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James Cowan 1682 – 1726 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1682

Birth Location: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: Aft. 1726

Death Location: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: James Cowan

Mother: Mary Hunter

Spouse(s): Margaret GRINLAY

Children(s): William Couan

James Cowan was born in 1682 in Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of James Cowan and Mary Elizabeth Isobel? Hunter. James Cowan later married Margaret GRINLAY, and together they raised children including William Couan. In 1726, James Cowan passed away in Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Parents

James Cowan
1649 – 1685
Birth Location: Flintry, Sterling, Scotland
JC
Mary Hunter
1651 – 1682
Birth Location: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MH

Spouses(s)

Margaret GRINLAY
1691 –
Birth Location: St.Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
MG

Children(s)

William Couan
1717 – 1756
Birth Location: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland
WC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Aug 1682
    Event Place: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1699
    Event Place: St Ninians, Stirlingshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 26 Feb 1708
    Event Place: Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: ABT 1725
    Event Place: of Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 29 May 1737
    Event Place: Langholm,Dumfries,Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Aft. 1726
    Event Place: Fintry, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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