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Archibald Forrester 1578–1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1578

Birth Location: Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Feb 1615

Death Location: RMS

Father: Sir Garden

Mother: Jean Garden"

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In 1578, Archibald Forrester entered the world in Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Macdonald Forrester 5Th Of Garden And Jean Erskine Forrester Of Garden. Archibald Forrester passed away in 1615 in RMS.

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Biography

  • In 1578, Archibald Forrester entered the world in Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Macdonald Forrester 5Th Of Garden And Jean Erskine Forrester Of Garden.
  • Archibald Forrester passed away in 1615 in RMS.

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Archibald Forrester's Ancestors

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Archibald Forrester
1578–1615
Birth Place: Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander MacDonald Forrester, 5th of Garden
1545–1598
Garden, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jean (Erskine "Forrester of) Garden"
1536–1591
Little Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
LORD (DAVID " 4TH OF GARDEN" FORRESTER) ^'
1491–1547
Edzell, Angus or Gardyne, Scotland
Elizabeth Sandilands
1515–1578
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
John ((Sir) Erskine of) Dun
1482–1513
Dun, Angus or Forfarshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Lindsay Drummond of) Crawford
1513–1552
Edzell Castle, Angusshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
(Knight) TORWOOD"
1480–1547
Lady Forrister)
1485–1540
James Cruvie
1482–1559
Catherine Scott
1500–1540
Sir Erskine
1475–1513
Margaretha Ruthven
1480–1540
Alexander cobbler
1500–1541
Jean Crawford
1490–1564
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Church
1470–1533
Church
1474–1533
Isabella Erskine
1458–1516
John Erskine
1482–1513
David Lindsay
–1558
Sir Roslin
1460–1513
Baroness wife
1456–1542

Archibald Forrester's Timeline

2 Records

1578
abt 1578
Birth of Archibald Forrester in Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1615
21 Feb 1615
Age 37
Death of Archibald Forrester in RMS
RMS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1578
    Event Place: Carden (Garden), Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1615
    Event Place: RMS

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