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Alexander McClellan 1543–1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: 26 Nov 1631

Death Location: Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Father: Crusader III

Mother: Grissel McClellan

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Alexander McClellan was born in 1543 in Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Crusader Sir Thomas Mc Clellan Iii And Grissel Grizel Maxwell Mcclellan. Alexander McClellan passed away in 1631 in Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alexander McClellan was born in 1543 in Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Crusader Sir Thomas Mc Clellan Iii And Grissel Grizel Maxwell Mcclellan.
  • Alexander McClellan passed away in 1631 in Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Alexander McClellan's Ancestors

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Alexander McClellan
1543–1631
Birth Place: Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
Crusader Sir Thomas Mc Clellan III
1520–1597
Culzean Castle, Maybole{Ayrshire} or Bombie or Kenmore, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland or Kirkcudbright, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grissel ("Grizel" Maxwell) McClellan
1550–1597
Terregles, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Grandparents
SIR (THOMAS I McClelland Baron of) Bombie
1496–1547
Bombie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marion Kennedy
1508–1562
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
5th (Lord Herries of Terregles John William) Maxwell
1512–1583
Terregales, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Bomby
1450–1513
Agnes Dunbar
1467–1512
Gilbert Cassilis
1485–1527
Isabel Cassillis
1489–1529
Robert Maxwell
1493–1546
Lady Douglas
1498–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Argyll
1459–1513
Sir Maxwell
1436–1513
Agnes Stewart
1478–1557
Elizabeth Douglas
1472–1514

Alexander McClellan's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Alexander McClellan in Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1631
26 Nov 1631
Age 88
Death of Alexander McClellan in Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Gelston, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Nov 1631
    Event Place: Ballycastle, Grey Abbey, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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