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John Bruce 1608 – 1690 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1608

Birth Location: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1690

Death Location: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Earlshall

Mother: Jane Fleming

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The story of John Bruce began in 1608 in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. John Bruce passed away in 1690 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of John Bruce began in 1608 in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • John Bruce passed away in 1690 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Bruce's Ancestors

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John Bruce
1608 – 1690
Birth Place: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William Robert Bruce, 4th of Earlshall
1570 – 1635
Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fife, Kingdom of Scotland
Jane Fleming
1560 –
Grandparents
Alexander Bruce
1539 – 1600
Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Livingstone
1540 –
Great-Grandparents
Sir Earlshall
1510 – 1572
Dame Scrymgeourg
1520 – 1595
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bruce
1486 – 1584
Margaret Meldrum
1491 – 1580
Sir Dudhope
1470 –
Lady Gray
1472 – 1551

John Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1608
1608
Birth of John Bruce in Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1690
1690
Age 82
Death of John Bruce in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Earlshall Castle, Leuchars, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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