James FAIRRIE

  General Notes:

Shipmaster, West Indies merchant

Robert Douglas Masfie in Ancestry.com:

The family of James Fairrie of Irvine -JOHNSTONE - MACFIE PATERSON McCORMICK DENNISTON CUNNINGHAM MARTIN COLQUHOUN TROOP CAMERON SHAW BLAIR BRUCE CAMPBELL
James Fairrie and (xxxxx ) Robertson were married 9 Oct 1751

Marion Fairrie born 4 Sept 1752
James 28 April 1754
Agnes died young 26 Dec 1755
Jean 3 Jan 1758 - died June 1854
Thomas died young 5 Aug 1759
Thomas went to the Wst India's 4 Feb 1761
William " " " 5 Nov 1762
Robert 25 Oct 1764
John 24 Nov 1766
Agnes 29 Oct 1768
Fanny 6 Dec 1770
Matthew went to the East India's 28 Sept 1772
Charlotte 8 Jan 1775
Adam 15 April 1777

1st The family of Marion Fairrie married David Johnstone

2 nd James Fairrie long a shipmaster married (xxx) Paterson of Irvine,

1 John now of London who married Miss McCormick of whom there

are six children ( note this Miss McCormick belongs to a family

connected with the Wahabs)

2 Jean who married John Denniston she left

John ,

Mrs Cunningham ,

Archibald,

Thomas

two daughters (NAMES UNKNOWN)

3 Thomas who married Miss Martin no family

4 Adam married Miss Johnstone & have a large family

Mr James Fairrie afterwards married Miss Colquhoun the following are second family

Wiliam died at about 25 years

James " " 19 years

Mary

Agnes married Robert Macfie

3 rd Robert a shipmaster married Miss Troop of Port Glasgow their daughter Jean married Hugh Cameron

4th John a shipmaster married Miss Shaw of Irvine their daughter married Mr Blair of Irvine & have a family

5th Fanny married a Mr Bruce of Canada

6th Adam married Rachel Campbell of Port Glasgow on 3 June 1807 & have

John born 1 May

Janet 4 Nov 1809

Adam 11 Dec 1813

John 3 Jan 1817

Jean 17 Dec 1820

Robert 4 Sept 1822

Rachel 20 Feb 1824

James married Jean ROBERTSON on 9 Oct 1751 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Jean ROBERTSON was born in 1730 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)