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James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife 1575–1624 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 April 1575

Birth Location: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 March 1624

Death Location: Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Forrest

Mother: Catherine Yule

Spouse(s): Rachel Weir

Children(s): James Forsythe

James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife was born in 1575 in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Alison Aka Robert F Forrest And Catherine Sophia Elizabeth Isobel Yule. James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife married Rachel Jeane Weir, and had children including James Forrest Forsythe. James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife passed away in 1624 in Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife was born in 1575 in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Alison Aka Robert F Forrest And Catherine Sophia Elizabeth Isobel Yule.
  • James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife married Rachel Jeane Weir, and had children including James Forrest Forsythe.
  • James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife passed away in 1624 in Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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James Fife's Ancestors

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James Fife
1575–1624
Birth Place: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Alison aka Robert F Forrest
1550–1609
Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Catherine (Sophia Elizabeth "Isobel") Yule
1550–1587
Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Forrest(er)) Forsyth
1524–1573
Gilcairnstorm, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Christian) Douglas
1525–1587
Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Frances Sutton
1530–1588
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Forrest
1505–1533
Katherine Levingstoun
1505–1533
Frederick (Sutton)
1510–1560
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Fife's Descendants

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James (Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of) Fife (3 April 1575–1 March 1624) m. Rachel (Jeane) Weir (1577–1 March 1624)
  1. 1. James (Forrest \) Forsythe 1617–1679 m. Marion Inglis 1620–1719
    1. 1. Jean ((Janet) Kilgoure or) Gilgour 1635–1688 m. JOHN Andersone 1636–1678
      1. 1. John Anderson 1670–1729 m. Jean Baird 1659–1764
        1. 1. Elizabeth Anderson 1690–
    2. 2. James Forsyth 1640–1679

James Fife's Timeline

2 Records

1575
3 April 1575
Birth of James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1624
1 March 1624
Age 49
Death of James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife in Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 April 1575
    Event Place: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 March 1624
    Event Place: Braidwood Carluke, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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