Archibald Fairbairn

Est 1783 - 1842  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Archibald Fairbairn  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Est Mar 1783	Par. of Whitsome & Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland   [4]
  	this date being taken from the Whitsome baptism, which may or may not be him
  Christened	16 Mar 1783	Par. of Whitsome & Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 5]
  	father Archibald was a hynd, resident on the now extinct farm of Whitsome Vaults, no mother mentioned so it may not be this Archibald he belongs too, and although he is a tad earlier than I would expect for someone saying he was 50 in the 1841 census, Archibald and Alison (CROSSER) did have a son (my Walter) who said he was born in Swinton, which is very close. In addition, the 1841 shows that he wasn't born in Roxburghshire, which does add some weight to this theory So on balance, I believe it is highly likely to be this Archibald's baptism
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Between 1787 and 1791	Berwickshire?, Scotland   [4]
  	this being the likely age from the 1841 census, albeit not always accurate
  WebLink	http://wikitree.com/wiki/Fairbairn-32
  Occupation	Feb 1819	Howpark, Par. of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [7]
  	a steward (place possibly Haspark?) || when dtr Alison born
  Occupation	1841  [3]
  	a gardener (on son Archibald's marriage cert)
  Died	May 1842	St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [8, 9, 10]
  	(Janet shows up in 1851 as a widow living with son Walter, and there's a mortcloth payment of 3/- on May 22nd for "Archd Fairbairn" in the St Boswells OPR)
  Buried	22 May 1842	St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [10]
  	(date assumes the mortcloth was paid for the day he was buried)
  Occupation	1876	?Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [8]
  	shown as a land steward on dth cert of dtr Alison
  Occupation	Oct 1894  [11]
  	shown as a farm manager on son Walter's dth cert
  Reference Number	14249
  Person ID	I14249	FairbairnJohnFlint
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Archibald Fairbairn,   b. Est 1760, ?Par. of Swinton & Simprim, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1800 and 1841, Cavers?, Par. of Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Alison Crosser,   b. Est 1760, ?Par. of Swinton, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1800 and 1841, ?Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	Est 1782	?ROX or ?Berwickshire, Scotland   [12]
  	(this date being assumed from the age of eldest child believed to belong to this family)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Scott,   b. Abt 1787, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1851 and 1855  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	01 Apr 1810	St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [13]
  	OPR and igi only give A., but subsequent children's christenings give Archibald as father, so I assume it was Archibald who married Janet
  Census	07 Jun 1841	Greenwells Glenburney, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Archibald, ag. lab. 50, not b. cty, Janet 40, b cty. Assumed children: John 20, joiner; Helen 25, Walter 15, ag lab; Catharine 12, all but John b cty.
  WebHighlight	This Archibald has been shown elsewhere as the son of Archibald Fairbairn and Mary Grierson. I believe he belongs with Archibald and Alison because: - the naming pattern of the children of Archibald and Janet - closer dna matches between proven descendants of Archibald and Janet, Archibald's brother David, and of his nephew Walter. In addition, Archibald and Mary would have had rather a hard time fitting him in between their other children. Given these, and other dna results, the families are however highly likely to be reasonably closely related, forming a sub lineage of the overall matching Borders FAIRBAIRNs that the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA project shows as being related.
  Children	1. Helen Fairbairn,   b. 12 Feb 1811, Houden, Par. of Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Est 1847, ?Weirhill, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age 35 years) + 2. Archibald Fairbairn,   b. 02 Aug 1813, Lessudden, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1861 and 1871, ?Caledon, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)   3. John Fairbairn,   b. 23 Jun 1815, Lessudden, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Between Jul 1815 and Sep 1816, Lessudden, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age 0 years) + 4. John Fairbairn,   b. 03 Sep 1816, Lessudden, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Dec 1890, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)   5. Alison Fairbairn,   b. 19 Feb 1819, Howpark, Par. of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. 16 Apr 1876, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age 57 years) + 6. Walter Fairbairn,   b. 06 Aug 1821, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 17 Oct 1894, Mertoun, Berwickshire, Scotland  (Age 73 years)   7. Margaret Fairbairn,   b. 26 Jan 1824, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1851, ?Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age > 28 years)   8. Jeany Fairbairn,   b. 05 Jan 1826, St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland   9. Catharine Fairbairn,   b. 01 May 1829,   d. Aft 1851, ?Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age > 23 years)
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1787 and 1791 - Berwickshire?, Scotland Occupation - shown as a land steward on dth cert of dtr Alison - 1876 - ?Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories		Oct 2016 snapshot of autosomal DNA matches detectable between lines of descent from John Fairbairn and Bessie Flint NB table can only include those tested descendants who have uploaded their DNA results to GEDMatch.com (free) as that is the only place where results from all the main companies can be compared.
  		yDNA Haplogroup I-Y32666 https://yfull.com/tree/I-Y32666/

  
  

• Sources

  [S1960] EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Sanna F Ross, Bap. 1783 Archibald to Archibald, rcvd Oct 2000 (but Sanna thought he belonged to Archibald and Mary (GRIERSON) FAIRBAIRN). [S888] FAIRBAIRN IGI extract 1993/4, (1993 & 1994 addenda). [S2153] BDM Certs, England, Marr. 6 Feb 1841 Archibald s/o Archibald FAIRBAIRN & Jane d/o John BLAKEY, United Secession Ch, Tynemouth, Northumberland, copy rcvd Feb 2009. [S1406] Borders: 1841 Census, (1841), Melrose Dist 6 p14. [S2664] BEW: Whitsome 1-place study: Lesley R, Bap. 1783 Archibald s/o Archibald (hynd, resident Whitsome Vaults), extract rcvd Dec 2007. [S3217] WikiTree, Oct-11. [S967] Coldingham, BEW: OPR, Srceuk.doc., Birth 1819 Alison FAIRBAIRN, transc. L McIntosh Sep/Oct 1994. [S1232] Dth 1876 Alison CHISHOLM (nee FAIRBAIRN), Darnick, Melrose, ROX 799 #36, (16 Apr 1876), Hepburn. [S1771] EM FAIRBAIRN/COCKBURN ex Susan McL, Recipient: (1), Address: Edinburgh, SCT, 1851 ROX census, rcvd May 2002. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Mortcloth 22 May 1842 Archd Fairbairn, St Boswells, 804/00 0255, copy d/loaded May 2009. [S333] BDM searches at GRO Scotland, Dth 1894 Walter FAIRBAIRN. Mertoun, BEW Dist 751 #7, trans. Robert McC, rcvd Dec 2001. [S866] DC FAIRBAIRN, Walter 1859, (19 Jan 1859), p/copy held. [S620] Roxburghshire, Scotland: OPR INDEX. [S1960] EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Sanna F Ross, Rcvd Feb 2003. [S2] FAIRBAIRN Analysis, Lorna Henderson, Dec 2007, updated Feb 2009, and again Apr and May 2009.