Looking for any information on the following...
William ELLIOT (1796) married Isabel STEVENSON (1783) in 1812 - Southdean
James FAIRBAIRN married Ann WALKER in 1806 - Melrose
John SHIEL (1770) married Janet SCOTT (1774) in 1795 ...
John FORSYTHE (1810) married Helen LEARMOND (1815) in 1842 - Stitchel
Eric Kershaw
Eric,
A bit long after your posting, but better late than never.
Can't help with parents of those shown, but can add that Andrew FAIRBAIRN, son of James FAIRBAIRN and Ann WALKER died in Greenock, Renfrew in 1890 (married Marion FOREST), and was living in Portobello 1851-1871.
His age at death was 73, which is a tad out for the 1813 Andrew I had noted for this couple, but may be one and the same person, or a 3rd Andrew.
Always interested in Melrose connected FAIRBAIRNs, and have recently realised that one of my FAIRBAIRNs married a Joan FORSYTH, so your message caught my eye - again (I've just realised I added some info on a different line above!)
From naming pattern of the children for James and Ann that I know about, I'd expect his parents to be an Andrew and Isabel, but don't have any likely candidates in view for you.
For further FAIRBAIRN details (and others) check out my web pages
http://familytree.lornahen.com/and the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA project
http://worldfamilies.net/surnames/f/fairbairn/