Descendants of James Fairrie

Generation 1

1: James Fairrie1 born 1688; married Marion Thomson 07 Jul 1714 at West Kilbride; died 1740.

Children of James Fairrie and Marion Thomson

  1. William born 1720.
  2. Ann born 1722.
  3. Janet born 1723.
  4. James born 1727; married Jane Robinson.

Generation 2

2: James Fairrie2 (James1) born 1727; married Jane Robinson 09 Oct 1751 at Irvine; died 22 Mar 1799.

Children of James Fairrie and Jane Robinson

  1. Marion born 1752; married David Johnstone.
  2. James born 28 Apr 1754; married Janet Patterson 13 Aug 1783 at Irvine; married 2; Mary Colquhoun 11 Jul 1808 at Greenock.
  3. Agnes born 28 Dec 1755; died Oct 1768.
  4. Jane born 03 Jan 1758; died 07 Jun 1845.
  5. Thomas born 14 Feb 1761.
  6. William born 07 Nov 1762.
  7. Robert born 25 Oct 1764; married Mary Troop.
  8. John born 24 Nov 1766; married ? Shaw .
  9. Agnes born 29 Oct 1768 at Irvine; died 08 Nov 1855.
  10. Frances born 14 Dec 1770; died c. 1852; married ? Bruce ; married 2: ? Munn .
  11. Matthew born 02 Oct 1772.
  12. Charlotte Bannatyne born c. 1775; died 30 Dec 1804.
  13. Adam born 15 Mar 1777; married Rachael Campbell.

Generation 3

3: Marion Fairrie3 (James2) (James1) born 1752; married David Johnstone 15 Dec 1777 at Irvine; died c. 1815.

Children of Marion Fairrie and David Johnstone

  1. Jessie born 09 Dec 1786; married William Macfie.

4: James Fairrie3 (James2) (James1) born 28 Apr 1754; married Janet Patterson 13 Aug 1783 at Irvine; married 2: Mary Colquhoun 11 Jul 1808 at Greenock; died 22 Dec 1815.

6 James went to sea with his father in 1768 at the age of thirteen. He was later given command of one of his father's ships the "Orangefield ", trading between Greenock and the West Indies. The "Orangefield " was attacked and captured by Spaniards from Cuba and James was wounded in the right arm, which was later amputated.

In 1797, he purchased a site at Cartsdyke Bridge, Greenock and formed James Fairrie & Company, sugar refiners.

Children of James Fairrie and Janet Patterson

  1. James born 22 Sep 1786.
  2. Jane born 06 Jun 1789.
  3. John born 1790; married Helen McCormick.
  4. Janet born 02 May 1793; married John Denniston.
  5. Thomas born 02 Jul 1795; died 10 Sep 1858; married Jane Martin 26 Jun 1832 at Greenock.
  6. Adam born 02 Mar 1798; married Margaret Johnstone.

Children of James Fairrie and Mary Colquhoun

  1. William born 19 Jun 1809; died 02 Dec 1840.
  2. Mary born 27 Jun 1810.
  3. James born 30 Sep 1811.
  4. Agnes born 01 Mar 1813 at Greenock, Scotland; married Robert Macfie.

5: Robert Fairrie3 (James2) (James1) born 25 Oct 1764; married Mary Troop 1821 at Irvine; died 1816.

Children of Robert Fairrie and Mary Troop

  1. Jean born 07 Jul 1809; died 07 Nov 1887; married Hugh Cameron .

6: Adam Fairrie3 (James2) (James1) born 15 Mar 1777; married Rachael Campbell 1807 at Irvine; died 24 Dec 1863.

Children of Adam Fairrie and Rachael Campbell

  1. John born 1808.
  2. Janet born 1809.
  3. Adam born 1813.
  4. John born 1817.
  5. Jean born 1820.
  6. Robert born 1822.
  7. Rachel born 1824.

Generation 4

7: Jessie Johnstone4 (Marion Fairrie3) (James2) (James1) born 09 Dec 1786; married William Macfie 18 Apr 1808; died 10 May 1817 at Langhouse.

