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David Cairns 1708 – 1762 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Feb 1708

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK

Death Date: 1762

Death Location: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Robert Cairns

Mother: Mary NUCKLE

Spouse(s): Margaret Cairns

Children(s): David Cairns, Mary Cairns, Mary Cairns, William Cairns, John Cairns, Mary Cairns, Thomas CAIRNS, James Cairns, James Cairns, Agnes Cairns, Archbald Cairns, James Cairns, Hendry Cairns, Alexander Cairns, Margaret Cairns, David CAIRNS

David Cairns was born in 1708 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK, the child of Robert Kearney Cairns and Mary Janet NUCKLE. David Cairns married Margaret Dick Cairns, and had children including David (Twin) Cairns, Mary I Cairns, Mary Isabel Cairns, William (twin) Cairns, John I (twin) Cairns, Mary Isabel (twin) Cairns, Thomas CAIRNS, James Robert Cairns, James Robert Cairns, Agnes (twin) Cairns, Archbald Kearney Cairns, James Cairns, Hendry (Henry) Cairns, Alexander Cairns, Margaret Cairns, David CAIRNS. David Cairns passed away in 1762 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • David Cairns was born in 1708 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK, the child of Robert Kearney Cairns and Mary Janet NUCKLE.
  • David Cairns married Margaret Dick Cairns, and had children including David (Twin) Cairns, Mary I Cairns, Mary Isabel Cairns, William (twin) Cairns, John I (twin) Cairns, Mary Isabel (twin) Cairns, Thomas CAIRNS, James Robert Cairns, James Robert Cairns, Agnes (twin) Cairns, Archbald Kearney Cairns, James Cairns, Hendry (Henry) Cairns, Alexander Cairns, Margaret Cairns, David CAIRNS.
  • David Cairns passed away in 1762 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Cairns
1679 – 1730
Birth Location: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Mary NUCKLE
1680 – 1741
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Cairns
1714 – 1794
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Children(s)

David Cairns
1729 – 1779
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Cairns
1733 – 1733
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Cairns
1734 – 1740
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
MC
William Cairns
1739 – 1748
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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John Cairns
1740 – 1796
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Cairns
1740 – 1790
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
MC
Thomas CAIRNS
1741 –
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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James Cairns
1743 – 1805
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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James Cairns
1743 – 1746
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Agnes Cairns
1743 – 1803
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Archbald Cairns
1743 – 1793
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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James Cairns
1746 – 1805
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Hendry Cairns
1748 –
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Alexander Cairns
1750 – 1823
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Cairns
1753 – 1837
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife
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David CAIRNS
1756 – 1779
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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David Cairns's Ancestors

Self
David Cairns
1708 – 1762
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
Parents
Robert Kearney Cairns
1679 – 1730
East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Mary (Janet) NUCKLE
1680 – 1741
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
David Cairns
1639 – 1722
St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland
Elspeth (Bessie) Gray
1646 – 1721
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Andrew Nicoll\Nuckle
1652 –
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Janet Black
1649 – 1693
Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Helen Bell
1605 –
ANDREW GRAY
1614 –
Elisabeth Turpie
1616 – 1692
Andrew Nicol
1636 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander *'
1565 – 1612

