Born about in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Fairbairn
— married
about 1728 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Fairbairn, George Fairbairn, Elizabeth Fairbairn, Archibald Fairbairn, Isobel Fairbairn, Mary Fairbairn, Elizabeth Fairbairn and Thomas Fairbairn
Died after
after about age 37
in Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Bessie FAIRBAIRN nee FLINT
Born bet 1700 and 1710 probably at Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- based on children's ages [1]
Note
- mentioned in the Session minutes: The session resolve to examine witnesses in this affair and for that end order their beadle to summoned John Fairbairn, miller, and his wife Bessie Flint, Bessie Hog, their woman, John Lyal, John Dawson and James Wilson to the session this day eight days. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Source #S1: Fairbairn One Name Study
- ↑ (From Book: 2.---Baptisms, Marriages, and Discipline in the parish of Melrose since November 1723, att which time Mr. Gavin Eliot was admitted School-master and Session-clerk.)
- Source S1 http://Fairbairn.LornaHen.com
- WikiTree profile Flint-254 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
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~0.78%
Doug Fairbairn
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T585783 [compare]
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~0.78%
Roy Fairbairn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T981733 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Candice (Fairbairn) Montgomery :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T586092 [compare]
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~0.39%
Doug McKeown :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
-
~0.39%
William Horsburgh :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Colin Hudson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A360607 [compare], Ancestry member puck4576
-
~0.39%
Linda (Fortune) McLeod :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Brad Gilpin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bradgilpin66
-
~0.39%
Frank Whillans :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member whillans
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KB8582218 [compare]
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~0.39%
Martin Fairbairn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T612592 [compare]
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~0.39%
Anonymous Davidson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T203183 [compare]
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~0.39%
Living Hursh :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T492422 [compare]
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~0.39%
A Broomfield :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T231572 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jim Beckett :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DW4182535 [compare], FTDNA kit #BP23938
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