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Alexander Canmore Earl Home 1565–1619 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1565

Birth Location: Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 April 1619

Death Location: Londen

Father: Sir E

Mother: Margaretha Kerr

Spouse(s): Margaretha Sutton

Children(s): Countess Home, Anne Home, James Home, Margaret Home

Alexander Canmore Earl Home was born in 1565 in Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The E And Margaretha Kerr. Alexander Canmore Earl Home married Margaretha Sutton, and had children including Anne Home, Countess Lady Margaret Home, James Home, Margaret Home. Alexander Canmore Earl Home passed away in 1619 in Londen.

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Biography

  • Alexander Canmore Earl Home was born in 1565 in Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Home 5Th Lord Of Home Warden Of The E And Margaretha Kerr.
  • Alexander Canmore Earl Home married Margaretha Sutton, and had children including Anne Home, Countess Lady Margaret Home, James Home, Margaret Home.
  • Alexander Canmore Earl Home passed away in 1619 in Londen.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Home's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Home
1565–1619
Birth Place: Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Alexander Home, 5th Lord of Home , Warden of The E
1532–1575
Home Castle, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaretha Kerr
1540–1580
Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George (Canmore Home, 4th Lord of Home and Warden of the East) Marches
1503–1549
Home Castle, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Jane Baroness Ruthven) Halyburton
1503–
Dirleton Castle, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (Sir Sir Walter Kerr Lord of) Cessford
1508–1584
Cessford Castle, Newton St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabelle) Kerr
1515–1585
Ferniehirst Castle, Ferniehirst, Jedburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1490–1516
Patrick Dirleton
1475–1505
Margaret Douglas
1510–1556
Andrew Ferniehurst
1480–1545
Jeanette Home
1490–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Keith
1500–1522
Lady Campbell
1500–1555

Alexander Home's Descendants

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Alexander (Canmore Earl) Home (1565–5 April 1619) m. Margaretha Sutton (2 October 1586–24 May 1645)
  1. 1. Countess (Lady Margaret) Home 1607–1683
    1. 1. Alexander (Stewart fifth Earl of) Moray –1701
  2. 2. Anne Home 1616–1671
  3. 3. James Home 1607–
    1. 1. James (Home Earl of) Home –1666
  4. 4. Margaret Home 1610–1683

Alexander Home's Timeline

2 Records

1565
1565
Birth of Alexander Canmore Earl Home in Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1619
5 April 1619
Age 54
Death of Alexander Canmore Earl Home in Londen
Londen

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Broxmouth, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 April 1619
    Event Place: Londen
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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