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John Boswell 1372 – 1429 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1372

Birth Location: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1429

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Roger Boswell

Mother: Wemyss None

Spouse(s): Mariota Jardine

Children(s): David Boswell

John Boswell was born in 1372 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Roger Boswell and Wemyss. John Boswell married Mariota Jardine, and had children including David Boswell. John Boswell passed away in 1429 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Boswell was born in 1372 in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Roger Boswell and Wemyss.
  • John Boswell married Mariota Jardine, and had children including David Boswell.
  • John Boswell passed away in 1429 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Boswell
Birth Location: –
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Wemyss None
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Mariota Jardine
1380 – 1426
Birth Location: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

David Boswell
1411 – 1490
Birth Location: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Schotland
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John Boswell's Ancestors

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John Boswell
1372 – 1429
Birth Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Roger Boswell
Wemyss
Grandparents
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John Boswell's Descendants

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John Boswell (1 Jan 1372 – 1429) m. Mariota Jardine (1380 – 1426)
  1. 1. David Boswell (1411 – 17 Apr 1490) m. Elizabeth Melville (1413 – 1507)
    1. 1. David Boswell (Abt 1430 – 1493) m. Grizel Wemyss (1457 – ) m. Mariota ((Margret)) Sinclair (Abt 1455 – )
    2. 2. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1430 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Boswell (1436 – 1479) m. Robert Douglas (1424 – 9 Sep 1513)
    4. 4. Marjory Boswell (1440 – 1530) m. John Bethune (1440 – 1507) m. Sir (John IV) Balfour (1440 – Bef 1502)
      1. 1. Archibald Bethune (1460 – 1520) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
      2. 2. Robert Bethune (1462 – 1524)
      3. 3. David Bethune (1465 – 1505) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1518) m. James (V) Stewart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1540) m. John Wardlaw (1473 – 20 Apr 1552) m. Wardlaw (Abt 1494 – )
        3. 3. David (John) Bethune (1485 – 29 May 1546) m. Janet Hay (1487 – 1534)
        4. 4. Janet Bethune (1486 – 1522) m. Robert Livingstone (1465 – 9 Sep 1513)
        5. 5. Mary Bethune (1486 – 1522)
        6. 6. Jevan (David) Betoun (1486 – Deceased) m. Jevan (David) Betoun (1491 – )
        7. 7. Peter Bethune (1487 – 1506) m. Mary MacDonald (1491 – )
        8. 8. Matilda Beaton (1489 – )
        9. 9. Angus Beaton (1491 – 1511) m. Isabel MacDonald (Abt 1490 – 1540)
        10. 10. Jean Bethune (1493 – 1540) m. Robert Clerk (1480 – 1540)
        11. 11. Grizel Bethune (1493 – 1541) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551)
        12. 12. Margaret Bethune (1494 – 1579) m. Angus Cameron (1495 – 14 Feb 1569)
        13. 13. James Bethune (1502 – 1506)
        14. 14. Grizel Bethune (1521 – 18 Aug 1579) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551) m. William Scott (7 Jan 1517 – 19 May 1552) m. Andrew (John) Murray (1 Sep 1510 – 1 Sep 1572) m. William Scott (1440 – 1520) m. William Scott (1523 – 19 May 1552)
        15. 15. Janet BEATON m. James Boyd (1469 – Jan 1484)
      4. 4. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532) m. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541)
        1. 1. John Bethune (1491 – 29 May 1546) m. Christian Stewart (Abt 1503 – 20 Aug 1580)
        2. 2. James (Bethune) (Beaton) (1492 – 1586) m. Helen Melville
        3. 3. David Beaton (Abt 1494 – 29 May 1546) m. Marion Ogilvy (Abt 1495 – 16 Nov 1573)
        4. 4. Beatrix Beaton (1496 – )
        5. 5. Janet Beaton (1502 – )
        6. 6. Katherine Bethune (1504 – ) m. William Graham (Abt 1505 – 1600)
        7. 7. Margaret Bethume (1508 – ) m. John Graham. (1495 – Apr 1548)
      5. 5. Margaret Bethune (1 Jan 1466 – ) m. Andrew Sibbald
      6. 6. John (Van Bethune Laird van) Balfour (1470 – 1532)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Bethune (1471 – ) m. Alexander Kid (Abt 1473 – Deceased)
      8. 8. Isabel Bethune (1472 – ) m. John Ferret
      9. 9. James Bethune (1473 – 1539) m. Helen Melville (1471 – )
      10. 10. Henry Bethune (1475 – )
      11. 11. Andrew Bethune (1479 – )
      12. 12. Grissel Bethune (1479 – ) m. James Hay
      13. 13. Janet Bethune (1 Jan 1479 – 1537) m. John Durie (1479 – 1538)
      14. 14. James Beaton (1480 – 1522)
      15. 15. John Beaton (1485 – 1534)
      16. 16. John Beaton (1499 – 1522)
    5. 5. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1444 – 1492) m. Thomas Lundie (1459 – 9 Sep 1519)
      1. 1. Walter Lundin (1490 – Bef 2 May 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1508 – 1603)
        1. 1. John Lundy (Abt 1530 – ) m. Elisabeth Moubray (Abt 1532 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Lundin (17 Aug 1530 – 27 Aug 1584) m. John Haldane (1524 – Dec 1563)
      2. 2. Walter Lundin (1490 – 24 Nov 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (Abt 1508 – Feb 1603)
      3. 3. Janet Lundie ( – 1533) m. William Scott (1460 – 1532)
    6. 6. Jeanette Boswell (1450 – 18 Dec 1504) m. David Monypenny (Abt 1442 – 21 Jan 1488)
      1. 1. Mary Moneypenny (Abt 1463 – Aft 21 Mar 1490)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541) m. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532)

John Boswell's Timeline

3 Records

1372
1 Jan 1372
Birth of John Boswell in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
1429
1429
Age 57
Death of John Boswell in Scotland
Scotland
1429
Aft 14 May 1429
Age 57
Burial of John Boswell in Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1372
    Event Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1429
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aft 14 May 1429
    Event Place: Balgregie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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