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Alexander Matheson 1640 – 1687 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1640

Birth Location: Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Oct 1687

Death Location: Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lady MacKenzie

Mother: John Matheson

Spouse(s): Christina Macrae

Children(s): John Achtaytoralan

Alexander Matheson was born in 1640 in Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lady Margaret Agnes MacKenzie and John 'Ian Og' Matheson. Alexander Matheson married Christina of Inverinate Macrae, and had children including John Matheson tenant of Achtaytoralan. Alexander Matheson passed away in 1687 in Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alexander Matheson was born in 1640 in Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lady Margaret Agnes MacKenzie and John 'Ian Og' Matheson.
  • Alexander Matheson married Christina of Inverinate Macrae, and had children including John Matheson tenant of Achtaytoralan.
  • Alexander Matheson passed away in 1687 in Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Children(s)

Alexander Matheson's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Matheson
1640 – 1687
Birth Place: Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lady Margaret Agnes MacKenzie
1605 – 1660
Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
John ('Ian Og') Matheson
1606 – 1644
Balmacara, Lochalsh, Scotland
Grandparents
Margaret (of Inchbrook Dunbar\Mackenzie + of Inchbrook) Dunbar
1580 – 1635
Inchbrook near The Hauge, Moray, Scotland
John (IV Laird of Hilton) Mackenzie+
1580 – 1662
Hilton, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Christina McLENNAN
1590 – 1665
Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Dugald ((Dubhghall an Oir)) Matheson
1580 – 1681
Lochalsh, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Dunbar
1560 –
Inchbroak
Murdoch Mackenzie+
1560 – 1631
Jean Innes\Mackenzie
1560 – 1634
William McLennan
1570 –
Murdoch Matheson
1553 – 1580
Christian MacLennan
1536 – 1626
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Allan MacKenzie+
1530 – 1604
Margaret Dunbar
1535 – 1570
Walter Innes+
1535 – 1608
Lady Balmacarra)
1536 – 1620
Dugald Matheson
1532 – 1570
Catherine Murchison
1512 – 1555
Christopher Balmacarra)
1511 – 1550

Alexander Matheson's Descendants

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Alexander Matheson (1640 – Oct 1687) m. Christina (of Inverinate) Macrae (1643 – )
  1. 1. John (Matheson tenant of) Achtaytoralan (about 1655 – 1722) m. Anne (daughter of John 3rd son of William Mackenzie 1st of) Shieldag (Abt. 1670 – )
    1. 1. John (Og 6th) Matheson (Abt. 1690 – ) m. Mary MacKenzie (Abt. 1695 – )
      1. 1. John (Og) Matheson (c 1720 – 23/12/1810) m. Christian Matheson (1719 – )
        1. 1. Duncan ((Donnchadh an Loin)) Matheson (c 1744 – ) m. Margaret MACLEAN (Abt 1730 – )
      2. 2. Farquhar Matheson (Abt. 1725 – )
      3. 3. Janet Matheson (Abt. 1727 – )
      4. 4. Catherine Matheson (Abt. 1728 – )

Alexander Matheson's Timeline

2 Records

1640
1640
Birth of Alexander Matheson in Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1687
Oct 1687
Age 47
Death of Alexander Matheson in Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Balmacarra, Ross & Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1687
    Event Place: Lochalsh, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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