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Alexander Lindsay 1443 – 1517 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1443

Birth Location: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: MAY 1517

Death Location: Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland

Father: Alexander Lindsay

Mother: Marjory Dunbar,

Spouse(s): Isobel Campbell, Elizabeth Leslie

Children(s): David Lindsay

Alexander Lindsay was born in 1443 in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Lindsay and Marjory Dunbar,. Alexander Lindsay married Isobel Campbell, Elizabeth Isobel Lesly Leslie, and had children including David Lindsay. Alexander Lindsay passed away in 1517 in Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Lindsay was born in 1443 in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Lindsay and Marjory Dunbar,.
  • Alexander Lindsay married Isobel Campbell, Elizabeth Isobel Lesly Leslie, and had children including David Lindsay.
  • Alexander Lindsay passed away in 1517 in Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Alexander Lindsay's Ancestors

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Alexander Lindsay
1443 – 1517
Birth Place: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Lindsay
1387 – 1446
Angus-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marjory Dunbar,
1425 – 1498
Auchtermonzie Fife Scotland
Grandparents
David Lindsey
1359 – 1407
Angus-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Katherine) Stewart
1362 – 1446
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (George II De) DUNBAR
1405 – 1457
Dunbar Castel, East Lothian
Lady (Margaret Baroness Of Berwick) TEMPLETON
1405 – 1430
Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Lindsay
1329 – 1381
Katherine Stirling
1335 – 1378
Robert Stewart
1316 – 1390
Euphemia Ross
1330 – 1387
George Dunbar
1336 – 1423
Janet Seton
1375 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Lindsay
1299 – 1355
Mary Abernethy
1298 – 1355
John Stirling
1300 – 1357
Barbara Swinbourn
1315 – 1360
Walter Stewart
1292 – 1326
Marjorie Bruce
1296 – 1316
Hugh Ross
1275 – 1333
Margaret Graham
1296 – 1358
Alexander Dunbar
1287 – 1368
Marjory Comyn
William Seton
1343 – 1424
Janet Fleming
1351 – 1430

Alexander Lindsay's Descendants

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Alexander Lindsay (ABT 1443 – MAY 1517) m. Isobel Campbell (1448 – ) m. Elizabeth (Isobel Lesly) Leslie (ABT 1502 – )
  1. 1. David Lindsay (ABT 1476 – 27 NOV 1542) m. Elizabeth Hay (1472 – 24 JAN 1510)
    1. 1. Margaret Lindsay (ABT 1503 – )
    2. 2. James Lindsay (ABT 1504 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Lindsay (1505 – 22 MAY 1540) m. Walter Lundie (1497 – 24 NOV 1572)
      1. 1. Andrew (of Pillachy) Lundin (ABT 1511 – )
      2. 2. Catherine Lundin (1523 – 27 AUG 1584) m. Paul Dishington (1521 – 1550)
        1. 1. Patrick Durie (1544 – ) m. Elspet Lundyn (1540 – )
        2. 2. Jean (Anne) Dishington (ABT 1547 – ABT 1593) m. Gavin Hamilton (1545 – 18 JUL 1593) m. Gavin Hamilton (ABT 1450/1570 – )
      3. 3. Janet Lundin (ABT 1524 – )
      4. 4. Robert (of Balgony) Lundy (ABT 1526 – )
      5. 5. Isobel Lundy (ABT 1528 – )
      6. 6. William Lundie (1530 – 13 APR 1600) m. Christian Ruthven (1540 – 15 OCT 1597)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Lundie (1530 – 1584) m. John Haldane (1530 – DEC 1563)
      8. 8. Walter Lundin (ABT 1533 – )
      9. 9. Andrew Lundin (ABT 1544 – ) m. Elizabeth Kerr (ABT 1545 – 24 MAR 1895)
      10. 10. Walter Lundin (ABT 1560 – )
      11. 11. Lundin (ABT 1563 – )
      12. 12. Lundin (ABT 1564 – )
    4. 4. Patrick Lindsay (ABT 1506 – ) m. Patrick Lindsay (ABT 1505 – )
    5. 5. Eufemia (de) Lindsay (ABT 1507 – ) m. John Charteris (ABT 1505 – )
    6. 6. William Lindsay (ABT 1512 – )
    7. 7. David Lindsay (circa 1508 – )

Alexander Lindsay's Timeline

2 Records

1443
ABT 1443
Birth of Alexander Lindsay in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
1517
MAY 1517
Age 74
Death of Alexander Lindsay in Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland
Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland

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    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1443
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAY 1517
    Event Place: Finhaven Castle Oatlaw, Angus Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dundee Angus Scotland

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