Last updated August 1, 2010

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Lineage 1: Summary dna results, dna signature chart, detailed dna results/discussions

Researcher Lorna Henderson Web pages
John Fairbairn, b. say 1705 ?Melrose, ROX, SCT m Bessie fflint
├──Robert Fairbairn, b. 1729 Drygrange, Melrose, ROX, SCT m Agnes Landreth
│  ├──Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1758 St Boswells, ROX, SCT m Mary Grierssen
│  │   └── George Fairbairn, b. circa 1805 Hobkirk, ROX, SCT m Janet Purdie
│  │      ├── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1830 Melrose, ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Simpson
│  │       └──Charles Fairbairn, b. circa 1840 Melrose, ROX, SCT m Mary Bate
│  │        └── Thomas P Fairburn, b. 1885 PA, USA m Mabel E Minturn
│  │            └── Earl Millard Fairburn b. 1924 Fresno, CA, USA F-2 Researcher Marsha

│  └── William Fairbairn, b. say 1760 ROX, SCT m Elsie (Aylsie) Elliot   existance from Reby Dodds' "Whos Which", relationship to Robert conjectured, William and John/David are brothers even if parentage unconfirmed, however, read about some late breaking news re this family

│      ├── William Fairbairn b. 1790 Yetholm?, SCT d 1872 Wakefield, QUE m Jean (Jane) Wanless Researcher G Roy Fairbairn
│      │  └── William Fairbairn, b. 1826 Wakefield, QUE, CAN m Martha Rogers
│      │      └── James Fairbairn, b. 1859 Wakefield, QUE, CAN m Ellen Lindsay
│      │          └──William Tate Fairbairn, b. 1892 Wakefield, QUE, CAN m Ellen White
│      │              └── G Roy Fairbairn F-3
│      └── John or David Fairbairn, b. circa 1799 SCT m Jane Williamson Researchers Ross Hotchkiss + Gordon Suddaby (gsuddaby [ at ] shaw.ca) representative wanted
│          ├── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1821 ONT, CAN m Margaret Graham
│          ├── David Fairbairn, b. 1822 Hawkesbury, ONT, CAN m Charity Walker
│          │   ├── David Fairbairn, b. 1859 Hawkesbury Mills, ONT, CAN m Azella Valley
│          │   │   └── David Fairbairn, b. 1884 MI, USA m Flora L UnknownSurname
│          ├── William George Fairbairn, b. circa 1824 QUE or ONT, CAN m Sarah Ann Farrel
│          │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1849 QUE, CAN m Agnes UnknownSurname
│          ├──James Fairbairn, b. circa 1831 QUE, CAN m Mary Smith
│          │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1854 Hawkesbury, ONT, CAN m Elizabeth Jane UnknownSurname
│          │   └── Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1861 Walsingham, ONT, CAN m Elizabeth Griffin
│          └──John A Fairbairn, b. 1833 Grenville, QUE, CAN
              +Sarah Ann Daughterty
│              ├──John A Fairbairn Jr, b. 1866 ONT?, CAN m Belle Reynolds  "Cousins" to the Sunderland family of Robert Fairbairn and Elizabeth Taylor below 
│              ├── William George Fairbairn, b. 1869 Stillwater, MN, USA m Carrie Augusta McGrew
│              │  ├──Walter A Fairbairn, b. 1897 NM, USA m Clarissa Fairbairn (d/o David Fairbairn and Charity Walker above)
│              │  │   └──David (H?) Fairbairn, b. 1923 CA, USA m Elizabeth Ann Thomas
│              ├──William Max Fairbairn, b. 1899 KS, USA m Julia A Robinson
│              │  └──John Donald Fairbairn, b. 1905 Hoquiam, Grays Harbour, WA, USA m Louise Adelia Knoell
│              │      └── Donald F Fairbairn
│              │          └── William Fairbairn F-12
│             +Charity Smithson
│              └── Russell S Fairbairn, b. 1880 MN, USA
├──George Fairbairn, b. 1731 Drygrange, Par. of Melrose, ROX, SCT

├──Archibald?? Fairbairn, b. say 1735 - relationships and forename predicted because of 36/37 (but 64/67) DNA match between descendants (F-1 and F-2/F-3) of the younger Archibalds

│  └── Archibald Fairbairn b. say 1760 Swinton, BEW, SCT m Alison Crosser

│      ├── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1783 Whitsome and Hilton, BEW, SCT m Janet Scott  linked to parents by naming pattern of children, reinforced by match between F-1/F-14/ F-16 and now F-29 who has a confirmed paper trail to Archibald and Alison
│      │   │ └──Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1813 SCT m Jane Blakey
│      │   │    └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1860 Caledon, ONT, CAN m Martha Almira Huston
│      │   │      └── Robert Huston Fairbairn, b. 1894 Strathcona, ALB, CAN m Janet Ann McKee
│      │   │          └── Doug Fairbairn F-14 
│      │   └── John Fairbairn, b. 1816 Lessudden, St Boswells, ROX, SCT m Jessie Douglas
│      │       └── George D Fairbairn, b. 1849 Melrose, ROX, SCT m Rebecca Hislop
│      │           └──John Douglas Fairbairn, b. 1883 Bromley, KEN, ENG m Letitia Ellen Butcher
│      │              └── Douglas K Fairbairn, b. 1913 Camberwell, LND, ENG m Kathleen M Withey
│      │                  └── Martin D Fairbairn F-1
│      │                      └── James D Fairbairn
│      ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1784 Swinton, BEW, SCT m Agnes Robertson, b. circa 1786 ENG representative wanted
│      │   ├── Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1808 Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Houd representative wanted
│      │   │   ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1837 Dalton, DFS, SCT m Elizabeth Chappel
│      │   │   │   ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1871 Mile End, LND, ENG m Davina MacDonald
│      │   │   │   └── Henry Fairbairn, b. 1874 Mile End, LND, ENG m Emma Maud Hanney
│      │   │   └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1848 Jedburgh, ROX, SCT m Isabella Davidson
│      │   │       └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1876 Galashiels, SEL, SCT m Charlesina Phimister
│      │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1812 ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Miller Researcher Ed Stewart 
│      │   │   ├──Jarvis Barrett Fairbairn, b. 1846 at sea m Jane Phoebe Haynes
│      │   │   │   ├── Miller F Fairbairn, b. 1881 NY, USA m Elizabeth Haynes
│      │   │   │   │ └── John R Fairbairn, b. 1909 NY, USA m Mildred Avery
│      │   │   │   └── Robert B Fairbairn, b. Sep 1885 NY, USA m Jessie
│      │   │   │       └── Harold R Fairbairn
│      │   │   ├──James E Fairbairn, b. 1849 NY, USA m Mary Alton
│      │   │   │  └── David Fairbairn, b. 1884 NY, USA m Martha Sauer
│      │   │   │      └── George J Fairbairn, b. 1910 NY, USA m Ruth E Close
│      │   │   │          └── Fairbairn, m Loretta Fairbairn
│      │   │   │              └── M R Fairbairn  F-16
│      │   │   └── Nelson G Fairbairn, b. 1854 NY, USA m Emma Delameter
│      │   │      ├──Henry Fairbairn, b. 1882 NY, USA m Lila Allison
│      │   │      └── Oscar Fairbairn, b. 1898 NY, USA m Helen B Smith
│      │   └── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1823 Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Grace Armstrongrepresentative wanted
│      │       └── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1861 Canonbie, DFS, SCT m Elizabeth Roy
│      │           ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. abt 1886 Cathcart, RFW, SCT
│      │           └── John Fairbairn, b. 1890 East Kilbride, LKS, SCT
│      ├──James Fairbairn, b. circa 1794 Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Joan Forsyth  representative wanted
│      │  ├── Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1822 Jedburgh, ROX, SCT m Catharine Kemps
│      │  │   └── James Archibald Fairchild, b. circa 1846 Tramble Co, CT, USA
│      │  ├── James Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1828 SCT m Elizabeth O'Connell
│      │  │   ├── James Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1857 IA, USA m Bertha Elizabeth Booth
│      │  │   └── William George Fairbairn, b. circa 1863 ONT, CAN m Margaret
│      │  │       ├── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1890 NY, USA
│      │  │       ├── William Fairbairn, b. Jan 1897 NY, USA m Ermina
│      │  │       ├── Lester Fairbairn, b.Apr 1899 NY, USA m Sarah
│      │  │       ├── Robert Fairbairn,b. circa 1902 NY, USA
│      │  │       └── Edmund Fairbairn, b. circa 1904 NY, USA
│      │  ├── John Fairchild, b. 1832 Gatehousecote, Par. of Hobkirk, ROX, SCT m Rosa Belle Smith
│      │  │   ├── James Archibald Fairchild, b. 1871 Canton, Lincoln Co, Dakota, USA m Theresa Bross
│      │  │   │   └──FrederickJ Fairchild, b. circa 1915 NE, USA
│      │  │   ├── Barbara Edith Fairchild, b. 1876 Blair, Washington Co, NE, USA m Robert Safely Fairbairn (see below)
│      │  │   └── Robert Byron Fairchild, b. 1879 Blair, Washington Co, NE, USA m Cora UnknownSurname
│      │  └── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1834 Melrose, ROX, SCT m Mary A Reilly
│      │      └── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1864 ONT, CAN
│      ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1797 Morebattle, ROX, SCT may have married Jane Williamson (read the late breaking news re this family)
│      └── David Fairbairn, b. circa 1800 Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Jane Herd 
│         ├── Archibald James Fairbairn, b. circa 1827 ?BEW, SCT m Jane Tracy
│         │   └── Archibald James Fairbairn, b. 1850 ONT, CAN m Mary McLeod
│         ├── David McDougal Fairbairn Jr, b. 1835 Cambden St Marys, PER, ONT, CAN
│         │  +Joan Safley, b. 1843 Cedar Co, IA, USA, m. 1872 ?WI, USA
│         │   ├── Robert Safely Fairbairn, b. 1874 Green Lake, WI, USA m Barbara Edith Fairchild  (also see above)
│         │   │  ├──David Edward Fairbairn
│         │   │  ├──John Fairbairn
│         │   │  ├──Robert Fairbairn
│         │   │  └──Raymond Fairbairn
│         │   ├── James Little Fairbairn, b. 1877 Berlin, WI, USA m Bertha UnknownSurname
│         │   │   ├──Leslie Fairbairn, b. 1908 SAS, CAN
│         │   │   └──Nathaniel Fairbairn, b. 1910 SAS, CAN
│         │   │      └──GD Fairbairn  F-29
│         │   ├── David Archie Fairbairn, b. 1878 Cottonwood Co, MN, USA
│         │   ├── Walter Harvey Fairbairn, b. 1883 MN, USA
│         │   └── Leonard Albert Fairbairn, b. 1885 MN, USA m Lucille UnknownSurname
│         │       └──Hugh Erwin Fairbairn m Martha Klara Kothz
│         ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1837 Cambden St Marys, Perth Co, ONT, CAN
│         └── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1843 Cambden St Marys, Perth Co, ONT, CAN
└── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1741 Smailholm, ROX, SCT


