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James Glen of Barr 1485–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1554

Death Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Glen

Mother: Elizabeth 12ggm

Spouse(s): Marion Cunningham

Children(s): James Barr, Alexander Glen, Sir Glen, Robert Glen, John Glen

James Glen of Barr was born in 1485 in Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Bar Glen And Elizabeth Browne 12Ggm. James Glen of Barr married Marion Cunningham, and had children including Alexander Glen, James Glen Of Barr, John Glen, John Mcgowan Glen, Robert Glen, Sir David Bar Glen. James Glen of Barr passed away in 1554 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Glen of Barr was born in 1485 in Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Bar Glen And Elizabeth Browne 12Ggm.
  • James Glen of Barr married Marion Cunningham, and had children including Alexander Glen, James Glen Of Barr, John Glen, John Mcgowan Glen, Robert Glen, Sir David Bar Glen.
  • James Glen of Barr passed away in 1554 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Barr's Ancestors

Self
James Barr
1485–1554
Birth Place: Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Bar Glen
1436–1506
Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Browne) 12ggm
1460–1506
Cultermayne, Scotland
Grandparents
WILLIAM (Wilelmo of Bar and Gaytflat) Glenn
1409–1505
Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret (De) Bruce
1420–1447
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
william browne
1406–1489
Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Margaret (Stokes aka Stock,) Stokke
1406–1489
Warmington, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Balmuto
1345–1419
MARGARET Erskine
1357–1419
John Browne
1396–1442
Margery WHALESBOROUGH
1382–1460
John STOKE
1400–1465
Agnes Stock
1405–1465
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Glen
1315–1345
Margaretha Bruce
1325–1345

James Barr's Descendants

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James (Glen of) Barr (1485–1554) m. Marion Cunningham (1488–01 Dec 1564)
  1. 1. James (Glen of) Barr 1510–1578 m. Mary (Janet) Muir 1510–1590
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Alexander Bar) Glen 1548–1629 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Browne 1548–1631
      1. 1. Patrick (Barr) Glenn 1558–1630 m. Agnes Young 1566–1588
        1. 1. Glen 1588–1682 m. Elizabeth Calder 1592–
    2. 2. David (Bar) Glenn 1543–1598
    3. 3. Patrick (Bar Glen. Burgess of) Edinburgh 1558–1630
    4. 4. Archibald Glen 1570–1615
    5. 5. William Glen 1530–1610
    6. 6. John Glen 1532–1606
    7. 7. Archibald Glen 1535–
    8. 8. William (Bar) Glen 1570–1598
    9. 9. Lindsay (bar) GLEN 1584–1629
  2. 2. Alexander Glen 1515–
  3. 3. Sir (David Bar) Glen 1543–1598
  4. 4. Robert Glen 1865–
  5. 5. John Glen 1857–

James Barr's Timeline

2 Records

1485
1485
Birth of James Glen of Barr in Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1554
1554
Age 69
Death of James Glen of Barr in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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