Children of Jessie Johnstone and William Macfie

  1. William Johnstone born 25 Jan 1809; died 30 May 1831.

    4 William was assumed a partner in Robert Macfie & Sons on 8 March 1830. Later in the year on 26 November, he sailed for the West Indies because he was in ill-health. When he embarked on the "West Indian " on his homeward voyage, it was not expected he would live to see England. He died at sea near Plymouth and his body was landed at that port. There is a tablet to his memory in St. Andrew's Church.

  2. Marion born 01 Jul 1810; married John Martin.
  3. Robert born 19 Feb 1812 at Orangefield, Scotland; married Agnes Fairrie.
  4. Mary Andrew born 21 Sep 1813; died 20 Aug 1883; married William Large Laurie 05 Jun 1838.
  5. Jessie Beattie born 14 Jul 1815; married Charles Cunningham.
  6. Margaret born 01 May 1817; married Duncan Alexander Campbell.

8: John Fairrie4 (James3) (James2) (James1) born 1790; married Helen McCormick 08 Feb 1821 at Edinburgh; died 26 Jun 1864.

Children of John Fairrie and Helen McCormick

  1. Elizabeth Crawford born 1822.
  2. Edward born 1825.
  3. Janette Patterson born 1826; married Henry Dumas.
  4. John Samuel born 1828; died 1903.
  5. William McCormick born 1832.
  6. Adam born 1833; died 1834.
  7. Thomas born 1834.
  8. Helen Jane born 1836; died 1857.

9: Janet Fairrie4 (James3) (James2) (James1) born 02 May 1793; married John Denniston 29 Jun 1807 at Greenock; died 15 Dec 1817.

Children of Janet Fairrie and John Denniston

  1. John born 1808.
  2. Janet born 1810.
  3. James born 1812.
  4. Archibald Fairrie born 1814; married Jane Fullarton.
  5. Hugh born 1815.
  6. Elizabeth born 1817.
  7. Jean born 1818.
  8. Thomas born 1821; married Helen French Walker .

10: Adam Fairrie4 (James3) (James2) (James1) born 02 Mar 1798; married Margaret Johnstone 26 Apr 1830 at Greenock; died 26 Jul 1879.

Children of Adam Fairrie and Margaret Johnstone

  1. Margaret born 1831; married Arthur Moore 12 Sep 1850 at Liverpool.
  2. James born 1832; married Jane ?.
  3. Adam Johnstone born 1833; married Emma Moore.
  4. Janet born 1835.
  5. Helen Abigail born 1837.
  6. John born 1838.
  7. Thomas born 1840.
  8. Jane born 1842; died 1856.
  9. Mary Anne born 1845; died 1863.
  10. William Henry born 1846.
  11. Charles Robert born 1849; died 1850.

11: Agnes Fairrie4 (James3) (James2) (James1) born 01 Mar 1813 at Greenock, Scotland; married Robert Macfie 18 Apr 1838; died 26 Jan 1900 at Airds, Appin, Scotland.

Children of Agnes Fairrie and Robert Macfie

  1. Mary Colquhoun born 07 Jan 1839 at Deerspark, Greenock, Scotland; married John Hutcheson Fraser.
  2. William born 09 May 1840 at Deerspark, Greenock; married Agnes Hamilton Towers 28 Apr 1864 at Glasgow; married 2; Jane Crawford Allan 20 Mar 1867.
  3. Jessie Johnstone born 06 Jan 1842; died 02 Oct 1842.
  4. James Fairrie born 28 Dec 1843 at Greenock, Scotland; died 13 Nov 1844.
  5. Robert Craigie born 25 Jul 1845 at Deerspark, Greenock; married Elizabeth Barbara Ann Denniston.
  6. Agnes Fairrie born 18 Apr 1847 at Deerspark, Greenock; married John Mackay.
  7. Johnstone born 23 Nov 1848 at Deerspark, Greenock, Scotland; died 07 Nov 1934 at Langhouse, Inverkip; buried 09 Nov 1934 at Western Necropolis Crematorium, Glasgow.

