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Janet Colville 1456–1504 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1456

Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 APR 1504

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Colville

Mother: Eufame Wallace

Spouse(s): John Sempill, Alexander Boyd

Children(s): William Sempill, Margaretha Boyd, Robert Boyd, Adam Boyd, Francis Sempill, Gabriel Sempill, Mary Boyd, Euphemia BOYD, Adam Boyd, Robert BOYD, James Boyd, Boyd None, Adam BOYD, Robert BOYD, Boyd None, BOYD None, Margaret Boyd, Mary Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Thomas Boyd

The story of Janet Colville began in 1456 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland. Janet Colville married Alexander Boyd, John Sempill, and had children including Adam Boyd, Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Francis Sempill, Gabriel Sempill, James Boyd, Margaret Boyd, Margaretha Boyd, Mary Boyd, Robert Boyd, Thomas Boyd, William Sempill. Janet Colville passed away in 1504 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Colville began in 1456 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Janet Colville married Alexander Boyd, John Sempill, and had children including Adam Boyd, Boyd, Euphemia Boyd, Francis Sempill, Gabriel Sempill, James Boyd, Margaret Boyd, Margaretha Boyd, Mary Boyd, Robert Boyd, Thomas Boyd, William Sempill.
  • Janet Colville passed away in 1504 in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Colville
1437–1488
Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
RC
Eufame Wallace
1438–1488
Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
EW

Spouses(s)

John Sempill
1465–1513
Birth Location: Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JS
Alexander Boyd
1452–1508
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
AB

Children(s)

William Sempill
1485–1552
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
WS
Margaretha Boyd
1490–1525
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
MB
Robert Boyd
1485–1558
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
RB
Adam Boyd
1480–1577
Birth Location: Scotland
AB
Francis Sempill
1481–1502
Birth Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland
FS
Gabriel Sempill
1485–1547
Birth Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland
GS
Mary Boyd
1476–
Birth Location: Scotland
MB
Euphemia BOYD
1489–
Birth Location: of, Kilmamock, Ayrshire, Scotland
EB
Adam Boyd
1490–1577
Birth Location: –
AB
Robert BOYD
1491–
Birth Location: Kilmamock, Ayr, Scotland
RB
James Boyd
1496–1558
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
JB
Boyd None
1490–1577
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Argyll, Scotland
B
Adam BOYD
1496–
Birth Location: of Pentville, Scotland
AB
Robert BOYD
1492–
Birth Location: Scotland
RB
Boyd None
1499–
Birth Location: Kilmamock, Renfre, Scotland
B
BOYD None
1503–
Birth Location: Scotland
B
Margaret Boyd
1500–
Birth Location: Scotland
MB
Mary Boyd
1502–
Birth Location: Scotland
MB
Euphemia Boyd
–1508
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
EB
Thomas Boyd
1492–1548
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
TB

Janet Colville's Ancestors

Self
Janet Colville
1456–1504
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Colville
1437–1488
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Eufame Wallace
1438–1488
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Colville
1414–1466
Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Christian Crichton
1414–
Sanquhar, Ayrshire, Scotland
George Wallace
1405–1468
Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Catherine Graham
1417–1480
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Colvile
1370–1450
Margaret Fulthorpe
1379–1441
John Elderslie
1378–1446
Elizabeth Cathcart
1389–1414
Alexander Graham
1396–1420
Elizabeth Wood
1383–1456
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Colville
1348–1403
Margaret Lindsay
1352–1403
John Fulthorpe
1348–1407
Joan Wharton
1345–
James Wallace
1355–1409
Ellen Wallace
1355–

