BAIN Family Summary

18C, Fowlis Wester, Perthshire

7 Patrick BAIN c1700-?

1m Isabel BUCHAN 1723 Fowlis Wester

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6 Patrick/Peter BAIN 1728-?

m Anna HALLEY 1748 Methven

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5 Anna BAIN 1764-1836

m John McLEAN 1788 Fowlis Wester

BAIN (BAYNE) is a common surname in Perthshire, but this summary concerns three generations of the family in the parish of Fowlis Wester.

Patrick BAIN, probably born about 1700 married Isabel BUCHAN at Fowlis in 1723 and baptised five children there, including twins. He lived at a nearby farm called Carsehead.

One of his sons was named Peter or Patrick, and he married Anna HALLEY in 1748. They lived at another nearby farm called Fornought.

Their daughter Anna married a ploughman, John McLEAN, at Fowlis in 1788 and lived at a third farm called Gorthy.

All these farms exist today.

map showing location of Fowlis Wester and the farms of Carsehead, Fornought and Gorthy

map showing larger area including Fowlis Wester and Perth

INDEX OF MARRIAGES ON THE BAIN FAMILY TREE

SURNAME DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE TREE MARRIED TO:

BUCHAN Isabel 1Mar1723 Fowlis Wester PER BainT0 BAIN Patrick

CLARK Mary 29Oct1736 Fowlis Wester PER BainT0 BAIN Patrick

HALLEY Anna 22May1748 Methven PER BainT0 BAIN Patrick

HENDRIE Margaret 23Apr1773 Fowlis Wester PER BainT0 BAIN John

McLEAN John 17Feb1788 Fowlis Wester PER BainT0 BAIN Anna

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

1) B7 Origin of Patrick BAIN and Isabel BUCHAN

2) B6 Was Patrick who married Anna HALLEY baptised as Peter? Did they have any children between their marriage in 1748 and the first known baptism in 1758?