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James RANKIN 1540–1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1540

Birth Location: Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: John RANKIN

Mother: Mary LINEBERGER

Spouse(s): Jane PHELPS

Children(s): Andrew RANKINS

James RANKIN was born in 1540 in Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John James Rankin And Mary Polly Lineberger. James RANKIN married Jane Phelps, and had children including Andrew Rankins. James RANKIN passed away in 1600 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James RANKIN was born in 1540 in Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John James Rankin And Mary Polly Lineberger.
  • James RANKIN married Jane Phelps, and had children including Andrew Rankins.
  • James RANKIN passed away in 1600 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John RANKIN
1520–1600
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Mary LINEBERGER
1535–1640
Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Jane PHELPS
1541–1600
Birth Location: Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Andrew RANKINS
1570–1616
Birth Location: Middleton, Midllothian, Argyll, or Kinross, Scotland.
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James RANKIN's Ancestors

Self
James RANKIN
1540–1600
Birth Place: Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John James RANKIN
1520–1600
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Polly) LINEBERGER
1535–1640
Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James (Joshua) RANKIN
1500–1560
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jessica (M) EAGLESON
1500–
England, England, United Kingdom
Johann (Michaël) LINBERGER
1470–1530
Glasglow Lanarkshire, Scotland
Eve WILLIS
1490–1530
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Joshua RANKIN
1480–
Mary USHER
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James RANKIN's Descendants

1.
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James RANKIN (January 1540–1600) m. Jane PHELPS (1541–1600)
  1. 1. Andrew RANKINS 1570–1616 m. Margaret PATOUN 1574–1638
    1. 1. Janet RANKIN 1587–1650
    2. 2. Walter RANKIN 1590–
    3. 3. William RANKIN 1601–
    4. 4. John RANKIN 1597–1675
    5. 5. Christine RANKIN 1615–
    6. 6. Alexander (RANKIN Burgess of) Perth 1614–
    7. 7. Isobel RANKIN 1587–1650

James RANKIN's Timeline

2 Records

1540
January 1540
Birth of James RANKIN in Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1600
1600
Age 60
Death of James RANKIN in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1540
    Event Place: Kinross, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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