Lineage 1 "clump 2":Summary dna results, dna signature chart, detailed dna results/discussions
Lineage 1a (now has an exact match to lineage 1j, see theoretical dna signature chart for Lineage 1 Clump 2 for possible connections)
George Fairbairn, b. say 1745, ?Sprouston, ROX, SCT m Janet Murray
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1781 Kelso, ROX m  (Maxton) Ann Curle
│   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1818 Smailholm m Agnes Rutherford
│    └── George Fairbairn, b. 1862 Kelso m Annie Forbes
│      └── Robert Fairbairn, b. abt 1892 Edinburgh m Annie Arthur
│        ├── Robert Fairbairn
│        ├── Thomas Fairbairn
│        └── Ronald Fairbairn

└── James  Fairbairn, b. 1786 Kelso, ROX
     = Agnes Ramsay, b. 1779 Maxton, ROX, SCT (see notes on Robert's page re his relationship to James)
     └── Robert Fairbairn, b. Jun 1813 Rutherford, Par. of Maxton, ROX, SCT m Gracie Watt
        ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1839 Tonbridge, Kent, ENG
        ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1842 Tonbridge, Kent, ENG m Eleanor Nora Spiller
        │   ├── James George Fairbairn, b. 1865 Rotherhithe, Surrey, ENG m Janet Amelia Riddle (dtr of William, see below)
        │   │   └── Roland James Fairbairn, b. 1900 Hampstead, London, ENG m Esme Catherine Craven nee Mason
        │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1875 Limehouse, London, ENG m Elizabeth Ethel Churchman
        │       ├── Alfred George Fairbairn, b. London, ENG
        │       └── Walter James Fairbairn, b. Chalk Farm, London, ENG
        └── Agnes Fairbairn, b. circa 1844 Tonbridge, Kent, ENG m William Riddle (Janet’s father see above)
    m  (Mar 1813 Maxton) Helen Goodfellow Researchers: Doug Fairbairn & PV Martin
        ├──  George Fairbairn, b. 1816 SCT m Electa Cowdrey
        │    ├── Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1855, CAN m Lucy Manhart
        │    │   └── Claude M Fairbairn, b. 1885, Farmersville, Leeds Co, ONT CA m Blanche J Connors
        │    │       └── Andrew Fairbairn m Verna Mae Leirich
        │    │           └── Tom Fairbairn F-13
        ├── Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1828 Eccles, BEW, SCT m Hester Ann Spencer
        │   └── Herman Spencer Fairbairn, b. 1871 Spencerville, ONT, CAN m Edith May Chipperfield
        │       └── Gerald Fairbairn, b. 1911 Winnipeg, MAN, CAN m Grace Genevieve Clark
        │           └── Doug Fairbairn F-6
        └── Gideon Fairbairn, b. 1831 Eccles, BEW, SCT m Rhoda Spencer
            ├── Harvey Wright Fairbairn, b. 1870 Spencerville, Grenville Co, ONT, CAN m Dora A Bennett
            └── Carl Fairbairn, b. 1907 ?CA, USA m Loretta McAuely

And yet another member of lineage 1 "clump 2" (lineage 1j).

Another John Fairbairn with Nenthorn connections: confirming signature from another son of John's wanted
With both Nenthorm and Makerstoun connections it is possible that this is the 1760 John son of John and Helen (Anderson) Fairbairn line, but with an eldest son Robert, he is more likely to belong to one of the related Roberts instead.
With an exact match between LE (F-31) and Doug (F-6) from lineage 1a above, that of George and Janet (MURRAY).

John Fairbairn, b. say 1760 ?Kelso, Roxburghshire, SCT d. Feb 1800 m. 1787 Nenthorn Christian Wood
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1788 Kelso, Roxburghshire, SCT m Helen Rutherford
│   └── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1826 Kelso, Roxburghshire, SCT m Mary Hay
│       ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1855 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT m Emma Christian
│       │   └── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1887 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
│       └── James Hay Fairbairn, b. 1864 Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland
├── John Fairbairn, b. 1789 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, SCT
├── James Fairbairn, b. 1793 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, SCT
└── George Fairbairn, b. 1795 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, SCT
    + m1.
    ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1821 Roxburghshire, SCT
    └── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1826 Roxburghshire, SCT
    + m2 Margaret Dinn
    └── William Dinn Fairbairn, b. circa 1836 Makerston, Roxburghshire, SCT m Emma Sly
        └──  John Edward Fairbairn, b. 1890 Claflin, Barton Co, Kansas, USA m Frieda Mae Grossardt
             └── LE FairbairnF-31


David's "brick wall:
Results show belongs to Lineage 1 "clump 2"

James Fairbairn, b. say 1705 m. 1732 Eccles, BEW, SCT Elspeth Trotter
└──Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1743 Stitchel, ROX  m. 1771 Kelso Isobel Smith (relationship to wife/son conjectured)

   └── Trotter Fairbairn, b. circa 1772 Duns, BEW, SCT m (Ladykirk, BEW) Jane Fairbairn  Researcher: David Fairbairn
         ├──Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1796 Kelso, ROX, SCT m Mary (Fairbairn?)
         ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1819 SCT
         │   ├── Trotter Fairbairn, b. 1824 SCT
         │   │   m1 Eleanor Bailey
         │   │   m2 Mary Wanless
         │   ├── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1826 SCT
         │   ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1830 DUR, ENG
         │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1835 DUR, ENG
         ├──John Fairbairn, b. 1797 Sunderland, DUR, ENG
         ├──Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1799 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Isabella
         │  └── Trotter Fairbairn, b. 1822 Bishopwearmouth, DUR, ENG
         └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1804 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Ellen Sinclair
             └──William Shaw Fairbairn, b. 1829 Bishopwearmouth, DUR, ENG m Mary Goodenough
                ├── David Sinclair Fairbairn, b. 1879 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Euphemia Carr
                ├── Robert Edis Fairbairn, b. 1880 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Florence Aubury (clergyman died Canada)
                └── Arthur Rees Fairbairn, b. 1884 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Miriam Craven
                    └── Leslie Fairbairn, b. 1916 Ryton, DUR, ENG m Margaret Anne Hall
                        └── David Fairbairn  F-7

Both Thomas and William (F-2 line) came to Canada to work on the Rideau Canal and Reby assigned a brother Thomas to William (even if she turned him into a doctor and married to Helen Kinniburgh, who lived and died in Edinburgh and belonged to a separate family). 
Results just in (Nov 2008) show that our hopes of proving a relationship between this Thomas and the Quebec Fairbairn families of brothers William & John or David Fairbairn in lineage 1 above have been realised, albeit it doesn't look like Thomas is William's brother, as the results show a much closer relationship with David (F-7) and Doug (F-6).

Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1790 Gordon, BEW, SCT m Elspeth Redpath Researcher Patty Brown (pattyb[ at ] idirect.com)
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1815 Earlston, BEW, SCT m Ann Brown
│   └── Peter Fairbairn, b. 1857 Ottawa, ONT, CAN m Margaret Galbraith
│       └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1881 Dunkirk, USA
├── John Fairbairn, b. 1817 Earlston, BEW, SCT m Charlotte Jane Kerfut
└── Peter Fairbairn, b. circa 1829 SCT m Jane Williams
    └── Arthur Edwin Fairbairn, b. circa 1877 Billingsbridge, ONT?, CAN m Maria Spratt
        └── Harold Williams Fairbairn, b. 1906 ?Ottawa, ONT, CAN m Sheila May Sargent
             └──  F-8

Results show belongs to Lineage 1 overall, with the closest relationship being with Doug (F-6) 

John Fairbairn, b. circa 1770 in, SCT m Helen Campbell Researcher: David Fairbairn
├──John Fairbairn, b. circa 1812 in, Eccles, SCT m Agnes Jeffrey
│  ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1843 Edrom, SCT m Agnes Broomfield
│  └── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1854 Bedrule, SCT m Margaret Leithead
│      ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1876 Jedburgh, SCT m + Ellen Thomson
│      │  └── William Fairbairn, b. 4 Nov 1906 Kelso, SCT m Elizabeth Smith
│      │      └──  John Fairbairn, b. Kelso, SCT m Frances 
│      │           └── David Fairbairn F-9
│      └── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1878 Jedburgh, SCT m Isabella Stevenson
└── Robert Fairbairn, b. 7 Jan 1814 at, Leitholm, SCT m Isabella Bruce


Reported to be "cousins" to the Hoquiam family of John Fairbairn and Sarah Daughterty above, but shows closer genetic matches are to lineage 1 "clump 2"

