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John Chalmers 1669 – 1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Sep 1669

Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: Abt. 1739

Death Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland

Father: Thomas Chalmers

Mother: Ann Unknown

Spouse(s): Jenet McKenzie, Jennet Colvile

Children(s): Thomas Chalmers, Agnes Chalmers, John Chalmers, Ann Chalmers, Helen Chalmers, William Chalmers, Janet Chalmers

John Chalmers was born in 1669 in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, the child of Thomas Chalmers and Ann Unknown. John Chalmers married Jenet McKenzie, Jennet Colvile, and had children including Thomas Chalmers, Agnes Chalmers, John Chalmers, Ann Chalmers, Helen Chalmers, William Chalmers, Janet Chalmers. John Chalmers passed away in 1739 in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Chalmers was born in 1669 in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, the child of Thomas Chalmers and Ann Unknown.
  • John Chalmers married Jenet McKenzie, Jennet Colvile, and had children including Thomas Chalmers, Agnes Chalmers, John Chalmers, Ann Chalmers, Helen Chalmers, William Chalmers, Janet Chalmers.
  • John Chalmers passed away in 1739 in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Chalmers
Birth Location: –
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Ann Unknown
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Jenet McKenzie
Birth Location: –
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Jennet Colvile
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Thomas Chalmers
1714 –
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Agnes Chalmers
1716 –
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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John Chalmers
1718 –
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Ann Chalmers
1720 –
Birth Location: –
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Helen Chalmers
1721 –
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
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William Chalmers
1721 –
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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Janet Chalmers
1727 – 1728
Birth Location: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
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John Chalmers's Ancestors

Self
John Chalmers
1669 – 1739
Birth Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Chalmers
Ann Unknown
Grandparents
<William> Chalmers
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Chalmers's Descendants

