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James Leslie Melville 1700–1738 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1700

Birth Location: Monimail, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: Aft. 1738

Death Location: Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: David Melville

Mother: Anna Wemyss

Spouse(s): Jannet Finley

Children(s): Janet Melvil

James Leslie Melville was born in 1700 in Monimail, Fife, Scotland, the child of David 3Rd Earl Of Leven Leslie Melville And Anna Wemyss. James Leslie Melville married Elizabeth Monypenny, Jannet Finley, and had children including Janet Melvil. James Leslie Melville passed away in 1738 in Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Leslie Melville was born in 1700 in Monimail, Fife, Scotland, the child of David 3Rd Earl Of Leven Leslie Melville And Anna Wemyss.
  • James Leslie Melville married Elizabeth Monypenny, Jannet Finley, and had children including Janet Melvil.
  • James Leslie Melville passed away in 1738 in Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Melville
1660–1728
Birth Location: Monimail, Fife, Scotland
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Anna Wemyss
1675–1702
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Jannet Finley
1696–
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Melvil
1727–1826
Birth Location: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Melville's Ancestors

Self
James Melville
1700–1738
Birth Place: Monimail, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David 3rd Earl Of Leven Leslie Melville
1660–1728
Monimail, Fife, Scotland
Anna Wemyss
1675–1702
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Grandparents
George (Melville, 4th Lord Melville, 1st Earl of) Melville
1634–1707
Monimail, Fife, Scotland
Catharine (Leslie, Countess of Leven, Countess of) Melville
1639–1713
Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Sir (James (Lord Burntisland) Wemyss) (9GGF)
1641–1682
Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
Margaret( (Countess) Wemyss) (9GGM)
1650–1705
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Melville
1591–1648
Dame Erskine
1610–1648
Alexander Leslie
1610–1643
Lady Rothes
1620–1688
James Sr.
1625–1666
Lady Simpson
1629–1688
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Melville
1563–1626
Margaret Scott
1565–1598
Baron Innerteil
1558–1664
Alexander Leslie
1580–1661
Agnes Renton
1585–1651
John Rothes
1600–1641
Lady Rothes
1595–1640
David, Wemyss
1610–1679
Johne Simsone
1570–1640
Janet Parkhill
1607–1640

James Melville's Descendants

1.
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James (Leslie) Melville (1700–Aft. 1738) m. Jannet Finley (Abt. 1696–)
  1. 1. Janet Melvil 1727–1826 m. Thomas Robb 1729–1810
    1. 1. John Robb 1762–1810 m. Mary Thomson 1758–1847
      1. 1. Jean Robb 1794–1877 m. John Bond 1792–
        1. 1. Jane (Robb) Bond 1823–1914 m. James JOHNSTON 1806–1878

James Melville's Timeline

2 Records

1700
1700
Birth of James Leslie Melville in Monimail, Fife, Scotland
Monimail, Fife, Scotland
1738
Aft. 1738
Age 38
Death of James Leslie Melville in Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1700
    Event Place: Monimail, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1738
    Event Place: Byth Auchmedden Byth Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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