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Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton 1539 – 1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Death Date: MAY 1601

Death Location: Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Thornton

Mother: Margaret Bethune

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Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton was born in 1539 in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Strachan, 11th Laird of Thornton and Margaret Bethune. Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton passed away in 1601 in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton was born in 1539 in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Strachan, 11th Laird of Thornton and Margaret Bethune.
  • Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton passed away in 1601 in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Alexander Thornton's Ancestors

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Alexander Thornton
1539 – 1601
Birth Place: Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Strachan, 11th Laird of Thornton
1515 – 1560
Thornton, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Bethune
1506 – 1574
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John Strachan
1781 – 1855
Elizabeth Strachan
1776 – 1845
New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
James BETHUNE
1479 – 1522
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Helen MELVILLE
1471 –
Drummaird, Fife, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Thornton's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1601
MAY 1601
Age 62
Death of Alexander Strachan - 12th Laird of Thornton in Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAY 1601
    Event Place: Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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