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Alexander Forrest 1620–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 February 1620

Birth Location: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 19 January 1653

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Forrest

Mother: Jonet WATT

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In 1620, Alexander Forrest entered the world in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Hew Forrest And Jonet Wilkie Watt. Alexander Forrest passed away in 1653 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1620, Alexander Forrest entered the world in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Thomas Hew Forrest And Jonet Wilkie Watt.
  • Alexander Forrest passed away in 1653 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Alexander Forrest's Ancestors

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Alexander Forrest
1620–1653
Birth Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Hew Forrest
1598–1632
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Jonet (Wilkie) WATT
1595–1650
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Thomas) Forrest
1575–1624
St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rachael (Jeane) Weir
1577–1624
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Forrest
1550–1609
Catherine Yule
1550–1587
James Weir
1546–1601
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Douglas
1525–1587
John Forsyth
1524–1573
John Yule
1530–1588
Frances Sutton
1530–1588
Thomas Weir
1528–1587
Janet Johnston
1530–1546

Alexander Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1620
22 February 1620
Birth of Alexander Forrest in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1653
19 January 1653
Age 33
Death of Alexander Forrest in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 February 1620
    Event Place: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 January 1653
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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