Marion Fairlie was born in Edinburgh and baptised at the end of 1639.
In 1664 she married in the High Kirk of Lanark, William Veitch, who was a minister.
Irrespective they had ten children including Samuel Vetch who went on to be Governor of Nova Scotia.
She spent five years at Hanham Hall and her time living in Newcastle was only brought to an end in 1688 by the Glorious Revolution in Scotland.
[4] Unlike her husband's memoir,[5] hers included an account of the death of four of her children to the will of God.