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Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery 1530 – 1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 May 1602

Death Location: Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Adam (Montgomery)

Mother: Elizabeth Colquhoun

Spouse(s): Margaret Hessilhead

Children(s): Margaretha Eglinton

The story of Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery began in 1530 in Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery married Margaret Montgomery of Hessilhead, and had children including Margaretha Montgomery Gravin van Eglinton. Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery passed away in 1602 in Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery began in 1530 in Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery married Margaret Montgomery of Hessilhead, and had children including Margaretha Montgomery Gravin van Eglinton.
  • Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery passed away in 1602 in Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Adam Montgomery's Ancestors

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Adam Montgomery
1530 – 1602
Birth Place: Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Adam John 4th Laird of Braidstane (Son of Robert) Montgomerie (Montgomery)
1515 – 1576
Braistane, Beith, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (of Luss) Colquhoun
1516 – 1570
Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Patrick Colquhoun
1484 – 1536
Colquhoun, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (of Ochiltree Colville) Ochiltree
1493 – 1591
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Adam Montgomery's Descendants

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Adam (John Laird Braidstane) Montgomery (1530 – 5 May 1602) m. Margaret (Montgomery of) Hessilhead (1530 – 1570)
  1. 1. Margaretha (Montgomery Gravin van) Eglinton (1560 – 9 April 1624) m. Robert (Seton Earl van) Winton (1550 – 22 March 1602)
    1. 1. Earl (Alexander 6th Eglington) Seton (1588 – 7 January 1660) m. Anne Livingston (1593 – 12 November 1632)
      1. 1. Hugh (Seton Montgomerie, 7th Earl of) Eglinton (30 March 1613 – 1 Feb 1669) m. Mary Leslie (1 January 1618 – 1659)
        1. 1. Earl (Alexander 8th Eglinton) Montgomerie (1638 – 1701)
        2. 2. ?

Adam Montgomery's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery in Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1602
5 May 1602
Age 72
Death of Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery in Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 May 1602
    Event Place: Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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