Robert Fairbairn, b. say 1784 m Elizabeth Taylor
├──James Fairbairn, b. 1815 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Sarah Cook
│  ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1838 Bishop Wearmouth?, DUR, ENG
│  ├── James Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1840 Bishop Wearmouth?, Dist of Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Mary Catherine Millie
│  ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1850 Shoreditch, MDX, ENG
│  └── Alfred Fairbairn, b. circa 1854 Haggerston, MDX, ENG
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1818 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Emma Cook
│  ├── Robert Woolley Fairbairn, b. 1840 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Emma Andrew
│  │   ├── Robert A Fairbairn, b. 1876 Liverpool, Dist of W Derby, LAN, ENG m Alice M Fairbairn
│  │   └── Henry Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1879 Liverpool, Dist of W Derby, LAN, ENG m Grace Gertrude Skinner
│  ├── Henry Dorset Fairbairn, b. 1844 Hoxton Old Town, Dist of Shoreditch, MDX, ENG m Mary A Andrew
│  │   └── Albert Fairbairn, b. 1874 Liverpool, Dist of W Derby, LAN, ENG
│  │       └── Henry Fairbairn, b. 1899 Warrington, LAN, ENG m Anna 
│  │          └── Joe Fairbairn F-10
│  ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1852 MDX, ENG m Elizabeth East
│  │   └── John Richard Fairbairn, b. 1875 St Lukes, Dist of Holborn, MDX, ENG
│  └── Richard Austin Fairbairn, b. between 1854 and 1854 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Sarah Emma Atthews
│      ├── Richard John Fairbairn, b. circa 1878 Shoreditch, LND, ENG
│      ├── Charles Fairbairn, b. circa 1882 Shoreditch, LND, ENG m Florence Johnson
│      │   ├── William George Fairbairn
│      │   │   └── Ron Fairbairn F-19
│      │   └── Alfred Fairbairn
│      └── Henry Fairbairn, b. circa 1885 Shoreditch, LND, ENG
└── John Taylor Fairbairn, b. 1821 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Elizabeth Ann Swanton

Patriarch John is sometimes shown as being the nephew of John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson, although sources differ as to his parents. (lineage 1f)

John Fairbairn, b. circa 1772 m Jessie Johnstone
├── Rev Patrick Fairbairn, b. 1805 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT
│   +Margaret Pitcairn
│   └── John  Fairbairn,  b. 1834 SCT m Mary Ann Houghton
│       ├── Patrick  Fairbairn,  b. 1862 Melbourne, VIC, AUS m Elsie Pearl Barton
│       └── John Houghton  Fairbairn,  b. 1866 Hay, NSW, AUS m Mary Ann Barbara (emig. NZ 1893)
│           └── John Leslie Pitcairn  Fairbairn,  b. 1892 Melbourne, VIC, AUS m Jessie Kay
│               └── Fairbairn
│                   └── John Fairbairn F-17
│   +Mary Playfair
│    └── Patrick Playfair Fairbairn,  b. 1840 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT 
│        +Jane Margaret McTaggart
│         └── Patrick  Fairbairn,  b. 1868 British Guiana m Anna Wilkie
│        +Olivia Hohenkerk
│         ├── Harold  Fairbairn
│         └── Norman  Fairbairn
├── John Fairbairn, b. 1808 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT (Free Church Minister of Greenlaw)
│   +Mary Wilson
│    └── John Fairbairn, b. 1837 Bathhurst, Upper Canada
└── George Fairbairn, b. 1816 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT m Virgina Armytage participant wanted to confirm dna signature for John's line
    ├── Charles Fairbairn,  b. 1858 Kelso, SCT m Elizabeth Osborne
    │   └── James Valentine Fairbairn,  b. 1897 Wadhurst, SSX m Daisy Olive Forrester
    │        └── Geoffrey Forrester Fairbairn,  b.1924 Melbourne, AUS m  Rosamund Ann Clifford
    └── Stephen Fairbairn,  b. 1862 Toorak, Victoria, AUS m Ellen Sharwood
        └── Sydney George Fairbairn,  b. 1892 Cape Colony, Sth Africa 

Yet another member of lineage 1 "clump 2" (lineage 1g).
James Fairbairn, b. say 1795 ?ROX, SCT m1 Isabella Campbel Researcher: James E Fairbairn
├── James Fairbairn, b. 1822 Eccles, BEW SCT
│        m1 Elizabeth Laidlaw,
│      └── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1850 Merton, BEW, SCT m Christine Sadler
│         └── James Fairbairn, b. 1870 Kelso, ROX, SCT m Harriet Douglass
│             └── John William Fairbairn, b. 1903 London, ENG m Margaret Land
│                 └── James Neil Fairbairn F-11 m Kiera
│                     └── James E Fairbairn
│        m2 Mary Brydon,
│             └── John Fairbairn, b. 1861 Roxburgh Mains, SCT m Agnes Gibson Allison
├── John Fairbairn, b. abt 1823 Greenlaw or Eccles, BEW, SCT m Janet Smith
│      └── James Fairbairn, b. 1848 Ancrum, ROX, SCT
└── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1825 Par. of Sprouston, SCT m Agnes Sibbald

And another member of lineage 1 "clump 2" (lineage 1h)
Robert Fairbairn, b. say 1790 ?ROX, SCT m Isabella Simpson
└── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1818 Roxburghshire, SCT m Mary Thomson
    ├── Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1846 Lochs, Ross & Cromarty, SCT m Janet Tod
    │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1876 Innerleithen, Peebles, SCT
    └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1850 Lewes, Isle of Skye,  SCT m Isabella Murray
        ├── Robert Murray Fairbairn, b. circa 1878 Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCT m Mary Ann Finnie
        │   └── Ralph Amos Fairbairn, b. 1906 Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCT m Helen Kinnaird Hill
        │       └── Ralph James Fairbairn  m Joyce
        │           └── Michael Fairbairn F-22
        └── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1885 Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCT

And yet another member of lineage 1 "clump 2" (lineage 1i).
Robert Fairbairn,  b. circa 1799 Eckford, Roxburghshire, SCT m Elizabeth Young
├──  Robert Fairbairn, b. 1848 Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, SCT m Ellen Sophia Dartnell
│    └──  Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1870 Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey, England m Elizabeth
│          └──  Robert George Fairbairn, b. 1897 Dist of West Ham, ESS, ENG
└──  George Fairbairn, b. 1854 Liverpool, Dist of Manchester, Lancashire, ENG m Laura Kemp
      ├──  William Ewart Fairbairn, b. 1885 Rickmansworth, ENG
      │    └──  John Edwin Fairbairn
      ├──  Charles Stewart Fairbairn, b. 1889 Dist of Croydon, Surrey, England m Florence
      │    └──  Donald C Fairbairn, b. 1922 NY, USA
      └──  John Vincent Lawrence Fairbairn, b. 1898 Croydon, Surrey, England m Evelyn Cash
            └── Fairbairn
                  └── (Eckford:F-27)F-27

Another Borders FAIRBAIRN family in lineage 1 clump 2.
The project would like to confirm the relationship between Alexander and presumed son John, so another participant from one of Alexander's confirmed sons would be great.

Alexander Fairbairn **, b. 1788 Ednam, SCT m Isabella Atcheson
├── Thomas Fairbairn, chr. 1814 Maxton, Roxburghshire, SCT
│    +Christian Mason
│    └── Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1837 Par. of Eccles, Berwickshire, SCT m Isabella Currie
│         └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1860 Longmorton, Par. of Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT m Eleanor Storey
│              └── George Atkinson Fairbairn, b. 1898 Tyne Dock, Dist of Sth Shields, Durham, ENG m Mary Ellen Reece
│   +Margaret Henderson
│   ├── George Fairbairn, b. 1844 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT m Margaret Stavert
│   │   └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1872 Edgerston, Roxburghshire, SCT m Jessie Wood Dickie
│   └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1850 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, SCT m Annie Buckham
│        └── James Fairbairn F.S.A (Scot), b. circa 1889 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, SCT
├── John Fairbairn, b. 1824 Oxnam, Roxburghshire, SCT m Margaret Deans Researcher Duncan Blachford
        (birth date/place assumes correct id of parents)
│   ├──James Deans Fairbairn, b. 1862 West Garafraxa, Wellington Co, Ontario, CAN m Elizabeth Howatt
│   │   ├──  Stanley Alexander Fairbairn, b. Sep 1898 Ontario, CAN
│   │   ├──  William James Fairbairn, b. 1900 Ontario, CAN
│   │   ├──  John Arthur Howatt Fairbairn, b. 1907 Ontario, CAN
│   │   └── Dryden Fairbairn, b. 1911 Ontario, CAN
│   ├──William John Fairbairn, b. 1869 West Garafraxa, Wellington Co, Ontario, CAN m Elizabeth Ritchie
│   │   └── Lloyd Bruce Fairbairn, b. 1895 Ontario, CAN m Eva Gorrie
│   └── Robert Davidson Fairbairn, b. 1875 Fergus, Ontario, CAN m Christina Milne Miller
│        └── Frederick John Fairbairn, b. 1901 Carnduff, Saskatchewan, CAN m Alice Renee Birch
│             └──Robert F Fairbairn F-34
└── Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1812 Earlston, Berwickshire, SCT m Margaret Watson
    ├── Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1835 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, SCT m Isabella Renton
    │   ├── Thomas Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1868 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, SCT m Marion Torrance
    │   │   └── Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1899 Dalkeith, Midlothian, SCT
    │   └── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1877 Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, SCT m Janet Hay
    └── Walter Fairbairn, chr. 1839 St Boswells, Roxburghshire, SCT m Mary Scott
          ├── Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1879 Southdean, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, SCT m Ethel Mary Browner
          └── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1882 Southdean, Par. of Southdean, Roxburghshire, SCT

The IRWIN and ELLIOT outliers.

