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James Joshua Rankin 1500–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Joshua Rankin

Mother: Mary Usher

Spouse(s): Mary Lineberger, Jessica Snadden

Children(s): John Rankin, John Mhic, James (Rankin), Janet Rankin

James Joshua Rankin was born in 1500 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Joshua Rankin And Mary Usher. James Joshua Rankin married Jessica M Eagleson Snadden, Mary Polly Lineberger, and had children including James Ranken Rankin, Janet Jenet Rankin, John James Clann Mhic Raing Rankin, John Rankyns Rankins Clann Mhic. James Joshua Rankin passed away in 1560 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • James Joshua Rankin was born in 1500 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Joshua Rankin And Mary Usher.
  • James Joshua Rankin married Jessica M Eagleson Snadden, Mary Polly Lineberger, and had children including James Ranken Rankin, Janet Jenet Rankin, John James Clann Mhic Raing Rankin, John Rankyns Rankins Clann Mhic.
  • James Joshua Rankin passed away in 1560 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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James Rankin's Ancestors

Self
James Rankin
1500–1560
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Joshua Rankin
1480–
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Usher
1480–
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Rankin's Descendants

1.
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James (Joshua) Rankin (1500–1560) m. Mary (Polly) Lineberger (1520–1570) m. Jessica (M Eagleson) Snadden (1500–1570)
  1. 1. John (James Clann Mhic Raing) Rankin 1530–1600 m. Mary (Polly Lineberger) 15GGM 1520–1640
    1. 1. James (Ranken) (Rankin) 1540–1600 m. Mary (Lineberger) Rankin 1535–1640 m. Jane (Elizabeth) Phelps 1542–1600
      1. 1. Andrew (John Moodie Rankin (Rankeyne, Reynkyn)) Jr. 1560–1616 m. Elizabeth Drummond 1565– m. Margaret (Patoun) (Rankin) 1554–1638
        1. 1. Janet (Laurie) Rankin 1587–1650 m. John (James Stewart Robert) Lowery 1580–1650
        2. 2. James Rankin 1595–1667
        3. 3. William Ranken 1601–1667
        4. 4. Walter Ranken 1599–1667
        5. 5. James (Newby) Rankin 1595–1667
        6. 6. Alexander ((Merchant, Burgess of Perth)) Rankine 1614–1689
        7. 7. Andrew Rankin 1605–
        8. 8. Isobell Rankin 1587–1650
        9. 9. John Rankin 1587–1678
        10. 10. John Ranken 1597–1667
      2. 2. Barbara (Janet) Rankin 1560–1604
      3. 3. Andrew ((Patoun)) Rankin 1570–1638
      4. 4. Alexander Rankin 1570–1616
      5. 5. Robert Rankin 1556–
      6. 6. Andrew (Renkyn Ranken Clann Mhic) Jr. 1570–1616
    2. 2. Mary (Lineberger) Rankin 1535–1640 m. James (Ranken) (Rankin) 1540–1600 m. John (Rankyns Rankins Clann) Mhic 1530–1617
    3. 3. Mary Lineberger 1555–1640
    4. 4. Sir (Joseph John) Rankin 1560–1587
    5. 5. John (Runel) Rankin 1560–
    6. 6. Janet Rankin 1550–1604
    7. 7. Janet (Barbara) Rankin 1549–1617
    8. 8. Lady (Jonat Janet Jenet Clann Mhic Raing) Rankin 1537–1617 m. Broun 1530–
  2. 2. John (Rankyns Rankins Clann) Mhic 1530–1617 m. Mary (Lineberger) Rankin 1535–1640
    1. 1. Florence (Jonet) Rankin 1550–1604
    2. 2. Barbara (Rankin) (Dickson) 1550–1617
  3. 3. James (Ranken) (Rankin) 1540–1600
  4. 4. Janet (Jenet) Rankin 1530–

James Rankin's Timeline

5 Records

1500
1500
Birth of James Joshua Rankin in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1518
8 Jul 1518
Age 18
James Joshua Rankin was married in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1518
8 July 1518
Age 18
James Joshua Rankin was married in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1560
1560
Age 60
Death of James Joshua Rankin in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1565
1565
Age 65
Death of James Joshua Rankin in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1518
    Event Place: Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 July 1518
    Event Place: Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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