Robert Fairbairn

Abt 1729 - Aft 1771  (~ 43 years)

• Name	Robert Fairbairn  [1, 2, 3]
  	name originally assumed from eldest known son, then I found Archibald's baptism
  Born	Abt Jan 1729	Drygrange, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [1, 3, 4]
  Christened	05 Jan 1729	Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Robert s: to John ffairbairn & Bessie fflint in Drygrange Milne Bapt: Wit: Tho: Anderson & Robt Pringle
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1771	?Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [5]
  WebLink	Oct 2011  [6]
  	http://wikitree.com/wiki/Fairbairn-40
  Reference Number	52707
  Person ID	I52707	FairbairnJohnFlint
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	John Fairbairn,   b. Bef 1705, Melrose?, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1741 and 1805, ?Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age > 36 years)
  Mother	Bessie Flint,   b. Between 1700 and 1710, ?Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1741, ?Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 42 years)
  WebHighlight	Between 1723 and 1741	Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [7]
  	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.
  Married	Est 1728	?Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [4]
  Family ID	F280	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Landreth,   b. Est 1730, ?St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Married	06 Jan 1757	Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland   [8]
  	The 9th day Robert Fairbairn and Agnes Landreth both in this parish gave up their names in order to marriage and gave in Bond and Caut.. with twelve shillings Scotts money to the poor box in .. of their .. were married by .. banns upon January 6 day 1757 years
  Children	+ 1. Archibald Fairbairn,   b. Abt Jul 1758, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1806 and 1841, ?Moorhead, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 47 years) + 2. William Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1760, ?Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 1809  (Age ~ 49 years)   3. Mary Fairbairn,   b. 03 Feb 1771, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt Jan 1729 - Drygrange, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland Died - Aft 1771 - ?Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

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

  
  

• Sources

  [S2656] FamilyTree DNA, FamilyTree DNA, (Nov 2007), FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project, 36/37 marker match between descendants of two contemporary (time and place) Archibald FAIRBAIRNs, Dec 2007. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Birth 5 Jun, bap. 28 Aug 1791 Robert, s/o Archibald FAIRBAIRN & Mary GRIERSON, Thornylaw, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, copy d/loaded Dec 2007. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Birth?/bap? 11 Aug 1758 Archibald s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN, Par. of St Boswells, Roxburghshire, copy d/loaded Dec 2007. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Bap. 5 Jany 1729 Robert to John FFAIRBAIRN & Bessie FFLINT, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, copy d/loaded Dec 2007. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Birth 3 Feb Bap 17 Feb 1771 Mary to Robert FAIRBAIRN & Agnes LAUNDRESS, Kelso, ROX Dist 793, copy d/loaded Mar 2008. [S3217] WikiTree, Oct 2011. [S5] Ancestry.com, John FAIRBAIRN, miller, and wife Bessie FLINT, from 1723-41 Roxburgh: Melrose - Register of Baptisms, Marriages, Proclamations of Marriages, Session Minutes (1723-1741) and Mortuary Rolls, extracted Jan 2010. (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.) [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Marr. 1757 Robert FAIRBAIRN & Agnes LANDRETH (both of St Boswells), ROX, copy d/loaded Dec 2007.