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David Wishart Weir 1533 – 1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1588

Death Location: Flanders, Belgium

Father: Malcolm Weir

Mother: Lady Wishart

Spouse(s): Isabell Tweddell

Children(s): David Weir, John Weir

In 1533, David Wishart Weir entered the world in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Malcolm Longshoon Weir and Lady Leslie Wishart. David Wishart Weir married Isabell Tweddell, and had children including David Weir, John Weir. David Wishart Weir passed away in 1588 in Flanders, Belgium.

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Biography

  • In 1533, David Wishart Weir entered the world in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Malcolm Longshoon Weir and Lady Leslie Wishart.
  • David Wishart Weir married Isabell Tweddell, and had children including David Weir, John Weir.
  • David Wishart Weir passed away in 1588 in Flanders, Belgium.

Immediate Family

Parents

Malcolm Weir
1516 – 1550
Birth Location: Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MW
Lady Wishart
1516 – 1550
Birth Location: Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LW

Spouses(s)

Isabell Tweddell
1535 – 1588
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
IT

Children(s)

David Weir
1590 –
Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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John Weir
1550 – 1650
Birth Location: Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom
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David Weir's Ancestors

Self
David Weir
1533 – 1588
Birth Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Malcolm Longshoon Weir
1516 – 1550
Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Leslie) Wishart
1516 – 1550
Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Duncan Weir
1490 – 1550
Weir Helm On Clyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Euphemia) Hamilton
1500 – 1550
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
James Wishart
1478 – 1525
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Learmonth
1477 – 1532
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Weir
1460 – 1531
Aegidia Somerville
1469 – 1510
Robert Hamilton
1440 – 1516
Margaret Mowat
1460 – 1520
John Wishart
1439 – 1519
Janet Lindsay
1460 – 1510
Robert Learmonth
1440 – 1482
Beatrice Martine
1445 – 1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents

David Weir's Descendants

1.
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David (Wishart) Weir (1533 – 1588) m. Isabell Tweddell (1535 – 1588)
  1. 1. David Weir (1590 – ) m. Catherine Fleming
    1. 1. John Weir (1633 – 1697) m. Issobell Lishman (ABT 1650 – ) m. Jane Adams (1644 – 2 MAR 1681)
      1. 1. James Weir (20 MAR 1673 – ) m. Margaret Wallace (ABT 1679 – )
        1. 1. James (Alexander) Weir (1699 – 1 APR 1785) m. Margaret Wallace (1686 – ) m. Agnes Richie (1698 – )
        2. 2. William Weir
        3. 3. John Weir
  2. 2. John Weir (ABT 1550 – ABT 1650) m. Margaret (Helen) Murdo (1551 – 11 NOV 1625)

David Weir's Timeline

2 Records

1533
1533
Birth of David Wishart Weir in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1588
1588
Age 55
Death of David Wishart Weir in Flanders, Belgium
Flanders, Belgium

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1588
    Event Place: Flanders, Belgium
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