Janet Colville's Descendants

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Janet Colville (1456–21 APR 1504) m. John Sempill (3 OCT 1465–9 SEP 1513) m. Alexander Boyd (1452–6 JUL 1508)
  1. 1. William Sempill 1485–1552 m. Margaret Montgomerie 1487–1523
    1. 1. Robert Sempill 1505–1576 m. Elizabeth Carlyle 1510–1564 m. Janet Leslie 1516–1591 m. Isabel Hamilton 1505–1546
      1. 1. Gilbert Sempill 1544–1594
      2. 2. Robert Sempill 1524–1569 m. Elizabeth Hamilton 1527– m. Barbara Preston 1547–1632
      3. 3. Jean Sempill 1540–1593 m. James Ross 1527–1581
      4. 4. John Sempill 1540–1579 m. Mary Livingston 1541–1579
      5. 5. Dorothy Sempill 1540–1600 m. Robert Montgomery 1534–1584
      6. 6. William Semple 1546–1633 m. Donna (Maria de) Ledesma 1550–
      7. 7. Janet Sempill 1546– m. William Fleming –1594
      8. 8. Elizabeth Sempill 1546–1599 m. Robert Graham 1545–1592
      9. 9. Marion Sempill 1546–1593 m. Hugh Montgomery 1539–1603
      10. 10. Grizell Sempill 1551–1609 m. John (Alexander) Blair 1547–1609
        1. 1. Grizel Blair 1566– m. David Blair 1576–1647
        2. 2. Robert Blair 1568–1621 m. Margret Montgomery 1580–
        3. 3. Bryce (Blair Of) Lockwood 1557–1639 m. Annabella Wallace 1574–1641
        4. 4. Hugh Blair 1570–1617 m. Barbara Hamilton 1575–1642
        5. 5. Jean (Johanna) Blair 1565–1647 m. Alexander Cunningham 1569– m. John Stewart 1536–1612
        6. 6. Margaret Blair 1574–1628 m. Robert Ker 1550–1594
        7. 7. Gavin (James Blair of) Aldmuir 1578–1615 m. Isabel Crawford 1585–1610
        8. 8. Anna Blair 1575–1608 m. John Brisbane 1574–1635
        9. 9. Alexander Blair 1569–1620 m. Elisabeth Cochrane 1580–1641
        10. 10. Janet (or Elizabeth) Blair 1575– m. Archibald Stewart 1593–1685 m. Sir (Ninnian) Stewart 1560–1619
        11. 11. John Blair 1574–1604 m. Isabel Boyd 1574–1621
    2. 2. Robert Sempill 1501–1573 m. Elizabeth Carlyle 1510–1564
    3. 3. William Sempill 1507–1576 m. Margaret Maxwell 1519–
    4. 4. Katherine Sempill 1504–1554 m. Aulay M'Aulay 1503–1549
    5. 5. Peter Sempill 1508–1558
    6. 6. Ninian Sempill 1504–1563 m. Ninian (Lord Clook,) Semple 1506–
    7. 7. Mary Sempill 1509– m. John Stirling 1508–
    8. 8. David Sempill 1503–1553 m. Maria Edmonstone 1508–
    9. 9. Helen Sempill 1512–1547 m. Alan Cathcart 1507–1547
  2. 2. Margaretha Boyd 1490–1525 m. George Colquhoun 1503–1538 m. John Muir 1487–1537
    1. 1. Margaret Colquhoun 1542–1601 m. Robert Boyd 1517–1590 m. Thomas Boyd 1525–
      1. 1. Margaret (Boyd Of) Kilmarnock 1542–1597 m. Robert Muir 1532–1640 m. John Cunningham 1535–1589
      2. 2. Robert Boyd 1547–1550
      3. 3. Helen Boyd 1544–1588 m. Hugh Montgomery 1539–1603
      4. 4. Robert Boyd 1551–1611
      5. 5. Giles Boyd 1556–1586 m. Hugh Montgomerie 1563–1586
      6. 6. Agnes Boyd 1543–1584 m. John Colquhoun 1523–1574
      7. 7. Elizabeth Boyd 1562– m. John Cunningham 1562–1615
      8. 8. James Boyd 1550–1614 m. Marion Carmichael 1554–1594
      9. 9. Christian Boyd 1555–1644 m. James Hamilton 1553–1605
      10. 10. Robert Boyd 1567–1611 m. Nans Boyd 1608– m. Jean Kerr 1575–1632
      11. 11. Thomas Boyd 1544–1611 m. Elizabeth Wallace 1560– m. Jane Stockdale 1547–1586 m. Margaret (Anne) Campbell 1550–1598
        1. 1. Adam (Ninian) Boyd 1575–1632 m. Jean Reid 1580– m. Marion Galbraith 1572–
        2. 2. John Boyd 1567– m. Janet Blair 1567–1632
        3. 3. Adam Boyd 1573–1654 m. Marion Galbraith 1572– m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1561–1619
        4. 4. Agnes Boyd 1575–
        5. 5. Andrew Boyd 1569–1636 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1570–1649
