John Fairbairn b. 1792 ?Scotland d. 1847 ?Hawkesbury Mills, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada: Fairbairn One Name Study

1792 - 1847 (55 years)

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Name	John Fairbairn [1, 2]
	family and Farrelton mill info contradictory, so either there were likely brothers John and David, brothers to William, or John was also known as David or David is simply a mistake, the evidence to date indicates that he was more likely John
Born	1792	?Scotland [3, 4, 5, 6]
	A 1792 date comes from the Wellington Co ONT file, but doesn't match that of the son of John and Elizabeth YULE that the file (erroneously) gives to be John marr. Jane WILLIAMSON's parents, so must be based on some family information somewhere that is yet to be found. It does however closely match the John born to William and Ann (BROWN) FAIRBAIRN at Doddington and baptised in Wooler Non Confirmist church. This couple also have a son William, unfortunately, not born Apr 1790. John's brother William's son Archibald was baptised at Wooler. The 1829 census isn't much help as it has wide age bands (30 - 60)
Gender	Male
Occupation	1845	Masham, Quebec, Canada [7]
	a farmer
Died	1847	?Hawkesbury Mills, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada [3, 7, 8]
	fell from horse (this assumes John who fell from his horse, is our previous David married to Jane WILLIAMSON, and not the mercer John. The date does fit the information that Jane is a widow in 1851, but not necessarily the implied absence of John/David from the 1841 census)
WebHighlight	Feb 2006	Farrelton, Quebec, Canada [9, 10, 11]
	I (Ross) have verified that fact that my ancestor David built a Mill at Farrelton is in Dodd's book but have not found any further information on it. We have found more where David's son Archibald settled and is buried. (Nancy adds that Farrelton is the next town up the Gaineau River from Wakefield, so the two brothers had the monopoly on mills in the area) Subsequent info from Reby's book also names John as having built a mill at Farrelton, with the same Archibald and William sons and William's wife assigned to Archibald
WebIntro	After the came up with an excellent match between a descendant of William (marr. Jean Wanless) and a descendant of the John who married Sarah Daughterty then Charity Smithson, I thought I'd proven that John born c 1834, Grenville, belonged to David and Jane (Williamson), despite what his marriage and death certificates variously said. I've subsequently (Dec 2009) found what just has to be that John's baptism and it re-itereates that his father was a John (ie not David) Fairbairn. First thoughts after finding this baptism were that given the dna results, that there had to be a John, married to an Agnes Williamson, brother to both the David married to Jane Williamson and to William married to Jean Wanless. Then along came another little snippet of information from Duncan. However inaccurate the other jottings are (at least three separate families are presented as one, see commentary with links), it does say: "John came to Canada in 1815, lived in Grenville Quebec, the Hawkesbury Mills, Ontario. He was a mercer. He was killed when he was thrown from a horse" "Born 1792 died 1847, married Jane Williamson. Children were born at Hawkesbury, Ontario" and lists children as Archibald; David (1822-1894 marr. Charity Walker 1845); James; William; Agnes; John; Although the birth date is a little earlier than we have for David, the death date fits his absence from the 1851 census when Jane appears with assumed sons James and John, John being of an age to be the one later marrying Sarah Daughterty. If William and David had a brother John, this John with Jane might be a nephew of course, but my ever flexible theory is now that David (marr. to Charity Walker)'s father isn't a David, but a John, who married Jane Williamson, and these are the parents of both David marr. Charity Walker, and of John marr. Sarah Daughterty. As Jane Williamson's sister Agnes is spoken for, I'm also prepared to believe that the one cert. that says John's mother is an Agnes could still be wrong, and should read Jane. (NB the Wellington County Archives document shows the John marr. to Jane Williamson as the son of John Fairbairn and Elizabeth Yule. Their son John was actually born in 1784, married Julian Boak, and died in Inverkip, Renfrew, Scotland in 1863, and the family did indeed include mercers, rather than the millers John's Fairbairns are)
WebLink	Oct 2011 [14]
	Fairbairn-650
Reference Number	15525
Person ID	I15525	FairbairnJohnFlint
Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

Father	William Fairbairn, b. Abt 1760, ?Roxburghshire, Scotland , d. 1809 (Age ~ 49 years)
Mother	Aylsie Elliott, b. 1767, ?Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland , d. 1827 (Age 60 years)
Married	1787	?Roxburghshire, Scotland [15, 16]
Family ID	F34	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jane Williamson, b. 1794, Co. Down, Ireland , d. 10 Dec 1876, West Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)

WebHighlight 1816 ?Ontario, Canada [17]

A tree Bart copied from the Wellington Cty archives shows Jane, mother of Archibald, David (mar. Charity), James, William, Agnes and John, as Jane WILLIAMSON and marrying 1816 to John FAIRBAIRN, s/o John F and Elizabeth YULE. This John actually married Julian BOAK and stayed in Scotland.

Married Est 1818 ?Quebec, Canada [3, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]

Was Jane married to John or David?
The links between Jane and John are in the Wellington Co, ONT FAIRBAIRN family file, which has a number of errors, but presumably stronger in what is getting to living memory for presumed descendant Norah Carlow.
Evidence places Jane with all of the sons, either by proximity or on the same census, except David whose only appearance is as the likely informant for her death. The only real "proof" of David's name is that Doug Brown's family records show that David that mar. Charity was David II in the history he inherited.
For now however, given Agnes is highly likely to be a dtr of Jane (living next door in 1851 and Jane living with them in 1871), the naming pattern of Alex and Agnes' family indicates Agnes' parents may be a John and Jane.

