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Alexander McDowell 1595–1652 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1595

Birth Location: Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: 1652

Death Location: Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

Father: John McDowell\MacDowall

Mother: Mary Wylie

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Alexander McDowell was born in 1595 in Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, the child of John Alexander Mcdowell Macdowall And Mary Elizabeth Wylie. Alexander McDowell passed away in 1652 in Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Alexander McDowell was born in 1595 in Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, the child of John Alexander Mcdowell Macdowall And Mary Elizabeth Wylie.
  • Alexander McDowell passed away in 1652 in Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland.

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Alexander McDowell's Ancestors

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Alexander McDowell
1595–1652
Birth Place: Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Parents
John Alexander McDowell\MacDowall
1575–1635
Galloway, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mary (Elizabeth) Wylie
1590–1631
Ulster, Ireland
Grandparents
Uchtred (10th Laird of Garthland) MacDowall
1546–1593
Garthland, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart
1560–1627
of Ayrshire, Scotland
Thomas Wylie
1570–1635
Ulster, Ireland
Grace Coxe
1573–1635
Otterford, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
John Macdowall
1506–1547
Margaret Campbell
1530–1547
James Scotland
1512–1542
Countess Rattray
1511–1542
John Wylley
1515–1575
Joan Marsead
1519–1605
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Wylley
1484–1558

Alexander McDowell's Timeline

2 Records

1595
1595
Birth of Alexander McDowell in Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
1652
1652
Age 57
Death of Alexander McDowell in Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Glenoe, Raloo Parish, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1652
    Event Place: Glenoe, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

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