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Alexander Chobhainn Cowan 1543–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 6 Feb 1576

Death Location: Fife, Scotland

Father: Lord Cowan

Mother: Jane Hamilton

Spouse(s): Lady Carlisle

Children(s): Sir Cowan

In 1543, Alexander Chobhainn Cowan entered the world in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord John Mac A Chobhainn Cowan And Jane Black Hamilton. Alexander Chobhainn Cowan married Lady Ellen Jane Carlisle, and had children including Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan. Alexander Chobhainn Cowan passed away in 1576 in Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1543, Alexander Chobhainn Cowan entered the world in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Lord John Mac A Chobhainn Cowan And Jane Black Hamilton.
  • Alexander Chobhainn Cowan married Lady Ellen Jane Carlisle, and had children including Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan.
  • Alexander Chobhainn Cowan passed away in 1576 in Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Cowan
1520–1620
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jane Hamilton
1524–1573
Birth Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Carlisle
1545–1613
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
LC

Children(s)

Sir Cowan
1571–1608
Birth Location: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
SC

Alexander Cowan's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Cowan
1543–1576
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord John Mac a'Chobhainn Cowan
1520–1620
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jane (Black) Hamilton
1524–1573
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (James Mac A) Chobhainn-Cowan
1495–1580
Dumfirmline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary) Bell
1500–1575
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Beaton Bethune Duchess of Creich, Hamilton, Torrance, Hamilton, Raploch, Arran, Abercrom,) Beaton
1500–1529
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Beaton
1516–1586
Janet Duddingston
1467–1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Cowan's Descendants

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Alexander (Chobhainn) Cowan (1543–6 Feb 1576) m. Lady (Ellen Jane) Carlisle (1545–Abt. 1613)
  1. 1. Sir (John Roderick Cowine) Cowan 1571–1608 m. Mary (Bell) Barcroft 1570–1612
    1. 1. Johne (Cowine) Cowan 1592–1625 m. Janett Kay 1599–1651
      1. 1. Thomas (Cowan) Sr. 1622–1683 m. Isobell (Tendal) Crawford 1623–1676
        1. 1. William (Andrew) Cowan 1644–1689

Alexander Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Alexander Chobhainn Cowan in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1576
6 Feb 1576
Age 33
Death of Alexander Chobhainn Cowan in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1576
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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