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Gavin Watson 1557–1607 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Oct 1557

Birth Location: Dunferline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1607

Death Location: Dunferline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Johne Watson

Mother: Lady DEWAR

Spouse(s): pp1565 PM14

Children(s): Williame Watsoune

Gavin Watson was born in 1557 in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Johne John Watson And Lady Nance Nan Dewar. Gavin Watson married Pp1565 Marion Couper Pm14, and had children including Williame Lethame Watsoune. Gavin Watson passed away in 1607 in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Gavin Watson was born in 1557 in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Johne John Watson And Lady Nance Nan Dewar.
  • Gavin Watson married Pp1565 Marion Couper Pm14, and had children including Williame Lethame Watsoune.
  • Gavin Watson passed away in 1607 in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland.

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Gavin Watson's Ancestors

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Gavin Watson
1557–1607
Birth Place: Dunferline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Johne (John) Watson
1531–1591
Saughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Nance (Nan)) DEWAR
1536–1592
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Richard Watsone 27th) GGF
1502–1553
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet \ Jane) Stanhope
1505–1587
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
William (David) Dewar
1515–1540
Dunfermiline Abbey, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Ann) Mathesone
1522–1540
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gavin Watson's Descendants

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Gavin Watson (28 Oct 1557–1607) m. pp1565 (MARION COUPER) PM14 (1565-10-27–Abt. 1615)
  1. 1. Williame (Lethame) Watsoune 1590–1660 m. Jonat Wyllie 1595–1665
    1. 1. Jonet Watsone 1615–1661
      1. 1. Janet Falconer 1647–1685
        1. 1. James (H) Morrison 1673–1761 m. Mary (Mendenhall) Newlin 1682–1722

Gavin Watson's Timeline

2 Records

1557
28 Oct 1557
Birth of Gavin Watson in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland
Dunferline, Fife, Scotland
1607
1607
Age 50
Death of Gavin Watson in Dunferline, Fife, Scotland
Dunferline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1557
    Event Place: Dunferline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1607
    Event Place: Dunferline, Fife, Scotland

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