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Bessie Baxter 1546–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1546

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1592

Death Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Andrew Baxter

Mother: Bessie Carsow

Spouse(s): William Meiklejohn

Children(s): Patrick Mikiljhone, Bessie Micklejohn, David Mikiljon, Helen Mikiljone, Janet Mikiljon, Margaret Mikiljon, Marjory Mikilijone, Andrew Mikiljone, Edward (Merchant), William (1567), Gilbert Mikiljone, James Meaklejohne

Bessie Baxter was born in 1546 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Baxter And Bessie Carsow. Bessie Baxter married William Meiklejohn, and had children including Andrew Meiklejohn Mikiljone, Bessie Micklejohn, David Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Edward Meiklejohn Mikiljon Merchant, Gilbert Meiklejohn Mikiljone, Helen Heleine Meiklejohn Mikiljone, James Meiklejohn Mikiljon Meaklejohne, Janet Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Margaret Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Marjory Meiklejohn Mikilijone, Patrick Meiklejohn Mikiljhone, William Wilzem Meiklejohn Mikiljon 1567. Bessie Baxter passed away in 1592 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Bessie Baxter was born in 1546 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Andrew Baxter And Bessie Carsow.
  • Bessie Baxter married William Meiklejohn, and had children including Andrew Meiklejohn Mikiljone, Bessie Micklejohn, David Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Edward Meiklejohn Mikiljon Merchant, Gilbert Meiklejohn Mikiljone, Helen Heleine Meiklejohn Mikiljone, James Meiklejohn Mikiljon Meaklejohne, Janet Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Margaret Meiklejohn Mikiljon, Marjory Meiklejohn Mikilijone, Patrick Meiklejohn Mikiljhone, William Wilzem Meiklejohn Mikiljon 1567.
  • Bessie Baxter passed away in 1592 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Bessie Baxter's Ancestors

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Bessie Baxter
1546–1592
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Andrew Baxter
1525–1625
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Bessie Carsow
1525–1578
Scotland
Grandparents
Helen Maxwell
1515–1588
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Newark
–1567
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bessie Baxter's Descendants

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Bessie Baxter (1546–1592) m. William Meiklejohn (1545–1597)
  1. 1. Patrick (Meiklejohn) Mikiljhone 1565– m. Margaret Burne 1565–1600
    1. 1. William (Meiklejohn) Mikiljohne 1586–1659 m. Beatrix Watt 1588–
      1. 1. William (Walter Meiklejohn) Mukiljohn 1619– m. Grisell Meldrom 1613–
        1. 1. Robert (1 Meiklejohn) Meiklejon 1640– m. Jane Gallaway 1646–
        2. 2. William Meiklejohn 1637–
        3. 3. John Meiklejohn 1641–
        4. 4. James Meiklejohn 1639–
  2. 2. Bessie Micklejohn 1584–1644
  3. 3. David (Meiklejohn) Mikiljon 1565–
  4. 4. Helen (Heleine Meiklejohn) Mikiljone 1575–1627 m. John Bennat 1570– m. John Walker 1560–1663
  5. 5. Janet (Meiklejohn) Mikiljon 1563–1581
  6. 6. Margaret (Meiklejohn) Mikiljon 1577–1615
  7. 7. Marjory (Meiklejohn) Mikilijone 1577–1627
  8. 8. Andrew (Meiklejohn) Mikiljone 1573–1628
  9. 9. Edward (Meiklejohn Mikiljon) (Merchant) 1577–
  10. 10. William (Wilzem Meiklejohn Mikiljon) (1567) 1567–1630
  11. 11. Gilbert (Meiklejohn) Mikiljone 1572–
  12. 12. James (Meiklejohn Mikiljon) Meaklejohne 1572–1627

Bessie Baxter's Timeline

3 Records

1546
1546
Birth of Bessie Baxter in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1562
31 May 1562
Age 16
Bessie Baxter was married
None
1592
1592
Age 46
Death of Bessie Baxter in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 31 May 1562

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1592
    Event Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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