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Elspeth Bessie Gray 1646 – 1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Dec 1646

Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1721

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: ANDREW GRAY

Mother: Elisabeth Turpie

Spouse(s): David Cairns

Children(s): Robert Cairns

The story of Elspeth Bessie Gray began in 1646 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Elspeth Bessie Gray married David Cairns, and had children including Robert Kearney Cairns. Elspeth Bessie Gray passed away in 1721 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Elspeth Bessie Gray began in 1646 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
  • Elspeth Bessie Gray married David Cairns, and had children including Robert Kearney Cairns.
  • Elspeth Bessie Gray passed away in 1721 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

ANDREW GRAY
1614 –
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
AG
Elisabeth Turpie
1616 – 1692
Birth Location: Kinghorn, Fife, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

David Cairns
1639 – 1722
Birth Location: St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Cairns
1679 – 1730
Birth Location: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
RC

Elspeth Gray's Ancestors

Self
Elspeth Gray
1646 – 1721
Birth Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Parents
ANDREW Andro GRAY
1614 –
Fife, Scotland
Elisabeth ((Bessie)) Turpie
1616 – 1692
Kinghorn, Fife, , Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elspeth Gray's Descendants

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Elspeth (Bessie) Gray (27 Dec 1646 – 1721) m. David Cairns (28 Jul 1639 – 10 May 1722)
  1. 1. Robert (Kearney) Cairns (12 Oct 1679 – 16 Aug 1730) m. Mary (Janet) NUCKLE (8 Aug 1680 – 1741)
    1. 1. 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)
        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)

Elspeth Gray's Timeline

2 Records

1646
27 Dec 1646
Birth of Elspeth Bessie Gray in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
1721
1721
Age 75
Death of Elspeth Bessie Gray in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Dec 1646
    Event Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1721
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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