We have acquired two new surnames who do not match their own Surname projects, but do match ours, actually marginally closer to the Modal values for our Lineage 1 "clump 2" than any of ours (which is assumed to point to an earlier common ancestor, somwhere).
Check out Mike IRWIN F-24 and our latest ELLIOTT F-32 along with the page exploring the ELLIOTT/IRWIN/FAIRBAIRN matches which includes both lines of ELLIOTTs, those of Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina, and those from Pennsylvania and Georgia (F-25 and F-36).



Haplogroup R1b1:

A new lineage is starting to form within this haplogroup subdivision of the FAIRBAIRN/FREEBORN surnames.
See Lineage 2 on the supplementary project pages.
More participants for these families would be good to confirm their respective lineages.


Lineage 2:

The following three families, with roots in Fife, and Ireland / Canada respectively are beginning to show up as a match.
Fairbairns of Fife

Thomas Fairbairn**, b. circa 1774 St Monans, FIF, SCT m Jean Lawson Researcher: Bea Rein,
├──Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1805 Kilrenny, FIF, SCT m Anne Mackie
│  └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1828 FIF, SCT m Elizabeth Simpson
└──David Fairbairn, b. 1809 Cellardyke, Par. of Kilrenny, FIF, SCT m Janet Ireland
   └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1844 St Andrews, FIF, SCT m Catherine Carswell
       └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1877 St Andrews, FIF, SCT m Ann Moore Young
           └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1900 St Andrews, FIF, SCT m Elizabeth Donaldson Brown
               └── F-20


FREEBORNs of Ireland and Ontario with a 25/25 match to the above Fifeshire FAIRBAIRNs

Thomas Henry Freeborn b 1760 Ireland m Mary Ann Freeman
└──Thomas Freeborn b 1803 Ireland m Sarah Jane Bateson
   └── George Bruce Freeborn b 1882 Ontario, Canada m Ethel Telena Hill
       └── Delbert Freeborn b 1905 m Ora Mae Nichols
           └── George Eric Freeborn
                └── KF F-21


The Irish FREEBORN family with a match (GD4 at 37 markers) to the Fifeshire FAIRBAIRNs above

Andrew Freeburn, b. c. 1791 Ireland m Margaret
├── Robert  Freeburn, b.abt 1824 Ireland m Margaret
│   ├── Andrew  Freeborn, b. circa 1852 Perth Co, Ontario, CAN m Elizabeth Whaley
│   │   └──  Herbert Boyd Freeborn, b.abt 1886 Nth Dakota USA
│   ├── David Freeborn, b. abt 1858, Perth Co, Ontario, CAN
│   └── William Freeborn, b. abt 1860, Perth Co, Ontario, CAN
├── Thomas Freeburn, b.abt 1828 Ireland
└── William Freeburn, b. abt 1830 Ireland

Other R1b1 lines:

(for all of which it would be good to get representatives from other lines to confirm their dna signatures)

William Fairbairn, b. abt 1755 ?Greenlaw, BEW, SCT m May Carter Researcher Neil Fairbairn
├── George Fairbairn, b. circa 1796 Bedshiell, BEW, SCT m Helen Slight
│   ├── William Fairbairn, chr. 1830 Eccles, BEW, SCT m Margaret Godfrey
│   │   └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1868 ?ROX, SCT m Agnes Neil
│   │       └── Fairbairn
│   │           └── Neil Fairbairn  F-4
│   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1836 Eccles, BEW, SCT m IsabellaTully (family emigrated to NSW 1885)
│   │   ├── George Fairbairn, b. circa 1863 Norham, NBL, ENG m Annie UnknownSurname
│   │   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1864 Ednam, ROX, SCT m Helen Chambers Ferguson
│   │   │   └── Colin Fairbairn m Jean Osborne
│   │   ├── William Fairbairn, b. 1866 Fogo, BEW, SCT m Norah Sullivan
│   │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1869 Fogo, BEW, SCT m Jane Dibley
│   ├── Peter Fairbairn, b. abt 1843 Kelso or Rutherford, ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Patterson (family emigrated to NSW 1882)
│   │   └── William Fairbairnb 1870 Gateshead, DUR, ENG
│   └── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1845 Earlston, BEW, SCT m Isabella Turnbull
│       ├──George T Fairbairn, b. circa 1883 St Mungo, DFS, SCT
│       └──William T Fairbairn, b. circa 1886 St Mungo, DFS, SCT
└──James Fairbairn, b. circa 1806 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT m May Barron
   ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1844 Ednam, ROX, SCT m Agnes Taylor
   │   ├──James Fairbairn, b. circa 1868 Linton, ROX, SCT
   │   └──Alexander Fairbairn, b. circa 1872 Sprouston, ROX, SCT
   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1852 Ednam, ROX, SCT m Ellen Waters



Recruited into the project to test a theory re relationship to Robert and Agnes (Landreth) Fairbairn, which now appears not to be the case.
A representative from David's line would be good to confirm the dna signature for this line.

Robert Fairbairn **, b. circa 1801 Melrose, ROX, SCT m  Agnes Black
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1827 Ancrum, ROX, SCT m Isabella Weaver  (see Pedigree forum posting for some more info)
│   └── James Weaver Fairbairn, b. circa 1861 Stody, Dist of Erpingham, NFK, ENG m Alice Elizabeth Austin
│       └── William James R Fairbairn, b. 1887 Stratford, Dist of West Ham, ESS, ENG m Maud Waite
│           └── John Kinder Fairbairn, b. 1915 Dist of Oldham, LAN, ENG
│               └── Stan Fairbairn F-15
└── David Fairbairn, b. circa 1831 Woodhead, Ancrum, ROX, SCT m Margaret Whillans   representative wanted to confirm this line's dna signature
   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1855 Par. of Southdean, ROX, SCT m Mary Jane Whitson
   │   ├── David Fairbairn, b. circa 1889 Crailing, ROX, SCT
   │   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1895 Crailing, ROX, SCT
   ├── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1872 Oxnam, ROX, SCT
   └── David Fairbairn, b. 1877 Crailing, ROX, SCT

A representative from another of John's sons would be good to confirm the dna signature for this line.
John Fairbairn, b. 1778 Bowden, ROX, SCT m 1809 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, MLN Sarah Morris 
├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1815 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Elizabeth Stote
│   └── John Urry Fairbairn, b. 1849 Millbrook, Southampton, HAM, ENG m Annie Rowland
│      └── John Rowland Fairbairn, b. 1882 Bombaym Nellie Peirce
│           └── Peter Rowland Fairbairn
│               └── Michael Rowland Fairbairn F-23
│    .
│    .
│    └── John Burleigh
└── James Fairbairn, b. Mar 1817 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Eliza Smith
│   └── Hugh Aird Robert Fairbairn, b. May 1861 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Elizabeth Gordon
└── Alexander Fairbairn, b. Mar 1825 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Elizabeth Muir

Haplogroup J2:

More participants for these families would be good to confirm the dna signature for this lineage.
Robert Fairbairn, b. say 1760 ?Linton, SCT m Janet Hogarth  Researchers: Ken SWANSTON and Scott Fairbairn
├── Edward Fairbairn, chr. 1798 Linton, SCT  lived Buffalo, NY to 1853
└── William Fairbairn, chr. 1798 Linton, SCT m Isabel Sinton
    ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1837 SCT m Isabella Batty
    │   └── Robert Kay Fairbairn, b. 1888 Carrick, Bruce Co, CAN
    └──John Fairbairn, b. circa 1840 Yetholm, SCT m Margaret Morrison
        ├── John Crozier Fairbairn, b. 1879 in, CAN m Eliza Jane Wilson<
        │   └── Ralph Fairbairn
        └──Robert Fairbairn, b. 1881 Egremont,Grey Co, CAN m Edith Welch
           └── Donald Robert Fairbairn, b. 1920 CAN
               └── Scott  Fairbairn F-5

In progress:

F-35

Unassigned haplogroup:

None at present

Other pedigrees:

Included below are assorted pedigrees included for information only. Some are alternate information for pedigrees included above, some are still searching for participants.
All FAIRBAIRN (and variant surname) pedigrees are welcome, instructions at bottom of page.
Lines where participants yet to be found (see also FAIRBAIRNs Wanted!):

The following version of the pedigree of Sir William has been traced to a file held in the Society of Scottish Genealogy Society's Family Tree Collection and listed in their Family History Index.
It is oft quoted and contains several connections now known to be errors of fact, together with a number of leads for further investigation (my comments/notes in brackets).
Representatives for any of the lines shown would be most welcome to join the project to add modern technology to the historical document and aid in building an accurate overall Fairbairn pedigree.
John Fairbairn, b. 1563 m 1585
└── John Fairbairn, b. 1585 m 1610 d 1645 stone in Ednam (see * below)
    └──Robert Fairbairn, b. 1611 m 1636
       └── John Fairbairn, b. 1637 m 1662
           └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1662 m 1683 d 1697 stone in Ednam (see * below)
               └── John Fairbairn, b. 1688  m. 1713
                   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1714 ROX, SCT d 1797 Galashiels (See below pedigree for John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson)
                   │   m1 1745 Lucy Eadster
                   │  ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1749 m 1772 d 1829
                   │  ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1751
                   │  └── John Fairbairn, b. 1753 Makerston m 1776 Elizabeth Yule 1824 to Ontario d 1830 Darlington Ontario Family pioneers in Brockville, Teeswater
                   │   m2 1754 Helen Anderson (See below pedigree for John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson, who married 1748)
                   │  ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1755 d 1755 
                   │  ├── William Fairbairn, b. 1756  m Margaret Thomson d 1809 Family Dr John Mayo Clinic  (see below pedigree for the Ednam blacksmiths)
                   │  ├── Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1758 Smailholm, ROX, SCT m 1783 Margaret Henderson d 1844 Surrey 
                   │  │   └── Sir William Fairbairn 1st Baronet, b. 1789
                   │  └── Peter Fairbairn, b. 1769 m 1785 d 1828 Barbados
                   │     └── Sir Peter Fairbairn, b. 1799 (See below pedigree for John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson)
                   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1716 m 1744 d 1800
                   ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1719
                   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1720
                   ├── Isobel Fairbairn, b. 1722
                   ├── George Fairbairn, b. 1724 m 1746 d 1789
                   ├── Agnes Fairbairn, b. 1726 m 1747
                   ├── Patrick Fairbairn, b1728 m 1762 Margaret Purvis d 1790 (to John of Haliburton m. Jessie Johnston)
                   └── Margaret Fairbairn, b. 1729 m 1751 Hall
* The stones in Ednam may well have been legible in years past, but those above are no longer evident.
The booklet "Roxburghshire monumental Inscriptions VI Ednam" does not contain any FAIRBAIRN stones that early. It does however contain the stones relating to the Ednam blacksmith family referred to below.
However, new information to hand has an interesting variant on these "stones in Ednam" references in that it says "live{d?} Gravestone, Ednam".
If anyone knows of such a place please contact the administrator (links below). As to which is correct, headstone in Ednam or a place that may be an interpretation of gravestone in Ednam, don't know.
Should anyone come across earlier transcriptions of those referred to above please send an email to the Project Administrator with the details.
Those interested in how the assorted pedigrees of these families, differ, or may relate, may be interested in the "Hit or Myth?" page under development on the Supplementary FAIRBAIRN dna pages.

