John Fairbairn (abt. 1788 - 1863)

Born about 1788 in Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland

Husband of Janet (Henderson) Fairbairn — married 23 Dec 1808 in Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1863 at about age 75 in Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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Biography

John Fairbairn

Died 27 Jun 1863 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

married, farmer, 77, s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Helen m.s. ATCHINSON, cod ?lochurea"? 10 days, inf widow Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, present, reg Jul 2nd Smailholm ^[1]

Family

Married 1: 23 Dec 1808 Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland

Husband: John Fairbairn

Wife: Janet Henderson ^[2]

Children:

Margaret Fairbairn (1816-1888) ^[3]

William Fairbairn (1817-1876) ^[4]

Married 2: 23 Dec 1856 Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland

Husband: John Fairbairn

Wife: Elizabeth Jaffrey

cert. shows John as 68, farmer, widower, of Yarlside, s/o John FAIRBAIRN ag lab dec'd and Helen m.s. AITCHISON (the dec'd is written between the Helen and AITCHISON so may apply only to John or to Helen?); Elizabeth (JAFFREY) as 19 resid Yarlside, hse servant d/o John JEFFREY blacksmtih and Janet JAFFREY (sic) m.s. Wyte?, again dec'd written between Janet and JEFFREY, so may apply to both or either); Marr. after banns, est. Ch, Wit: James HENDERSON & James JEFFREY^[5]

Census

1841 Yarlside, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John, farmer, Janet assumed to be wife, both 50. Assumed children: Helen, ag fem lab, 15; Andrew ag lab, 15; Jessie 12, Robert 10, Anne 8; Same farm, next entry as separate "hsehold" John FAIRBAIRN 20 ag lab, William SHILLINGLAW 15 ag lab. All b Cty ^[6]

1851 Yarlside, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John 63 farmer 219 ac 4 emp b Earlstoun, BEW; wife Janet 60 b Gordon, BEW; Children: Robert 19 ag lab son b Greenlaw, BEW; Ann 17 ag lab dtr b Earlstoun, BEW; Servant: More COCKBURN, 15 b Cranstoun, MLN; Next sched. Andrew 25 farm lab b Greenlaw; wife Janet 25 b Earstoun; Children: John 4, George 3, William 3 mths ^[7]

1861

FAIRBAIRN: John 74 retired farmer b Earlston BEW; wife Elizabeth 23 b Nenthorn, BEW; Brother in law (ancestry has mother in law) John JEFFREY 33 blacksmith jour b Nenthorn BEW ^[8]

DNA

A yDNA tested descendant is haplogroup I-BY196872 (Dec 2021)

Keep an eye on the public FTDNA Fairbairn yDNA results

and

the Guild of One Name Studies Fairbairn project yDNA groupings of connected Fairbairns and their matches who have tested BigY in the slowly evolving picture of which families connect more closely to each other

At least two descendants have also tested atDNA Henderson-2297 02:39, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S56: Dth 27 Jun 1863 John FAIRBAIRN, reg. Smailholm ROX Dist 805 Pg 3 #7
2. ↑ Source #S56: Dth 5 Oct 1870 Andrew FAIRBAIRN, reg. Earlston, BEW Dist 736 Pg 9 #27
3. ↑ Source #S56: Dth 3 Jul 1888 Margaret LANDELS nee FAIRBAIRN, reg. Mertoun, BEW Dist 751 pg 2 #5
4. ↑ Source #S1597: Birth 27 May Bap. 18 Jun 1817 William s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Janet HENDERSON, Earlston, BEW, from batch C11736-2 film 1067895
5. ↑ Source #S56: Marr. 23 Dec 1856 John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth JAFFREY, Lauder, BEW Dist 748 Pg 6 #12
6. ↑ Source #S820: 1841 census: Yarlside, Earlston, BEW 736/00 003/00 pg 20 Farm of John & Janet FAIRBAIRN, copy held
7. ↑ Source #S203: Earlston, BEW Par 736 ED 2 Pg 26 Sched 88, hsehold of John & Janet FAIRBAIRN
8. ↑ Source #S205: Smailholm, ROX Reg 805 ED 2 Pg 6 Sched 35, hsehold of John & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN

• Source S820: ScotlandsPeople census images
• Source S203: 1851 Census for Scotland - transcriptions via Ancestry.com
• Source S205: 1861 Census for Scotland - transcriptions via Ancestry.com
• Source S56: ScotlandsPeople Statutory BDM certificates 1855+
• Source S1597: Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 May 2019, 12:10), entry for John Fairbairn(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MLD3-868); contributed by various users.