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Alaxander Colville 1524–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: May 1597

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Ochiltree

Mother: Alison Bruce

Spouse(s): Nichole Dundas

Children(s): Margaret Yule

Alaxander Colville was born in 1524 in of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Colville Liard Van Ochiltree And Alison Bruce. Alaxander Colville married Nichole Dundas, and had children including Margaret Yule. Alaxander Colville passed away in 1597 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alaxander Colville was born in 1524 in of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Colville Liard Van Ochiltree And Alison Bruce.
  • Alaxander Colville married Nichole Dundas, and had children including Margaret Yule.
  • Alaxander Colville passed away in 1597 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Ochiltree
1480–1541
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alison Bruce
1510–1536
Birth Location: Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Nichole Dundas
1526–1585
Birth Location: Culross, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Yule
1585–1668
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Alaxander Colville's Ancestors

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Alaxander Colville
1524–1597
Birth Place: of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Colville Liard Van Ochiltree
1480–1541
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alison Bruce
1510–1536
Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (David II Bruce, 7th Baron of) Clackmannan*
1470–1550
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Stirling
1480–1572
Keir, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alaxander Colville's Descendants

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Alaxander Colville (1524–May 1597) m. Nichole Dundas (1526–1585)
  1. 1. Margaret Yule 1585–1668 m. Sir (Patrick Baronet) Murray 1581–1677
    1. 1. Anna (Agnes) Murray 1603–1664 m. Robert (Bruce III Baron of) Kennett 1600–1671
      1. 1. Alexander (Bruce) Reverend 1637–1704 m. Margaret Cleland 1652–1722
        1. 1. Alexander Bruce 1677–1765 m. Anna Robertson 1677–1745

Alaxander Colville's Timeline

2 Records

1524
1524
Birth of Alaxander Colville in of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1597
May 1597
Age 73
Death of Alaxander Colville in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: of, Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1597
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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