An alternate version, author unknown, follows, and also contains the "stone in Ednam" and "Crest" references.  Does anyone know who published it? And when? The only two branches with further data are those of brothers John 1714 and Robert 1716.
John Fairbairn, b. 1563 m 1585
└──John Fairbairn, b. 1585 m 1610 d 1645 stone in Ednam (see * above)
   └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1611 m 1636
       └── John Fairbairn, b. 1637 m 1662
           └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1662 m 1683 (possibly twice) d stone in Ednam (see * above)
               ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1680 d 1682
               ├──  Isobel Fairbairn, b. 1684 m 1702 James Brown
               └── John Fairbairn, b. 1688  m. 1713 (9 children)
                   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1714 Nenthorn, BEW d 1797 
                   │    m1 1748 Helen Anderson
                   │    m2 ?
                   ├──  Robert Fairbairn, b. 1716 m 1744 d 1800 (with further details of the James & Helen (Goodfellow) line)
                   ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1718 
                   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1720
                   ├── Isobel Fairbairn, b. 1722
                   ├── George Fairbairn, b. 1724 m 1746 d 1789
                   ├── Agnes Fairbairn, b. 1726 m 1747 Patrick Crawford
                   ├── Patrick Fairbairn,  annotated "Australian descendants of Fairbairn line" (see Project diary Patrick or James? for additional comments/links/info)
                   └── Margaret Fairbairn, b. 1729 m 1751 James Hall

Yet another version, also contains the "stone in Ednam" references, also contains a number of errors of fact, and an interesting lead or two.  
This is taken from a 3 page document in the Wellington County, Ontario archives, there when the file was catalogued in 1994, sourced to a Nora CARLAW, now deceased. (nee MARSTON, granddtr of Clarissa Harlow FAIRBAIRN.)
The comments are taken from the file, but linked people take you to a page for the person concerned with some extra notes and commentary as the tree contains at least seven different family lines, not currently known to be linked as shown, although dna evidence to date does indicate several are related. (Representatives of the other lines included would be most welcome to help complete the jigsaw)

John Fairbairn  b. 1503 (suspect a typo for 1563) mentions saving King James 1st & 6th, and a fief of land
└── John Fairbairn  b. 1585 (stone in Ednam)
    └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1611
        └── John Fairbairn, b. 1637
            └── Robert Fairbairn b. 1662  (stone in Ednam),
                ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1680
                ├── Isobel Fairbairn, b. 1684 m. 1702 James Town
                └── John Fairbairn, b. 1688
                    ├── John Fairbairn b. 1714
                    │   + 1748 Lucy Eadster
                    │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1749 Smailholm, ROX, SCT
                    │   └── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1751 Smailholm, ROX, SCT  (Merchant in Berwick, mercer or dry goods)
                    │   + 1754 Helen Anderson
                    │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1755 Smailholm, ROX, SCT m. 1776 Shannabank Farm, BEW, SCT Elizabeth Yule (John d. Darlington, Canada)
                    │   │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1783
                    │   │   ├── Mary Fairbairn, b. 1785
                    │   │   ├── Edward Fairbairn, b. 1787
                    │   │   ├── Margaret Fairbairn, b. 1790
                    │   │   ├── John Fairbairn  b. 1792 m. 1816 Jane Williamson
                    │   │   │   ├── Archibald Fairbairn
                    │   │   │   ├── Agnes Fairbairn
                    │   │   │   ├── James Fairbairn
                    │   │   │   ├── William Fairbairn
                    │   │   │   ├── John Fairbairn
                    │   │   │   └── David Fairbairn, b. 1822 m 1845 Charity Walker
                    │   │   ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1794 (settled in Montreal)
                    │   │   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1796 Kelso, Roxburghshire, SCT m. 1820 Janet Hunter
                    │   │   └── William Fairbairn, b. 1798 m. 1825 Isobel Synton,
                    │   ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. 1755 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, SCT
                    │   ├── William Fairbairn, b. 1756 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, SCT m. 1782 Margaret Thomson, b. Ednam, Roxburghshire, SCT  (schoolmaster Calashieldis)
                    │   ├── Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1758 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, SCT m. 1784 Margaret Henderson
                    │   │   ├── Sir William Fairbairn
                    │   │   └── Sir Peter Fairbairn
                    │   └── Peter Fairbairn, b. 1760 Smailholm, Roxburghshire, SCT (Barbadoes)
                    ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1716
                    ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1718
                    ├── James B Fairbairn, b. 1720
                    ├── Isobel Fairbairn, b. 1722
                    ├── Hoge Fairbairn, b. 1724
                    ├── Agnes Fairbairn, b. 1726 m. 1747 Patrick Crawford
                    ├── Patrick Fairbairn, b. 1728
                    └── Margaret Fairbairn, b. 1729 m. 1751 James Hall



The following is from Reby DODDS "Who's Which" (1970)
NB I am combining two separately provided sets of information received secondhand here, but both purporting to be from Reby's book and have not personally verified the excerpts are accurate transcriptions (Who's Which - LDS reference).
Documented here in order that it may be read in conjunction with the similar pedigrees here, and the DNA results to date (see also Hit or Myth?)

John Fairbairn  (fief of land from King James)
└── John Fairbairn  b. 1585 (live Graveston in Ednam)
       .
       .
    └── Robert Fairbairn b. 1662
        ├── Robert Fairbairn
        ├── Isobelle Fairbairn
        └── John Fairbairn, b. 1688
            ├── John Fairbairn b. 1714 Maherston Parish
            │   + Lucy Eadster
            │   + Helen Anderson (of Rosburghshire)
            │    ├── Walter Fairbairn
            │    ├── William Fairbairn m. Elsie Elliot (schoolmaster)
            │    │    ├──David Fairbairn (mill in Farrelton - also given as John, mill in Farrelton, same children, amongst others)
            │    │    │  ├── Archibald Fairbairn m Sarah Farrell
            │    │    │  └── William Fairbairn m Margaret Graham (William of Chelsea - NB these wives should be the other way round)
            │    │    ├──Thomas Fairbairn M.D. m Helen Kinniburg
            │    │    └──William Fairbairn, b. 1790 Alderton/Yetholm, SCT d. 1867 m 1813 Jean Wanless
            │    ├── Andrew Fairbairn m. Margaret Henderson
            │    ├── Peter Fairbairn (went to West Indies, had large family, Secretary to Lord Seaforth)
            │    └── Walter Fairbairn
            ├── Robert Fairbairn
            └── Thomas Fairbairn b. 1718
            ├── James Fairbairn b. 1720
            ├── Isobel Fairbairn b. 1722
            ├── George Fairbairn b. 1724
            └── Agnes Fairbairn


And yet another version which adds wives to the earlier generations.
There was once a version of this freely available on the web, fully commented with sources and film numbers, can anyone find it again? I hadn't time to check the sources before it vanished (at least from my sight), and have not (yet) found references to all the wives' names mentioned (but haven't finished looking).  
The only remnant I can now find is on OneGreatFamily credited to a group named osullivan/cassidy, with no contact details available. Reproduced in full below apart from descendants of John and Jennett (JOHNSON) FAIRBAIRN, and some fuller date details of day/months
Jhone Fairbairne, b. 1563 Kelso
└──Jhone Fairbairn, b. 1585 d 1645 m 1611/2 Kelso Meg Porteous
   └──Robert Fairbairn, b. abt 1604 Kelso m Jul 1626 Innerwick, ELN Agnes Home
       └── Johne Fairbairne, b. 1637 m 1652 Greenlaw Issobell Purvis
           ├── John Fairbairne b. 1658 Stitchel, ROX
           └── Robert Fairbairne, b. 1662 d 1697
           m1  
             └── Robert Fairbairne
           m2 Marion Haitlie
              ├── Isobel Fairbairne
              └── John Fairbairn, b. 1688  m. Magdalen Bo (compare with BO pedigree following)
                  ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1720 d Oct 1808 m Nov 1754 Legerwood Elizabeth Purves
                  │   └── John Fairbairn, b.abt 1772 d Jul 1824 m Jennett Johnston (with further details on this line only)
                  ├── John Fairbairn m Helen Anderson 
                  ├── Robert Fairbairn
                  ├── Thomas Fairbairn 
                  ├── Isobel Fairbairn
                  ├── George Fairbairn
                  ├── Agnes Fairbairn
                  ├── Patrick Fairbairnm Margaret Purves
                  └── Margaret Fairbairn m J Hall


