Looking for Faireys

[Gillg]

This is just a shot in the dark, but maybe someone can help solve a mystery. 

There's a possibility that Fairey/Fairy/Farey, etc. families wandered down across the border and down the east coast of England, settling in the Beds, Northants, Hunts, Cambs area, maybe in the 16th or 17th century.  Certainly there are families of that name recorded around that time in Scotland, with spelling variations, of course.

If you belong to a family with that name, do you have any evidence that they migrated southwards?  I'd be most interested to hear about it, also to know where your oldest recorded ancestor came from.  Could it be France or Ireland?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Gill