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Alexander Ramsay 1523–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 December 1580

Death Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Nicholas DALHOUSIE

Mother: Isabel Livingston

Spouse(s): Margaret Maxwell

Children(s): Sir RAMSEY, John Ramsay

The story of Alexander Ramsay began in 1523 in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Alexander Ramsay married Margaret Maxwell, and had children including John Ramsay, Sir Robert I Ramsey. Alexander Ramsay passed away in 1580 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Ramsay began in 1523 in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Alexander Ramsay married Margaret Maxwell, and had children including John Ramsay, Sir Robert I Ramsey.
  • Alexander Ramsay passed away in 1580 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nicholas DALHOUSIE
1488–1555
Birth Location: Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Isabel Livingston
1505–1552
Birth Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Maxwell
1530–1622
Birth Location: Newark, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MM

Children(s)

Sir RAMSEY
1550–1608
Birth Location: Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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John Ramsay
1565–1612
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alexander Ramsay's Ancestors

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Alexander Ramsay
1523–1580
Birth Place: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Nicholas de RAMSAY of DALHOUSIE
1488–1555
Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Livingston
1505–1552
Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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Alexander Ramsay's Descendants

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Alexander Ramsay (1523–2 December 1580) m. Margaret Maxwell (1530–16 November 1622)
  1. 1. Sir (ROBERT I) RAMSEY 1550–1608 m. Christian (Bonalay) FYFE 1555–1608
    1. 1. Alexander (Thomas Ramsay) Ramsey 1573–1618 m. Agnes (Johnstone) Ramsay 1580–1633
      1. 1. Agnes Ramsey 1605–1640 m. Alexander Johnstone 1601–1664
        1. 1. Christan Johnstone 1630–1706 m. James Aiken 1627–1683
  2. 2. John Ramsay 1565–1612

Alexander Ramsay's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Alexander Ramsay in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1580
2 December 1580
Age 57
Death of Alexander Ramsay in Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 December 1580
    Event Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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