    5 Johnstone was an Eye Specialist in Glasgow, living at Ashton Terrace, but owing to increasing deafness, he retired in 1900, and after purchasing Beach from his brother, he spent his whole time either at Langhouse or Beach. He was a kind and delightful host full of old stories about the Highlands and always welcoming any of the connection when they came to Langhouse.

  8. Jane Fairrie born 06 Nov 1850; died 21 Dec 1853.
  9. John Robert born 28 May 1853 at Deerspark, Greenock, Scotland; married Jane Service.
  10. Catherine Marshall born 23 Dec 1854 at Thorn Hill, Greenock; married James Pattison.
  11. Andrew Laurie born 14 Apr 1860 at Airds House, Appin, Scotland; married Mary McLaren Post.

Generation 5

12: Marion Macfie5 (Jessie Johnstone4) (Marion Fairrie3) (James2) (James1) born 01 Jul 1810; married John Martin 12 Mar 1833; died 27 Jul 1860.

Children of Marion Macfie and John Martin

  1. Janet born 10 Jul 1834; died 22 Apr 1837.
  2. Elizabeth born 04 Sep 1835; died 06 Jun 1836.
  3. Marion born 15 Aug 1837; died 17 Dec 1916; married Duncan McIntyre 25 Apr 1861 at Glasgow.
  4. Catherine born 04 Dec 1838; died 01 Feb 1922; married William Newton 16 Oct 1862 at Glasgow.
  5. William Macfie born 26 Sep 1840; died 20 Jan 1892.
  6. John Donald born 25 Sep 1842; died 09 Feb 1899; married Alexander Findlater Bennet 18 Jan 1876.
  7. Jessie Elizabeth born 29 Oct 1845; died 12 Mar 1938; married George Munro Kerr 12 Feb 1868 at Glasgow.
  8. Helen Ann born 09 Apr 1850; died 10 Dec 1919; married George Greig 05 Apr 1870 at Glasgow.

13: Robert Macfie of Langhouse, Airds and Beach5 (Jessie Johnstone4) (Marion Fairrie3) (James2) (James1) born 19 Feb 1812 at Orangefield, Scotland; married Agnes Fairrie 18 Apr 1838; died 22 Jan 1899 at Airds, Appin, Scotland.

4 , 6 Robert began working in the Greenock sugar house about 1827. With his cousin Robert, he was admitted as a junior partner in Robert Macfie & Sons and William Macfie & Co. on 30 September, 1835. When Macfie, Lindsay & Co., became Macfie, Graham & Co. in 1843, Robert was given a share in the business. In February 1851, he bought the yacht "La Belle Anglaise " and the following summer cruised the Western Highlands inspecting properties. He bought Airds for £26,000 on 4 October of that year. Robert retired from the Macfie partnership in 1864 and in 1866 took an interest in the new sugar house of Fairrie & Co., Liverpool.

He and Robert Andrew Macfie of Dreghorn, received Grants of Arms in 1864, the first members to receive the honour.

See family above

14: Jessie Beattie Macfie5 (Jessie Johnstone4) (Marion Fairrie3) (James2) (James1) born 14 Jul 1815; married Charles Cunningham 31 Jul 1838; died 03 Feb 1904.

Children of Jessie Beattie Macfie and Charles Cunningham

  1. William Macfie born 04 May 1839; died 24 Nov 1910.
  2. Charles born 07 May 1841; died 26 May 1910; married Henrietta Jane Rundall 24 Oct 1867 at Madras.
  3. Jessie Johnstone born 06 Apr 1843; died 27 Apr 1893 at Paddington; married Frederick George Graves 21 Mar 1867 at Paddington.
  4. Andrew born 27 Jan 1845; died 23 Sep 1930; married Alice Mary Ann Crosse 08 Oct 1874 at St Judes, South Kensington.
  5. Robert Macfie born 16 Aug 1847; died 08 Nov 1922; married Harriet Olivia Travers Cummins 13 Oct 1870 at Paddington.
  6. George born 28 Jan 1850; died 14 Jan 1934; married Leonide Fabens 19 Mar 1885.
  7. Helen Mary born 21 Jul 1854; died 06 Mar 1925.

