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Anna Blair 1621 – 1665 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1621

Birth Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Death Date: 1665

Death Location: Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Father: Alexander Cochrane

Mother: Lady Cochrane

Spouse(s): David Edgar

Children(s): Edward Edgar

Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) was born in 1621 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, the child of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane and Lady Elisabeth Cochrane. Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) married David (1st Laird of Keithock) Edgar, and had children including Edward Edgar. Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) passed away in 1665 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) was born in 1621 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, the child of Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane and Lady Elisabeth Cochrane.
  • Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) married David (1st Laird of Keithock) Edgar, and had children including Edward Edgar.
  • Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) passed away in 1665 in Brechin, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Cochrane
1585 – 1641
Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Lady Cochrane
1580 – 1641
Birth Location: Cochrane, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

David Edgar
1610 – 1676
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Edward Edgar
1658 – 1699
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Anna Blair's Ancestors

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Anna Blair
1621 – 1665
Birth Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Blair, Lord of Cochrane
1585 – 1641
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Elisabeth) Cochrane
1580 – 1641
Cochrane, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Alexander Blair VI 9th Lord of) Blair
1547 – 1609
Blair, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Grissel Grace) Sempill
1547 – 1609
Castle Sempill, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Willem (Lord) Cochrane
1545 – 1603
Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
ELIZABETH (MARGARET) MONTGOMERY
1557 – 1595
Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Blair)
1502 – 1570
Margaret Cunningham
1506 – 1573
Robert Sempill\Sympil
1500 – 1575
Elizabeth Sempill)
1510 – 1564
John Dundonald
1529 – 1613
Mary Lindsay
1532 – 1575
Lord Skelmorlie
1534 – 1584
Lady Sempill
1545 – 1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Semple
1501 – 1540
George Skelmorlie
1510 – 1561
Mrs Montgomerie
1506 – 1600
(Sir\Lord) Castl
1500 – 1575
Elizabeth Sempill
1510 – 1564

Anna Blair's Descendants

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Anna Blair (1621 – 1665) m. David ((1st Laird of Keithock)) Edgar (15 Dec 1610 – 30 May 1676)
  1. 1. Edward Edgar (1 APR 1658 – June 1699) m. Margaret Gilchrist (28 DEC 1656 – 1740)
    1. 1. John Edgar (19 Jul 1674 – 1729) m. Tabitha Markham (18 Jul 1674 – 1725)
      1. 1. Jane Jones (02 Jun 1692 – 1777) m. Joseph (Robert) Montgomery (12 Nov 1690 – )
        1. 1. Ann Patterson (1720 – Before 21 Aug 1782) m. Peter Patterson (1725 – 21 Aug 1781)

Anna Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1621
1621
Birth of Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) in Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Brechin, Angus, Scotland
1665
1665
Age 44
Death of Anna Blair (8th G. G. Mother) in Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Brechin, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1621
    Event Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1665
    Event Place: Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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