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Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant 1504–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1504

Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 Feb 1579

Death Location: Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Oliphant

Mother: Elizabeth Keith

Spouse(s): Uxor Oliphant, Katherine Leslie

Children(s): Elizabeth Oliphant, Janet Kellie, Anne Monteith, Alexander Oliphant, Elizabeth Oliphant, Janet Oliphant, Janet Oliphant, Thomas Oliphant

In 1504, Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant entered the world in Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Colin Oliphant Master Of Oliphant And Elizabeth Keith. Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant married Katherine Leslie, Uxor Ragsise Ignota Or Katherine Leslie Or Margaret Sandilands Oliphant, and had children including Alexander Oliphant, Anne Monteith, Elizabeth Leslie Oliphant, Elizabeth Forsythe Oliphant, Janet Ann Monteith Oliphant Lady Dundas Of Kelso And Kellie, Janet Oliphant, Mary Kellie, Thomas A Oliphant. Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant passed away in 1579 in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1504, Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant entered the world in Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, born to Sir Colin Oliphant Master Of Oliphant And Elizabeth Keith.
  • Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant married Katherine Leslie, Uxor Ragsise Ignota Or Katherine Leslie Or Margaret Sandilands Oliphant, and had children including Alexander Oliphant, Anne Monteith, Elizabeth Leslie Oliphant, Elizabeth Forsythe Oliphant, Janet Ann Monteith Oliphant Lady Dundas Of Kelso And Kellie, Janet Oliphant, Mary Kellie, Thomas A Oliphant.
  • Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant passed away in 1579 in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Oliphant
1487–1513
Birth Location: Gask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
SO
Elizabeth Keith
1480–1549
Birth Location: Dunnotar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
EK

Spouses(s)

Uxor Oliphant
1520–1579
Birth Location: Affoltern, Zurich, Switzerland
UO
Katherine Leslie
1510–1602
Birth Location: Rothes, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
KL

Children(s)

Elizabeth Oliphant
1535–1596
Birth Location: Preston Capes, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
EO
Janet Kellie
1569–1661
Birth Location: Kingdom of Scotland (United Kingdom of Great Britain & North, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
JK
Anne Monteith
1569–1644
Birth Location: Carse, Scotland, United Kingdom
AM
Alexander Oliphant
1530–1588
Birth Location: Kellie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Oliphant
1560–1608
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
EO
Janet Oliphant
1577–1661
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
JO
Janet Oliphant
1531–1608
Birth Location: England, England, United Kingdom
JO
Thomas Oliphant
1545–1623
Birth Location: –
TO

Alexander Oliphant's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Oliphant
1504–1579
Birth Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Colin Oliphant, Master of Oliphant
1487–1513
Gask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Keith
1480–1549
Dunnotar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Oliphant's Descendants

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Alexander (Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence) Oliphant (1504–11 Feb 1579) m. Uxor (Ragsise Ignota Or Katherine Leslie or Margaret Sandilands) Oliphant (1520–11 Feb 1579) m. Katherine Leslie (1510–12 Dec 1602)
  1. 1. Elizabeth ('Leslie') Oliphant 1535–1596 m. William ((Daventry) Blisse Blysse) Sr 1530–1574
    1. 1. Agnes (Blisse) Blysse 1564–1634 m. John (Harding) Sr 1565–1636
      1. 1. Thomas (George) Harding 1603–1644
      2. 2. John Harding 1591–1682
    2. 2. Joan (Blysse) (Bliss) 1552–1574
    3. 3. Anne ((Annesse) Blysse) (Bliss) 1573–1614
    4. 4. John (Thomas "The Immigrant - 1635" Bliss (Founder-Hartford, CT -Died of) Malaria?) 1562–1617
    5. 5. Thomas Bliss 1550–1635
    6. 6. George (Blysse (Bliss)) Sr 1554–1608
    7. 7. Joyce (Blysse) (Bliss) 1554–1574
    8. 8. Nicholas (Blysse) (Bliss) 1548–1575
    9. 9. William (Oliphant Blysse) (Bliss) 1552–1575
    10. 10. George Bliss 1561–1608
    11. 11. Joyce (Blysse) Bliss 1568–1574
    12. 12. Robert (Oliphant) Bliss 1562–1617
    13. 13. Jonathan (Blysse) (Bliss) 1578–1635
    14. 14. William (Blysse) Bliss 1560–1580
    15. 15. Joane (Joyce) Blysse 1573–1592
  2. 2. Janet ((Ann Monteith) Oliphant - Lady Dundas of Kelso and) Kellie 1569–1661 m. Sir (Walter Dundas, 18th Laird of) Dundas 1560–1636
    1. 1. Sir (George Dundas, 19th Laird of) Dundas 1599–1673
    2. 2. Alexander Dundas 1588–1657
    3. 3. George Dundas 1612–1689
    4. 4. George Dundas 1582–1644
    5. 5. Hugh Dundas 1590–1657
    6. 6. Isabel Dundas 1599–1670
    7. 7. James Dundas 1600–1644
    8. 8. Marian Dundas 1586–1637 m. Brice (Blair of That) Ilk –1639
    9. 9. Walter (of Blair) Dundas 1580–1622
    10. 10. William (of Kincavel) Dundas 1607–1658
      1. 1. Ronald Dundas 1633–
  3. 3. Anne Monteith 1569–1644 m. Sir (Walter Dundas, 18th Laird of) Dundas 1569–1636
    1. 1. Sir (George Dundas, 19th Laird of) Dundas 1599–1673
    2. 2. Alexander Dundas 1588–1657
    3. 3. George Dundas 1612–1689
    4. 4. George Dundas 1582–1644
    5. 5. Hugh Dundas 1590–1657
    6. 6. Isabel Dundas 1599–1670
    7. 7. James Dundas 1600–1644
    8. 8. Marian Dundas 1586–1637
    9. 9. Walter (Dundas Sir Knight Laird of) Blair 1580–1622
    10. 10. William (Dundas Sir Knight Laird of) Kincavel 1607–1658
  4. 4. Alexander Oliphant 1530–1588
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Forsythe) Oliphant 1560–1608
  6. 6. Janet Oliphant 1577–1661
  7. 7. Janet Oliphant 1531–1608
  8. 8. Thomas (A) Oliphant 1545–1623

Alexander Oliphant's Timeline

3 Records

1504
1504
Birth of Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant in Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1529
1529
Age 25
Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant was married in Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
11 Feb 1579
Age 75
Death of Alexander Oliphant Baron, Lord of Kellie Castle OR Baron Laurence Oliphant in Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1504
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Feb 1579
    Event Place: Over-Kellie Carnebie, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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