Ffairny Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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In Scottish history, few names go farther back than Ffairny, whose ancestors lived among the clans of the Pictish tribe. The ancestors of the Ffairny family lived in the lands of Fernie in Fife where the name can be found since very early times.

Ffairny Early Origins

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The surname Ffairny was first found in Fife, where Fernie Castle, the family's ancestral home is an enlarged sixteenth-century tower house just east of the village of Letham.

Ffairny Spelling Variations

Although Medieval Scotland lacked a basic set of spelling rules, which meant that scribes recorded names according to their sounds it was not uncommon for the names of a father and son to be recorded differently. As a result, there are many spelling variations of Scottish single names. Ffairny has been written Fernie, Ferny, Fearny, Fearney, Ferney, Firnie, Firney and many more.

Ffairny Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ffairny research. Another 187 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1390, 1475 and 1516 are included under the topic Early Ffairny History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ffairny Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Thousands of Scots left their home country to travel to Ireland or Australia, or to cross the Atlantic for the North American colonies. The difficult crossing was an enormous hurdle, but those who survived found freedom and opportunity in ample measure. Some Scots even fought for their freedom in the American War of Independence. This century, their ancestors have become aware of the illustrious history of the Scots in North America and at home through Clan societies and other organizations. Passenger and immigration lists show many early and influential immigrants bearing the name Ffairny: John Fernie made his home in Virginia in 1623. William Fernie landed in New England in 1654. Many of the Fernie name purchased land in Pennsylvania in the mid-1800's..

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Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
Bloxham, Ben. Key to Parochial Registers of Scotland From Earliest Times Through 1854 2nd edition. Provo, UT: Stevenson's Genealogical Center, 1979. Print.
Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Print.
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
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The Ffairny Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Ffairny Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 5 May 2014 at 16:26.