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Hugh Fraser 1591 – 1646 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1591

Birth Location: Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 16 February 1646

Death Location: Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Honorable Lovat

Mother: Lady MacKenzie

Spouse(s): Isabel Wemyss, Anne Leslie

Children(s): Margaret Fraser, Anne Fraser, Lady Balblair, Hugh Fraser, Thomas FRASER, Simon Fraser

The story of Hugh Fraser began in 1591 in Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Hugh Fraser married Isabel Wemyss, Anne Leslie, and had children including Margaret Anne Fraser, Anne Fraser, Lady Mary Lovat Lovat Fraser (Ross Line), Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of Balblair, Hugh Fraser, Thomas of Beaufort FRASER, Simon Fraser. Hugh Fraser passed away in 1646 in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Hugh Fraser began in 1591 in Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
  • Hugh Fraser married Isabel Wemyss, Anne Leslie, and had children including Margaret Anne Fraser, Anne Fraser, Lady Mary Lovat Lovat Fraser (Ross Line), Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of Balblair, Hugh Fraser, Thomas of Beaufort FRASER, Simon Fraser.
  • Hugh Fraser passed away in 1646 in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Honorable Lovat
1570 – 1633
Birth Location: Beauly, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, Scotland
HL
Lady MacKenzie
1573 – 1593
Birth Location: Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
LM

Spouses(s)

Isabel Wemyss
1588 – 1636
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
IW
Anne Leslie
1620 – 1696
Birth Location: Leven, Kinross-shire, Scotland
AL

Children(s)

Margaret Fraser
1617 – 1646
Birth Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland
MF
Anne Fraser
1617 – 1646
Birth Location: Lovat Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AF
Lady Balblair
1617 – 1646
Birth Location: Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LB
Hugh Fraser
1624 – 1649
Birth Location: Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
HF
Thomas FRASER
1631 – 1699
Birth Location: Lovat Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
TF
Simon Fraser
1621 – 1640
Birth Location: Highland, Scotland
SF

Hugh Fraser's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Fraser
1591 – 1646
Birth Place: Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Honorable Simon J Fraser 6th, Lord Lovat
1570 – 1633
Beauly, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine Margaret) MacKenzie
1573 – 1593
Kintail, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Grandparents
Hugh Fraser
1545 – 1577
Lady (Janet "Elizabeth" Stewart \Stuart , Countess of Arran, Baroness Campbell and Lovatt, Mistress to King James) I
1549 – 1621
Perth, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Fraser
1527 – 1557
Lady Lovat
1531 – 1561
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Fraser's Descendants

1.
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Hugh Fraser (Sep 1591 – 16 February 1646) m. Isabel Wemyss (1588 – 1636) m. Anne Leslie (1620 – 26 DEC 1696)
  1. 1. Margaret (Anne) Fraser (1617 – 22 Dec 1646)
  2. 2. Anne Fraser (1617 – 22 Dec 1646)
  3. 3. Lady (Mary Lovat Lovat Fraser (Ross Line), Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of) Balblair (Apr 1617 – 22 Dec 1646)
  4. 4. Hugh Fraser (1624 – 30 Sep 1649) m. Anne (Agnes) Leslie (1620 – 26 Dec 1696)
    1. 1. HUGH (FRASER 8th Lord of) Lovat (2 May 1643 – 27 April 1672, 2 July 1678) m. Lilias (Chisholm) Fraser (1627 – 02 Jul 1678)
      1. 1. William ((DGGF7) Fraser) Guisachan (1670 – 1721) m. Margaret (Jane) MacKintosh (1666 – 15 May 1752)
        1. 1. Lord (William (John)) Fraser (1701 – Jul 1755) m. Margaret Fraser
  5. 5. Thomas (of Beaufort) FRASER (1631 – 1699)
  6. 6. Simon Fraser (1621 – 20 March 1640)

Hugh Fraser's Timeline

2 Records

1591
Sep 1591
Birth of Hugh Fraser in Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1646
16 February 1646
Age 55
Death of Hugh Fraser in Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sep 1591
    Event Place: Beaufort Castle, near Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 February 1646
    Event Place: Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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