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Edward Henderson 1604–1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1604

Birth Location: Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: about 1662

Death Location: Jamestown, York, Virginia

Father: Lt Jamestown

Mother: Jane Forbes

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Edward Henderson was born in 1604 in Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lt Col Thomas S Henderson One Of The Founders Of Jamestown And Jane Forbes. Edward Henderson passed away in 1662 in Jamestown, York, Virginia.

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Biography

  • Edward Henderson was born in 1604 in Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lt Col Thomas S Henderson One Of The Founders Of Jamestown And Jane Forbes.
  • Edward Henderson passed away in 1662 in Jamestown, York, Virginia.

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Edward Henderson's Ancestors

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Edward Henderson
1604–1662
Birth Place: Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lt Col. Thomas S * Henderson, One of the Founders of Jamestown
1584–1670
Fordell Castle, Dalgety, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Jane (*) Forbes
1577–1670
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James * Henderson van Fordell, 3rd Baron of) Fordell
1544–1611
Fordell Castle, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Jeane * Murray, of) Tullibardine
1541–1614
Tullibardine, parish, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duncan (*) Forbes
1550–1620
Monymusk Corsindae Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (*) Laird
1550–1650
Campbellshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Henderson
1520–1547
Lady Scott
1519–1547
Willem Tullibardine
1510–1562
Catharina Campbell
1510–
James Forbes
1542–1606
Egidia Keith
1529–1473
Laird Corse
1540–1614
Elizabeth Thornton
1545–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Barren Fordell
1500–1547
Katherine (Anderson)
1496–1539
Sir Scott
1497–1539
Margaret Stewart
1479–1524
William Forbes
1513–1593
Elizabeth Keith
1522–1604
William Keith
1372–
Mary Hamilton
1402–1442
Marjory Lumsden
1520–1565
Margaret Bethune
1506–1543

Edward Henderson's Timeline

2 Records

1604
about 1604
Birth of Edward Henderson in Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1662
about 1662
Age 58
Death of Edward Henderson in Jamestown, York, Virginia
Jamestown, York, Virginia

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: about 1604
    Event Place: Fordell, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1662
    Event Place: Jamestown, York, Virginia

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