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Alexander Lindsay 1443 – 1517 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1443

Birth Location: Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland

Death Date: May 1517

Death Location: Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Lindsay

Mother: Margaret Dunbar

Spouse(s): Isobel Campbell

Children(s): David Lindsay, Alexander Lindsay, Isobel Lindsay

Alexander Lindsay was born in 1443 in Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland, the child of Alexander Lindsay and Margaret Dunbar. Alexander Lindsay married Isobel (Magaret) Campbell, and had children including David Lindsay, Alexander Lindsay, Isobel Lindsay. Alexander Lindsay passed away in 1517 in Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Lindsay was born in 1443 in Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland, the child of Alexander Lindsay and Margaret Dunbar.
  • Alexander Lindsay married Isobel (Magaret) Campbell, and had children including David Lindsay, Alexander Lindsay, Isobel Lindsay.
  • Alexander Lindsay passed away in 1517 in Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Lindsay
1423 – 1453
Birth Location: Glenesk, Forfarshire, Scotland
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Margaret Dunbar
1425 – 1503
Birth Location: Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isobel Campbell
1448 – 1516
Birth Location: Ardkenglass, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

David Lindsay
1471 – 1542
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Lindsay
1473 –
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Isobel Lindsay
1477 – 1517
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
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Alexander Lindsay's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Lindsay
1443 – 1517
Birth Place: Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland
Parents
Alexander Lindsay
1423 – 1453
Glenesk, Forfarshire, Scotland
Margaret Dunbar
1425 – 1503
Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Earl (Of Lindsay David) Lindsay
1405 – 1446
Crawford, Scotland
Marjory Ogilvie
1405 – 1476
Auchterhouse, Angusshire, Scotland
David (de) Dunbar
1390 – 1444
Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Margaret Dunbar
1380 –
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Lindsay
1387 – 1446
Marjorie Dunbar
1386 – 1429
Alexander Ogilvie
1364 – 1392
Janet Broxmouth
1374 –
George Dunbar
1336 – 1423
Christina Seton
1340 – 1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Lindsey
1359 – 1407
Elizabeth Stewart
1362 – 1446
Patrick [Ogilvie]
1393 – 1429
Christian Keith
1396 –
Andrew Gray
1355 – 1436
Janet Mortimer
1358 – 1397
Patrick Dunbar
1302 – 1357
Isabel Randolph
1310 – 1361
Alan Wynton
1291 – 1347
Lady Seton
1325 – 1347

