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Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane 1585 – 1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: Jul 1641

Death Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: John Blair

Mother: Lady Sempill

Spouse(s): Lady Cochrane

Children(s): Anna Blair

The story of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name began in 1585 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland. Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name married Lady Elisabeth Cochrane, and had children including Anna Blair. Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name passed away in 1641 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name began in 1585 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name married Lady Elisabeth Cochrane, and had children including Anna Blair.
  • Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name passed away in 1641 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Blair
1547 – 1609
Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Sempill
1547 – 1609
Birth Location: Castle Sempill, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Cochrane
1580 – 1641
Birth Location: Cochrane, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Anna Blair
1621 – 1665
Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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Alexander Cochrane's Ancestors

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Alexander Cochrane
1585 – 1641
Birth Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
John Alexander Blair VI 9th Lord of Blair
1547 – 1609
Blair, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Grissel Grace) Sempill
1547 – 1609
Castle Sempill, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (John V Blair (8th Lord of) Blair)
1502 – 1570
Blair House, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret ('Jean') Cunningham
1506 – 1573
Glengarnock (Ayr) Scotland
Robert ("The Great Lord", 3rd Lord Sempill) Sempill\Sympil
1500 – 1575
Sempill Castle, Eliotstoun, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Lady of Torthorwald Dumfries-Shire Scotland Carlyle ^' (m.) Sempill)
1510 – 1564
Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Cochrane's Descendants

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Alexander (Blair, Lord of) Cochrane (1585 – Jul 1641) m. Lady (Elisabeth) Cochrane (1580 – Jul 1641)
  1. 1. Anna Blair (1621 – 1665) m. David ((1st Laird of Keithock)) Edgar (15 Dec 1610 – 30 May 1676)
    1. 1. Edward Edgar (1 APR 1658 – June 1699) m. Margaret Gilchrist (28 DEC 1656 – 1740)
      1. 1. John Edgar (19 Jul 1674 – 1729) m. Tabitha Markham (18 Jul 1674 – 1725)
        1. 1. Jane Jones (02 Jun 1692 – 1777) m. Joseph (Robert) Montgomery (12 Nov 1690 – )

Alexander Cochrane's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
1641
Jul 1641
Age 56
Death of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane Took Wife's Name in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jul 1641
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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