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David Boswell 1411 – 1490 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1411

Birth Location: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland

Death Date: 17 Apr 1490

Death Location: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland

Father: John Boswell

Mother: Mariota Jardine

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Melville

Children(s): David Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Elizabeth Boswell, Marjory Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Jeanette Boswell

David Boswell was born in 1411 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of John Boswell and Mariota Jardine. David Boswell married Elizabeth Melville, and had children including David Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Elizabeth Boswell, Marjory Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Jeanette Boswell. David Boswell passed away in 1490 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • David Boswell was born in 1411 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland, the child of John Boswell and Mariota Jardine.
  • David Boswell married Elizabeth Melville, and had children including David Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Elizabeth Boswell, Marjory Boswell, Isabella Boswell, Jeanette Boswell.
  • David Boswell passed away in 1490 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Boswell
1372 – 1429
Birth Location: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Mariota Jardine
1380 – 1426
Birth Location: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
MJ

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Melville
1413 – 1507
Birth Location: Raith House, Fife, Scotland
EM

Children(s)

David Boswell
1430 – 1493
Birth Location: Balmuto, Fife, Scotland
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Isabella Boswell
1430 –
Birth Location: Balmuto, Fife, Scotland
IB
Elizabeth Boswell
1436 – 1479
Birth Location: Balmuto, Fifeshire, Scotland
EB
Marjory Boswell
1440 – 1530
Birth Location: Balmuto, Scotland
MB
Isabella Boswell
1444 – 1492
Birth Location: Scotland
IB
Jeanette Boswell
1450 – 1504
Birth Location: Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
JB

David Boswell's Ancestors

Self
David Boswell
1411 – 1490
Birth Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
Parents
John Boswell
1372 – 1429
Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Mariota Jardine
1380 – 1426
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Roger Boswell
Wemyss
Sir (Alexander of Applegirth Dumfries shire) Jardyne
1353 –
Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ABERNETHY
Great-Grandparents
Chardin Jardyne
1330 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

