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John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington 1500–1564 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1 December 1564

Death Location: Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Adam Cunningham

Mother: Elizabeth Campbell

Spouse(s): *Lady Cunningham

Children(s): Lady Caprington), Sir Glencairn, Lady Cunningham, Margaretha Hamilton, Annabella Cunningham, John Cunningham, Janet Cunningham, Thomas Cunningham, Margaret Cunningham, Helen Cunynghame

John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington was born in 1500 in Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Adam Cunningham And Elizabeth Macguire Campbell. John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington married Lady Elizabeth Montgomerie Cunningham, and had children including Annabella Cunningham, Helen Cunynghame, Janet Of Caprington Cunningham, John Cunningham, Lady Agnes Cunningham Of Caprington, Lady Elizabeth Cunningham, Margaret Cunningham, Margaretha Hamilton, Sir Lord William Cunningham Knight Of Glencairn 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, Thomas Cunningham. John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington passed away in 1564 in Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington was born in 1500 in Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Adam Cunningham And Elizabeth Macguire Campbell.
  • John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington married Lady Elizabeth Montgomerie Cunningham, and had children including Annabella Cunningham, Helen Cunynghame, Janet Of Caprington Cunningham, John Cunningham, Lady Agnes Cunningham Of Caprington, Lady Elizabeth Cunningham, Margaret Cunningham, Margaretha Hamilton, Sir Lord William Cunningham Knight Of Glencairn 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, Thomas Cunningham.
  • John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington passed away in 1564 in Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Caprington's Ancestors

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John Caprington
1500–1564
Birth Place: Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Adam Cunningham
1455–1506
Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, AYR, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Macguire) Campbell
1465–1535
Loudon, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Caprington's Descendants

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John (Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord) Caprington (1500–1 December 1564) m. *Lady (Elizabeth Montgomerie) Cunningham (1501–1 Dec 1574)
  1. 1. Lady (Agnes Cunningham (of) Caprington) 1516–1557 m. Sir (Andrew De Goode Stewart 2nd Lord of Avondale, 2nd Lord of) Ochiltree 1521–1591
    1. 1. Andrew (Stewart - Master of) Ochiltree 1549–1578 m. Margaret Campbell 1542–1627
      1. 1. Sir (James Stewart, "The Bonnie Earl of Moray" 2nd Lord Dune, 2nd Earl of) Moray 1568–1592 m. Lady (Elizabeth (Effie) STEWART Houston Stewart Stewart Stewart (Stuart), Countess of Moray) +#! 1565–1591 m. Lochnell Campbell 1564–1642
        1. 1. Lord (James Stewart, 3rd Earl of Moray, Doune, Strathearn, and Abernathy - aka the "Bonny Earl of) Moray" 1581–1638 m. Anne Gordon 1590–1674 m. Margart (Lokkar Arbuthnot LYON Stewart,) Princess 1591–1673
      2. 2. Lady (Margaret Stewart of) Grandtully 1564–1670
  2. 2. Sir (Lord William Cunningham , Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1540–1586
  3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth) Cunningham 1545–1585
  4. 4. Margaretha Hamilton 1520–1557
  5. 5. Annabella Cunningham 1520–1570
  6. 6. John Cunningham 1524–1793
  7. 7. Janet (of Caprington) Cunningham 1533–1573
  8. 8. Thomas Cunningham 1520–1574
  9. 9. Margaret Cunningham 1535–1603
  10. 10. Helen Cunynghame 1529–

John Caprington's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington in Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
20 Aug 1547
Age 47
John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington was married in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1564
1 December 1564
Age 64
Death of John Baronet Cunningham, 4th Lord Caprington in Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Caprington, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1547
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 December 1564
    Event Place: Caprington, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

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