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John Chalmers (07 Sep 1669 – Abt. 1739) m. Jenet McKenzie m. Jennet Colvile
  1. 1. Thomas Chalmers (31 Oct 1714 – ) m. Helen Laing ( – Bef. 1754) m. Alison Currie (22 Aug 1730 – 01 Jul 1783)
    1. 1. John Chalmers (25 Oct 1745 – )
    2. 2. Thomas Chalmers (22 Jun 1749 – Feb 1754)
    3. 3. James Chalmers (07 Jan 1752 – Jul 1755)
    4. 4. Marjory Chalmers (27 Dec 1754 – )
    5. 5. Jenet Chalmers (01 Oct 1757 – )
    6. 6. Chalmers (Abt. 1759 – )
    7. 7. Elizabeth Chalmers (03 Sep 1760 – )
    8. 8. Thomas Chalmers (03 Mar 1762 – ) m. Helen Alaster (Abt. 1765 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Chalmers (05 Oct 1785 – )
      2. 2. Helen Chalmers (21 Jul 1788 – Bef. 1793)
      3. 3. William Chalmers (18 May 1790 – )
      4. 4. Helen Chalmers (19 Jan 1793 – )
      5. 5. Alison Chalmers (08 Sep 1794 – 27 Mar 1856) m. Andrew Brown
        1. 1. Warburton Brown (15 Sep 1812 – )
        2. 2. Andrew Brown (24 Aug 1814 – )
        3. 3. Robert Brown (03 Jan 1816 – )
        4. 4. Peter Brown (11 Jul 1818 – )
        5. 5. Margaret Brown (15 Sep 1820 – )
        6. 6. Thomas Brown (01 Aug 1822 – )
        7. 7. William Brown (11 May 1826 – )
        8. 8. James Brown (04 Jul 1829 – )
        9. 9. Isabella Brown (11 Jan 1832 – )
      6. 6. David Chalmers (17 Dec 1798 – )
      7. 7. Janet Chalmers (1805 – 19 May 1857) m. John Lethem (Abt. 1790 – Bef. 1875)
        1. 1. Helen Lethem (13 Nov 1823 – )
        2. 2. Janet Lethem (20 Dec 1825 – )
        3. 3. John Lethem (12 Sep 1828 – )
    9. 9. James Chalmers (09 May 1764 – )
    10. 10. Robert Chalmers (28 Feb 1767 – 17 Apr 1859) m. Warburton Baxter ( – 20 Sep 1806) m. Jane Bremner (Abt. 1790 – ) m. Jane Hunter
      1. 1. Thomas Chalmers (10 Aug 1793 – 18 May 1883) m. Janet (McLean) Younger (Abt. 1824 – Aft. 1871)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Chalmers (25 Oct 1847 – ) m. James Meldrum (Abt. 1845 – Bef. 1945)
        2. 2. Helen Chalmers (Abt. 1848 – )
        3. 3. Isabella Chalmers (1855 – )
        4. 4. Robert Chalmers (Abt. 1857 – )
      2. 2. Agnes Chalmers (01 Sep 1796 – )
      3. 3. Janet Chalmers (07 Oct 1799 – 14 May 1825)
      4. 4. Warburton Chalmers (02 Mar 1802 – 11 Nov 1888) m. David Bennie (1818 – )
        1. 1. Matthew Bennie (08 Sep 1840 – 1915) m. Jane Law (1843 – )
        2. 2. Robert Benny (11 Mar 1843 – Bef. 1881)
      5. 5. Euphemia Chalmers (02 Mar 1802 – 07 Apr 1886) m. William Heggie
      6. 6. James Chalmers (07 Feb 1813 – 1897) m. Minto Burt (Abt. 1813 – )
        1. 1. Robert Chalmers (Abt. 1838 – )
        2. 2. Jean Chalmers (Abt. 1839 – )
        3. 3. Helen Chalmers (Abt. 1841 – )
        4. 4. William Chalmers (Abt. 1843 – ) m. Isabella Aitken
        5. 5. Euphemia Chalmers (Abt. 1849 – )
        6. 6. Minto Chalmers (Abt. 1853 – )
      7. 7. Robert Chalmers (12 Aug 1814 – 27 May 1876) m. Euphemia (Aitken) Heron (27 Jan 1815 – 30 Nov 1886)
        1. 1. Robert Chalmers (18 Jun 1836 – 17 Nov 1913) m. Janet Fyfe (Abt. 1837 – 07 Jan 1917)
        2. 2. David (Heron) Chalmers (Abt. 1838 – 22 Sep 1925) m. Rebecca Black (Abt. 1843 – 05 Dec 1901)
        3. 3. Thomas Chalmers (Abt. 07 Jun 1841 – 21 Dec 1906) m. Sophia (Hannah) Careless (Abt. 1845 – 16 Nov 1906)
        4. 4. Elspeth (Leitch) Chalmers (Abt. 1842 – 25 Feb 1914) m. Peter Hutton (Abt. 1835 – 01 Feb 1898)
        5. 5. James (Brymer) Chalmers (Abt. 1850 – ) m. Alice (Spencer) Crawshaw (Abt. 1859 – )
        6. 6. Jane (Bremner) Chalmers (22 Jan 1853 – 26 Dec 1933) m. James McGuigan (19 Jun 1844 – 07 Feb 1926)
        7. 7. John (Peter) Chalmers (25 Nov 1855 – 15 Feb 1935) m. Sarah (Ann Campbell) Russell (Abt. 1858 – 24 Jun 1937)
