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Barbara MacKay 1555–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 28 Apr 1579

Death Location: Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland

Father: Iye MacKay

Mother: Helena Assynt

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Barbara MacKay was born in 1555 in Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Iye Du Black Eye Mackay And Helena Eupheme Macleod Of Assynt. Barbara MacKay passed away in 1579 in Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Barbara MacKay was born in 1555 in Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Iye Du Black Eye Mackay And Helena Eupheme Macleod Of Assynt.
  • Barbara MacKay passed away in 1579 in Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Barbara MacKay's Ancestors

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Barbara MacKay
1555–1579
Birth Place: Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
Parents
Iye Du "Black Eye" MacKay
1510–1572
Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
Helena (Eupheme MacLeod Of) Assynt
1521–1555
Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland
Grandparents
Donald (MacKay of Strathnaver (11th Chief Of Clan Mackay, Abbot of) Cupar)
1490–1562
Tongue Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
Helen (Elinor) Sinclair
1495–1540
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hugh (Angus) MacLeod
1480–1520
Assynt, Sutherland, , Scotland
Agnes MacKenzie-MacKay
1501–1530
Strathnaver, Farr, Sutherland, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Iye Mackay)
1435–1517
Princess Carloway
1470–1490
Henry Sinclair
1459–1513
Margaretha Hepburn
1463–1542
Lye MacKay
1463–1517
Fiona Carloway
1455–1501
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Angus Mackay)
1486–

Barbara MacKay's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Barbara MacKay in Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
1579
28 Apr 1579
Age 24
Death of Barbara MacKay in Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland
Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1579
    Event Place: Bighouse, Sutherland, Scotland

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