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Alan Cathcart 1501–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 September 1547

Death Location: Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alan Cathcart

Mother: Janet Maxwell

Spouse(s): Margaret Boswell, Helen Renfrew

Children(s): Margaret Cathcart

Alan Cathcart was born in 1501 in Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alan 1St Lord Cathcart Cathcart And Janet Maxwell. Alan Cathcart married Helen Sempill Of Renfrew, Margaret Douglas Cathcart Stewart Countess Of Boswell, and had children including Margaret Mariotte Cathcart. Alan Cathcart passed away in 1547 in Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alan Cathcart was born in 1501 in Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alan 1St Lord Cathcart Cathcart And Janet Maxwell.
  • Alan Cathcart married Helen Sempill Of Renfrew, Margaret Douglas Cathcart Stewart Countess Of Boswell, and had children including Margaret Mariotte Cathcart.
  • Alan Cathcart passed away in 1547 in Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alan Cathcart
1424–1497
Birth Location: Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Maxwell
1481–
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Boswell
1518–1560
Birth Location: Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Helen Renfrew
1512–1547
Birth Location: Langside, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Cathcart
1515–1600
Birth Location: Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alan Cathcart's Ancestors

Self
Alan Cathcart
1501–1547
Birth Place: Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alan 1st Lord Cathcart Cathcart
1424–1497
Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Maxwell
1481–
Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Alan) Cathcart
1392–1446
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cathcart
1362–1406
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cathcart
1331–1386

Alan Cathcart's Descendants

1.
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Alan Cathcart (1501–10 September 1547) m. Margaret (DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of) Boswell (1518–1560) m. Helen (Sempill of) Renfrew (1512–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. Margaret (Mariotte) Cathcart 1515–1600 m. John (5th Laird of Earnock) Roberton 1505–1570
    1. 1. SIR (JOHN \JAMES ROBERTON, of ALLERSTOCKS, of STAINHALL 6th LAIRD) EARNOCK 1530–1564 m. Janet Boswell 1535–1596
      1. 1. Lord (Archibald Roberson of) Stainhall 1561–1614 m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Baillie) Abramse 1565–1608
        1. 1. Christian (Margaret) Robertson 1587–1654 m. Rev. (David Dixon) (Dickson) 1583–1663

Alan Cathcart's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Alan Cathcart in Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
10 September 1547
Age 46
Death of Alan Cathcart in Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom
Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Clachane Dalmellingtoune, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 September 1547
    Event Place: Battle of Pinkie, Scotland, United Kingdom
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