The Parish Registers of Earlston show that the family of John FAIRBAIRN and Magdalen BO, is likely to be as follows (all show John as being of Lidgatehead, although only one mentions the mother).
John FAIRBAIRN d. c 1721 Lidgatehead in fanns m. Magdalen BO (assumed to be Earlston, but not found as yet; there is a contemporary William BO "workman in Earlston")
├──Isabel FAIRBAIRN bap. Mar 1713
├──Jean FAIRBAIRN bap. Jan 1715
├──John FAIRBAIRN bap. Feb 1717
├──Isabel FAIRBAIRN bap. Feb 1719 daughter to John FAIRBAIRN of Lidgatehead & Magdalen BO
├──Margaret FAIRBAIRN bap. Sep 1720
└──James FAIRBAIRN bap. Jan 1722 (as "posthumous son to John fairbairn lidgatehead in fanns")

The following expands on (and corrects some of) the above pedigrees, being the line from John Fairbairn and Helen Anderson down, but mainly only shows those lines that end in a male Fairbairn direct line descendant able, and hopefully willing, to represent this line in the dna project, given so many people claim relationship to this extended family tree (probably because of the much copied pedigrees above).
John Fairbairn, say. 1714 m 1748 Nenthorn, BEW  Helen Anderson (marr. shows Helen of Crailing, John of Nenthorn) 
├──George Fairbairn chr. 1750 Nenthorn, BEW, SCT (baptism only shows father John)
├──John Fairbairn chr.May 1751 Nenthorn, BEW, SCT
├──William Fairbairn, chr. 1756 Smailholm, ROX, SCT m Margaret Scott  (baptism names both parents - William the schoolmaster in Bowden then Galashiels)
│   ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1778 Bowden, ROX, SCT m 1809 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, MLN Sarah Morris 
│   │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1815 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Elizabeth Stote
│   │   │   └── John Urry Fairbairn, b. 1849 Millbrook, Southampton, HAM, ENG m Annie Rowland
│   │   │       └── John Rowland Fairbairn, b. 1882 Bombaym Nellie Peirce
│   │   │           └── Peter Rowland Fairbairn
│   │   │               └── Michael Rowland FairbairnF-23
│   │   │    .
│   │   │    .
│   │   │    └── John Burleigh
│   │   └── James Fairbairn, b. 1817 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Eliza Smith
│   │       └──  Hugh Aird Robert Fairbairn, b. 1861 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Elizabeth E Gordon
│   ├──  Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1786 Bowden, ROX, SCT m 1808 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN Mary Watson  (clothier, then schoolmaster)
│   │   └── William  Fairbairn, b. 1812 Cramond, MLN, SCT
│   └── Peter Fairbairn, b. 1792 Galashiels, SEL, SCT m 1826 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN Mary Ann Forrest 
│       └──William John Fairbairn, b. abt Dec 1839 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, SCT m. Georgianna de Figuardo Reid
│           ├── William George Fairbairn, b. Feb 1866 Rio de Janiero, Brazil
│           └── Peter F Fairbairn, b. Mar 1867 Rio de Janiero, Brazil
├── Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1758 Smailholm, ROX, SCT m . 1783 Melrose, ROX Margaret Henderson (baptism names both parents)
│   ├── William Fairbairn 1st Bt, b. 1789 Kelso, ROX, SCT m 1816 Bedlington, NBL Dorothy Marr
│   │   ├── Sir Thomas G Fairbairn 2nd Bt, b. 1823 Manchester, LAN, ENG m Allison Callaway
│   │   │   ├── Thomas Gordon Fairbairn 4th Bt, b. 1854 Manchester, LAN, ENG m Jennie Cora Davies
│   │   │   │   └── William Albert Fairbairn 5th Bt, b. 1902 NJ, USA m 1925 Braintree, ESS, ENG Christine Renee Cotton Croft
│   │   │   │       └── James Brooke Fairbairn 6th Bt m Mary Russell Scott
│   │   │   │           └── Robert William Fairbairn
│   │   │   └── Arthur Henderson Fairbairn 3rd Bt, b. 1852 Ardwick, LAN, ENG m Florence Fridenwyde Long
│   │   ├── William Andrew Fairbairn, b. 1824 Manchester, LAN, ENG
│   │   │    m1 Marianne Murray
│   │   │   └── William Murray Fairbairn, b. 1850 Higher Broughton, Dist of Salford, LAN, ENG m Frances Elizbaeth Bury
│   │   │       ├── Bernard William Murray Fairbairn, b. 1880 Alderbury, WIL, ENG m Alice Mary Phillipps
│   │   │       │   ├── Alan Bernard Murray Fairbairn, b. 1906 Plymouth, DEV, ENG m Adeline Hilda Sweet
│   │   │       │   │   └── John Alan Fairbairn  m Susan
│   │   │       │   │       └── Timothy J C Fairbairn
│   │   │       │   └── David Patrick Fairbairn  m Margaret Winnifred Ferrers Courage
│   │   │       │       └── William David Murray Fairbairn m Rowena
│   │   │       │           └── Oliver J M Fairbairn
│   │   │       └── Aubrey John Murray Fairbairn, b. 1888 m Florence Adela Augusta Jane Rawlins
│   │   │           └── Ian A Fairbairn
│   │   │   m 2 Helen Birley
│   │   │   └── Edward Percy Fairbairn, b. 1866 Dist of Kensington, LND, ENG
│   │   │       m 1 Mary Douglas
│   │   │       └── William Douglas Fairbairn, b. 1895 Dist of Knighton, RAD, WLS
│   │   │        m 2 Constance Eden
│   │   │       ├── George William Fairbairn
│   │   │       └── Patrick Yelverton Fairbairn, b. 1913 Dist of East Grinstead, SSX, ENG m Dorothy Mary Henshaw
│   │   │           └──  Edward J Fairbairn
│   │   └── Rev Adam Henderson Fairbairn MA,
│   └── (Sir) Peter Fairbairn b. 1799 Kelso, ROX, SCT m1 1827 Gorbals Margaret Kennedy m2 1855 Newcastle Upon Tyne Rachel Anne Brandling
├── John Fairbairn chr.Feb 1760 Smailholm, ROX, SCT  (baptism names both parents)
└──  Peter Fairbairn chr.Aug 1762 Smailholm, ROX, SCT d. 1822 British Guiana m. Jane Paxton or Patton   (baptism names both parents)
    ├── John Fairbairn  b. 1788 Coldingham, BEW, SCT
    ├── James Fairbairn  b. 1791 Coldingham, BEW, SCT
    ├── William Fairbairn b. 1794 Brahan Castle, Urray, ROC, SCT m  Beatrix Hay
    │   ├── Peter Fairbairn  b. 1834 Stornoway, ROC, SCT
    │   └── James Fairbairn  b. circa 1844 Stornoway, ROC, SCT
    ├── Francis Fairbairn  b. Feb1798 Brahan Castle, Urray, ROC, SCT
    └── Thomas Fairbairn  b. Jan 1800 Brahan Castle, Urray, ROC, SCT

The Selkirk John Fairbairn Helen Anderson couple:
John Fairbairn, b. say 1700 ?Selkirk, SEL, SCT m Helen Anderson m. 1727 Selkirk, SEL, SCT (John a cordiner and burges of Selkirk)
├── William Fairbairn, b. 1728 Selkirk, SEL, SCT
├── James Fairbairn, b. 1732 Selkirk, SEL, SCT
└── Francis Fairbairn, b. 1740 Selkirk, SEL, SCT

The seedsmen/nurserymen FAIRBAIRN families of Clapham, Oxford and Chelsea -  additional participants wanted to see where they may match the Scottish FAIRBAIRNs, and to prove some inter-relationships
Researcher: Sue Collier

James Fairbairn**, b. circa 1750 SCT m Elizabeth Ashenden
├──  James Fairbairn, b. circa 1783 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Mary Wenham
├──  Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1785 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Sarah Wadham

│   └──  Robert William Fairbairn**, b. circa 1815 Kensington, Middlesex, ENG m Anne Eliza Noakes (assumed to be the unidentified "1st son" of Robert & Sarah)
│        ├── James Joseph Fairbairn, b. Oct 1840 Clapham, Surrey, ENG
│        ├── Richard Robert Fairbairn, b. Oct 1840 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Mary Elizabeth Doyle
│        │   └──  Richard Robert Fairbairn, b. 1867 Lambeth, Surrey, ENG m Louisa Harriet Beechey
│        │       └──  Winston George Fairbairn, b. 1912 Worcester, Worcestershire, ENG m Minnie Maria Weaver
│        │           └──  NJ Fairbairn  F-30
│        └── Henry Noakes Fairbairn, b. Nov 1844 Yoxford, Suffolk, ENG m Harriet Elizabeth Stokely

├──  George Fairbairn, b. 1794 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Susannah Muskett
│   └──  Edward Frederick Fairbairn, b. 1819 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Sarah Guiver Knott noved to Carlisle
│       ├──  Robert J Fairbairn, b. circa 1841 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Sarah Hill
│       ├──  George John Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1845 Clapham, Surrey, ENG
│       │   └──  Edward George Fairbairn, b. 1879 Carrick on Suir, Kilkenny or Tipperary or Waterford, IRL m Annie Eliza Elsworth
│       │       └──  George Elsworth Fairbairn, b. 1908 Botcherby, Dist of Carlisle, Cumberland, ENG m Hannah P Davidson
│       └──  John Thomas Burrows Fairbairn, b. 1851 Carlisle, Cumberland, ENG m Hannah Jackson
│           ├──  John Fairbairn, b. circa 1888 Stanwix, Cumberland, ENG m Mary McGuiness
│           └──  Thomas Fairbairn, b. circa 1894 Edentown, Cumberland, ENG m Aileen Greer M Nicholson
│               └──  Alan J Fairbairn
├──  John Fairbairn, b. say 1800 Clapham, Surrey, ENG
└──  Joseph Fairbairn, b. 1802 Clapham, Surrey, ENG m Christiana Vince