David Cairns's Descendants

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David Cairns (15 Feb 1708 – 1762) m. Margaret (Dick) Cairns (25 Jan 1714 – 05 Dec 1794)
  1. 1. David ((Twin)) Cairns (7 Oct 1729 – Abt. 1779)
  2. 2. Mary (I) Cairns (13 Jan 1733 – 1733)
  3. 3. Mary (Isabel) Cairns (12 Dec 1734 – before 1740)
  4. 4. William ((twin)) Cairns (28 Mar 1739 – Bef 1748)
  5. 5. John (I (twin)) Cairns (30 Oct 1740 – Aft. 1796) m. Catherine\Katherine Christie (24 May 1747 – 13 Jul 1797)
    1. 1. John (Carnes) Cairns (24 Nov 1753 – 09 April 1826)
    2. 2. Hay Cairns (24 Apr 1769 – bef 1798)
    3. 3. Margaret (Campbell) Cairns (03 Feb 1771 – bef Mar 1776)
    4. 4. James Cairns (1 Jul 1772 – BEF 1860)
    5. 5. Anne Cairns (16 May 1774 – 1853)
    6. 6. Margaret Cairns (17 Mar 1776 – Mar 1776)
    7. 7. Catherine Cairns (19 Jan 1778 – 12 Sep 1832)
    8. 8. John Cairns (21 Nov 1779 – Prior to 1877)
    9. 9. David Cairns (17 Sep 1781 – 27 Sep 1858)
    10. 10. Robert Cairns (14 Apr 1784 – 20 Mar 1852)
    11. 11. Alexander (Cairns () Kairns) (23 Nov 1786 – 1861)
    12. 12. Marjory ((May)) Cairns (17 Oct 1788 – )
    13. 13. Euphemia ((Euphan)) Cairns (12 Jan 1791 – 1866) m. Archibald Hughes (6 Sep 1790 – 29 Sept 1866)
      1. 1. Isabella Hughes (12 Apr 1813 – )
      2. 2. Ann Hughes (28 Sep 1814 – )
      3. 3. Euphemia Hughes (09 Jun 1816 – )
      4. 4. Janet Hughes (21 Mar 1818 – 2 Aug 1860) m. David Kirk (1822 – 29 Apr 1862)
        1. 1. William Kirk (abt 1844 – )
        2. 2. Euphemia Kirk (1846 – 1889) m. Andrew Hepburn (1 Mar 1846 – 01 Nov 1913)
        3. 3. Christiana Kirk (abt 1848 – )
        4. 4. Archibald Kirk (abt 1851 – 21 Oct 1904)
        5. 5. Isabella Krik (abt 1853 – )
        6. 6. David Krik (abt 1855 – 27 April 1903)
        7. 7. Anne Kirk (4 Dec 1857 – 1859)
      5. 5. Hay Hughes (08 Jan 1820 – bef 1835)
      6. 6. Catherine Hugh (1822 – 11 July 1882)
      7. 7. Margaret Hughes (12 Sep 1823 – )
      8. 8. Archibald Hughes (20 Jul 1825 – )
      9. 9. John Hughes (18 Apr 1827 – )
      10. 10. Angus Hughes (Abt. 1829 – Abt. 1866)
      11. 11. Betsy (Martin Hughes) (Heuch) (15 Apr 1831 – )
      12. 12. James Hughes (21 May 1833 – 5 Mar 1886) m. Euphemia (Johnston) Wilkinson (11 Jun 1834 – 21 May 1866)
        1. 1. Euphemia (Cairns) Hughes (29 Nov 1857 – 3 Mar 1908) m. James Hepburn (21 Mar 1851 – 22 May 1932)
      13. 13. May (or Mary) Hughes (Aug 15, 1835 – )
      14. 14. Angus Hughes (21 Sep 1839 – 1898)
    14. 14. Hay Cairns (08 Jun 1798 – )
  6. 6. Mary (Isabel (twin)) Cairns (30 Oct 1740 – Abt. 1790)
  7. 7. Thomas CAIRNS (03 Jun 1741 – )
  8. 8. James (Robert) Cairns (02 Apr 1743 – Abt. 1805)
  9. 9. James (Robert) Cairns (10 Apr 1743 – bef 1746)
  10. 10. Agnes ((twin)) Cairns (10 Apr 1743 – Abt. 1803)
  11. 11. Archbald (Kearney) Cairns (25 Sep 1743 – Abt. 1793)
  12. 12. James Cairns (2 Feb 1746 – Abt. 1805)
  13. 13. Hendry ((Henry)) Cairns (29 May 1748 – )
  14. 14. Alexander Cairns (23 Sep 1750 – 16 March 1823)
  15. 15. Margaret Cairns (26 Aug 1753 – Feb 1837)
  16. 16. David CAIRNS (14 March 1756 – Abt. 1779)

David Cairns's Timeline

2 Records

1708
15 Feb 1708
Birth of David Cairns in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
1762
1762
Age 54
Death of David Cairns in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1708
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1762
    Event Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
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