, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 67 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Fairbairn (abt.1705-aft.1742).

Between the BigY timeframes, and the y67 exact match estimates from FTDNA a common ancestor born around 1700 is certainly in the right timeframes currently estimated.^[6]

See FTDNA Discover for haplogroup I-BY21381

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} OPR Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland: incl. Cash book, Kirk Sessions, Subject: Baptisms, Cash book and Kirk Sessions, Film 1067932 Note: OPR very faint c 1751,absolutely illegibly faint 1765-7 Read 2/98. LDS library State: Utah USA
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Baptism: 11 Aug 1758 Archibald s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, copy d/loaded Dec 2007
3. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 1870 George FAIRBAIRN, transcr. by Robert McC, rcvd Jun 2005
4. ↑ Baptism daughter Cecy: Birth 31 Aug, bap. 26 Sep 1806 Cecy d/o Archibald FAIRBAIRN, Moorhead, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, from Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) via http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php copy d/loaded Dec 2007
5. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 1870 George FAIRBAIRN, transcr. by Robert McC, rcvd Jun 2005
6. ↑ FTDNA timeframes: At a GD of 0 at y67 FTDNA indicates, with a 95% probability, that the probability the two share a common ancestor born between 1700 and 1950 CE. The most likely year is rounded to 1850 CE.

   However, factor in that BigY matches between descendants of the common ancestor for one side of this match show the common haplogroup has an estimated formation of 1770 give or take, where the next branch back on the tree is estimated to have been formed about 1550, with an upper end range of around 1700.

• Source: S1596 IGI: Online searches, assorted surnames Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Family Search (LDS) State: UT USA Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S333 BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, GRO, SCT
• Source: S820 Scotland: Census image, for Scotland, ex GRO
• Source: S888 IGI: FAIRBAIRN extract, Publication: 1993 & 1994 addenda Repository: #R21