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Alexander Canmore Lord Home 1530–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 15, 1530

Birth Location: Home (Berwickshire) Scotland

Death Date: 11 Aug 1575

Death Location: Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Home

Mother: Mariot Halyburton

Spouse(s): Agnes Gray, Margaretha Kerr, Lady Cessford

Children(s): Alexander Home, Isabel Home, Isabel Home, George Home, John HOME, Alexander Home, Margaretha Home, Margaret Home, Magdalene Home, Robert Logan, James Home, Janet Home, Robert Logan, James Home, Elizabeth Home, Magdalene Home, Alexander Logan, Isabel Home

The story of Alexander Canmore Lord Home began in 1530 in Home (Berwickshire) Scotland. Alexander Canmore Lord Home married Agnes Gray, Lady Margaret Ker Of Cessford, Margaretha Kerr, and had children including Alexander Canmore Earl Home, Alexander Home, Alexander Logan, Elizabeth Home, George Dunbar Home, Isabel Home, James Home, Janet Home, John Home, Magdalene Home, Margaret Home, Margaretha Home, Robert Logan, Sir George Home. Alexander Canmore Lord Home passed away in 1575 in Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Canmore Lord Home began in 1530 in Home (Berwickshire) Scotland.
  • Alexander Canmore Lord Home married Agnes Gray, Lady Margaret Ker Of Cessford, Margaretha Kerr, and had children including Alexander Canmore Earl Home, Alexander Home, Alexander Logan, Elizabeth Home, George Dunbar Home, Isabel Home, James Home, Janet Home, John Home, Magdalene Home, Margaret Home, Margaretha Home, Robert Logan, Sir George Home.
  • Alexander Canmore Lord Home passed away in 1575 in Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Home
1509–1548
Birth Location: Samuelston, East-Lothian, Schotland
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Mariot Halyburton
1511–1563
Birth Location: Dirleton Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Gray
1545–1589
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaretha Kerr
1540–1581
Birth Location: –
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Lady Cessford
1565–1565
Birth Location: Ferniehurst Castle, Roxboroughshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Home
1566–1619
Birth Location: Broxmouth, East Lothian, Scotland
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Isabel Home
1563–1598
Birth Location: Home, Berwick, Scotland
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Isabel Home
1568–
Birth Location: Home, Berwick, Scotland
IH
George Home
1570–1611
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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John HOME
1553–1579
Birth Location: Berwickshire, Scotland
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Alexander Home
1565–1619
Birth Location: Broxmouth, East Lothian, SCOTLAND
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Margaretha Home
1557–1598
Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Schotland
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Margaret Home
–1598
Birth Location: Home (Berwickshire) Scotland
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Magdalene Home
1558–1580
Birth Location: Hume, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Robert Logan
1555–1606
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
RL
James Home
1575–1629
Birth Location: Home, Berwick, Scotland
JH
Janet Home
1578–
Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
JH
Robert Logan
1555–1606
Birth Location: Scotland
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James Home
1575–1629
Birth Location: Home, , Berwick, Scotland
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Elizabeth Home
1570–
Birth Location: Scotland
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Magdalene Home
1558–1580
Birth Location: Scotland
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Alexander Logan
1561–1619
Birth Location: –
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Isabel Home
1563–
Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Alexander Home's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Home
1530–1575
Birth Place: Home (Berwickshire) Scotland
Parents
George 15084th Lord Home, Lords of East Marches, Privy Councellor Home
1509–1548
Samuelston, East-Lothian, Schotland
Mariot Halyburton
1511–1563
Dirleton Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander Caenmore Home Laird) Home
1490–1516
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Agnes, aka Isobel, Countess of Bothwell, (Mistress King James IV Scotland),) Stewart
1472–1557
Traquhair, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Patrick (Halyburton 5th Lord) Dirletoun
1475–1515
Dirleton, Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1482–
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Nichola Ker
1469–1528
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Home's Descendants

