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Robert Cairns 1585–1669 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1669

Death Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Agnes Scott-Carnes

Mother: Alexander Cairnes

Spouse(s): Betty Young

Children(s): Robert Kairns

Robert Cairns was born in 1585 in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Agnes Scott Carnes And Alexander De Cairnes. Robert Cairns married Betty Young, and had children including Robert Kairns. Robert Cairns passed away in 1669 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Robert Cairns was born in 1585 in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Agnes Scott Carnes And Alexander De Cairnes.
  • Robert Cairns married Betty Young, and had children including Robert Kairns.
  • Robert Cairns passed away in 1669 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Agnes Scott-Carnes
1565–1637
Birth Location: County Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
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Alexander Cairnes
1575–1610
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Betty Young
1595–
Birth Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
BY

Children(s)

Robert Kairns
1605–1684
Birth Location: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland
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Robert Cairns's Ancestors

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Robert Cairns
1585–1669
Birth Place: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Agnes Scott-Carnes
1565–1637
County Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Alexander (DE) Cairnes
1575–1610
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (DE) Cairnes
1560–1603
Cults, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Hamilton
1562–1609
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Margaret McCulloch
1518–1570
John Cairnes
1504–1568
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1470–1555
Margaret Cairnes
1475–1558

Robert Cairns's Descendants

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Robert Cairns (1585–1669) m. Betty Young (1595–)
  1. 1. Robert Kairns 1605–1684 m. Margaret Lumsdane 1615–1684
    1. 1. James Cairnes 1656–1682 m. Jennet Wood 1656–
      1. 1. Robert Cairnes 1680–1766 m. Isabel Hobkirk 1683–
        1. 1. Robert Cairnes 1726–1819 m. Isabel Scott 1718–1818
        2. 2. James Cairnes 1709–1764
        3. 3. John Cairnes 1706–
        4. 4. William Cairnes 1715–
        5. 5. William Cairnes 1704–1715
      2. 2. John Cairnes 1683–
    2. 2. Andro Cairnes 1660–
    3. 3. William Cairnes 1648–
    4. 4. Adam Cairns 1640–
    5. 5. Johne Cairns 1646–
    6. 6. Nans Cairns 1654–
    7. 7. Robert Cairns 1640–1710
    8. 8. Thomas Cairns 1651–

Robert Cairns's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Robert Cairns in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1669
1669
Age 84
Death of Robert Cairns in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1669
    Event Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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