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James A Hunter 1550 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: James Hunter

Mother: Margaret Stewart

Spouse(s): Janet Neil

Children(s): Sybilla Hunter

James A Hunter was born in 1550 in Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland, the child of James Hunter and Margaret Muir Stewart. James A Hunter married Janet Neil, and had children including Sybilla Hunter. James A Hunter passed away in 1617 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James A Hunter was born in 1550 in Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland, the child of James Hunter and Margaret Muir Stewart.
  • James A Hunter married Janet Neil, and had children including Sybilla Hunter.
  • James A Hunter passed away in 1617 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Hunter
1519 – 1593
Birth Location: of Perth, Perth, Scotland
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Margaret Stewart
1529 –
Birth Location: of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Neil
1540 – 1632
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Sybilla Hunter
1570 – 1640
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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James Hunter's Ancestors

Self
James Hunter
1550 – 1617
Birth Place: Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland
Parents
James Hunter
1519 – 1593
of Perth, Perth, Scotland
Margaret (Muir) Stewart
1529 –
of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Hunter
1489 –
of Abbotshill, Argyll, Scotland
Mrs. (Robert) Hunter
1494 –
of Perth, Perth, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Hunter's Descendants

1.
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James (A) Hunter (1550 – 1617) m. Janet Neil (1540 – 07 Jul 1632)
  1. 1. Sybilla Hunter (1570 – 1640) m. Adam Thomson (1568 – 1640)
    1. 1. Marioun Ewing (14 Jun 1595 – 1616) m. Richard Henrysone (1587 – 1635)
      1. 1. Williame Henrysone (1610 – ) m. Barbara Kilmeanie (1610 – )
        1. 1. James (Henderson) Henrysone (1 Jan 1639 – 1715) m. Christian (Dowglasse) Douglas (13 April, 1638 – )

James Hunter's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of James A Hunter in Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland
Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland
1617
1617
Age 67
Death of James A Hunter in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Abbotshill, Edinborough, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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