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Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier 1509–1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1509

Birth Location: Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland

Death Date: 01 SEP 1547

Death Location: Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir NAPIER

Mother: Lady Chisholm

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Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier was born in 1509 in Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland, the child of Sir Alexander Napier And Lady Janet Jeanette Chisholm. Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier passed away in 1547 in Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier was born in 1509 in Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland, the child of Sir Alexander Napier And Lady Janet Jeanette Chisholm.
  • Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier passed away in 1547 in Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland.

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Archibald Napier's Ancestors

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Archibald Napier
1509–1547
Birth Place: Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland
Parents
Sir Alexander NAPIER
1484–1513
Merchiston, Ednbrg, Scottland
Lady (Janet, (Jeanette)) Chisholm
1488–1540
Cromlix, Perth, Scottland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander (Archibald) 4th Laird of Merchiston) Napier
1493–1513
Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Catherine Boyd) Douglas
1493–1513
Whittingham, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (Edmund) Chisholm
1493–1513
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Drummond
1493–1513
Chisholm, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Napier
1493–1513
Elizabeth Douglas
1493–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Archibald Napier's Timeline

2 Records

1509
1509
Birth of Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier in Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland
Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland
1547
01 SEP 1547
Age 38
Death of Archibald (6th of Merchistoun) Napier in Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Merchistown, Stirling, Scottland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 SEP 1547
    Event Place: Battle of Pinkie, Inveresk, Mid Lothian, Scotland

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