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John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm 1550–1638 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1550

Birth Location: Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland

Death Date: 4 January 1638

Death Location: Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Gairloch

Mother: Agnes Fraser

Spouse(s): Isabel Fairburn

Children(s): Alexander MacKenzie

John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm was born in 1550 in Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland, the child of John Glassich Mackenzie 2Nd Of Gairloch And Agnes Fraser. John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm married Isabel Elizabeth Mackenzie Of Fairburn, and had children including Alexander Alastair Breac Mackenzie. John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm passed away in 1638 in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm was born in 1550 in Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland, the child of John Glassich Mackenzie 2Nd Of Gairloch And Agnes Fraser.
  • John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm married Isabel Elizabeth Mackenzie Of Fairburn, and had children including Alexander Alastair Breac Mackenzie.
  • John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm passed away in 1638 in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Gairloch
1513–1551
Birth Location: Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
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Agnes Fraser
1515–1576
Birth Location: Foynes, And Cromarty, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
AF

Spouses(s)

Isabel Fairburn
1554–1594
Birth Location: Dumbarton, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Alexander MacKenzie
1577–1638
Birth Location: Gairloch, Ross & Croamrty, Sotland
AM

John Chisholm's Ancestors

Self
John Chisholm
1550–1638
Birth Place: Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland
Parents
John Glassich MACKENZIE 2nd of Gairloch
1513–1551
Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
Agnes Fraser
1515–1576
Foynes, And Cromarty, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Dubh) MacLeod
1492–
Harris Island, Outer Hebrides, Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anne (Margaret) MacDonald
1501–1540
Castle, Inverness-shire, Scotland
James (of Foynes) Fraser
1489–1544
oynes, Ross Cromarty, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anna ((Fraser)) Sinclair
1496–1536
foyness, Inverness, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Ranald MacDonald
1468–1509
Catherine MacKintosh
1482–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Chisholm's Descendants

1.
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John (Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan) Chisholm (1550–4 January 1638) m. Isabel (Elizabeth MacKenzie of) Fairburn (1554–1594)
  1. 1. Alexander (Alastair Breac) MacKenzie 1577–1638 m. Lady (Margaret) MacKenzie 1574–1639
    1. 1. Kenneth (Mackenzie 6th of) Gairloch 1605–1669 m. Janet (Isabella) Cuthbert 1609–
      1. 1. Isabel MacKenzie 1634–1715 m. John (MacLeod 5th) Drynoch 1680–1745
        1. 1. Christina (MacLeod) MacLeod 1705–1750 m. Alexander McLeod 1690–1760

John Chisholm's Timeline

2 Records

1550
1550
Birth of John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm in Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland
Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland
1638
4 January 1638
Age 88
Death of John Chisholm, 16th Chief of Clan Chisholm in Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Erchless Castle, Struy Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 January 1638
    Event Place: Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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