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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

Born in 1530 in Beith, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery was the child of Adam John 4th Laird of Braidstane (Son of Robert) Montgomerie (Montgomery) and Elizabeth of Luss Colquhoun. In time, Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery married Margaret Montgomery of Hessilhead, and they raised a family that included Margaretha Montgomery Gravin van Eglinton. Adam John Laird Braidstane Montgomery died in Braidstane, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1602.

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Parents

Adam (Montgomery)
1515 – 1576
Birth Location: Braistane, Beith, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Colquhoun
1516 – 1570
Birth Location: Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Hessilhead
1530 – 1570
Birth Location: Hessilhead, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaretha Eglinton
1560 – 1624
Birth Location: Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
ME

Sources

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

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

    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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