Alexander Lindsay's Descendants

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Alexander Lindsay (1443 – May 1517) m. Isobel ((Magaret)) Campbell (1448 – 1516)
  1. 1. David Lindsay (1471 – 27 Nov 1542) m. Isobel Lundie m. Elizabeth ((Marianna)) Hay
  2. 2. Alexander Lindsay (1473 – )
  3. 3. Isobel Lindsay (1477 – Aft 1517) m. James Ogilvy (Aft 1473 – Bef 29 Nov 1524)
    1. 1. Margery Ogilvy (1494 – )
    2. 2. James Ogilvy (1495 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Agnes Sinclair (1498 – 1572)
      1. 1. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1510 – Abt 1590)
      2. 2. Marion Ogilvy (Bet 11 Jan 1512 and 10 Jan 1513 – Bet 11 Jan 1569 and 10 Jan 1570) m. Patrick Gray (Mar 1518 – 1583) m. Patrick (1510 – )
        1. 1. Patrick Gray (1528 – 10 Mar 1608) m. Barbara Ruthven (7 May 1535 – 21 Jul 1594)
        2. 2. Isobell Grey (1533 – 1619) m. Alexander Achesonne (1525 – Abt 1563)
        3. 3. Katherine Gray (1534 – 1596) m. John Mortimer (1525 – 1575) m. John (de) Mortimer (1535 – 1575)
        4. 4. Walter Gray (Abt 1535 – 1601) m. Agnes Mowat (Abt 1540 – )
        5. 5. Dorothy GRAY (Bef 1536 – 28 Nov 1655)
        6. 6. Majorie Grey (1540 – 1582)
        7. 7. Gilbert Gray (1540 – 12 Aug 1592) m. Marion Carnegie (1542 – 28 May 1585) m. Elisabeth Hay (Abt 1542 – Bef 1597)
        8. 8. Mary (Ann) Gray (1540 – 1600) m. George Parbroath (1535 – 24 Nov 1601)
        9. 9. James Gray (Abt 1540 – Bet 1585 and 1586) m. Elizabeth Bethune (1518 – 3 Jul 1567)
        10. 10. Lilias Gray (1542 – Mar 1614) m. David Tyrie (Abt 1552 – 20 Oct 1592) m. John Oliphant (1552 – 1 Feb 1603) m. Peter Oliphant (1542 – 24 Oct 1594)
        11. 11. Margaret Gray (Abt 1542 – ) m. William Stewart (1537 – )
        12. 12. Mary (De) Grey (Abt 1544 – Jun 1592) m. David Seton (Abt 1543 – 21 Nov 1601)
        13. 13. Johne Gray (1545 – ) m. Christiane (Bell) Harlow (1542 – )
        14. 14. Marion (de) Grey (Abt 1545 – Jun 1582) m. Patrick Ogilvy (1528 – 24 May 1622) m. James Torrens (1540 – 1591)
        15. 15. Andrew Gray (1546 – 16 Feb 1611)
        16. 16. Robert Gray (Abt 1546 – Aft 1593)
        17. 17. Agnes Gray (1548 – 9 Jan 1583) m. Robert Logan (1533 – 26 Aug 1561) m. Alexander Home (15 May 1526 – 11 Aug 1575) m. Thomas Lyon (1546 – 18 Feb 1607)
        18. 18. Elizabeth Gray (1551 – 1578) m. Laurence Bruce (20 Jan 1546 – Aug 1617)
        19. 19. Helen Gray (Abt 1551 – 1574)
        20. 20. Helen Gray (1554 – ) m. David Maxwell (1550 – )
        21. 21. Anne Gray (8 Jul 1554 – 9 Jan 1580) m. Patrick Douglas (Abt 1550 – 2 Nov 1582)
        22. 22. Agnes Gray (1559 – ) m. Patrick Douglas (Abt 1557 – )
        23. 23. Isobel Gray (14 Aug 1560 – 20 Oct 1589) m. Alexander Falconer (1545 – 1 Dec 1595) m. David Strachan
      3. 3. James (Ogilvie Master of) Airlie (1516 – 9 Oct 1547) m. Katherine (Campbell of) Crawford ( – 10 Jan 1578)
      4. 4. James Ogilvy (1520 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Katherine Campbell (1520 – 1 Oct 1578)
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Marion) Ogilvy (Abt 1520 – 15 Jul 1569)
      6. 6. Thomas Ogilvy (Abt 1522 – 1577) m. Beatrice Chisholm (Abt 1544 – ) m. Janet Fraser (Abt 1526 – )
      7. 7. Archibald Ogilvie (Abt 1524 – )
      8. 8. Agnes Ogilvy (Abt 1528 – 1600)
      9. 9. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1528 – 1600)
      10. 10. Thomas Ogilvy (Abt 1529 – Bef 1577)
      11. 11. Alexander Ogilvy (Abt 1531 – Bef 1548)
      12. 12. Helen Ogilvy (1536 – 1566) m. James Stewart (1538 – 14 Feb 1586)
    3. 3. John Ogilvy (Abt 1497 – 13 Jul 1548) m. Isobel Stewart (Abt 1498 – )
    4. 4. Marjory Ogilvy (Abt 1499 – ) m. John Lyon (1512 – 1585)
    5. 5. Archibald Ogilvy (Abt 1501 – )
    6. 6. Beatrix Ogilvy (1505 – 1558) m. David Garden (Abt 1502 – )
    7. 7. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1506 – 1535) m. Andrew Gray (Abt 1504 – Aft 1552)
    8. 8. Isobel Ogilvy (Abt 1508 – Abt 1573) m. David Strachan (1498 – 1548) m. Archibald Hamilton (1510 – 27 Sep 1561)

Alexander Lindsay's Timeline

2 Records

1443
1443
Birth of Alexander Lindsay in Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland
Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland
1517
May 1517
Age 74
Death of Alexander Lindsay in Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland
Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1443
    Event Place: Auchtermonzie Fife , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1517
    Event Place: Finhaven Castle, Oathlaw, Forfarshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
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