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James Elphinstone 1538–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 July 1538

Birth Location: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 January 1570

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: (2e Elphinstone

Mother: Katherine Erskine

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James Elphinstone was born in 1538 in Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of 2E Lord Alexander Elphinstone And Katherine Lady Erskine Renfrewshire Erskine. James Elphinstone passed away in 1570 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Elphinstone was born in 1538 in Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of 2E Lord Alexander Elphinstone And Katherine Lady Erskine Renfrewshire Erskine.
  • James Elphinstone passed away in 1570 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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James Elphinstone's Ancestors

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James Elphinstone
1538–1570
Birth Place: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
(2e Lord)Alexander Elphinstone
1511–1547
Elphinstone, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katherine (Lady Erskine Renfrewshire) Erskine
1506–1552
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
(1e (Lord)Alexander) Elphinstone
–1513
Elizabeth Barlow
–1518
England, England, United Kingdom
John Erskine
1487–1555
Falkland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret ((Baroness of Argyll) Campbell) Hay
1489–1555
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Isabella Campbell
1465–
James Campbell
1473–1531
Margaret Tudor
1489–1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry England
1457–1509
Elizabeth York
1466–1503

James Elphinstone's Timeline

2 Records

1538
22 July 1538
Birth of James Elphinstone in Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1570
23 January 1570
Age 32
Death of James Elphinstone in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 July 1538
    Event Place: Pittendreich, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1570
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

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