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Hugh Somerville 1547–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland

Death Date: 1597

Death Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Somerville

Mother: Agnes Hamilton

Spouse(s): Lady Somerville

Children(s): Gilbert Somerville, Johnne Somerville

Hugh Somerville was born in 1547 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, the child of James Somerville And Agnes Countess Hamilton. Hugh Somerville married Lady Eleanor Seton Countess Seton And Somerville, and had children including Gilbert Somerville, Johnne Somerville. Hugh Somerville passed away in 1597 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Hugh Somerville was born in 1547 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, the child of James Somerville And Agnes Countess Hamilton.
  • Hugh Somerville married Lady Eleanor Seton Countess Seton And Somerville, and had children including Gilbert Somerville, Johnne Somerville.
  • Hugh Somerville passed away in 1597 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Hugh Somerville's Ancestors

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Hugh Somerville
1547–1597
Birth Place: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Parents
James Somerville
1518–1569
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes ((Countess)) Hamilton
1522–1596
Finnart Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Hamilton
1495–1540
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaretha Livingstone
1510–1559
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Livingston
1475–1513
Janet Bethune
1486–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hugh Somerville's Descendants

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Hugh Somerville (1547–1597) m. Lady (Eleanor Seton Countess Seton and) Somerville (1535–1603)
  1. 1. Gilbert Somerville 1568–1618 m. Margaret Somerville 1562–1621
    1. 1. James Somerville 1602–1614
    2. 2. Robert Somerville 1604–
    3. 3. Mary Somerville 1598–1620
    4. 4. William Somerville 1603–1615
    5. 5. Margaret Somervile 1586–
  2. 2. Johnne Somerville 1573–1640

Hugh Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Hugh Somerville in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
1597
1597
Age 50
Death of Hugh Somerville in Stirling, Scotland
Stirling, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1597
    Event Place: Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current

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