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Jean Pollock Calhoun 1699 – 1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1699

Birth Location: New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1750

Death Location: Reading, Berkshire, England

Father: John Colquhoun

Mother: Bessie Nasmith

Spouse(s): James Shanks

Children(s): Elizabeth Shanks

Jean Pollock Calhoun was born in 1699 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Cohoun Colquhoun and Bessie Nasmith. Jean Pollock Calhoun married James Shanks, and had children including Elizabeth or Agnes Shanks. Jean Pollock Calhoun passed away in 1750 in Reading, Berkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Jean Pollock Calhoun was born in 1699 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Cohoun Colquhoun and Bessie Nasmith.
  • Jean Pollock Calhoun married James Shanks, and had children including Elizabeth or Agnes Shanks.
  • Jean Pollock Calhoun passed away in 1750 in Reading, Berkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean Calhoun's Ancestors

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Jean Calhoun
1699 – 1750
Birth Place: New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John Cohoun Colquhoun
1667 –
Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bessie Nasmith
1670 –
New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Michael (Nasmith) (Naismith)
1645 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jonet Hunter
1645 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Calhoun's Descendants

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Jean (Pollock) Calhoun (15 Oct 1699 – 1750) m. James Shanks (14 Apr 1706 – 5 Jul 1799)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (or Agnes) Shanks (8 July 1739 – aft 1821) m. John Smellie (15 Jun 1735 – 1 Nov 1812)
    1. 1. Matthew Smylie (1757 – 21 Feb 1825) m. Ann Waddle (16 Feb 1766 – 1846)
      1. 1. John (Waddell) Smellie (6 Jun 1787 – 23 Aug 1859) m. Janet Cameron (01 Jan 1799 – 31 Dec 1877)
        1. 1. Ann Smellie (12 AUG 1823 – 18 APR 1902) m. Andrew Cowan (22 DEC 1824 – 24 JUN 1890)

Jean Calhoun's Timeline

4 Records

1699
15 Oct 1699
Birth of Jean Pollock Calhoun in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1725
1725
Age 26
Jean Pollock Calhoun was married in New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
1733
31 May 1733
Age 34
Jean Pollock Calhoun was married in Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
1750
1750
Age 51
Death of Jean Pollock Calhoun in Reading, Berkshire, England
Reading, Berkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1699
    Event Place: New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1725
    Event Place: New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 31 May 1733
    Event Place: Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, England

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