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John Boyd 1579–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1579

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: May 1597

Death Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Kilmarnock

Mother: Jane Campbell

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In 1579, John Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Thomas Iv Lord Boyd Van Kilmarnock And Jane Jonet Jane Stockdale Campbell. John Boyd passed away in 1597 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1579, John Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to Thomas Iv Lord Boyd Van Kilmarnock And Jane Jonet Jane Stockdale Campbell.
  • John Boyd passed away in 1597 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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John Boyd's Ancestors

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John Boyd
1579–1597
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas IV Lord Boyd Van Kilmarnock
1544–1611
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jane (Jonet Jane Stockdale) Campbell
1547–1586
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Jerg Geo Boyd Sir Great Chamberlain Chamberleyn 5th Lord Boyd, Lord Of) Kilmarnock
1517–1590
Chamberlain, Boyd, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret (Lady Countess Of Glengarnock) Colquhoun
1525–1601
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Knight Lord Earl Baron William) Stockdale
1523–1587
Green, Hamerton, Huntingdonshire, England
Janet (Jonet Jone Joan) Cumberland
1530–1573
Great-Grandparents
Sir Kilmarnock
1485–1558
Lady Somerville
1489–1540
Sir Luss
1495–1537
Lady Boyd
1500–1595
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1579
1579
Birth of John Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1597
May 1597
Age 18
Death of John Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1579
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1597
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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