Thomas FAIRBAIRN, b. between 1776 and 1780 SCT (d. Oxfordshire) m Rebecca Ousby
└──  John Bye Fairbairn, b. circa 1824 ENG m (Maidstone, Kent) Fanny Larking

 


One of the Francis FAIRBAIRN families (lived Kelso, then Selkirk)  Participant wanted   Researcher John Dudgeon
Francis Fairbairn, b. say 1760 ?Kelso, ROX m  Isabella Hendriworth or Henderwick or Innerwick
 ├── Isabella Fairbairn, b. Mar 1794 Selkirk, SEL, SCT m William Spence
 │   .
 │   └──John Dudgeon
 └── John Fairbairn, b.Dec 1796 Kelso, ROX (mother's surname not given on dth cert, but assumed to be Henderwick, not Newton, from birth place of Roxburghshire, rather than Earlston)
      1) Ann Richardson
        ├── Francis Fairbairn chr. 1817 Broomhill, SEL SCT m Helen Young
        └── Walter Fairbairn b. 1821 Broomhill, SEL SCT m Margaret Purdom
            └── John Fairbairn b. 1852 m  Hanna/Anna Pardo
                └── Walter P Fairbairn  b. Jun 1886 Detroit, MI, USA m Gladys Jack
                    └──  Robert W Fairbairn 
         2) Helen Laidlaw
        └── William Fairbairn b. 1842 SEL SCT m Isabella Allan
            └── George Fairbairn  b. 1873 Peebles, SCT m Jane Ann Hush
                └──William Fairbairn  b. 1900 Peebles, SCT


Line leader and participant wanted:
An Ancestral File entry shows this James to be the son of Archibald Fairbairn and Alison CROSSER, but that James has now been claimed (see Lineage 1 above). However it is felt that a Lineage 1 connection to this family is highly likely
James Fairbairn, b. circa 1795 ?Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Mary Bell Thomson
 └── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1824 Caverton Mill, Eckford, ROX, SCT m Isabella Henderson
     ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1853 Morebattle, ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Wright
     │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1877 Jedburgh, ROX, SCT m Margaret Elizabeth Cornwall
     │   ├── Archibald Henderson Fairbairn, b. circa 1882 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT m Isabella Oliver Scott
     │   │   └── James Fairbairn, b. SAS, CAN
     │   ├── Walter Fairbairn, b. circa 1883 Greenlaw, BEW, SCT
     │   └── James Fairbairn,b. circa 1891 Ayton, BEW, SCTT
     ├── Archibald Henderson Fairbairn, b. 1855 Hunthill, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT m Fanny Waite Fairbairn (daughter of William Fairbairn, one of the Ednam blacksmiths, see below)
     │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1882 Longbenton, NBL, ENG
     │   ├── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1883 Ardsley, YKS, ENG
     │   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1887 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Ann Wilkinson
     │   │   └── James Duncan Fairbairn, b. circa 1923?ONT, CAN
     │   ├── Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1889 Gateshead, DUR, ENG
     │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1892 Gateshead, DUR, ENG
     │   └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1893 Gateshead, DUR, ENG m Female UnknownSurname
     │       └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1917 ONT, CAN m Nellie M Martin
     └──Robert Fairbairn, b. 1862 Jedburgh, ROX, SCT m Grace Christina Grant Spalding
        ├── Robert Henderson Fairbairn, b.1883 Glasgow, LKS, SCT d. 1958 Vancouver, BRC, CAN m Vibeke Madsen
        ├── John Short Fairbairn, b.1895 Glasgow, LKS, SCT d. 1956 Montreal, QUE, CAN m Helen Mary Peterkin Low
        └── James Fairbairn, b. 1901 Govan, LKS, SCT d. 1973 Wellington, NZ m Emele Moa Te'o

The Ednam Blacksmiths
Line leader and participant wanted:

Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1728 ?Ednam, ROX, SCT m Jean  Davidson
 └── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1756 ?Ednam, ROX, SCT m Margaret Thomson
     └── Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1787 Ednam, ROX, SCT
         1) Margaret Kinghorn
           └── Edward Fairbairn, b. 1815 Ednam, ROX, SCT (to NSW, AUS 1838) m Cathereine Elizabeth Fortner
         2) m Jane Broomfield
           ├── William Fairbairn, b. 1823 New Wooler, ROX, SCT m Helen Douglas
           │   ├── Fanny Waite Fairbairn, b. c. 1862 m Archibald Henderson Fairbairn, b. 1855 Hunthill, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT (see above - James Fairbairn & Mary Bell Thomson)
           │   │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1882 Longbenton, NBL, ENG
           │   │   ├── William Fairbairn, b. circa 1883 Ardsley, YKS, ENG
           │   │   ├── James Fairbairn, b. 1887 Sunderland, DUR, ENG m Ann Wilkinson
           │   │   │   └── James Duncan Fairbairn, b. circa 1923 ?ONT, CAN
           │   │   ├── Edward Fairbairn, b. circa 1889 Gateshead, DUR, ENG
           │   │   ├── John Fairbairn, b. circa 1892 Gateshead, DUR, ENG
           │   │   └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1893 Gateshead, DUR, ENG m ??
           │   │       └── Archibald Fairbairn, b. circa 1917 ONT, CAN m Nellie M Martin
           │   └── Edward Fairbairn, b. 1865 Ednam, ROX, SCT m Isabella Hogarth
           │       └── John Fairbairn
           └── James Fairbairn, b. 1831 Ednam, ROX, SCT m Catherine Aitchison Bruce
               └── Edward Fairbairn, b. 1853 Edinburgh, SCT m Elinor
                   └── Thomas S A Fairbairn, b. 1890 Buffalo, NY, USA m Helen Pumeya
                       └── John Fitzgerald Fairbairn, b 1922 Buffalo, NY, USA m Meryl (Mayo Clinic)

Line leader and participant wanted:
Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1770 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Margaret Clarkson
├──Rev John Clarkson Fairbairn, b. 1809 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Margaret Wilson (John was the Free Church Minister of Allanton)
├──Thomas Fairbairn M.D, b. 1811 Canongate, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Helen Kinniburgh
└──William Fairbairn, bap. 1815 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, SCT m Agnes Hamilton Dodds
   └──Thomas Fairbairn, b. 1854 Edinburgh m Cecilia Leefe
      └── William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, b. 1899 Edinburgh m Mary Ann More Gordon
          └── Nicholas Fairbairn, b. 1933 Edinburgh

Line leader and participant wanted (may be connected to George F. and Jannet Kiyll of St Boswells; and William F. and Ann Cranston m. Sprouston).
Noted with passing interest that a search of the SMGF database using Lineage 1 markers brought up a 25/28 match with a Brinckerhoff family who emigrated to Pennsylvania!

William Fairbairn, b. 1762 St Boswells SCT m Mary Mott  (a publisher in Connecticut or New York)
└──Robert Brinckerhoff Fairbairn, b. 1818 Greenwich Village, NY, USA m Juliet Arnold  (Warden St Stephen’s College, Annandale, NY
   └── Henry A Fairbairn, b 1855 NY, USA m Alice LeFevre
       └──Robert L Fairbairn, b. circa 1889 NY, USA m Mary Laile Fanning
           └── Henry A Fairbairn, b. NY, USA



Participants wanted 

John Fairbairn b 1753 Makerston d. 1830 Darlington, Upper Canada m Elizabeth Yule
├── John Fairbairn, b. Jun 1784 SCT Channabank, Abbey St Bathans, BEW, SCT m Julian Boak  (John, a forrester, d. Mar 1863 Inverkip Renfrew, SCT )
├── Robert Fairbairn, b. Jul 1789 Shannabank, BEW, SCT m Helen (or Amelia) Walker  (brother, probably James, in Haddington "in dry goods")
│   ├── John Fairbairn, b. Mar 1823 ONT, CAN m Almira Bowen
│   │   └── James Nelson Fairbairn, b.c 1855 ONT, CAN m Emma L Kelly
│   │       └──  Bradford Fairbairn, b.1882 Durham Co, ONT, CAN
│   ├──  James Brougham Fairbairn, b. circa 1831 ONT, CAN m Caroline Diamond
│   │   ├── Rhys D Fairbairn, b. circa 1868 ONT, CAN
│   │   └── Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, b. 1874 Bowmanville, Northumberland & Durham Co, ONT, CAN
│   ├── William G Fairbairn, b. circa 1835 Darlington Twp, ONT, CAN m Mary E
│   │   ├── Robert Fairbairn, b. circa 1857 CAN m Eliza
│   │   │   └── William J Fairbairn, b. circa 1879 NY, USA
│   │   └── George E Fairbairn, b. circa 1861 CAN
│   └── Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, b. 1840 Bowmanville, ONT, CAN m Jane Roger (a politician)
│       └── John Morice Roger Fairbairn, b. 1873 ONT, CAN m Hannah Louisa MacFarlane
│           └── John Macfarlane Fairbairn, b. 1903 Mawa, Carelton Co, ONT, CAN
├── Thomas Fairbairn, b. Jun Dec 1791 Shannabank, Abbey St Bathans, BEW, SCT m Catherine Angus (Thomas in Leith Midlothian in 1861 census as a jobbing gardener aged 70 born "Shanley Bank")
│   └── Henry Fairbairn, b. abt 1834 East Calder, MLN, SCT m Sarah Lindsay McMinn Sharp(e) (photographer)
│       └── Henry Fairbairn, b. Apr 1855 Edinburgh, MLN m Margaret Forbes Low (dentist assistant)
│           ├── Henry M Fairbairn, b. abt 1880 Cupar, Fife
│           ├── James Fairbairn, b. abt 1882 Cupar, Fife
│           └── John Fairbairn, b. abt 1883 Cupar, Fife
├── William Fairbairn, b. May 1794 Shannabank, Abbey St Bathans, BEW, SCT m (1819 Newgate, London) Sarah Lloyd  (William, a joiner, and Sarah, moved from London to Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire; id reinforced by family information that "William married an Englishwoman")
└── Henry Fairbairn, b. Jun 1800 Shannabank or White Adder, BEW, SCT m Mary Kinnimond (to Ontario, Canada)
    ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1820 SCT m Ann Gill (to Australia)
    └── James Henry Fairbairn, b. 1823 Ratho, MLN, SCT  (to Australia)
        1) Jessie Murray
           └── Robert Murray Fairbairn, b.NSW, AUS m Sarah Norbury
        2) Charlotte Lindsay Meek
           └── Frederick Thomas Fairbairn, b.1861 NSW, AUS m Mary Jane Cocksedge


