Please let me know if you need any additional information. I have quite a
few decendents etc. My portion of the family changed the spelling to Cairnes
in the Harford County Maryland area.
Sally Janda
Germantown TN
Generation No. 1
1. William Careins, born 1734 in Lurgan, Northern Ireland; died October
10, 1818 in Buried Bethel Presbyterian Church. He married (1) Margaret
McMath.
Notes for William Careins:
The name Cairnes probably was derived from Scottish Gaelic "Carn or Cairn'
meaning a heap of stones piled up as a memorial or as a landmark. The first
two generations in Maryland spelled the name Careins. They were
Scotch-Irish; that is people from northern Ireland descended from Scotch
settlers. The Cairnes family came to Maryland in 1774 or 1775 when William
and Margaret McMath Careins came from Lugan, northern Ireland. They came
upon the Delaware River, probably landing near Philadelphia. The family with
five young children travelled on foot about eighty miles to the Jarrettsville
area of Harford County which was then called Upper Node Forest. They were
undoubtedly attracted to the area by the presence of other Scotch-Irish
settlers who had established Bethel Presbyterian Church some years earlier.
Both William and Margaret Careins are buried in Bethel Cemetery; their stones
are among the oldest there.
Children of William Careins and Margaret McMath are:
i. Mary Cairnes, born August 20, 1765; died December 20, 1824 in
Buried Bethel Presbyterian Church.
ii. Christopher Cairnes, born March 29, 1767; died July 29, 1796 in
Buried Bethel Presbyterian Church.
iii. George Cairnes, born December 02, 1768; died October 28, 1858
in Buried at Bethel Church; married Rebekah Hope.
Notes for George Cairnes:
George Cairnes (Careins), third child of William and Margaret Careins, was
born in Northern Ireland and came to Maryland with his parents. His wife was
Rebekah Hope. They lived at Friendship Farm which was an original grant to
Richard Hope, October 14, 1795, called Friendship Enlarged consisting of 222
acres. After Richard Hope's death in 1816, the plantation came into the
Cairnes family possession. Richard Hope left his estate equally to his eight
children. George Careins had to settle with his wife's seven siblings to get
sole ownership. This took years. There is a record dated April 15, 1831,
where on of the Hope grandsons, Christopher Cairnes of Muskingum County,
Ohio, was paid $15.27 by George Careins for Christopher's share; 1/9 of 1/8
of the property. George paid three other Ohio heirs $41/31 in 1836. George
and Rebekah Careins are buried at Bethel.
iv. Ruth Cairnes, born November 22, 1771; married John Rodgers.
v. Elizabeth Cairnes, born January 06, 1774; died June 15, 1856 in
Buried Glendy Burying Ground; married William West March 16, 1807.
vi. William Cairnes, born May 08, 1776; died August 20, 1848; married
Mary St. Clair.
Notes for William Cairnes:
Had 7 children. Went to MT. Zion, Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1832
vii. Robert Cairnes, born June 10, 1778; died March 21, 1848;
married Naomi Hope.
Notes for Robert Cairnes:
Had 8 children. Went to Muskingum County, Ohio
viii. John Cairnes, born February 21, 1781; died December 18, 1845.
Notes for John Cairnes:
Went West
ix. Margaret Cairnes, born February 10, 1783; married Patterson.
x. Richard Cairnes, born May 24, 1786; died November 01, 1786.