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Alexander Hume 1490–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1608

Death Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland

Father: Sir Polwarth)

Mother: Lady (Schaw)

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Alexander Hume was born in 1490 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland, the child of Sir Patrick Home Laird Van Polwarth And Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw Schaw. Alexander Hume passed away in 1608 in Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Hume was born in 1490 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland, the child of Sir Patrick Home Laird Van Polwarth And Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw Schaw.
  • Alexander Hume passed away in 1608 in Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland.

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Alexander Hume's Ancestors

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Alexander Hume
1490–1608
Birth Place: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir Patrick Home (Laird van Polwarth)
1450–1571
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Lady (Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw) (Schaw)
1458–1541
Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Patrick (Home Laird van) Polwarth
1425–1480
Wedderburn Castle, Berwickshire, Schotland
Margaretha (Lady Sinclair van) Polwarth
1430–1474
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1407–1491
Marion deLauder
1407–1443
Sir Ii
1397–1466
Joan Beaufort
1407–1445
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1456–1506
Nichola Ker
1485–1528
John Beaufort
1371–1410
Margaret DeHoland
1384–1439

Alexander Hume's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Alexander Hume in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
1608
1608
Age 118
Death of Alexander Hume in Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Genealogy of the MacClaughry family : a Scoto-Irish family originally from Galloway, Scotland; appe

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