'Nairne3'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Nairne of Elie, Nairne of Newton Rires
[The original Nairne3 was renamed Nairne2 on 15.03.15 when what is now the lower section below was added to that page. That lower section was moved below (on 28.03.25) to accompany the addition of the upper section below.]
| Simon Nairne (d 1552) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1525) Elizabeth Auchmutie (m2. William Forbes, "brother of Rires") | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Nairne in Newton Rires, Fife (a 1558) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | David Nairne in Auchtermuchty | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Katherine Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | David Nairne of Newton Rires (d 08.06.1596) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1561) Elizabeth Auchmutie | |||||||||||||||
| A. | David Nairne, last of Newton Rires, later in Elie, Fife (a 1604) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Peter (a 1598?), Agnes (d 1603), Elspath (d before 1606) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Peter Nairne | ||||||||||||||
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| David Nairne, last of Newton Rires, later in Elie, Fife (a 1604) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bessie Small | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Alison Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter Nairne of Elie (d before 1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Wood (d 1706, possibly sister of Andrew, Bishop of Moray) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | James Nairne of Elie (b 1648, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1678) Janet Small (dau of John Small by Margaret, dau/coheir of Simon Lucklaw of Newton Rires) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Nairne (b 1680, d 1771, minister of Forgan then East Anstruther) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1706) Ann Anderson (dau of John Anderson, principal of St. Leonard's in St. Andrews) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Nairne (b 1711, d 1795, minister of East Anstruther) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Elizabeth Gordon (dau of Alexander Gordon (WS)) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Nairne (b 1750, d 1819, minister of Pittenweem) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1778) Helen Kyd (dau of James Kyd of Cragie) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Nairne (d 1782, dsp 1847, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1807) Elizabeth Hill | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Alexander Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1824) Ann Spencer Demett | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Charles Nairne (d 1837) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1820) Amelia Forbes Bell | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Hannah Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1805) John Forman (WS) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Ann Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1817) William Scott ("of the Stock Exchange") | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - John (d unm 1807), Elizaeth (d 1788) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Alexander Nairne (b 1753) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1794) Margaret Anderson (d 1836, dau of James Anderson of Newbigging) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Peter Nairne (b 1761, d unm 1786) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Helen Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) George Hall of Dundee (son of George) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Ann Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1780) Alexander Wood of Elie | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Jean Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1779) James Forrester (minister of Kilrenny) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | 3 children (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Peter Nairne (4th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1715) Susanna Nairne (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jean Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Philip Brown | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Christian Nairne | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1741-2) William Dalgleish of Scotscraig (minister of Ferryport-on-Craig) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - John (b 1682, d young?), Alexander, Robert, Thomas (Surgeon), John (b 1695), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert Nairne (b 1655) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Duncan | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - Peter (b 1659), Margaret (b 1657), Catherine (b 1661), Agnes (b 1665) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'The East Neuk of Fife' (2nd edition by Rev. Walter Wood,
1887, p119+)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded to Nairne2 on 15.03.13) : 'The East Neuk of Fife' (2nd edition by Rev. Walter Wood,
1887, p200+)
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