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James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow 1530–1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Tochrig, Scotland

Death Date: 21 June 1581

Death Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland

Father: Adame Boyd

Mother: Helen Kennedy

Spouse(s): Margaret Chalmers

Children(s): Robert Edinburgh

The story of James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow began in 1530 in Tochrig, Scotland. James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow married Margaret Chalmers, and had children including Robert Boyd Principal Of The Universities Of Glasgow Edinburgh. James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow passed away in 1581 in Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow began in 1530 in Tochrig, Scotland.
  • James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow married Margaret Chalmers, and had children including Robert Boyd Principal Of The Universities Of Glasgow Edinburgh.
  • James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow passed away in 1581 in Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Glasgow's Ancestors

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James Glasgow
1530–1581
Birth Place: Tochrig, Scotland
Parents
Adame Boyd
1499–1577
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Helen Kennedy
–1569
Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander (Boyd \ IIIrd of) Kilmarnock
1452–1508
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Janet Colville
1456–1504
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kilmarnock
1425–1482
Mariota Maxwell
1430–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Glasgow's Descendants

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James (Boyd \ Archbishop of) Glasgow (1530–21 June 1581) m. Margaret Chalmers (–1626)
  1. 1. Robert (Boyd \ Principal of the Universities of Glasgow,) Edinburgh 1578–1627 m. Anna Maliverne –1654
    1. 1. John Boyd 1618–1682 m. Marion Stone 1623–1713
      1. 1. Robert Boyd 1645–1678 m. Bessie Adam 1647–1687
        1. 1. William Boyd 1678–1718 m. Mary Findlay 1679–1719

James Glasgow's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow in Tochrig, Scotland
Tochrig, Scotland
1581
21 June 1581
Age 51
Death of James Boyd \ Archbishop of Glasgow in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Tochrig, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 June 1581
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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