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Alexander Elphinstone 1539–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 January 1539

Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1584

Death Location: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Archibald Merchiston

Mother: Lady Renfrewshire

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Alexander Elphinstone was born in 1539 in Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Archibald Napier Laird Van Merchiston And Lady Katherine Erskine Of Renfrewshire. Alexander Elphinstone passed away in 1584 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alexander Elphinstone was born in 1539 in Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Archibald Napier Laird Van Merchiston And Lady Katherine Erskine Of Renfrewshire.
  • Alexander Elphinstone passed away in 1584 in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Merchiston
1509–1547
Birth Location: Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Renfrewshire
1506–1552
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
LR

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Alexander Elphinstone's Ancestors

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Alexander Elphinstone
1539–1584
Birth Place: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Archibald Napier Laird van Merchiston
1509–1547
Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Katherine Erskine of) Renfrewshire
1506–1552
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Lord) Elphinstone
1480–1513
Elphinstone, Airth, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Barlow
1476–1518
Chichester, Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1539
19 January 1539
Birth of Alexander Elphinstone in Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1584
1584
Age 45
Death of Alexander Elphinstone in Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 January 1539
    Event Place: Pittendreich, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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