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James Clerk 1563–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Jul 1638

Death Location: Edinburgh

Father: Sir Edinburgh

Mother: Marion lady

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James Clerk was born in 1563 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Clerk Knight And Provost Of Edinburgh And Marion Primrose Lady. James Clerk passed away in 1638 in Edinburgh.

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Biography

  • James Clerk was born in 1563 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Clerk Knight And Provost Of Edinburgh And Marion Primrose Lady.
  • James Clerk passed away in 1638 in Edinburgh.

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James Clerk's Ancestors

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James Clerk
1563–1638
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Clerk, Knight and Provost of Edinburgh
1541–1638
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Marion (Primrose) lady
1546–1638
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (“Robert” Corant) Clarke
1490–1550
Banham, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Princess (Alice Clerke of) England
1490–1554
Banham, Norfolk, , England
Gilbert (Prymroisse surgeon to James) VI
1536–1616
Chirugeaon, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Marion) Graham
1525–1616
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Duncan Burnbrae)
1514–1580
Helen Smyth
1518–1597
Sir Graham
1495–1564
Lady Bethune
1500–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Primrose
1490–1576
Margaret Rydoch
1494–1735

James Clerk's Timeline

2 Records

1563
1563
Birth of James Clerk in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1638
25 Jul 1638
Age 75
Death of James Clerk in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1638
    Event Place: Edinburgh

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