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Gavin "James" Blair 1578–1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1578

Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: Jan 1604

Death Location: Blair, Scotland

Father: John Blair)

Mother: Grissel Sempill

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Gavin "James" Blair was born in 1578 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair And Grissel Grace Sempill. Gavin "James" Blair passed away in 1604 in Blair, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Gavin "James" Blair was born in 1578 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of John Alexander Blair Of Blair 9Th Lord Of Blair And Grissel Grace Sempill.
  • Gavin "James" Blair passed away in 1604 in Blair, Scotland.

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Gavin Blair's Ancestors

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Gavin Blair
1578–1604
Birth Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
John Alexander Blair of Blair (9th Lord of Blair)
1547–1608
of that ilk, Blair Castle, Ayr, Scotland
Grissel (Grace) Sempill
1551–1609
Castle Sempill, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (V Blair (8th Lord of) Blair)
1502–1570
Blair Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Cunningham
1525–1573
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Robert, (3rd Lord) Sempill
1505–1573
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Carlyle
1510–1564
Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Blair
1502–1570
Helen Ross
1505–1551
Cuthbert Cunningham
1476–1541
Marjory Douglas
1476–1542
William Sempill
1485–1552
Lady Montgomery
1487–1523
William (Carlyle)
1466–1525
Janet Maxwell
1466–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Blair
1476–1567
Elizabeth Montgomery
1480–1523
Alexander Cunningham
1425–1488
Margaret, Hepburn
1429–1480
Adam (Sir
1445–1509
John Sempill
1465–1513
Margaret Colville
1468–1504
"Sir MONTGOMERIE
1460–1545
Lady Argyll
1460–1528

Gavin Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1578
1578
Birth of Gavin "James" Blair in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
1604
Jan 1604
Age 26
Death of Gavin "James" Blair in Blair, Scotland
Blair, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1604
    Event Place: Blair, Scotland

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