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Alexander Ramsey 1523–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland

Death Date: Abt 1590

Death Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir (Knight)

Mother: Lady Livingstone

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Alexander Ramsey was born in 1523 in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, the child of Sir Nicholas Ramsey Of Dalhousie Knight And Lady Isabel Livingstone. Alexander Ramsey passed away in 1590 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Ramsey was born in 1523 in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland, the child of Sir Nicholas Ramsey Of Dalhousie Knight And Lady Isabel Livingstone.
  • Alexander Ramsey passed away in 1590 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Alexander Ramsey's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Ramsey
1523–1590
Birth Place: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
Parents
Sir Nicholas Ramsey Of Dalhousie (Knight)
1505–1555
Dalhousie, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Isabel) Livingstone
1505–1552
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Laird (Alexander) Ramsey
1465–1513
Cockpen, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
Nichola (Carr) (Kerr)
1485–1528
Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
Sir (Robert Livingstone IV (of) Wemyss)
1475–1516
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Janet (Beaton Bethune (Countess) Arran)
1490–1522
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Ramsey
1480–
Lord Englishmen)
1465–1500
Lady Rutherford
1465–1500
Sir Creich)
1456–1505
Lady Duddington
1465–1545
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Ramsey's Timeline

2 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Alexander Ramsey in Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland
1590
Abt 1590
Age 67
Death of Alexander Ramsey in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Wyliecleuch, Roxburgh, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt 1590
    Event Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

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