15: Margaret Macfie5 (Jessie Johnstone4) (Marion Fairrie3) (James2) (James1) born 01 May 1817; married Duncan Alexander Campbell 18 May 1842; died 16 Nov 1911 at Edinburgh; buried 20 Nov 1911 at Greenock.

Children of Margaret Macfie and Duncan Alexander Campbell

  1. Jessie Johnstone born 24 Mar 1843; died 08 Nov 1934; married John Marquis 10 Apr 1866 at Edinburgh.
  2. Duncan Alexander born 29 Nov 1844; died 03 Sep 1879 at Blackpool.
  3. William Macfie born 20 Jan 1848; died 13 Sep 1928; married Jessie Barbara Macfie 23 Oct 1872 at Dunoon.
  4. Margaret Macfie born 06 Nov 1849; died 30 Jul 1950; married Charles Lloyd 26 Apr 1876 at St Michael's Hamlet, Liverpool.
  5. John Charles born 19 Mar 1853; died 13 Sep 1936 at Swanage; married Helen Marian Hall 1884.

16: Janette Patterson Fairrie5 (John4) (James3) (James2) (James1) born 1826; married Henry Dumas 26 Apr 1855 at London.

Children of Janette Patterson Fairrie and Henry Dumas

  1. Beatrice born 1859.
  2. Janet born 1861.
  3. Henry born 1862.
  4. Henrietta born 1865; married Edward Price .

17: Archibald Fairrie Denniston5 (Janet Fairrie4) (James3) (James2) (James1) born 1814; married Jane Fullarton at Glasgow; died bef 1875.

Children of Archibald Fairrie Denniston and Jane Fullarton

  1. Janet Julia Fullarton; married Charles Strong 28 Feb 1872 at Glasgow.
  2. William Cunningham.
  3. Thomas Fairrie; married Agnes Tayloe 24 Jun 1875 at Clapham.
  4. Jane Fairrie born 1851 at Greenock; died Dec 1938 at London; married Cosmo William Gordon 1877 at Edinburgh.
  5. Helen Mary born c. 1856; died 22 Apr 1870.

18: James Fairrie5 (Adam4) (James3) (James2) (James1) born 1832; married Jane ? at Liverpool; died 1918.

Children of James Fairrie and Jane ?

  1. James born 1861; died 1926.
  2. Septimus Harold born 1867.
  3. Beatrice born 1871.
  4. Herbert J. born 1873.

19: Adam Johnstone Fairrie5 (Adam4) (James3) (James2) (James1) born 1833; married Emma Moore 25 Sep 1862 at Liverpool; died 1898.

Children of Adam Johnstone Fairrie and Emma Moore

  1. Adam born 1866; died 1941.
  2. Henry born 1870; died 1914.
  3. Emmie born 1873; married Andrew Stewart 18 Oct 1898 at Liverpool.
  4. Helen Jean born 1873; married Ronald P. Shaw 15 Mar 1899 at Liverpool.

20: Mary Colquhoun Macfie5 (Agnes Fairrie4) (James3) (James2) (James1) born 07 Jan 1839 at Deerspark, Greenock, Scotland; married John Hutcheson Fraser 05 Aug 1868 at Airds House, Appin, Scotland; died 19 Jan 1911 at Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, Scotland.

Children of Mary Colquhoun Macfie and John Hutcheson Fraser

  1. Agnes Fairrie born 06 Sep 1869 at Rosskeen, Scotland; died 16 May 1932 at Bridge of Weir; married James Taylor 1905.
  2. Hannah Hutcheson born 29 Apr 1871 at Rosskeen, Scotland; died 23 Jan 1952 at Bridge of Weir, Scotland; married Alister Stewart Fraser 29 Jun 1900 at "Langhouse ", Inverkip.

    Miss Hannah H. Fraser, second daughter of the late Rev. J. H. Fraser, Free Church, Rosskeen, was awarded the Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal and Certificate for her courage and humanity in saving from drowning a young girl in Aird's Bay, Appin.

