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Agnes Bessie Potter 1604–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Oct 1604

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: Abt. 1655

Death Location: Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: James Potter

Mother: Bessie Reid

Spouse(s): Alexander Halkerston

Children(s): Agnis Foster

Agnes Bessie Potter was born in 1604 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of James Potter And Bessie Reid. Agnes Bessie Potter married Alexander Falconer Of Halkerston, and had children including Agnis Foster. Agnes Bessie Potter passed away in 1655 in Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Agnes Bessie Potter was born in 1604 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of James Potter And Bessie Reid.
  • Agnes Bessie Potter married Alexander Falconer Of Halkerston, and had children including Agnis Foster.
  • Agnes Bessie Potter passed away in 1655 in Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Agnes Potter's Ancestors

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Agnes Potter
1604–1655
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
James Potter
1565–1635
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Bessie Reid
1580–1642
Dunfirmline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Richard (Potter) Sr
1541–1624
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katerin Walker
1542–1577
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Thompson\Reid
1560–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Agnes Potter's Descendants

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Agnes (Bessie) Potter (21 Oct 1604–Abt. 1655) m. Alexander (Falconer of) Halkerston (abt 1600–1671)
  1. 1. Agnis Foster 1630–1685 m. John McLean 1630–1690
    1. 1. Elizabeth (or Elspeth Grissell) McClain 1658–1710 m. John Wardroper 1655–1715
      1. 1. Elizabeth Wardroper 1685– m. Andrew Key 1685–1736
        1. 1. John Kay 1710–1737

Agnes Potter's Timeline

2 Records

1604
21 Oct 1604
Birth of Agnes Bessie Potter in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1655
Abt. 1655
Age 51
Death of Agnes Bessie Potter in Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1604
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1655
    Event Place: Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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