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James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville 1538–1623 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: September 1623

Death Location: Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Cambusnethan

Mother: Katherine Somerville

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James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville was born in 1538 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James V Somerville Van Cambusnethan And Katherine Somerville. James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville passed away in 1623 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville was born in 1538 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James V Somerville Van Cambusnethan And Katherine Somerville.
  • James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville passed away in 1623 in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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James Somerville's Ancestors

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James Somerville
1538–1623
Birth Place: Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James V Somerville van Cambusnethan
1512–1542
Linlithgow Palace, West-Lothian, Schotland
Katherine Somerville
1515–1550
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John Red Bag 2nd Baron Cambusnethan) Somerville
1489–1553
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Somerville
1504–1600
Kincardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (John Carmichael) III
1480–1567
Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elisabeth Bruce
1485–1545
Airth, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lord Gra
1464–1513
Lady Montrose
1465–1514
Willem Carmichael
1450–1525
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1623
September 1623
Age 85
Death of James 'Velvet Eye' Somerville in Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: September 1623
    Event Place: Cambusnethan, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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