  3. Mary Lillian born 21 Sep 1872; died 16 Jul 1889 at Glasgow buried at Rosskeen.
  4. Katherine Penelope born 05 Feb 1874; died 21 Jan 1950 at Glasgow.
  5. John Alexander Hutcheson born 03 May 1876 at Rosskeen, Scotland; died 05 Dec 1939 at Maryborough; married Una Mary Victoria Newman 24 Nov 1904 at Mudgee, NSW.

    7 In September 1889, John (Ian) joined the training ship "Conway " in Liverpool, finishing in 1891. In February 1892, he sailed from the East India Docks as an apprentice on the "Stronsa " and did not see land again until May when they reached Sydney Heads. He and another apprentice joined a third who had jumped ship earlier, to travel overland to Hargraves gold fields. By August 1892 he was working at Wattle House in Mudgee, owned by John Newman whose daughter, Una, he eventually married. He did farm work for about seven months until the recession forced him to return to sea.

    Working on the "Damascus ", he returned to England, arriving in June 1893. For the next five years, he remained in Scotland working, sailing in his spare time and studying in winter. Grannie Macfie had given him £100 to encourage the study which, typically, he used to buy a boat. One of his most memorable jobs was making a howdah for an elephant.

    After returning to Australia on the "Damascus ", he spent his 22nd birthday with the Newmans at Mudgee. The next four years were spent working on the land around Coonabarabran and the Darling Downs. In 1902, he paid his passage to Scotland on the "Aberdeen " and returned to Australia in November of the same year on the "Salamis ".

    He worked with middling success on various rural properties but much of the remainder of his life was spent working for the Lands Department where he once had the job of prickly pear inspector and finally Land Commissioner for the Maryborough district.

  6. Robert Macfie born 22 Nov 1877; died 06 Aug 1889 buried at Western Necropolis, Glasgow.
  7. William Colquhoun born 23 May 1883; died 10 Jan 1959 at Stirling, Scotland; married Robina Marquis 16 Feb 1920 at Calcutta.

21: William Macfie of Airds5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 09 May 1840 at Deerspark, Greenock; married Agnes Hamilton Towers 28 Apr 1864 at Glasgow; married 2: Jane Crawford Allan 20 Mar 1867; died 08 Jul 1912 at Uplands Hall, Lancashire, England.

6 He retired in 1909 and was succeeded as senior partner by John William Macfie, son of Robert Andrew Macfie.

There were no children of William Macfie and Agnes Hamilton Towers

Children of William Macfie and Jane Crawford Allan

  1. Robert born 18 Jan 1868 at Liverpool, England; died 23 Mar 1889 at Birkdale, Lancashire, England.
  2. Eleonora Gilkison born 14 Nov 1869 at Liverpool, England; married Douglas Grant Laidlaw 21 Oct 1903 at Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. James Allan born 07 Sep 1871 at Liverpool, England; died 17 Nov 1958 at Conway, Wales; married Ella Constance Lowndes 21 Apr 1896.
  4. Morna Graham born 12 Aug 1873 at Birkdale, Lancashire, England; married Henry Hawkesley Hall 19 Dec 1899 at Southport, Lancashire, England.
  5. Jane Crawford Allan born 12 Apr 1876 at Birkdale, Lancashire, England; died 19 Apr 1909; married Robert Matalé Reid 11 Jun 1908 at Woodplumpton, Lancashire, England.
  6. Claud born 04 Jun 1878 at Birkdale, Lancashire, England; died 23 Dec 1963 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; married Lucy Noël Martha Dyer-Edwards 22 Dec 1927 at London.

    A Colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders, he served in World Wars I and II.

  7. William Leslie born 14 May 1881 at Birkdale, Lancashire, England; died 31 Oct 1960 at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; married Barbara Ann Ellwood 17 Aug 1904 at Glasgow, Scotland.
  8. Edmund Shaw born 16 Oct 1883 at Ormskirk, Lancashire, England; died 14 Apr 1963 at St Lukes, Surrey, England; married May Wilson Bradley 21 Jun 1906 at Glasgow, Scotland.

