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James Forrester 1543–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: June 4, 1589

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Corstophine

Mother: Agnes Maans

Spouse(s): Jane Lauder

Children(s): Gelis Forrester

In 1543, James Forrester entered the world in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Sir James Forrester Of Meadowfield Later Corstophine And Agnes Maans. James Forrester married Elspeth Gordoun, Jane Lauder, and had children including Agnes Forrester, Gelis Forrester. James Forrester passed away in 1589 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1543, James Forrester entered the world in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Sir James Forrester Of Meadowfield Later Corstophine And Agnes Maans.
  • James Forrester married Elspeth Gordoun, Jane Lauder, and had children including Agnes Forrester, Gelis Forrester.
  • James Forrester passed away in 1589 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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James Forrester's Ancestors

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James Forrester
1543–1589
Birth Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir James Forrester of Meadowfield, later Corstophine
1518–1594
Torwood, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Agnes Maans
1520–
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Katherine Levingstoun
1505–1533
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Europe, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
George Forrest
1480–1535
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Forrester's Descendants

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James Forrester (1543–June 4, 1589) m. Jane Lauder (1539–27 Mar 1621)
  1. 1. Gelis Forrester 1559–1580 m. Sir (Lewis Bellenden, Lord of Auchinoul,) Knight 1552–1591
    1. 1. Margaret Ballantyne 1578–1609

James Forrester's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of James Forrester in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
1589
June 4, 1589
Age 46
Death of James Forrester in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Scotland, Red Books of Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: June 4, 1589
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Scotland, Red Books of Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index

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