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John Matheson 1531–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Cromarty, Highland, Scotland

Death Date: 1555

Death Location: Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Father: John Matheson

Mother: Mary MacKenzie

Spouse(s): Isabel Mackenzie

Children(s): Isobel Hunter

John Matheson was born in 1531 in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, the child of John Matheson And Mary Mackenzie. John Matheson married Isabel Mackenzie, and had children including Isobel Hunter. John Matheson passed away in 1555 in Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Matheson was born in 1531 in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, the child of John Matheson And Mary Mackenzie.
  • John Matheson married Isabel Mackenzie, and had children including Isobel Hunter.
  • John Matheson passed away in 1555 in Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

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John Matheson's Ancestors

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John Matheson
1531–1555
Birth Place: Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
Parents
John Matheson
1510–1539
Cromarty, Ross &, Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary MacKenzie
1514–1570
Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Matheson's Descendants

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John Matheson (1531–1555) m. Isabel Mackenzie (1534–1555)
  1. 1. Isobel Hunter 1555–1620 m. Robert Hunter 1560–1616
    1. 1. Isabel Hunter 1595–1659 m. William (Alexander) Leveston 1600–1659
      1. 1. John Livingstone 1620–1665 m. Marion Gray 1626–1691
        1. 1. John Livingstone 1656–1735 m. Margaret Ross 1663–1705

John Matheson's Timeline

2 Records

1531
1531
Birth of John Matheson in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
1555
1555
Age 24
Death of John Matheson in Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Ellandonan Castle, Kintail, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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