Hello Rustor
I have Cuthbert Nairn ..Farmer of Blockhillhead , Stewarton Ayr.....bn 1719
Married Jean Robertson. They are buried Stewarton Cemetery.. Sons Cuthbert, Robert and John, had a headstone erected for their mother and father..also Janet, James and Janet
(Jean) siblings.
Cuthbert Snr (son of above Cuthbert) bn about 1751..died 1844 Stewarton . Married Janet Dunlop I have a bit of information on him and on Cuthbert jnr (his son) 1802-1889
Bur Mouchline Ayr...married Elizabeth Kerr
I have quite a few Nairn records (..so many Cuthberts, they get fairly confusing .).. hav,nt managed to tie them in with my own Nairn family even though they appear to all be from Stewarton.
Regards
Myrna Swanger
Cuthbert Nairn, b1719, of Bloak, did have a son called Cuthbert. He was born in 1759, and he married Janet Dunlop. The Cuthbert who was born in 1752 is in my Nairn line, ie the one farming at Rigghead and descended from Robert, c1708. There were three Nairn farms near each other, the two already mentioned and the third at Mosside. I have been told that the Mauchline Nairns are the Moss ones.
My correspondent claimed that he and his Mauchline family had a direct line though Cuthberts back to about 1700. He, like us, has been trying to link the lines. In 1980 a fellow researcher visited the Nairns still resdident at Bloakhillhead after 250 years. Their discussion led them to believe that the Robert and Cuthbert lines had separated about one or two generations before 1700,
We think it possible, now, that we have a DNA link which will connect the families. We must wait and see.
I admire Rustor's work and there are a couple of little things I would like to discuss with her. I need to refresh myself before doing so!!!! It is so easy to get muddled. One of those early Cuthberts called himself Robert on his marriage certificate, just making things worse.
