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Robert Kearney Cairns 1679 – 1730 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1679

Birth Location: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 16 Aug 1730

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: David Cairns

Mother: Elspeth Gray

Spouse(s): Mary NUCKLE

Children(s): David Cairns

In 1679, Robert Kearney Cairns entered the world in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, born to David Cairns and Elspeth Bessie Gray. Robert Kearney Cairns married Mary Janet NUCKLE, and had children including David Cairns. Robert Kearney Cairns passed away in 1730 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1679, Robert Kearney Cairns entered the world in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, born to David Cairns and Elspeth Bessie Gray.
  • Robert Kearney Cairns married Mary Janet NUCKLE, and had children including David Cairns.
  • Robert Kearney Cairns passed away in 1730 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Cairns
1639 – 1722
Birth Location: St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland
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Elspeth Gray
1646 – 1721
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Mary NUCKLE
1680 – 1741
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

David Cairns
1708 – 1762
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Robert Cairns's Ancestors

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Robert Cairns
1679 – 1730
Birth Place: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Cairns
1639 – 1722
St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife, Scotland
Elspeth (Bessie) Gray
1646 – 1721
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Helen Bell
1605 –
South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
ANDREW (Andro) GRAY
1614 –
Fife, Scotland
Elisabeth ((Bessie)) Turpie
1616 – 1692
Kinghorn, Fife, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander *'
1565 – 1612
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Cairns's Descendants

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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)
        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)
        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)
        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)

Robert Cairns's Timeline

2 Records

1679
12 Oct 1679
Birth of Robert Kearney Cairns in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1730
16 Aug 1730
Age 51
Death of Robert Kearney Cairns in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1679
    Event Place: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Aug 1730
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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