The Fairfull Family
Written and Researched by Margaret Odrowaz-Sypniewska, B.F.A.

The Name Fairfull:

In Black's there are listed many early Fairfulls and variations of the name:

• The name Fairfowl/Fairful was found in the bailies of St. Andrews (on the border with Cameron), Fifeshire, Scotland in 1489.
• Sir John Ferfulle, chaplain, was a witness in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland in 1511.
• A William Fairfull, was a clerk in the Dunkeld diocese in 1550, in Perthshire, Scotland.
• Mr. John Fairfoull or Farfull was a schoolmaster in Dunfermline from 1582-1585.
• Jonet/Janet Fairfull was the heir of Andrew Fairfull, a Scot in Pettinweyne in 1646. Pittenweem was anciently a priory, and is now a part of Anstruther-Wester on the south coast of Fife.
• Alexander Fairfoul was a shoemaker is St. Andrews and Robert Phennesoune, was his relation from his maternal side in 1653.
• Andrew Fairfowl, son of John Fairfowl of Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland was archbishop of Glasgow in 1552.
• Another Hairfull was listed in 1680.

The Fairfull Arms:

Fairfull - a parrot. Motto: Loquendo placet or "he pleases when he speaks."

This listing shows that name variations and places they were found. One of my family members was:

GENERATION ONE:

Janet Fairfull. Janet Fairfull was born in September 1732, in Cameron, Fifeshire, Scotland. Janet married William Malcolm on December 15, 1758, in Cameron, Fifeshire, Scotland. I will be researching this name more ...

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