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Archibald Edward Joseph Napier 1534 – 1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 May 1608

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Merchiston

Mother: Dame Capringtoun

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Archibald Edward Joseph Napier was born in 1534 in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Archibald Alexander Napier, 6th Laird of Merchiston and Dame Annabell Margaret (Moncrief) Campbell, Lady Capringtoun. Archibald Edward Joseph Napier passed away in 1608 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Archibald Edward Joseph Napier was born in 1534 in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Archibald Alexander Napier, 6th Laird of Merchiston and Dame Annabell Margaret (Moncrief) Campbell, Lady Capringtoun.
  • Archibald Edward Joseph Napier passed away in 1608 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Archibald Napier's Ancestors

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Archibald Napier
1534 – 1608
Birth Place: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Archibald Alexander Napier, 6th Laird of Merchiston
1509 – 1547
Merchiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dame (Annabell Margaret (Moncrief) Campbell, Lady) Capringtoun
1512 – 1575
Glenurchy, Argyll, Scotland
Grandparents
Duncan, (2nd Lord of Glenorchy) Campbell
1452 – 1513
Glenorchy, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Moncrieff, Baroness) Campbell
1480 – 1554
Craignish Castle, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Niall Campbell
1752 – 1475
Margaret NSN,
1756 – 1787
John Moncrieffe
1460 – 1513
Beatrix Foreman
1464 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colin Ederline
1715 – 1807
John Moncrieff
1512 – 1513

Archibald Napier's Timeline

3 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Archibald Edward Joseph Napier in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1608
15 May 1608
Age 74
Death of Archibald Edward Joseph Napier in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1845
31 Oct 1845
Age 311
Archibald Edward Joseph Napier was baptized in Hastings, Sussex, England
Hastings, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1845
    Event Place: Hastings, Sussex, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1608
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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