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Alexander Barclay 1562–1630 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1630

Death Location: Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Walter Towie

Mother: Lady Hay

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In 1562, Alexander Barclay entered the world in Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Walter Barclay 16Th Lord Of Towie And Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Hay. Alexander Barclay passed away in 1630 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1562, Alexander Barclay entered the world in Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Walter Barclay 16Th Lord Of Towie And Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Hay.
  • Alexander Barclay passed away in 1630 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Alexander Barclay's Ancestors

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Alexander Barclay
1562–1630
Birth Place: Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Barclay, 16th Lord of Towie
1530–1587
Cullen Castle, Auldhaven, Banffshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Elspeth) Hay
1535–1594
Errol Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (Patrick Barclay, XV Lord of Towie 14th) GGF
1505–1558
Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland
Janet (Anna Ogilvy 14th) GGM
1507–1547
Boyne Castle, Banff, Banffshire, or Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
William Hay
1494–1541
Dalgety Bay, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margarertha Robertson
1516–1608
Strowan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Barclay
1482–1528
Elizabeth Barclay
1483–1507
Sir Muirton
1500–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Barclay's Timeline

2 Records

1562
1562
Birth of Alexander Barclay in Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom
1630
1630
Age 68
Death of Alexander Barclay in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Cullen Castle, Auchindown, Banff, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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