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Alexander (Canmore Lord) Home (May 15, 1530–11 Aug 1575) m. Agnes Gray (1545–23 Mar 1589) m. Margaretha Kerr (1540–09 Jan 1581) m. Lady (Margaret Ker, of) Cessford (1565–1565)
  1. 1. Alexander Home 1566–1619 m. Mary (Home) Sutton 1586–1645
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Home, Countess of) Moray 1607–1658 m. James Stewart 1608–1653
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Stewart 1629–1667 m. Archibald Campbell 1628–1685
        1. 1. John (of Mamore Campbell, Duke of) Argyll 1660–1729 m. Elizabeth (Campbell) Elphinstone 1673–1758 m. Frances Cavendish 1660–1690 m. Henrietta Villiers 1659–1719
        2. 2. Lady (Jane, Marchioness of Lothian,) Campbell 1657–1712
        3. 3. Charles Campbell 1657–1713
        4. 4. Duncan Campbell 1650–
        5. 5. John, (Sir Honorable) Campbell 1655–1729
        6. 6. Patrick (Sr.) Campbell 1650–1751
        7. 7. Margaret Campbell 1650–1712
        8. 8. Margaret Campbell 1630–1650
        9. 9. James (Campbell) Mccollum 1654–
        10. 10. Annabella Campbell 1594–1652
        11. 11. Charles Campbell 1657–1713
        12. 12. Lothian Campbell 1657–1712
        13. 13. Argyll (First) Campbell 1652–1705
        14. 14. Archibald Campbell 1658–1703
        15. 15. James (McCallum) Campbell 1654–
        16. 16. Ann (Lady) Campbell 1668–1734
        17. 17. Walter CAMPBELL 1659–1724
        18. 18. Daniel Campbell 1660–1753
        19. 19. William Campbell 1671–
        20. 20. Othniel Campbell 1673–1729
        21. 21. Harriet Lindsay 1662–1712
        22. 22. Sir (Duncan) Campbell 1649–1699
        23. 23. Johanna Campbell 1665–1712
        24. 24. David Campbell 1675–
        25. 25. Sophia Lindsay 1659–1698
        26. 26. Archibald (VII Campbell Hertog van) Argyll 1658–1703
        27. 27. Margaret ("Jean") Campbell 1662–1707
        28. 28. Margaret (Jean) Campbell 1679–1720
      2. 2. Alexander (Stuart 5th Earl of Moray) Moray 1634–1701
      3. 3. Walter STEWART\Stuart 1634–1672
      4. 4. James Stewart 1628–1647
      5. 5. Henrietta Stuart 1628–1704
      6. 6. Francis Stewart 1636–1691
      7. 7. Anne Stewart 1650–1719
      8. 8. Alexander Stewart 1641–1731
      9. 9. Robert STEWART\Stuart 1643–1707
      10. 10. Lady (Margaret) Stuart 1644–1696
      11. 11. Henry Stewart 1637–1674
      12. 12. Margaret Stuart 1645–1666
      13. 13. James Stewart 1635–1713
      14. 14. Thomas Stuart 1631–
      15. 15. Hon. (Archibald Stuart of Dunearn,) Fife 1643–1688
      16. 16. Alexander Stuart 1634–1701
      17. 17. Lady (Mary) Stuart 1628–1668
      18. 18. Lady (Anne Stuart) Stewart –1719
      19. 19. Elizabeth Elphinstone 1673–1758
      20. 20. Henrietta Stewart 1622–
      21. 21. Archibald Stewart 1643–1688
      22. 22. Robert Stewart 1642–1688
      23. 23. Francis Stewart 1653–1731
      24. 24. Randall Stuart 1633–
      25. 25. Hugh Stewart 1633–1715
      26. 26. Mary, (Countess Argyll) STEWART\STUART 1629–1668
      27. 27. William Stewart 1643–1731
      28. 28. Daniel Stewart, 1636–
      29. 29. Mary (Lisa) Stewart 1649–1670
      30. 30. Robert Stewart 1625–1688
      31. 31. Henry Stewart 1623–1644
      32. 32. Capt. (Walter) Steuart 1634–1724
      33. 33. John (Thomas Stewart) (Sir) 1620–1700
    2. 2. Lady (Margaret Countess of Moray) Home 1607–1683
    3. 3. Lady (Anne) Home 1607–1658
    4. 4. Lord (James Home Home) #1 1612–1633
    5. 5. Lady (Margaret.) Home 1605–1629
    6. 6. Sir ((Knight Of ) Lord William Andrew) Home 1608–1675
    7. 7. Lady (Margaret) Home 1607–1658
    8. 8. William HOME 1598–
  2. 2. Isabel Home 1563–1598
  3. 3. Isabel Home 1568–
  4. 4. George (Dunbar) Home 1570–1611
  5. 5. John HOME 1553–1579
  6. 6. Alexander (Canmore Earl) Home 1565–1619
  7. 7. Margaretha Home 1557–1598
  8. 8. Margaret Home –1598
  9. 9. Magdalene Home 1558–1580
  10. 10. Robert Logan 1555–1606
  11. 11. James Home 1575–1629
  12. 12. Janet Home 1578–
  13. 13. Robert Logan 1555–1606
  14. 14. James Home 1575–1629
  15. 15. Elizabeth Home 1570–
  16. 16. Magdalene Home 1558–1580
  17. 17. Alexander Logan 1561–1619
  18. 18. Isabel Home 1563–

Alexander Home's Timeline

2 Records

1530
May 15, 1530
Birth of Alexander Canmore Lord Home in Home (Berwickshire) Scotland
Home (Berwickshire) Scotland
1575
11 Aug 1575
Age 45
Death of Alexander Canmore Lord Home in Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 15, 1530
    Event Place: Home (Berwickshire) Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1575
    Event Place: Blackfriars Wynd, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 09; Page: 1115
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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