        8. 8. Euphemia (Aitken) Chalmers (17 Nov 1858 – 05 Nov 1915) m. Francis Black (Abt. 1845 – 16 Jan 1918)
      8. 8. William Chalmers (06 Jan 1818 – )
      9. 9. Alexander (Brimer) Chalmers (04 Nov 1819 – ) m. Helen Banks (Abt. 1824 – )
        1. 1. Robert Chalmers (01 Nov 1846 – )
        2. 2. Jean (Brimer) Chalmers (Abt. Sep 1847 – 09 Mar 1848)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Chalmers (21 May 1849 – )
        4. 4. William Chalmers (24 Oct 1857 – )
        5. 5. Alexander Chalmers (10 Aug 1861 – )
      10. 10. Helen Chalmers (13 Sep 1821 – ) m. William Hunter ( – Bef. 1861)
        1. 1. Jean Hunter (27 Mar 1842 – )
        2. 2. Janet Hunter (27 Dec 1847 – )
        3. 3. Helen Hunter (24 Feb 1849 – )
        4. 4. William Hunter (19 Feb 1852 – )
        5. 5. Isabella Hunter (08 Jun 1854 – )
        6. 6. Robert Hunter (17 Jan 1857 – )
        7. 7. Christina Hunter (28 Jun 1859 – )
      11. 11. Andrew Chalmers (20 May 1823 – 31 Aug 1892) m. Elizabeth Morris (Abt. 1819 – 13 May 1869)
        1. 1. Robert Chalmers (Abt. 1848 – 18 Apr 1880) m. Elizabeth Watt (24 Jan 1858 – 1957)
        2. 2. James Chalmers (Abt. 1849 – ) m. Flora (Allan) Henderson (Abt. 1859 – 29 May 1940)
        3. 3. Christina Chalmers (24 Feb 1849 – 09 Dec 1917) m. Andrew Hamilton (11 Jul 1844 – 12 Aug 1917)
        4. 4. Jane Chalmers (20 Mar 1853 – 16 Oct 1858)
        5. 5. Elizabeth Chalmers (26 Jan 1855 – 30 Jun 1899) m. James Gibson (Abt. 1851 – 31 Aug 1886)
        6. 6. Arthur Chalmers (09 Jun 1857 – Bef. 1858)
        7. 7. Jane (Brymer) Chalmers (18 Oct 1861 – ) m. Hugh (Blain) Scott (Abt. 1857 – 11 Nov 1937) m. Charles (Thomas) Dunn (Abt. 1853 – )
        8. 8. Andrew Chalmers ( – 1920)
      12. 12. Jean Chalmers (30 May 1825 – ) m. Archibald Carmichael
      13. 13. David Chalmers (Abt. 1828 – ) m. Jane Marshall (19 Oct 1823 – )
        1. 1. Robert Chalmers (08 Mar 1849 – )
        2. 2. James (M) Chalmers (28 Oct 1850 – 25 Jul 1917)
        3. 3. Thomas Chalmers (07 May 1854 – 29 May 1920)
        4. 4. Isabella (Donaldson) Chalmers (10 May 1856 – 29 Nov 1856)
        5. 5. Jane (Brimer) Chalmers (12 Oct 1857 – )
        6. 6. Mary Chalmers (17 Jan 1860 – )
        7. 7. Rachel (Meldrum) Chalmers (05 May 1862 – )
        8. 8. Joan (Philp) Chalmers (14 Jan 1865 – )
        9. 9. Janet Chalmers (15 Apr 1865 – 24 Nov 1920) m. Andrew Orr (11 Sep 1856 – 11 Sep 1901)
      14. 14. George Chalmers (20 Oct 1830 – )
      15. 15. Isabella Chalmers (12 Mar 1859 – )
    11. 11. William Chalmers (26 Aug 1769 – ) m. Jane Arnott
      1. 1. William Chalmers (14 Feb 1813 – )
    12. 12. George Chalmers (23 May 1772 – )
  2. 2. Agnes Chalmers (24 Jun 1716 – )
  3. 3. John Chalmers (12 Oct 1718 – )
  4. 4. Ann Chalmers (Abt. 1720 – ) m. Henry Hutton
    1. 1. Elizabeth Hutton (08 Dec 1743 – )
    2. 2. Henry Hutton (28 May 1748 – )
  5. 5. Helen Chalmers (Aft. 1721 – ) m. James Hutton
    1. 1. John Hutton (19 Apr 1749 – )
    2. 2. John Hutton (21 Jul 1751 – )
  6. 6. William Chalmers (12 Mar 1721 – )
  7. 7. Janet Chalmers (26 Aug 1727 – Abt. 1728)

John Chalmers's Timeline

2 Records

1669
07 Sep 1669
Birth of John Chalmers in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
1739
Abt. 1739
Age 70
Death of John Chalmers in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
Torryburn, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 Sep 1669
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] A_DURRYfam1.FTW
    [2] Index of Record of Baptism for John Chalmers

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1999
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1739
    Event Place: Torryburn, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: A_DURRYfam1.FTW
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