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James Fergusson Weir 1684–1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Mar 1684

Birth Location: Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 1740

Death Location: Ulster, Northern Ireland

Father: John Weir

Mother: Janet Weir

Spouse(s): Margaret O'Marra

Children(s): James Weir, Thomas Wier

James Fergusson Weir was born in 1684 in Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the child of John Weir And Janet Ferguson Weir. James Fergusson Weir married Margaret Agnes O Marra, and had children including James Alexander Weir, Thomas O Mara Wier. James Fergusson Weir passed away in 1740 in Ulster, Northern Ireland.

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Biography

  • James Fergusson Weir was born in 1684 in Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the child of John Weir And Janet Ferguson Weir.
  • James Fergusson Weir married Margaret Agnes O Marra, and had children including James Alexander Weir, Thomas O Mara Wier.
  • James Fergusson Weir passed away in 1740 in Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Weir's Ancestors

Self
James Weir
1684–1740
Birth Place: Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Parents
John Weir
1630–1686
Scotland
Janet (Ferguson) Weir
1640–
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Grandparents
Agnes Young
1593–1648
Charnes, Staffordshire, England
Robert (“Rab”) Ferguson
1604–
unknown
Mary Hill
1606–1671
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Young
1550–1600
Lady Lamont
1573–1628
Robert Fergusoune
1566–1611
Margaret Gardiner
1578–1604
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Lamont
1550–1610
John Fergusson
1541–1614
John Gardner
1550–1624
Margaret Thomesoune
1540–1601

James Weir's Descendants

1.
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James (Fergusson) Weir (20 Mar 1684–1740) m. Margaret (Agnes) O'Marra (1686–1712)
  1. 1. James (Alexander) Weir 1699–1785 m. MARTHA ((SMITH)) WEIR 1701–
    1. 1. Eve (Dorothy) Weir 1736–1788 m. Col (Henry YORK (DAR) A129649) 1732–1817
      1. 1. William York 1761–1832 m. Sophia (Ellen) Aldridge 1765–1785
        1. 1. Tabitha (Pryor) "York" 1784–1850 m. Lewis Garland 1780–1830
  2. 2. Thomas (O'Mara) Wier 1708–1780

James Weir's Timeline

2 Records

1684
20 Mar 1684
Birth of James Fergusson Weir in Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
1740
1740
Age 56
Death of James Fergusson Weir in Ulster, Northern Ireland
Ulster, Northern Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Mar 1684
    Event Place: Ulster, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 77.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LRF
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Ulster, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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