Census 1829 Grenville, Quebec, Canada [6]

John FAIRBURN, non proprietor, close to David WILLIAMSON (prob. his father-in-law) - hsehold:
male under 5 ......... 1 (Robert?)
male 5 to 14 ......... 2 (?Archibald and David?)
female under 14 ....... 2 (Ella and Agnes?)
married male 30 to 60 .. 1 (John)
married female over 14....1 (Jane)
number in household ..... 7

Children

	1. Essa Fairbairn, b. Abt 1819, Ontario, Canada
	2. A? J? Fairbairn, b. Abt 1819, Canada , d. Aft 1852, ?Hull, Wright Co., Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 34 years)
+	3. Archibald Fairbairn, b. Abt 1821, Ontario, Canada , d. Aft 1881, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 61 years)
+	4. David Fairbairn, b. 16 Mar 1822, Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada , d. 06 Aug 1894, Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
+	5. William George Fairbairn, b. Abt 30 Oct 1823, Ontario, Canada , d. 20 May 1894, Norwood Twp, Charlevoix Co., Michigan, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
	6. Robert Fairbairn, b. Abt 1827, Quebec, Canada , d. Aft 1842, ?Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 16 years)
	7. Agnes Fairbairn, b. Abt 1828, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Dec 1876, West Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 48 years)
+	8. James Fairbairn, b. 15 Apr 1830, Quebec, Canada , d. 10 Nov 1905, Houghton, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
+	9. John Fairbairn, b. 15 Apr 1833, Grenville, Quebec, Canada , d. 28 Mar 1909, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota, USA (Age 75 years)

Last Modified 2 Sep 2017

Family ID F33 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Born - 1792 - ?Scotland
	WebHighlight - 1816 - ?Ontario, Canada
	Married - Est 1818 - ?Quebec, Canada
	Census - 1829 - Grenville, Quebec, Canada
	Occupation - a farmer - 1845 - Masham, Quebec, Canada
	WebHighlight - Feb 2006 - Farrelton, Quebec, Canada

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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.
Histories		yDNA Haplogroup I-Y32666 https://yfull.com/tree/I-Y32666/

Sources

[S1] FAIRBAIRN Conclusions, Lorna Henderson, Dec 2009.
[S5] Ancestry.com, Birth 15 Apr 1833 Bap. 14 Sep 1834 John s/o John FAIRBAIRN of Grenville, Lower Canada, St-Philippe-d`Argenteuil (Church of Scotland) , from the Drouin Collection, extracted Dec 2009.
[S2884] EM FAIRBAIRN/ATCHESON ex Duncan B, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Canada, "Fairbairn Family", from a copy of an undated, unsourced document found "several years ago" in the Wellington County, Ontario Archives Fairbairn file, (now understood to be submitted pre-1994 by a Nora CARLOW, now deceased), copy rcvd Dec 2009.
[S1597] FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Birth 11 Jul Bap. 18 Jul 1791 John s/o William & Ann FAIRBAIRN, United Associated Tower Hill N(on) C(onformist), Wooler, Northumberland, from England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 batch P00455-1 film 87986, extracted Mar 2012.
[S1597] FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Birth 4th Feb Bap. 15 Feb 1815 Archibald s/o William & Jane FAIRBAIRN, United Presb. Cheviot St, N(on) C(onformist), Wooler, Northumberland, from England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 batch P00454-1 film 87986, re-checked Mar 2012.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1829 Grenville QUE Census, family of John FAIRBURN, nr David WILLIAMSON, extract rcvd Dec 2009.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1845 John FAIRBAIRN, farmer of Masham, extract from Who's Which, provided by Marcie to Ross, rcvd Dec 2009.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, From 1851 Quebec Census Jan 2003.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Rcvd Feb 2006.
[S2713] EMails re FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Nancy T, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Rcvd Oct 2007.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Farrelton Mill FAIRBAIRN(s) ex Reby DODD's book, extract from a cousin of Ross's, rcvd Dec 2009.
[S2759] BDM: USA MN, Dth 28 Mar 1909 John A FAIRBAIRN, born 7 Sep 1834, Canada, d. Stillwater, St Croix & Greeley, Washington Co MN, Cert 13830, copy rcvd Dec 2008.
[S5] Ancestry.com, Marr. 1 May 1862 John A FAIRBURN & S A DOUGHERTY, Prescott, ONT, FHL Film 1030064, from Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924 (index only), extracted Sep 2008.
[S3217] WikiTree, Oct 2011.
[S1960] EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Sanna F Ross, Marr. William FAIRBAIRN & Aylsie ELLIOTT, from Reby Dodds, "Who's Which?", rcvd c 2000?.
[S1038] Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F., Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, FAIRBAIRN, G., Family of William FAIRBAIRN & Elsie/Ayslie ELLIOTT, taken from email to Sanna G from Roy, Jan 2003, copy rcvd Jan 2003, extracted Apr 2008.
[S2175] EM FAIRBAIRN, Bart & Helen, Canada, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: White Rock, Canada, ex descendant chart found in Wellington Cty Archives, rcvd Feb 2003.
[S1741] FT (and Emails) FAIRBAIRN, David & WALKER, Charity ex GSuddaby Rootsweb, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: British Columbia, Canada, Sep 2002 Family tree.
[S1744] EM FAIRBAIRN, David ex Douglas B, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Aug 2002.
[S1704] EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Jan 2003.
[S5] Ancestry.com, Marr. Jane d/o David WILLIAMSON & (no forename) FAIRBAIRN, from "The History of the Williamson Family and where they came from, or in other words, their "Family Tree", by Sarah WILLIAMSON, tree of dstcooke, Virginia, USA, extracted Dec 2009.
[S2] FAIRBAIRN Analysis, Lorna Henderson, Dec 2009.