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John Bruce 1495–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: July 1495

Birth Location: Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1551

Death Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Bruce

Mother: Jean Blackadder

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Menteith, Margaret Elphinstone

Children(s): Robert Bruce, Isobel Stewart, Mary Scotland, James Moray

John Bruce was born in 1495 in Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of David Bruce And Jean Blackadder. John Bruce married Elizabeth Menteith, Margaret Elphinstone, Stewart, and had children including Alexander Bruce, Alison, Isobel Stewart, James Stewart Earl Of Mar Earl Of Moray, Mary Queen Of Scotland, Robert Bruce, Sophia Bruce. John Bruce passed away in 1551 in Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Bruce was born in 1495 in Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of David Bruce And Jean Blackadder.
  • John Bruce married Elizabeth Menteith, Margaret Elphinstone, Stewart, and had children including Alexander Bruce, Alison, Isobel Stewart, James Stewart Earl Of Mar Earl Of Moray, Mary Queen Of Scotland, Robert Bruce, Sophia Bruce.
  • John Bruce passed away in 1551 in Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Bruce's Ancestors

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John Bruce
1495–1551
Birth Place: Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David Bruce
1469–1506
Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jean Blackadder
1472–1537
Tulliallan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Bruce's Descendants

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John Bruce (July 1495–1551) m. Elizabeth Menteith (1510–5 May 1572) m. Margaret Elphinstone (1510–)
  1. 1. Robert Bruce 1532–1617 m. Margaret Tennand 1539–1602 m. Euphemia (Montgomery) 1543–1602
    1. 1. Robert Bruce 1558–1642 m. Janet (Elder Wardlaw - Bruce of) Carden 1560–1598 m. Helen Durie 1580–1664
      1. 1. Robert Bruce 1580–1663 m. Elizabeth Halyburton 1585–1650
        1. 1. Sir (Baron Henry) Bruce 1622–1674 m. Mary (Shaw) m1650 1625–1668
      2. 2. Helen (Helene Bruce.) 1605 1590–1650 m. Sir (Alexander Dell Schaw 8th Laird of) Sauchie 1595–1682
        1. 1. Mary (Shaw) m1650 1625–1668 m. Sir (Baron Henry) Bruce 1622–1674
      3. 3. Janet Bruce 1582–
      4. 4. Alexander Bruce 1580–1662
      5. 5. Agnes Bruce 1578–
      6. 6. Henry Bruce –1655
      7. 7. David Bruce –1643
      8. 8. Marioun Bruce 1601–
      9. 9. Annabell Bruce 1580–
      10. 10. Katherine Bruce 1600–
      11. 11. Marjorie Bruce 1586–1629
      12. 12. Henrie Bruce 1609–
    2. 2. Colonel (Normound "Norman") Bruce 1570–1630
    3. 3. Robert (Bruce of) Airth 1505–1561
    4. 4. Walter Bruce 1580–
    5. 5. William Bruce 1570–1630
    6. 6. George Bruce 1546–1596
    7. 7. Sir (David II Bruce 7th Baron of) Clackmannan 1565–1589
    8. 8. James Bruce 1580–1680
    9. 9. William Bruce 1583–1630
  2. 2. Isobel Stewart –1726
  3. 3. Mary (Queen of) Scotland 1542–
  4. 4. James (Stewart Earl of Mar, Earl of) Moray 1531–1570

John Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1495
July 1495
Birth of John Bruce in Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
1551
1551
Age 56
Death of John Bruce in Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: July 1495
    Event Place: Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, The National Archives; London, England, UK; War Office: Soldiers' Documents, First World War Wo363
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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