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Alexander Irwin 1452–1508 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1452

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1508

Death Location: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Boyd

Mother: Mariota Boyd

Spouse(s): Johanna Colville, Jane Irwin, Margaret Colville

Children(s): Adam Boyd, Robert Boyd, Margaretha Boyd, Sir Iv, Mary Boyd, Lady Boyd, Margaretha Boyd*, Lady Boyd, Sir Iv, Adam Boyd, Lady Boyd, Agnes Somerville, Lady Boyd, Adam Pinkill, Thomas Boyd, Mary Boyd, Son Boyd, Thomas Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Robert Boyd, Adam Boyd, Lady Boyd, Adam Boyd, Thomas Boyd

The story of Alexander Irwin began in 1452 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Alexander Irwin married Jane Taylor Irwin, Johanna Colville, Margaret Colville, and had children including Adam Boyd, Adam Boyd Lord Of Pinkill, Adam De Boyd, Agnes Somerville, Euphemia Boyd, Lady Elizabeth Boyd, Lady Euphemia De Boyd, Lady Margaret Boyd, Margaretha Boyd, Mary Boyd, Robert Boyd, Sir Lord Robert Iv Boyd Iv, Son Boyd, Thomas Boyd, Thomas Picton Boyd. Alexander Irwin passed away in 1508 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Irwin began in 1452 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Alexander Irwin married Jane Taylor Irwin, Johanna Colville, Margaret Colville, and had children including Adam Boyd, Adam Boyd Lord Of Pinkill, Adam De Boyd, Agnes Somerville, Euphemia Boyd, Lady Elizabeth Boyd, Lady Euphemia De Boyd, Lady Margaret Boyd, Margaretha Boyd, Mary Boyd, Robert Boyd, Sir Lord Robert Iv Boyd Iv, Son Boyd, Thomas Boyd, Thomas Picton Boyd.
  • Alexander Irwin passed away in 1508 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Irwin's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Irwin
1452–1508
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Boyd
1425–1482
Scotland
Mariota (Jonet) Boyd
1435–1473
Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Maxwell, 3rd Lord of) Carlaverock
1395–1484
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Lady (Jeanette) Crichton
1408–1437
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Caithness
1345–1427
Janet Borthwick
1370–1464
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Irwin's Descendants

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Alexander Irwin (1452–1508) m. Johanna Colville (1450–21 April 1517) m. Jane ((Taylor)) Irwin (1467–21 April 1517) m. Margaret Colville (1468–1504)
  1. 1. Adam (de) Boyd 1490–1577 m. Helen Kennedy 1482– m. Helen Kennedy 1482–1582
    1. 1. Dochter Boyd 1505–
    2. 2. Adam Boyd 1505–1590
    3. 3. Robert Boyd 1505–1590
  2. 2. Robert Boyd 1485–1558
  3. 3. Margaretha Boyd 1490–1525
  4. 4. Sir (Lord Robert IV Boyd) Iv 1485–1558
  5. 5. Mary Boyd 1476–1522
  6. 6. Lady (Euphemia de) Boyd 1473–1508
  7. 7. Margaretha Boyd* 1495–1561
  8. 8. Lady (Margaret) Boyd 1500–1595
  9. 9. Sir (Lord Robert IV Boyd) Iv 1485–1558
  10. 10. Adam Boyd –1577
  11. 11. Lady (Euphemia de) Boyd 1473–1522
  12. 12. Agnes Somerville 1500–1543
  13. 13. Lady (Elizabeth) Boyd 1475–1517
  14. 14. Adam (Boyd Lord of) Pinkill 1490–1577
  15. 15. Thomas (Picton) Boyd 1492–1548
  16. 16. Mary Boyd 1476–1559
  17. 17. Son Boyd 1496–
  18. 18. Thomas Boyd 1497–1548
  19. 19. Euphemia Boyd 1502–1502
  20. 20. Robert Boyd 1485–1548
  21. 21. Adam Boyd –1577
  22. 22. Lady (Euphemia de) Boyd 1473–1522
  23. 23. Adam Boyd –1577
  24. 24. Thomas Boyd –1548

Alexander Irwin's Timeline

2 Records

1452
1452
Birth of Alexander Irwin in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
1508
1508
Age 56
Death of Alexander Irwin in beheaded Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
beheaded Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1452
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: beheaded Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [4] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 132

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: History of the Boyd family and descendants with historical sketches of the ancient family of Boyd's in Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1497-1501

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

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