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James Colville 1551–1629 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1551

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: September 1629

Death Location: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Lady Lochleven,

Spouse(s): Johanna Stewart

Children(s): Margaret Colville, Robert Colville, Cecilia Colville, Jean Colville, Robert Master

The story of James Colville began in 1551 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. James Colville married Johanna Stewart, and had children including Cecilia Colville, Jean Colville, Margaret Murray Colville, Robert Colville, Robert Master. James Colville passed away in 1629 in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of James Colville began in 1551 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • James Colville married Johanna Stewart, and had children including Cecilia Colville, Jean Colville, Margaret Murray Colville, Robert Colville, Robert Master.
  • James Colville passed away in 1629 in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wemyss
1532–1562
Birth Location: Castle, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland,
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Lady Lochleven,
1536–1586
Birth Location: Lochleven Castle (Kinross-Shire), Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Johanna Stewart
1560–1593
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Colville
1585–1668
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Robert Colville
1573–1614
Birth Location: Barton St David, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
RC
Cecilia Colville
1576–
Birth Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jean Colville
1577–1622
Birth Location: Culross, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Robert Master
–1614
Birth Location: –
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James Colville's Ancestors

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James Colville
1551–1629
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir (Capt.) James Colville of Easter Wemyss
1532–1562
Castle, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland,
Lady (Janet Tweddie Douglas, of) Lochleven,
1536–1586
Lochleven Castle (Kinross-Shire), Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James KNT Colville, Lord of Ochiltree, Lord) Sessions,
1512–1540
Easter Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Margaret Logan
1490–1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Colville's Descendants

1.
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James Colville (1551–September 1629) m. Johanna Stewart (1560–1593)
  1. 1. Margaret (Murray) Colville 1585–1668
    1. 1. Anna (Agnes) Murray 1603–1664 m. Robert Bruce 1600–1670
      1. 1. Alexr (Bruce) III 1638–1693 m. Isabel Paterson 1635– m. Isabel Bruce –1924
        1. 1. James Bruce 1679–1727 m. Margaret (Ogilvie) BRUCE 1680–
        2. 2. Robt King –1709
  2. 2. Robert Colville 1573–1614
  3. 3. Cecilia Colville 1576–
  4. 4. Jean Colville 1577–1622
  5. 5. Robert Master –1614

James Colville's Timeline

2 Records

1551
1551
Birth of James Colville in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1629
September 1629
Age 78
Death of James Colville in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: September 1629
    Event Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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