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Alexander Ramsey 1523–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

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

Father: Alexander Ramsay

Mother: Nicola Ker

Spouse(s): Lady Castlemilk, Alison Home

Children(s): Robert RAMSAY, Helen Ramsay, John PI

Alexander Ramsey was born in 1523 in Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Ramsay And Nicola Ker. Alexander Ramsey married Alison Home, Lady Margaret Maxwell Lady Of Newark Countess Of Castlemilk, and had children including Helen Ramsay, John Ramsay Pi, Robert Ramsay. Alexander Ramsey passed away in 1590 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Alexander Ramsey was born in 1523 in Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Ramsay And Nicola Ker.
  • Alexander Ramsey married Alison Home, Lady Margaret Maxwell Lady Of Newark Countess Of Castlemilk, and had children including Helen Ramsay, John Ramsay Pi, Robert Ramsay.
  • Alexander Ramsey passed away in 1590 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Ramsay
1500–1555
Birth Location: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
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Nicola Ker
1500–1528
Birth Location: Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Castlemilk
1530–1622
Birth Location: Newark, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alison Home
1525–1622
Birth Location: Home, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Robert RAMSAY
1550–1608
Birth Location: Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Helen Ramsay
1547–1598
Birth Location: Dalhousie, Edinburgh, Scotland
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John PI
1565–1612
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland ?
JP

Alexander Ramsey's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Ramsey
1523–1590
Birth Place: Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Ramsay
1500–1555
Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
Nicola Ker
1500–1528
Roxburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Knight Alexander Gordon-Ramsay\Ramsey-Tilleytermont\Tillieminnat-van Dalhousie, Lord) Dalhousie
1465–1513
Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nicola (Ker of) Samuelstoun
1500–1528
Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Lord
1465–1500
Christian Lady
1465–1500
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Ramsey's Descendants

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Alexander Ramsey (1523–1590) m. Lady (Margaret Maxwell, Lady of Newark, Countess of) Castlemilk (1530–16 November 1622) m. Alison Home (ABT 1525–16 Nov 1622)
  1. 1. Robert RAMSAY 1550–1608 m. Lady (Christian Bonalay Fyffe -) Ramsey 1555–1608
    1. 1. Sir (Alexander Thomas VII) Ramsey 1573–1633 m. Agnes Johnstone 1580–1633
      1. 1. Agnes Ramsey 1605–1640 m. Alexander Johnston 1601–1664
        1. 1. James (Hayden) Johnstone 1640–1672 m. Jane (Ann) Crawford 1640–1710
        2. 2. Elizabeth Johnston 1620–1703
        3. 3. James (de) Johnstone 1625–1672
        4. 4. Margaret Johnstone 1627–1706
        5. 5. William Johnstone 1627–
        6. 6. Christian Johnston 1630–1706
        7. 7. Mary Johnstone 1631–1675
        8. 8. Johnne Johnstone 1631–1672
        9. 9. Margaret Johnston 1632–1655
        10. 10. Janet Brown 1634–1675
        11. 11. Archibald Johnston 1638–1667
        12. 12. Margaret Johnstone 1640–1706
        13. 13. Elizabeth Johnston 1640–1703
      2. 2. Robert Ramsey 1603–1664
      3. 3. Archibald RAMSEY 1616–
      4. 4. Margaret Douglas –1640
    2. 2. Alison (of Wyliecleuch) RAMSAY 1565–1584
    3. 3. George RAMSAY 1571–1598
    4. 4. Nicholas RAMSAY 1572–1598
    5. 5. John ((Viscount Haddington Earl of Holderness)) Ramsay 1572–1627
    6. 6. Patrick RAMSAY 1575–1626
    7. 7. Andrew RAMSAY 1576–
    8. 8. Agnes RAMSAY 1577–1605
    9. 9. Alaxander (Ramsey) Pi 1577–1605
    10. 10. Margaret ((Magie)) RAMSAY 1584–
    11. 11. Lady (Marion) Ramsay 1586–
    12. 12. Robert (RAMSAY) II 1588–1598
    13. 13. Thomas RAMSAY 1596–1666
    14. 14. Sir (William) Ramsay 1607–1698
  2. 2. Helen Ramsay 1547–1598
  3. 3. John (Ramsay) PI 1565–1612

Alexander Ramsey's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Alexander Ramsey in Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 67
Death of Alexander Ramsey 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: Roxborough, Roxburghshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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