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John Balfour 1404 – 1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1404

Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1460

Death Location: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Balfour

Mother: Lady Lindsay

Spouse(s): Janet Bruce

Children(s): Michael Balfour

John Balfour was born in 1404 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Balfour and Lady Christian Lindsay. John Balfour married Janet Bruce, and had children including Michael Balfour. John Balfour passed away in 1460 in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Balfour was born in 1404 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Balfour and Lady Christian Lindsay.
  • John Balfour married Janet Bruce, and had children including Michael Balfour.
  • John Balfour passed away in 1460 in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Balfour's Ancestors

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John Balfour
1404 – 1460
Birth Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Balfour
1380 – 1460
Kilmany, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Christian) Lindsay
1390 –
Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
David Lindsey
1359 – 1407
Angus-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Katherine) Stewart
1362 – 1446
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Lindsay
1329 – 1381
Katherine Stirling
1335 – 1378
Robert Stewart
1316 – 1390
Euphemia Ross
1330 – 1387
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Lindsay
1299 – 1355
Mary Abernethy
1298 – 1355
John Stirling
1300 – 1357
Barbara Swinbourn
1315 – 1360
Walter Stewart
1292 – 1326
Marjorie Bruce
1296 – 1316
Hugh Ross
1275 – 1333
Margaret Graham
1296 – 1358

John Balfour's Descendants

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John Balfour (1404 – 1460) m. Janet Bruce (1410 – 1492)
  1. 1. Michael Balfour (1426 – ) m. Janet Ogilvy (1430 – )
    1. 1. Michael Balfour (1446 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Marjorie Durie (1465 – )
      1. 1. Janet (Margaret) Balfour (1480 – 1518) m. William Leslie (1468 – 9 SEP 1513)
        1. 1. Isabel Leslie (ABT 1488 – ) m. David Leslie (ABT 1486 – BEF JAN 1534)
        2. 2. George Leslie (ABT 1495 – 28 NOV 1558) m. Agnes Somerville (1475 – 10 APR 1543) m. Margaret Crichton (ABT 1500 – 18 FEB 1545)
        3. 3. Grisel Leslie (1497 – )
        4. 4. William Leslie (1499 – 1550) m. Leslie (ABT 1510 – )
        5. 5. Margaret Leslie (ABT 1503 – ) m. David Monypenny (ABT 1512 – JAN 1578)
        6. 6. James Leslie (1506 – 13 OCT 1576)
        7. 7. John Leslie (1509 – 6 SEP 1585) m. Euphame Moncreiffe (1520 – ) m. Euphemia Mobcrieff m. Jean Moncrieff (ABT 1528 – )
      2. 2. Katherine Balfour (1485 – ) m. Patrick Murray (ABT 1475 – )
      3. 3. Andrew (Munquhanny) Balfour (1512 – 2 FEB 1593) m. Janet Bruce (ABT 1502 – 1592)

John Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1404
1404
Birth of John Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1460
1460
Age 56
Death of John Balfour in Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1404
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1460
    Event Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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