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Elizabeth C. Melville 1590 – 1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 December 1590

Birth Location: Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 31 January 1657

Death Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Baron Raith

Mother: Margaret Scott

Spouse(s): Robert Murray

Children(s): Anna Murray

In 1590, Elizabeth C. Melville entered the world in Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Baron John Melville, 7th Lord of Raith and Margaret L. Scott. Elizabeth C. Melville married Robert Murray, and had children including Anna Murray. Elizabeth C. Melville passed away in 1657 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1590, Elizabeth C. Melville entered the world in Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Baron John Melville, 7th Lord of Raith and Margaret L. Scott.
  • Elizabeth C. Melville married Robert Murray, and had children including Anna Murray.
  • Elizabeth C. Melville passed away in 1657 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Baron Raith
1563 – 1635
Birth Location: Raith Park Fife Scotland
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Margaret Scott
1577 – 1626
Birth Location: Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Robert Murray
1585 – 1648
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Anna Murray
1620 – 1704
Birth Location: Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Melville's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Melville
1590 – 1657
Birth Place: Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Baron John Melville, 7th Lord of Raith
1563 – 1635
Raith Park Fife Scotland
Margaret (L.) Scott
1577 – 1626
Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John Melville) (Knight)
1525 – 1603
Raith, Fife, Scotland
lady (Isabel) Lundie
1527 – 1597
Raith Park, Fife, Scotland
Sir (William Scott) III
1547 – 1647
Balwear Castle, Fife, Scotland
Margaretha (Elizabeth) Douglas
1555 – 1637
Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Baron Lundie
1513 – 1572
Lady Lindsay
1505 – 1572
Sir Strathmiglo
Helen Lauder
1514 – 1630
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Melville's Descendants

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Elizabeth (C.) Melville (1 December 1590 – 31 January 1657) m. Robert Murray (14 Feb 1585 – 28 May 1648)
  1. 1. Anna Murray (1620 – 25 October 1704) m. Alexander Moncrieff (16 December 1613 – 6 October 1688)
    1. 1. Margaret Moncrieff (15 Jul 1664 – 16 Apr 1740) m. Alexander ((Swyne)) Swinton (15 Jul 1656 – 1 July 1740)
      1. 1. Hugh Swinton (07DEC1705 – 26DEC1757) m. Judith Simons (1 MAR 1712 – 23 Sep 1781)
        1. 1. Margaret Swinton (1729 – 1807) m. John Bennett (1728 – 1772)

Elizabeth Melville's Timeline

2 Records

1590
1 December 1590
Birth of Elizabeth C. Melville in Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1657
31 January 1657
Age 67
Death of Elizabeth C. Melville in Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 December 1590
    Event Place: Anstruther-Wester, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 January 1657
    Event Place: Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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