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James Shaw 11GGF 1562–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1562

Birth Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1620

Death Location: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: John 12GGF

Mother: Catherine 12GGM

Spouse(s): Margaret 11GGM, Isabella Castle

Children(s): John 10GGF, James Shaw, Julianna (Shaw), Marion Shaw, George Seaton

The story of James Shaw 11GGF began in 1562 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. James Shaw 11GGF married Isabella Brisbane Ghost Of Ballygally Castle, Margaret Montgomery 11Ggm, and had children including Alexander Seaton, George Seaton, James Wilcox Shaw, John Schaw Shaw 10Ggf, Julianna Schaw Shaw, Marion Shaw, Mary Shaw. James Shaw 11GGF passed away in 1620 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of James Shaw 11GGF began in 1562 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
  • James Shaw 11GGF married Isabella Brisbane Ghost Of Ballygally Castle, Margaret Montgomery 11Ggm, and had children including Alexander Seaton, George Seaton, James Wilcox Shaw, John Schaw Shaw 10Ggf, Julianna Schaw Shaw, Marion Shaw, Mary Shaw.
  • James Shaw 11GGF passed away in 1620 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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James 11GGF's Ancestors

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James 11GGF
1562–1620
Birth Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
John Alexander Shaw 12GGF
1540–1593
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Catherine (Jean Cunningham) 12GGM
1540–1585
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
John Cunningham
1514–1596
Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Fleming
1515–1542
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Lennox
1470–1570
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James 11GGF's Descendants

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James (Shaw) 11GGF (1562–1620) m. Margaret (Montgomery) 11GGM (1566–9 Apr 1624) m. Isabella (Brisbane Ghost of Ballygally) Castle (1566–1624)
  1. 1. John (Schaw (Shaw)) 10GGF 1597–1679 m. Helen (Houston) 10GGM 1598–1690
    1. 1. John (Shaw) 9GGF 1622–1693 m. Jean (Mure) 9GGM 1622–1722
      1. 1. Margaret (Shaw) 8GGM 1654– m. John (Hamilton) 8GGF 1668–1729
        1. 1. John (Hamilton) 7GGF 1696–1729 m. Marian (Boyd) 7GGM 1702–
        2. 2. William (I) Hamilton 1685–1750
      2. 2. John Shaw 1650–1702
      3. 3. Alexander Shaw 1651–
      4. 4. James Shaw 1661–
      5. 5. Sarah Shaw 1652–1890
    2. 2. Margaret (Mary) Shaw 1625–1747
    3. 3. Margaret Shaw 1634–1673 m. Alexander Stewart 1631–1676
      1. 1. Alexander Stewart 1652–1704 m. Ann Hamilton 1658–1722
        1. 1. Frances Stewart 1676–1757 m. William Scott 1672–1752
  2. 2. James (Wilcox) Shaw 1600–1650
  3. 3. Julianna (Schaw) (Shaw) 1600–1643 m. Sir (John McIlvaine (Laird of) Grymmet) 1600–1669
    1. 1. Lord (Andrew Alexander I McElwain) (McIlvaine) 1640–1690
    2. 2. Andrew (Alexander) McIlvaine 1630–1690
    3. 3. Mareonne McIlvaine 1632–1653
    4. 4. Agnes McIlvaine 1632–
    5. 5. Margaret McIlvane 1622–
    6. 6. John (McIlvain) III 1623–1741 m. Anne Cunningham 1632–
      1. 1. John McElwain 1656–1735 m. Sarah Clark 1660–1697
        1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) McIlvaine 1696–1778
        2. 2. Robert McIlvain 1696–1748 m. Isabel Swan 1698–1760
        3. 3. Andrew McIlvaine 1694–1754
        4. 4. James McIlvain 1688–1735
        5. 5. Thomas McIlvain 1692–1777
        6. 6. George McIlvaine 1695–1748
    7. 7. David McIlvane 1643–
    8. 8. Helein McIlvaine 1621–
    9. 9. Anne McIlvaine 1635–1700
    10. 10. Julianna ("Julia") McIlvaine 1620–1653
    11. 11. Quentin McIlvaine 1632–1694
    12. 12. John (McIlvaine,) -** 1640–1735
    13. 13. Gilbert McIlvaine 1628–1668
    14. 14. Richard McIlvaine 1627–
    15. 15. Julianna ("Julia") McIlvaine 1635–1700
  4. 4. Marion Shaw 1602–
  5. 5. George Seaton 1590–

James 11GGF's Timeline

2 Records

1562
1562
Birth of James Shaw 11GGF in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1620
1620
Age 58
Death of James Shaw 11GGF in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1562
    Event Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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