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Agnes Elphinstone 1579–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 October 1579

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 September 1617

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Elphinston

Mother: Janet Livingstone

Spouse(s): John Gordon

Children(s): Sir Sutherland

Agnes Elphinstone was born in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Post Elphinstone Sir Alexander Logie Elphinston 4Th Baron Of Elphinston And Janet Of Clencoe Livingstone. Agnes Elphinstone married John 13Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon, and had children including Sir John Thomas Gordon 14Th Earl Of Sutherland. Agnes Elphinstone passed away in 1617 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Agnes Elphinstone was born in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Post Elphinstone Sir Alexander Logie Elphinston 4Th Baron Of Elphinston And Janet Of Clencoe Livingstone.
  • Agnes Elphinstone married John 13Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon, and had children including Sir John Thomas Gordon 14Th Earl Of Sutherland.
  • Agnes Elphinstone passed away in 1617 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Elphinston
1552–1638
Birth Location: Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland
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Janet Livingstone
1555–1622
Birth Location: Clencoe, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

John Gordon
1576–1615
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle (Sutherland), Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Sir Sutherland
1608–1679
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
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Agnes Elphinstone's Ancestors

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Agnes Elphinstone
1579–1617
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander (post Elphinstone, Sir Alexander Logie). Elphinston 4th Baron of Elphinston
1552–1638
Elphinstone, Sterlingshire, Scotland
Janet (of Clencoe) Livingstone
1555–1622
Clencoe, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Baron (WILLIAM II Thomas LIVINGSTON, Earl of Linlithgow, 6th Lord of) Callendar
1528–1592
Callendar House, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Baroness (Agnes Fleming, The Lady Livingston of) Callandar
1535–1597
Biggar Castle, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Agnes Elphinstone's Descendants

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Agnes Elphinstone (27 October 1579–18 September 1617) m. John ((13th Earl of Sutherland)) Gordon (20 July 1576–11 September 1615)
  1. 1. Sir (John Thomas Gordon, 14th Earl of) Sutherland 1608–1679
    1. 1. Jeane Gordone 1628–1678 m. Alexander (Taylor) (Tailzeor) 1600–1693
      1. 1. William (Taylor) (Tailzeor) 1640–1702 m. Helen (Ann) Barclay 1640–1707
        1. 1. Aaron Taylor 1698–1745
        2. 2. John Taylor 1669–1713
        3. 3. Lazarus Taylor 1667–1727

Agnes Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1579
27 October 1579
Birth of Agnes Elphinstone in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1617
18 September 1617
Age 38
Death of Agnes Elphinstone in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 October 1579
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 September 1617
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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