22: Robert Craigie Macfie5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 25 Jul 1845 at Deerspark, Greenock; married Elizabeth Barbara Ann Denniston 11 Sep 1873 at Dalnashean, Appin, Scotland; died 21 Sep 1913 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England.

Children of Robert Craigie Macfie and Elizabeth Barbara Ann Denniston

  1. Robert William born 31 Mar 1877 at Ireland; died 25 May 1939 at Reading, Berkshire, England; married Helen Maude Walsh 30 Nov 1903.

    10 He was educated at Inverness and R.M.C.. Robert was a Colonel in the Royal Army Pay Corps, Chief Paymaster of Northern Command in 1930 and Chief Paymaster Depot R.A Woolwich from 1932 to 1937.

  2. James Denniston born 25 Nov 1880 at Ireland; died 13 Jan 1953 at Colchester, Essex, England; married Helda M. Moir 14 Jul 1915 at Colchester, Essex, England.
  3. Thomas Fairrie born 29 Jan 1883; died 1926; married Edith Jane Wood 12 May 1908.
  4. Hugh Davies born 07 Aug 1883; died 01 May 1885.
  5. Marjory Jane born 19 Aug 1886; married Guy Boustead 14 Jan 1914.

23: Agnes Fairrie Macfie5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 18 Apr 1847 at Deerspark, Greenock; married John Mackay 29 Mar 1882 at Glasgow, Scotland; died 15 Nov 1926.

Children of Agnes Fairrie Macfie and John Mackay

  1. Mary Fairrie born 12 Feb 1883; died 1972; married John Young 25 Sep 1907.
  2. Katherine Laurie born 25 Mar 1884; died 1906.
  3. Agnes Fairrie Macfie born 02 Mar 1885; died 1943; married Somerville Gilchrist 1924 at Inverness.
  4. Robina born 1893; died 1982.

24: John Robert Macfie5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 28 May 1853 at Deerspark, Greenock, Scotland; married Jane Service 31 Mar 1887 at Partick, Scotland; died 27 Jan 1929.

Children of John Robert Macfie and Jane Service

  1. Jessie born 05 Oct 1891; died 1956; married ? Roy .

    The Oban trust was wound up in 1956 on her death.

25: Catherine Marshall Macfie5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 23 Dec 1854 at Thorn Hill, Greenock; married James Pattison 02 Oct 1879 at Airds House, Appin, Scotland; died 10 Jan 1927.

Children of Catherine Marshall Macfie and James Pattison

  1. Agnes Fairrie born 20 Jul 1880; married David Churchill Tennant Sloan 15 Jun 1909.
  2. Jane Thompson born 05 Jan 1883 at 3 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow; died 1968; married Thomas David Luke 22 Mar 1906.
  3. Kathleen Mary born 11 Jul 1884; died 1968; married Frank Carr .
  4. James William Henry born 05 Jun 1886; died 1925; married Annie Maitland Moir 1920.
  5. Robert Macfie born 31 Jul 1889; died 28 Jun 1915 at Galliopoli.

    Robert was killed in action.

26: Andrew Laurie Macfie5 (Robert4) (Jessie Johnstone3) (Marion Fairrie2) (James1) (James0) born 14 Apr 1860 at Airds House, Appin, Scotland; married Mary McLaren Post 27 Apr 1903 at New York; died 23 Nov 1936 at Langhouse, Inverkip, Scotland.

Children of Andrew Laurie Macfie and Mary McLaren Post

  1. Kenneth Laurie born 18 Dec 1906 at Liverpool, England; died 19 Dec 1981 at Monkswood, Worcester, England; married Marjorie Isabel Webb 10 Dec 1949 at London.

4. MACFIE, John William Scott, John Macfie of Edinburgh and his Family, T. and A. Constable Ltd., Edinburgh, 1938
5. MACFIE, Ann and William, FRASER, John, Reminiscences of Airds and Langhouse, Location: Langhouse, 1800-1930
6. FAIRRIE, Geoffrey, The Sugar Refining Families of Great Britain, U.K, Oct 1951
7. FRASER John Alexander Hutcheson, Memoirs, (unpublished) 1935
10. PINE L. G. (ed), Burke's Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Edition: 17th, 1952