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Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight 1537 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1537

Birth Location: Crombie, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Apr 1580

Death Location: Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: James Crommey

Mother: Catherine Gordon

Spouse(s): Lady Forbes

Children(s): Robert Ilk

The story of Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight began in 1537 in Crombie, Fife, Scotland. Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight married Lady Isobell Elizabeth Muchells de Forbes, and had children including Robert Innes, 19th of that Ilk. Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight passed away in 1580 in Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight began in 1537 in Crombie, Fife, Scotland.
  • Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight married Lady Isobell Elizabeth Muchells de Forbes, and had children including Robert Innes, 19th of that Ilk.
  • Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight passed away in 1580 in Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Crommey
1503 – 1547
Birth Location: Pinkie, Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Catherine Gordon
1512 – 1537
Birth Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire,Scotland
CG

Spouses(s)

Lady Forbes
1548 – 1600
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
LF

Children(s)

Robert Ilk
1562 – 1596
Birth Location: Elgin, Moray, Scotland
RI

Alexander Knight's Ancestors

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Alexander Knight
1537 – 1580
Birth Place: Crombie, Fife, Scotland
Parents
James Innes, 2nd Laird Of Crommey
1503 – 1547
Pinkie, Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Catherine Gordon
1512 – 1537
Gight, Aberdeenshire,Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Haines de) Innes
1470 – 1551
Balveny Castle, Banff, Aberdeenshire Scotland
Elspeth Stewart
1474 – 1564
of, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland
Sir (Robert (3rd Laird of Glen and Lochinvar) Gordon van) Fetterletter
1475 – 1520
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Dalry in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland
Mary (Macdonald) Gordon
1480 – 1538
Glen, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Acarsane
1449 – 1510
Isabella Vaus
1451 – 1510
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Knight's Descendants

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Alexander (Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish) Knight (1537 – 13 Apr 1580) m. Lady (Isobell Elizabeth Muchells de) Forbes (16 October 1548 – 11 September 1600)
  1. 1. Robert (Innes, 19th of that) Ilk (Apr 1562 – 25 Sep 1596) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Elphinstone (1 Aug 1561 – 26 Feb 1613)
    1. 1. John ((Ennis) Innes*, of) Crommry (1587 – Sep 1645) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1598 – Jul 1655)
      1. 1. Alexander (Innes or) Ennis (9 Nov 1632 – 9 Oct 1679) m. Catherine (Aines) Briggs-ENNIS (6 Jan 1636 – 6 Feb 1687)
        1. 1. Mary Innes (1655 – 18 Feb 1727) m. John (Dodge) 7GGF (4 Feb 1644 – 1729)

Alexander Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1537
1537
Birth of Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight in Crombie, Fife, Scotland
Crombie, Fife, Scotland
1580
13 Apr 1580
Age 43
Death of Alexander Innes, 3rd Laird Crombie Descendant of a Flemish Knight in Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1537
    Event Place: Crombie, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Apr 1580
    Event Place: Was Murdered, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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