Participant wanted 
Thomas Fairbairn b abt 1746 ?BEW, SCT d. 1814 Leitholm Elspeth/Eppy Wood Researcher: Norma Chantler,
├── James Fairbairn, b. abt 1786 SCT m Margery Rose
│   ├──  Thomas Allen Fairbairn, b.1829 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Mary
│   ├──  John Fairbairn, b.abt 1843 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI, USA m.Josephine Martin
│   └──  George D Fairbairn, b. 1847 Detroit, Wayne Co, MI, USA m. Emily
├── Robert Fairbairn, b.Nov 1796 Longfomacus, BEW SCT m Helen Milne
│   ├── Thomas Fairbairn, b.Sep 1824 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Mary Middlemas
│   ├── George Milne Fairbairn, b.Mar 1838 SCT m  Martha Jane McDowell
└── John Fairbairn, b. abt 1801 Edrom, BEW, SCT m Janet Lyal

Participant wanted 
Yet another line with Nenthorn connections, and the usual spread across the globe.
George Fairbairn, b. say 1770 ?Nenthorn, Scotland m (Nenthorn) Jane Law (of Melrose)
├──  George Fairbairn, b. circa 1800 Garrich, Par. of Nenthorn, Berwick, Scotland m Margaret Lough or Loch
│   ├──  Adam Fairbairn, b. 1821 Barnhills, Par. of Ancrum, Roxburgh, Scotland m Elizabeth Piercy
│   │   └──  William Fairbairn, b. circa 1850 Carham, Northumberland, England m Christina Marshall
│   │       └──  Adam George Percy Fairbairn, b. 1875 Sth Shields, Durham, England m Jane Leake Legg
│   │           └──  Roy Legge Fairbairn, b. 1913 Bronx, New York, USA
│   ├──  Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1823 Barnhills, Par. of Ancrum, Roxburgh, Scotland m Janet Aitchison
│   │   └──  George Fairbairn, b. circa 1849 Scotland m Susan Hamilton
│   │       └──  Frank Archibald Fairburn, b. 1876 Iowa, USA m Cordelia Patterson
│   │           └──  George P Fairburn
│   └──  William Fairbairn, b. 1824 Barnhills, Par. of Ancrum, Roxburgh, Scotland m Isabella Black
│       └──  Adam Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1862 Shotton, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England m Sarah Jane Welsh
│           └──  William George Fairbairn, b. 1888 St Paul, Howard Co, Nebraska, USA m Elnora Dell Coons
│               └──  Wilbur Dale Fairbairn, b. 1912 St Paul, Howard Cty, Nebraska, USA m Louise Boruch
└──  Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1801 Garrich, Par. of Nenthorn, Berwick, Scotland m Margaret Stevens
    └──  David Fairbairn, b. 1826 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland m Isabella Trotter
        ├──  Archibald Fairbairn, b. 1864 Duns, Berwick, Scotland m Ellen Thompson Alty
        │   └──  Henry Alty Fairbairn m Elsie N Croft
        │       └──  Francis Stephen Alty Fairbairn  m Simpkin
        └──  Robert Trotter Fairbairn, b. 1867 Duns, Berwick, Scotland m Louisa Ann Chisholm
            └──  Archibald D Fairbairn, b. circa 1900 Leslie, Fife, Scotland

Participant wanted

John Fairbairn**  m Mary Robertson
└── Ralph Archibald Fairbairn , b. 1788 ENG m Helen Crow/Craw Researcher David Richardson
    ├── John Fairbairn, b. 1806 Hutton, Berwickshire, SCT m (--?--) Janet
    ├── Alexander Fairbairn, b. 1808 Hutton, Berwickshire, SCT
    ├── James Fairbairn, b. circa 1817 Whitsome, Berwickshire, SCT m Christian Nisbet
    │   └── Ralph Fairbairn, b. 1848 Coldstream, Berwickshire, SCT
    └── Robert Fairbairn, b. 1822 Hutton, Berwickshire, SCT m Isabella Gray
        ├── Ralph Fairbairn, b. 1848 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT (d. single)
        ├── Mary Fairbairn, b. 1850 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT
        │   └── James Fairbairn, b. 1874 Coldstream, Berwickshire, SCT m Margaret Wight
        │       └── Margaret Wight Fairbairn, b. 1906 Wooler, Northumberland, ENG m Isaac Richardson
        │           └── David Richardson
        └── Thomas Gray Fairbairn, b. 1858 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, SCT


Cockburnspath Fairbairns
George Fairbairn b. abt 1660, ?Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Christian Bookles
└── John Fairbairn b. abt 1695, ?Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Helen Grieve (linked to parents by date/place only)
        └── David Fairbairn b. 1736, Oldcambus, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Janet Bald
         ├──John Fairbairn b. abt 1760, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Grizel Johnson
         │  ├──David Fairbairn b. 1787, Oldhamstocks, ELN, SCT m Alison Anderson
         │  │  ├── John Fairbairn b.abt 1809, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Margaret Burgon
         │  │  │   ├── Peter Fairbairn b.abt 1838, Dunbar, ELN, SCT m Elizabeth Runciman
         │  │  │   └──  William Fairbairn b.abt 1854, Innerwick, ELN, SCT m Grace Fairbairn (see below)
         │  │  ├── Thomas Fairbairn b. 1812, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Helen Anderson
         │  │  │   └── Elizabeth Fairbairn b.abt 1841,  Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Alexander Fairbairn (see below)
         │  │  └── William Fairbairn b. c 1818 Cove, BEW, SCT m Jane Burgon
         │  │      └── GraceFairbairn b.abt 1854, Innerwick, ELN, SCT m William Fairbairn (see above)
         │  ├── James Fairbairn b. 1793, Oldhamstocks, ELN, SCT m Jane Anderson
         │  │   └── James Fairbairn b. 1822, Cove, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Janet Paterson
         │  │       └── John Shaw Fairbairn b. 1850, Cove, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Janet Paterson
         │  │           └── James Fairbairn b. 1873, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Christina Wood 
         │  │               └── Edward Hoernle  Fairbairn b. 1908 Edinburgh, MLN, SCT m Charlotte (to Illinois)
         │  └── Walter Fairbairn b. 1802, Oldhamstocks, ELN, SCT m Elizabeth Wilson 
         │      └── Alexander Fairbairn b. 1841 Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Elizabeth Fairbairn (see above)
         └── William Fairbairn b. 1767, Oldhamstocks, ELN, SCT m Janet Johnson 
             └── James Fairbairn b. 1804, Oldhamstocks, ELN, SCT m Catherine Allan
                 └── Robert Fairbairn b. 1840, Cockburnspath, BEW, SCT m Jane Houlistan (to New Zealand)

Stitchel/Maxton Fairbairns
James Fairbairn b. say 1700 ?Kelso, ROX, SCT m 1734 Kelso Margaret Learmonth
└── James Fairbairn b. say 1747 Kelso, ROX, SCT m 1772 Kelso Christian Jerdan  (birth date/place assumes correct id of baptism/parents)
    └── Charles Fairbairn b. abt 1770, ?Eccles, BEW, SCT m Agnes Mark  (schoolteacher)
        ├── William Fairbairn, b.1800 Sprouston, ROX, SCT m Agnes Paterson
        │   ├── Charles Fairbairn, b.c. 1830 Stitchill, ROX, SCT m Violet Ballantyne
        │   │   └── John Fairbairn, b. 1859 Stitchill, ROX, SCT m Agnes Dickson
        │   └── John Fairbairn, b.c. 1831 Stitchill, ROX, SCT m Grace Dewar
        │       └──  Alexander Fairbairn, b.1863 Humbie, ELN, SCT m Mary Telfer
        └── Charles Fairbairn, b.1814 Stitchel, ROX, SCT m Elizabeth Elliot
            └── David Fairbairn, b.1869 Maxton, ROX, SCT m Jane Henderson Hislop

A Massachusetts FAIRBAIRN family that has defeated searches to date to link it up to its reputed English origins (or to be found in the 1880 American census).
Chris would love to hear from you if you know anything about this family, especially if you can identify Catherine’s first husband’s name, or provide a dna participant to help solve the mystery.
Male Fairbairn, b. say 1855 ENG m Catherine J UnknownSurname, (later Marino) b. CAN
├── Alfred Joseph Fairbairn, b. 1877 San FranciscoCA, USA m Annie Marie Connelly
│   ├── Alfred E Fairbairn, b. circa 1902 MA, USA m Mary E UnknownSurname
│   │   └── Alfred Fairbairn, b. say 1932 ?MA, USA
│   └── Frank Leslie Fairbairn, b. 1906 Medford, MA, USA m Margaret O'Dea
│       └── Maureen F Fairbairn
│           └── Chris Smith  Reseacher Email csmith ..at.. endeca ... com
├── Edward Fairbairn, b. 1880 CA, USA m Electa O ?Currier
│   └── Edward P Fairbairn, b. circa 1906 MA, USA
└── George C Fairbairn, b. 1887 WI, USA m Lillian M Donnelly
    └── Chester I Fairbairn, b. 1911 MA, USA m Mary J McDonald
        └── John R Fairbairn



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Last updated August 1, 2010