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Alexander Strachan 1365 – 1429 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1365

Birth Location: Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1429

Death Location: Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Strachan

Mother: Christian Maule

Spouse(s): Margaret Hay

Children(s): Duncan Strachan, Alexander, Strachan

The story of Alexander Strachan began in 1365 in Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Alexander Strachan married Margaret De Hay, and had children including Duncan Strachan, Alexander, of Thornton Strachan. Alexander Strachan passed away in 1429 in Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Alexander Strachan began in 1365 in Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
  • Alexander Strachan married Margaret De Hay, and had children including Duncan Strachan, Alexander, of Thornton Strachan.
  • Alexander Strachan passed away in 1429 in Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Strachan
1324 – 1390
Birth Location: Carmylie, Forfar, Scotland
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Christian Maule
1324 –
Birth Location: Panmure, Forfar, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Hay
1365 – 1398
Birth Location: Scotland
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Children(s)

Duncan Strachan
1392 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Alexander, Strachan
1395 – 1460
Birth Location: Thornton, East Lothian, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Alexander Strachan's Ancestors

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Alexander Strachan
1365 – 1429
Birth Place: Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Strachan
1324 – 1390
Carmylie, Forfar, Scotland
Christian Maule
1324 –
Panmure, Forfar, Scotland
Grandparents
Henry Maule
1290 – 1365
Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland
Margaret Hay
1290 –
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Strachan's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Strachan (Abt 1365 – 1429) m. Margaret (De) Hay (1365 – Feb 1398)
  1. 1. Duncan Strachan (1392 – )
  2. 2. Alexander, (of Thornton) Strachan (1395 – 1460) m. Margaret Rose (Abt 1397 – 1474)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Strachan (1417 – 1440) m. David (Falconer Laird of) Halkerton (1400 – 1448)
      1. 1. Alisdair (Alexander) Falconer (1440 – 10 May 1498) m. Jeanet Ogilvy (Abt 1445 – 6 May 1528)
        1. 1. George (Falconer) of (1465 – 1511) m. Elizabeth (Monypenny) Erskine (1467 – 1497)
    2. 2. John (8th of Thornton) Strachan (Abt 1429 – 5 Mar 1487) m. Margaret Straiton (Abt 1440 – Aft 1460)
    3. 3. John Strachan (Abt 1429 – 1487) m. Margaret Stratton (Abt 1420 – )

Alexander Strachan's Timeline

2 Records

1365
Abt 1365
Birth of Alexander Strachan in Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1429
1429
Age 64
Death of Alexander Strachan in Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland
Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1365
    Event Place: Of Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1429
    Event Place: Thornton, Forfarshire, Scotland
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