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John Hume 1515–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: Alexander ?

Mother: Nichola Kerr

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Children(s): Alexander Home

John Hume was born in 1515 in Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Canmore Home And Nichola Kerr. John Hume married Margaret Home, and had children including Alexander Canmore Lord Home, James Rigg Home. John Hume passed away in 1573 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Hume was born in 1515 in Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Canmore Home And Nichola Kerr.
  • John Hume married Margaret Home, and had children including Alexander Canmore Lord Home, James Rigg Home.
  • John Hume passed away in 1573 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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John Hume's Ancestors

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John Hume
1515–1573
Birth Place: Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Canmore Home ?
1457–1506
Samuelton, Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nichola Kerr
1469–1528
Samuelston, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Hume's Descendants

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John Hume (1515–1573)
  1. 1. Alexander (Canmore Lord) Home 1530–1575 m. Margaretha Kerr 1540–
    1. 1. Margaret Keith 1565–1598 m. George Keith 1553–1623
      1. 1. Lady (Anne Agnes Keith Dunottar, Countess of) Morton 1586–1648 m. Willem ((William) Douglas (8th Earl of Morton)) I 1582–1648
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Morton Douglas) Campbell 1610–1678 m. Sir (Archibald Duncan Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of) Argyll 1607–1661
        2. 2. Isabel Graham 1630–1672
        3. 3. Mary Seton 1607–1659
        4. 4. Robert Douglas 1616–1649
        5. 5. Jean Home 1632–1694

John Hume's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of John Hume in Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1573
1573
Age 58
Death of John Hume
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Home, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Family History Books, History of the Hume Family; Author: Hume, John Robert, 1862-
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index

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