        6. 6. John Boyd 1579–1654
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Adams) Boyd 1579–1616
        8. 8. Thomas Boyd 1576–1673 m. Grizel Cunningham 1583–1634
        9. 9. Jane Boyd 1582–
        10. 10. Marion Boyd 1568–1632 m. James (Earl Of Abercorn) Hamilton 1575–1618
        11. 11. Thomas Boyd 1575–1636 m. Grizel Cunningham 1583–1634
        12. 12. William Cunningham 1580– m. Jean 1582–
        13. 13. Kathrine Boyd 1580– m. Alexander Jervey 1578–
        14. 14. Isobel Boyd 1580–1626 m. James Cunningham 1574–1625
        15. 15. Robert Boyd 1595–1628 m. Margaret Montgomery 1597– m. Isabel Hamilton 1589–1665 m. Christian ('Christine') Hamilton 1595–1646
        16. 16. Isabel Boyd 1574–1621 m. John Blair 1574–1604 m. Patrick Walkinshaw 1560–1625 m. Dougald Campbell 1570–1641
    2. 2. Colquhoun 1515–
    3. 3. John Colquhoun 1518–
    4. 4. George Colquhoun 1520–
    5. 5. Helen Colquhoun 1524–1588
  3. 3. Robert Boyd 1485–1558 m. Helen (de) Somerville 1489–1536 m. Elisabeth Napier 1523– m. Marion Colquhoun 1518–1601
    1. 1. Robert Boyd 1517–1590 m. Margaret Colquhoun 1542–1601 m. Katherine Creyke 1587–
    2. 2. Margaret Boyd 1519–1561 m. John (M.) Montgomery 1510–1560
    3. 3. Agnes Boyd 1525–
  4. 4. Adam Boyd 1480–1577 m. Helen Kennedy 1482–1575
    1. 1. James Boyd 1507–1581 m. Margaret Chalmers 1554–1626
      1. 1. Isabel (Bessi Elizabeth) Boyd 1575–1641 m. James (Patrick Maxwell, Deacon of) Convener 1586–1625
        1. 1. James Maxwell 1602–
        2. 2. Jean Maxwell 1604–
        3. 3. John Maxwell 1605–1617
        4. 4. George Maxwell 1609–
        5. 5. John Maxwell 1611–1648
        6. 6. Robert Maxwell 1611–
        7. 7. Robert Maxwell 1611–1686 m. Margaret Blair 1616–
        8. 8. Isobell Maxwell 1611–1674 m. William Brisbane 1591–
        9. 9. Walter Maxwell 1614– m. Helen Wyllie 1618–1660
        10. 10. Jonet Maxwell 1610– m. Archibald Sempill 1605–
        11. 11. Walter Maxwell 1619–
        12. 12. John Maxwell 1618– m. Heleine Hill 1616–
        13. 13. Jon Maxwell 1618–1679 m. Jean Nisbet 1614–1670
        14. 14. Agnes Maxwell 1619– m. Johnson 1600–
      2. 2. Thomas Boyd –1616
      3. 3. Robert Boyd 1578–1627 m. Anna (de) Maliverne –1654
      4. 4. Margaret Boyd 1578–1642 m. David Pollock 1582–1619
    2. 2. Margaret Boyd 1501–
    3. 3. Alexander Boyd 1506–
    4. 4. Robert Boyd 1505–1590 m. Jane Caley 1525– m. Catherine (Gordon of) Gight 1512–1537
  5. 5. Francis Sempill 1481–1502
  6. 6. Gabriel Sempill 1485–1547 m. Jonet Spreule 1485–1550
  7. 7. Mary Boyd 1476–
  8. 8. Euphemia BOYD 1489– m. John Logie 1458–1490
  9. 9. Adam Boyd 1490–1577
  10. 10. Robert BOYD 1491–
  11. 11. James Boyd 1496–1558
  12. 12. Boyd 1490–1577
  13. 13. Adam BOYD 1496–
  14. 14. Robert BOYD 1492–
  15. 15. Boyd 1499–
  16. 16. BOYD 1503–
  17. 17. Margaret Boyd 1500–
  18. 18. Mary Boyd 1502–
  19. 19. Euphemia Boyd –1508 m. John Logie 1458–1490
  20. 20. Thomas Boyd 1492–1548 m. Marion Fairlie 1495–1580

Janet Colville's Timeline

3 Records

1456
1456
Birth of Janet Colville in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
1504
APR 1504
Age 48
Burial of Janet Colville in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1504
21 APR 1504
Age 48
Death of Janet Colville in Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1456
    Event Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: APR 1504
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 APR 1504
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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