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John I (twin) Cairns 1740 – 1796 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Oct 1740

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: Aft. 1796

Death Location: Fife, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: David Cairns

Mother: Margaret Cairns

Spouse(s): Catherine\Katherine Christie

Children(s): John Cairns, Hay Cairns, Margaret Cairns, James Cairns, Anne Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Catherine Cairns, John Cairns, David Cairns, Robert Cairns, Alexander Kairns), Marjory Cairns, Euphemia Cairns, Hay Cairns

John I (twin) Cairns Sr. was born in 1740 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Cairns and Margaret Dick Cairns. John I (twin) Cairns Sr. married Catherine\Katherine Christie, and had children including John Carnes Cairns, Hay Cairns, Margaret Campbell Cairns, James Cairns, Anne Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Catherine Cairns, John Cairns, David Cairns, Robert Cairns, Alexander Cairns ( Kairns), Marjory (May) Cairns, Euphemia (Euphan) Cairns, Hay Cairns. John I (twin) Cairns Sr. passed away in 1796 in Fife, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John I (twin) Cairns Sr. was born in 1740 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Cairns and Margaret Dick Cairns.
  • John I (twin) Cairns Sr. married Catherine\Katherine Christie, and had children including John Carnes Cairns, Hay Cairns, Margaret Campbell Cairns, James Cairns, Anne Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Catherine Cairns, John Cairns, David Cairns, Robert Cairns, Alexander Cairns ( Kairns), Marjory (May) Cairns, Euphemia (Euphan) Cairns, Hay Cairns.
  • John I (twin) Cairns Sr. passed away in 1796 in Fife, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Cairns
1708 – 1762
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Margaret Cairns
1714 – 1794
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Spouses(s)

Catherine\Katherine Christie
1747 – 1797
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Cairns
1753 – 1826
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Hay Cairns
1769 – 1798
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
HC
Margaret Cairns
1771 – 1776
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife
MC
James Cairns
1772 – 1860
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Anne Cairns
1774 – 1853
Birth Location: West Coaltown Wemyss, Fife
AC
Margaret Cairns
1776 – 1776
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
MC
Catherine Cairns
1778 – 1832
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
CC
John Cairns
1779 – 1877
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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David Cairns
1781 – 1858
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DC
Robert Cairns
1784 – 1852
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
RC
Alexander Kairns)
1786 – 1861
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
AK
Marjory Cairns
1788 –
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
MC
Euphemia Cairns
1791 – 1866
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
EC
Hay Cairns
1798 –
Birth Location: West Coaltown, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
HC

John Cairns's Ancestors

Self
John Cairns
1740 – 1796
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Cairns
1708 – 1762
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
Margaret (Dick) Cairns
1714 – 1794
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
Grandparents
Robert (Kearney) Cairns
1679 – 1730
East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Mary (Janet) NUCKLE
1680 – 1741
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
William Dick
1685 – 1723
Wemyss., Scot., Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christian (G) Hay
1695 – 1726
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Cairns
1639 – 1722
Elspeth Gray
1646 – 1721
Andrew Nicoll\Nuckle
1652 –
Janet Black
1649 – 1693
JAMES DICK
1663 –
ELIZABETH DONALDSON
1662 –
JOHN HAY
1661 – 1710
Grissell Cook
1680 – 1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Helen Bell
1605 –
ANDREW GRAY
1614 –
Elisabeth Turpie
1616 – 1692
Andrew Nicol
1636 –
Sir Dick
1643 – 1728
Issobell Craig
1641 –
William Donaldson
1640 – 1700
Issobell Malcome
1640 – 1710
Dr HAY
1638 – 1699
Agnes Flemming\Fleeming
1633 – 1693
William Cook
1655 – 1705
Christian Stocks
1644 – 1724

John Cairns's Descendants

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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)
        1. 1. William Hepburn (20 Jul 1869 – 22 OCT 1944) m. Agnes (Anderson) Blair, (05 May 1869 – 11 Dec 1936)
        2. 2. David (Kirk) Hepburn (9 Apr 1871 – 8 Mar 1895)
        3. 3. Andrew Hepburn (15 Jul 1873 – 26 Jan 1938) m. Helen (Henderson Dunbar) Campbell (3 Mar 1872 – 13 January 1895) m. Mary MacFadyen (abt 1884 – 25 Sep 1951) m. Janet (Hughes) Kirk (1875 – 1957)
        4. 4. Archibald (Kirk) Hepburn (1875 – 1876)
        5. 5. Janet (Hughes) Hepburn, (1877 – 1896)
        6. 6. Matthew Hepburn (1879 – 1890)
        7. 7. Ann Hepburn (1882 – 1889)
        8. 8. James Hepburn (13 Apr 1885 – 24 Apr 1954) m. Isabella Kirk (abt 1885 – 1956)
        9. 9. John (Paul) Hepburn (1887 – 1889)
        10. 10. Baby Hepburn (1889 – 1889)
      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)
        1. 1. Christina (Lyall) Hepburn (27 Apr 1877 3am – 10 Nov 1903 (11pm))
        2. 2. Euphemia (Matthewson) Hepburn (abt 1880 – 29 May 1933)
        3. 3. Margaret Hepburn (28 Jul 1881 – ?)
        4. 4. James Hepburn (abt 1884 – 15 May 1963)
        5. 5. Agnes (Murdoch) Hepburn (6 Aug 1885 – 14 Jun 1969)
        6. 6. William Hepburn (17 Sep 1887 – ?)
        7. 7. George Hepburn (17 Feb 1889 – ?)
        8. 8. Jane ((Jeanie)) Hepburn (26 Feb 1891 – 1969) m. George Allison ( – 21 December 1949)
        9. 9. John (William) Hepburn (20 Oct 1892 – 24 Feb 1940) m. Marion (Allan Douglas) Brown (4 Jan 1900 – 22 Jun 1954)
        10. 10. Mary Hepburn (abt 1896 – ?)
        11. 11. Annie Hepburn (abt 1898 – ?)
        12. 12. Jammima Hepburn (abt 1900 – ?)
    13. 13. May (or Mary) Hughes (Aug 15, 1835 – )
    14. 14. Angus Hughes (21 Sep 1839 – 1898)
  14. 14. Hay Cairns (08 Jun 1798 – )

John Cairns's Timeline

2 Records

1740
30 Oct 1740
Birth of John I (twin) Cairns Sr. in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1796
Aft. 1796
Age 56
Death of John I (twin) Cairns Sr. in Fife, Perthshire, Scotland
Fife, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Oct 1740
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1796
    Event Place: Fife, Perthshire, Scotland
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