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Bessie Johnstone 1578–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1578

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1640

Death Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Hew Jonston

Mother: Margaret Davidson

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Bessie Johnstone was born in 1578 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Hew Jonston And Margaret Davidson. Bessie Johnstone passed away in 1640 in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Bessie Johnstone was born in 1578 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Hew Jonston And Margaret Davidson.
  • Bessie Johnstone passed away in 1640 in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Bessie Johnstone's Ancestors

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Bessie Johnstone
1578–1640
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Hew Jonston
1560–
Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
Margaret Davidson
1564–1587
Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Archibald Hilton Johnstone, Lord) Warriston
1537–1619
Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Robert (Foster Davidson) II
1531–1605
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Isobel Bankis
1535–1626
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir ggf
1522–1559
Margaret McNellane
1525–1596
Robert Davidson
1507–1568
Margaret Jayne
1510–1568
David Bankis
1509–1586
Janet Wylie
1516–1587
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Baron Johnston
1500–1555
Nicola Douglas💤
1502–1576
John Jayne
1485–1510
Elizabeth
1485–1510
Ronald Gunn
1487–1550
Marion Gilbertson
1497–1937

Bessie Johnstone's Timeline

2 Records

1578
12 Oct 1578
Birth of Bessie Johnstone in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1640
1640
Age 62
Death of Bessie Johnstone in Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1578
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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