'Fairlie2'
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Families covered: Fairlie of Braid, Fairlie of Coodham, Fairlie of Edinburgh
| 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 2, 1852, p23), reporting Nisbet, states that "the ancient family of Fairlie of Braid, in the vicinity of Edinburgh, was descended from a natural son of Robert II". However, King Robert II was born in 1316, making it impossible that he was father of the following William who is described by MacGregor as "a custumar and burgess of Edinburgh by 1329" with a son alive in 1335. | |||||||||||||||
| William de Fairlie of Edinburgh (a 1329, 1345) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William de Fairlie of Braid (a 1335, 1381) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Fairlie of Braid (d by 1399) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 09.10.1381) Elene Douglas (natural dau of Sir Henry Douglas of Lugton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William de Fairlie of Braid (d before 01.1426) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John de Fairlie of Baird (a 1426) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Andrew Fairlie of Braid & Bavelaw (d before 06.10.1461) | ||||||||||||||
| MacGregor suggests that Andrew was probably father of the undermentioned James. We presume to suggest that he was in fact James's grandfather. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? Fairlie presumed intervening generation | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Fairlie of Braid (a 1526, d before 06.1530) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hog (a 1516) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Henry Fairlie (dsp before 26.02.1516) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Ramsay (sister of William Ramsay of Polton) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Archibald Fairlie of Braid (d before 31.07.1538) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 03.03.1517/8) Euphemia Kinninmont | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Fairlie of Braid (d 17.05.1588) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Johnston (d 09.1547, dau of Andrew Johnston of Elphinstone) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Fairlie of Colmestoun | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 09.1547) Annabella Campbell (dau of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, widow of Archibald Napier of Merchiston) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (mcrt 26.11.1549) Mariote Wemyss (sister of David Wemyss of Dron) | |||||||||||||||
| Not clear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Alexander Fairlie of Braid (d 10.1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (by 01.03.1573, div by 1580) Elizabeth Lundy (dau of William Lundy of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Robert Fairlie, last of Braid (d before 08.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 03.08.1599) Margaret Dalmahoy (dau of Alexander Dalmahoy of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Isabel Fairlie (bpt 16.01.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 29.01.1633) Uchtred Knox of Ranfurlie (m2. Elizabeth Mure) | |||||||||||||||
| ((b))+ | other issue - Alexander (a 1627), Robert (bpt 01.0.1609, a 1627), John (bpt 121.07.1610), William of Braid (bpt 23.02.1613, a 1652), George (bpt 25.01.1616) | ||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | James Fairlie (a 1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Martha Knox (d 01.12.1592, dau of John Knox (the Reformer)) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elspeth (or Helen) Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Lockhart of Lee (m2. Martha Douglas) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv))+ | other issue - John, William, Nathaniel, Martha | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (mcrt 25.06.1593) Nicholas Dundas (dau of Archibald Douglas of Fingask) | |||||||||||||||
| ((viii)) | Alexander Fairlie (a 1622) | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ((ix)) | Alexander Fairlie (a 1601) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Robert Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Jane Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 20.05.1565) James Crichton of Brunston | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Elizabeth Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Douglas of Borg | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | John Fairlie of Edinburgh (d 07.1585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret McGhie | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Fairlie of Edinburgh (d before 09.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.11.1598) Margaret Craig | |||||||||||||||
| ((i))+ | issue - Robert (a 1626), William (bpt 10.07.1606), John (bpt 31.07.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue (a 1558) - John, Adam | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Adam Fairlie (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Fairlie (a 1489) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Helen Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 08.01.1426) Henry Forrester | |||||||||||||||
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| (1) This section was originally launched on 19.02.15 as a section on a Draft page. It was moved here after review led to acceptance that there was little chance of our making a significant improvement to it in the near future and that it was 'good enough' to be promoted into the main database. (2) Paterson (p73) reports that "The Fairlies, of whom Holmes is a branch, are understood to be descended from the Fairlies of that Ilk, near Largs." |
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| Thomas Fairlie ("settled in Irvine") | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Francis (dau of _ Francis of Stane Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Davidson | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Fairlie (b 1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Mure (dau of Mungo Mure of Bruntwood) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Fairlie of Jamaica then Bellfield (d 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Bell (relict of John Mitchell) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Fairlie of Holmes (Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1821) Agnes Maria Fairlie (dau of William Fairlie of Calcutta then London) @@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mungo Fairlie of Holmes (d 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Fairlie 'of Calcutta then London' (d 1825) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.1798) Margaret Ogilvy (dau of John Ogilvy of Murtle) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Fairlie (b 1798, d 1822) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Fairlie (b 1799) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| c. | James Ogilvy Fairlie of Coodham (b 10.10.1809) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1840) Anne Eliza MacLeod (d 1843, dau of _ MacLeod of MacLeod) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1845) Elizabeth Constance (dau of William Houison Craufurd of Craufurdland) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Agnes Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Fairle of Holmes @@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Margaret Eliza Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Stuart Hay | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Duncan Fergusson of Cassilis (Major) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Jean Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Mure of Netheraith | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Margaret Fairlie | ||||||||||||||
| m. P. Clark | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Thomas, James, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| m2. ?? | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For the upper section : 'RedBookScot' (Gordon MacGregor, vol 6, 'Fairlie of Braid', p376+)
(2) For the lower section : 'History of the County of Ayr' (James Paterson, vol 2, 1852, 'Fairlie of Holmes' (p73) & 'Fairlie of Coodham' (p519))
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