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John Pridden Eccles 1540–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 October 1595

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

Father: JOHN Kildonan)

Mother: Margaret Montgomery

Spouse(s): Margaret Wallace, Helen Cathcart

Children(s): JOHN Kildonan, John Kildonan), Helen Cathcart, Janet Cathcart, Robert Cathcart

John Pridden Eccles was born in 1540 in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Johne 6 7Th Laird Of Kildonan Son Of Johnne Eccles Ecclis Of Kildonan 3X Great Grandfather Of Sir John 10 Eccles Brother In Law To Robert Dickson Of Dumfrieshire House Of Kildonan And Margaret Montgomery. John Pridden Eccles married Helen Cathcart, Margaret Wallace, and had children including Helen Cathcart, Janet Mary Cathcart, John Eccles 8Th Laird Of Kildonan, John Johnne The Elder Eccleseclis Ecclis 8Th Laird Of Kildonan, Robert Cathcart. John Pridden Eccles passed away in 1595 in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • John Pridden Eccles was born in 1540 in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Johne 6 7Th Laird Of Kildonan Son Of Johnne Eccles Ecclis Of Kildonan 3X Great Grandfather Of Sir John 10 Eccles Brother In Law To Robert Dickson Of Dumfrieshire House Of Kildonan And Margaret Montgomery.
  • John Pridden Eccles married Helen Cathcart, Margaret Wallace, and had children including Helen Cathcart, Janet Mary Cathcart, John Eccles 8Th Laird Of Kildonan, John Johnne The Elder Eccleseclis Ecclis 8Th Laird Of Kildonan, Robert Cathcart.
  • John Pridden Eccles passed away in 1595 in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Eccles's Ancestors

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John Eccles
1540–1595
Birth Place: Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
JOHN (Johne) (6) "7th Laird of Kildonan" (son of Johnne) Eccles (Ecclis) of Kildonan (3x great grandfather of Sir John (10) Eccles) (brother-in-law to Robert Dickson of Dumfrieshire) (House of Kildonan)
1514–1580
Kildonan, Aryshire, Scotland
Margaret Montgomery
1510–1600
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Eccles
1500–1580
Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Eccles's Descendants

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John (Pridden) Eccles (1540–23 October 1595) m. Margaret Wallace (1533–1573) m. Helen Cathcart (1538–23 September 1625)
  1. 1. JOHN (Johnne the Elder EcclesEclis Ecclis 8th Laird of) Kildonan 1575–1638 m. Janet Carthcart 1576–1680 m. Janet ((Cathcart)) Eccles 1591–1625
    1. 1. Sir (GILBERT ECCLES 10 GGF (Gilbertus) (1) "Merchant of Carrickfergus (1647)" "High Sheriff of Fermanagh (1665) and Tyrone (1673)" (son of John "8th Laird of Kildonan") Eccles of Shannock (Progenitor of 2 Irish clans) (settled Ireland during) Charl 1602–1694 m. Ann (Cockburn (considered to be matriarch of the Antrim clan from Scotland) (confirming relation to Sir William "1st) Baronet") 1605–1652
      1. 1. John Eccles 1630–1705 m. Elizabeth Best 1634–1669
        1. 1. Jane Eccles 1660–1819 m. John (William) Black 1656–1726
        2. 2. John Eccles –1761
    2. 2. Richard Eccles 1614–1696
    3. 3. William (Eccles) Terrett 1606–1620
  2. 2. John (Eccles( 8th Laird of) Kildonan) 1575–1638
  3. 3. Helen Cathcart 1569–1660
  4. 4. Janet (Mary) Cathcart 1577–1625
  5. 5. Robert Cathcart 1565–1616

John Eccles's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of John Pridden Eccles in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1595
23 October 1595
Age 55
Death of John Pridden Eccles in Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1798
14 Oct 1798
Age 258
John Pridden Eccles was baptized in London, England
London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1798
    Event Place: London, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 October 1595
    Event Place: Kildonan, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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