David Boswell's Descendants

1.
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David Boswell (1411 – 17 Apr 1490) m. Elizabeth Melville (1413 – 1507)
  1. 1. David Boswell (Abt 1430 – 1493) m. Grizel Wemyss (1457 – ) m. Mariota ((Margret)) Sinclair (Abt 1455 – )
  2. 2. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1430 – )
  3. 3. Elizabeth Boswell (1436 – 1479) m. Robert Douglas (1424 – 9 Sep 1513)
  4. 4. Marjory Boswell (1440 – 1530) m. John Bethune (1440 – 1507) m. Sir (John IV) Balfour (1440 – Bef 1502)
    1. 1. Archibald Bethune (1460 – 1520) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
    2. 2. Robert Bethune (1462 – 1524)
    3. 3. David Bethune (1465 – 1505) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1518) m. James (V) Stewart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1540) m. John Wardlaw (1473 – 20 Apr 1552) m. Wardlaw (Abt 1494 – )
      3. 3. David (John) Bethune (1485 – 29 May 1546) m. Janet Hay (1487 – 1534)
      4. 4. Janet Bethune (1486 – 1522) m. Robert Livingstone (1465 – 9 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Margaret Livingston (Abt 1500 – 1573) m. James Hamilton (1495 – 16 Aug 1540) m. James Hamilton (1495 – 1540) m. Sir (James) Hamilton
        2. 2. Isabel Livingston (1505 – 12 Dec 1552) m. John Ramsay (1464 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Oliver Sinclair (Abt 1500 – Jul 1577)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Livingston (1510 – Deceased)
      5. 5. Mary Bethune (1486 – 1522)
      6. 6. Jevan (David) Betoun (1486 – Deceased) m. Jevan (David) Betoun (1491 – )
      7. 7. Peter Bethune (1487 – 1506) m. Mary MacDonald (1491 – )
      8. 8. Matilda Beaton (1489 – )
      9. 9. Angus Beaton (1491 – 1511) m. Isabel MacDonald (Abt 1490 – 1540)
      10. 10. Jean Bethune (1493 – 1540) m. Robert Clerk (1480 – 1540)
      11. 11. Grizel Bethune (1493 – 1541) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551)
      12. 12. Margaret Bethune (1494 – 1579) m. Angus Cameron (1495 – 14 Feb 1569)
      13. 13. James Bethune (1502 – 1506)
      14. 14. Grizel Bethune (1521 – 18 Aug 1579) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551) m. William Scott (7 Jan 1517 – 19 May 1552) m. Andrew (John) Murray (1 Sep 1510 – 1 Sep 1572) m. William Scott (1440 – 1520) m. William Scott (1523 – 19 May 1552)
      15. 15. Janet BEATON m. James Boyd (1469 – Jan 1484)
    4. 4. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532) m. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541)
      1. 1. John Bethune (1491 – 29 May 1546) m. Christian Stewart (Abt 1503 – 20 Aug 1580)
      2. 2. James (Bethune) (Beaton) (1492 – 1586) m. Helen Melville
      3. 3. David Beaton (Abt 1494 – 29 May 1546) m. Marion Ogilvy (Abt 1495 – 16 Nov 1573)
        1. 1. Archibald Bethune (1524 – ) m. Bethune (1540 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Bethune (Abt 1525 – 4 Feb 1577) m. David Lindsay (Abt 1527 – )
        3. 3. Elisabeth Beaton (Abt 1529 – 1574) m. Alexander Lindsay
        4. 4. Alexander Bethune (Abt 1532 – Bef Oct 1605) m. Margaret Allardyce (Abt 1560 – Bef Aug 1610)
        5. 5. George Beaton (Abt 1532 – )
        6. 6. David Beaton (Abt 1534 – )
        7. 7. John Beaton (Abt 1539 – )
        8. 8. Mary Bethune (Abt 1540 – ) m. Alexander Gordon (Abt 1540 – 1580) m. Patrick Gordon (Abt 1538 – 3 Oct 1594)
        9. 9. Alexander Beaton (1550 – )
        10. 10. James Beaton m. Margaret Lindsay
      4. 4. Beatrix Beaton (1496 – )
      5. 5. Janet Beaton (1502 – )
      6. 6. Katherine Bethune (1504 – ) m. William Graham (Abt 1505 – 1600)
      7. 7. Margaret Bethume (1508 – ) m. John Graham. (1495 – Apr 1548)
    5. 5. Margaret Bethune (1 Jan 1466 – ) m. Andrew Sibbald
    6. 6. John (Van Bethune Laird van) Balfour (1470 – 1532)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Bethune (1471 – ) m. Alexander Kid (Abt 1473 – Deceased)
    8. 8. Isabel Bethune (1472 – ) m. John Ferret
    9. 9. James Bethune (1473 – 1539) m. Helen Melville (1471 – )
    10. 10. Henry Bethune (1475 – )
    11. 11. Andrew Bethune (1479 – )
    12. 12. Grissel Bethune (1479 – ) m. James Hay
    13. 13. Janet Bethune (1 Jan 1479 – 1537) m. John Durie (1479 – 1538)
    14. 14. James Beaton (1480 – 1522)
    15. 15. John Beaton (1485 – 1534)
    16. 16. John Beaton (1499 – 1522)
  5. 5. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1444 – 1492) m. Thomas Lundie (1459 – 9 Sep 1519)
    1. 1. Walter Lundin (1490 – Bef 2 May 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1508 – 1603)
      1. 1. John Lundy (Abt 1530 – ) m. Elisabeth Moubray (Abt 1532 – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth Lundin (17 Aug 1530 – 27 Aug 1584) m. John Haldane (1524 – Dec 1563)
        1. 1. Isobel Haldane (1545 – 17 Aug 1597)
        2. 2. George Haldane (1546 – 1580)
        3. 3. John (Burton) Haldane (1550 – 1591) m. Margaret (Isobel) Home (1560 – 13 Mar 1637) m. Barbara Johnstone (Abt 1554 – )
        4. 4. Margaret Haldane (1550 – 13 Jan 1619) m. David Erskine (Abt 1534 – 28 May 1611)
        5. 5. James Haldane (1552 – 2 Nov 1585)
        6. 6. Jean Haldane (1554 – 1597) m. George Home (1552 – 24 Nov 1616)
        7. 7. Archibald Haldane (1560 – )
        8. 8. Elizabeth Haldane (Abt 1560 – 13 Jan 1619) m. Philip Nisbet (Abt 1558 – 1658)
        9. 9. Joseph Haldane (1562 – 1630) m. Euphemia Shaw (Abt 1567 – )
        10. 10. Beatrix Haldane (1562 – 1665) m. Robert (III) Colville (17 Nov 1574 – Jan 1634)
        11. 11. David Haldane (1564 – 1621)
    2. 2. Walter Lundin (1490 – 24 Nov 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (Abt 1508 – Feb 1603)
    3. 3. Janet Lundie ( – 1533) m. William Scott (1460 – 1532)
  6. 6. Jeanette Boswell (1450 – 18 Dec 1504) m. David Monypenny (Abt 1442 – 21 Jan 1488)
    1. 1. Mary Moneypenny (Abt 1463 – Aft 21 Mar 1490)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541) m. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532)

David Boswell's Timeline

2 Records

1411
1411
Birth of David Boswell in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
1490
17 Apr 1490
Age 79
Death of David Boswell in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1411
    Event Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1490
    Event Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
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