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James Glen 1540–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1590

Death Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: James ll

Mother: Mary Muir

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James Glen was born in 1540 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Glenn Of Bar Ll And Mary Janet Muir. James Glen passed away in 1590 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Glen was born in 1540 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Glenn Of Bar Ll And Mary Janet Muir.
  • James Glen passed away in 1590 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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James Glen's Ancestors

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James Glen
1540–1590
Birth Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Glenn of Bar ll
1510–1578
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Mary (Janet) Muir
1510–1590
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Glenn of Barr I royal) blood
1485–1544
Barr, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Marion Cunningham
1488–1564
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Walter (Muir) III
1453–1553
Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel) Crawford
1471–1555
Kilbirne Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Glen's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of James Glen in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1590
1590
Age 50
Death of James Glen in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1850
28 Jul 1850
Age 310
James Glen was baptized in Garelochead, Dumbarton, Scotland
Garelochead, Dumbarton, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1850
    Event Place: Garelochead, Dumbarton, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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