Fairburn in Bridlington, Yks., and Ontario, Canada with DNA Match raising hopes

[DianaCanada]

It looks as though William Fairburn, son of Francis and Sarah, married (1) Harriet Mallory, in 1838, this is the line the DNA match gives in his tree, in any case.
There is a William Fairburn in Bridlington, 21, doesn't look married, I will have to verify this, perhaps the DNA match has got the wrong marriage.

[Spelk]

1841 census, Burton Fleming
William Fairburn age 25 Ag Lab
Harriet do age 20
George do age 1

So that William is not the one born 1820 to Francis & Sarah.

[DianaCanada]

I am a bit confused about this - the DNA match is a Fairburn and a match to OH, so he must be descended from Francis and Sarah's William, but has got the wrong wife, perhaps?

[Spelk]

This is the other William FAIRBURN who is NOT the son of Francis and Sarah.

1851 census, Brunswick Cottages, Bridlington Quay
William FAIRBURN Head Mar 35 Ag lab YKS Bridlington
Harriet do Wife Mar 34 YKS do
George do son 11 Scholar YKS do (born 1839 mmn MALLORY)
Francis do son 8 Scholar YKS do
Jane do daur 2 YKS do

looks like Harriet was buried on 30 Dec 1852 at Bridlington age 36 abode Quay, William got married to some woman called Jane (BISCOMB(E)?) according to later censuses.
(Baptism at Kippax 31 Oct 1825 Jane BISCOMB daur of Henry)
Marriage q4 1853 Jane BISCOMB & William FAIRBURN (or George WILSON) Leeds 9b 507

Baptism at Bridlington of William FAIRBURN 19 Apr 1816 illegitimate son of  Mary FAIRBURN, Spinster of Sewerby. 1881 census for William gives his birth place as Sewerby which is in NE edge of Bridlington.

Possible marriage of the mother of that William -
Marriage by Banns at Bridlington 27 Jan 1829, Mary FAIRBURN Spinster of Bridlington and Robert STEPHENSON Widower of Bridlington

Baptism in Bridlington 15 July 1786 Mary FAIRBURN daur of William FAIRBURN
Baptism at Bridlington 26 Mar 1791 Mary FAIRBURN daur of John FAIRBURN

Marriage by Licence dated 15 Jan 1812 at Bridlington 6 Feb 1812 Robert STEPHENSON Bachelor and Mariner age 22 of Bridlington and Diana MILNER Widow age 29 of Bridlington.
OR
Marriage by Banns at Bridlington 7 Jul 1817 Robert STEPHENSON Bachelor of Bridlington & Margaret GRAINGE a minor of Bridlington

Burial  at Bridlington Dinah STEPHENSON abode Quay age 45 on 5 Aug 1827

So if the person whose DNA you match to is actually descended from the William FAIRBURN (born in Sewerby in 1816) who married to Harriet MALLORY then his prior ancestors are not Francis and Sarah but the unmarried Mary FAIRBURN who may have married widow Robert STEPHENSON in 1829.

None of which helps much with your Thomas FAIRBURN born about 1831 but it may have got rid of one red herring.

[DianaCanada]

Thanks so much, Spelk! 
OH's ancestor "Thomas" who died here in Ontario did state his parents as Francis and Sarah on his marriage record, so I am inclined to think that is the right line. 

Using the match's family tree, I can probably verify if it is correct to the match himself and if it is, then Francis is likely connected to the William b. ca 1816 somehow, perhaps his uncle.  No idea where Francis came from.

There are Fairburns in Yorkshire back into the 1600's.  They may very well have been Fairbairns originally but perhaps the name developed there on its own.

[DianaCanada]

Have just checked OH's Fairburn match (living in England) and it checks out to accuracy down five generations, the spouses and dates are correct.

Also checked if the match has any common matches to OH with the surname Fairburn and there are about 5 - all descended from Thomas Fairburn who left England for Ontario, probably as a young man.

So am pretty confident in saying Thomas is related to the family in Bridlington, but his exact connection is unknown, perhaps an illegitimate child who was not baptized (I have one of those, second child of a couple, first one was baptized, but he wasn't, though his father acknowledged him - perhaps the vicar refused to baptize unless the parents married!).

It is fairly easy to narrow down OH's connections to English branches as he is a mix of Danish, Swedish, Irish, Scottish, English, and back in the American colonial period, likely German and Belgian.  His English percentage is not very high.

[Spelk]

Yes it is possible your Thomas was not baptised. In the 1850s one of my ancestors had three illegitimate daughters but only baptised the first one. My thoughts are that the church was so snotty about the first one that she did not go through the process with the next two.

Could well be that the descendants of Francis and those of Mary are DNA matched. As shown in my notes below I think they could have been brother and sister.
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Marriage by Banns at Bridlington 22 Feb 1847 William FAIRBURN age 25 Bachelor Labourer of Bridlington father Francis FAIRBURN Mariner and Mary Ann COCHRANE age 18 Spinster of Bridlington father Daniel COCHRANE Carpenter
Witnesses Wm MILLNER & Reuben MILLNER.

Cannot find William and Mary Ann after this marriage. Could be that, shortly after the marriage, they migrated to Canada and took some of William’s siblings with them. If you could locate William in Canada it makes it more likely that your Thomas was related.
Also cannot locate Daniel COCHRANE before or after the marriage; the name suggests he may be Irish.
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Are Francis and Mary FAIRBURN related?
Francis’ age at death gives birth abt 1787.
Baptism at Bridlington 27 Feb 1789 Francis FAIRBURN son of John (Key)[Quay]

Baptism in Bridlington 15 July 1786 Mary FAIRBURN daur of William FAIRBURN
Baptism at Bridlington 26 Mar 1791 Mary FAIRBURN daur of John FAIRBURN (of Key)

So the Francis who married Sarah TOPHAM and the Mary who had the illegitimate William in 1816 look likely to both be the children of a John FAIRBURN. If so descendants of both will have shared DNA.