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John Melville 1382 – 1463 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1382

Birth Location: Raith House, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1463

Death Location: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Melville

Mother: Margaret Stewart

Spouse(s): Margaret Scott

Children(s): John Melville, Elizabeth Melville, Thomas Melville, William Melville

John Melville was born in 1382 in Raith House, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Melville and Margaret Stewart. John Melville married Margaret of Balwearie Scott, and had children including John Melville, Elizabeth Melville, Thomas Melville, William Melville. John Melville passed away in 1463 in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • John Melville was born in 1382 in Raith House, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Melville and Margaret Stewart.
  • John Melville married Margaret of Balwearie Scott, and had children including John Melville, Elizabeth Melville, Thomas Melville, William Melville.
  • John Melville passed away in 1463 in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Melville
1364 – 1427
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Stewart
1370 –
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Scott
1389 – 1424
Birth Location: Balweary, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Melville
1410 – 1494
Birth Location: Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Melville
1413 – 1507
Birth Location: Raith House, Fife, Scotland
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Thomas Melville
1420 –
Birth Location: –
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William Melville
1424 – 1502
Birth Location: Raith House, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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John Melville's Ancestors

Self
John Melville
1382 – 1463
Birth Place: Raith House, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Melville
1364 – 1427
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Stewart
1370 –
Scotland
Grandparents
Walter (de) Melville
1320 – 1365
Caproneston, Peebleshire, Scotland
Margaret Ayr
1332 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
John Scrimgeour
1568 – 1634
Great-Grandparents
John Melville
1336 – 1379
Stuart
JOHN (AIR)
MRS AIR
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter MELVILLE
MRS MELVILLE

John Melville's Descendants

1.
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John Melville (1382 – 1463) m. Margaret (of Balwearie) Scott (1389 – Aft 1424)
  1. 1. John Melville (1410 – 14 Sep 1494) m. Tulloch (Abt 1413 – )
    1. 1. John Melville (Abt 1435 – Bef 1530)
    2. 2. John Melville (1445 – 1494)
    3. 3. Marjorie Melville (1447 – 1530) m. James Auchinleck (1440 – Bef 1492)
      1. 1. Marjory Auchinleck (1 Jan 1473 – 1548) m. Alexander Barclay (1 Jan 1472 – 1 Jan 1520)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Auchinleck (1475 – 18 Sep 1570) m. William Douglas (1470 – 9 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Archibald Douglas (7 Sep 1503 – 18 Sep 1570) m. Agnes (Anna) Keith (1507 – 1548) m. Margaret Carmichael (1533 – Abt 1555) m. Mary ((Elizabeth)) Irvine (1503 – )
        2. 2. Gilette ("Giles") Douglas (1505 – 4 Jul 1546) m. Robert Graham (1503 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Robert Graham (15 Mar 1522 – 10 Sep 1547)
    4. 4. John Melville (1460 – 14 Jun 1504) m. Jane Pomeroy (Abt 1475 – )
    5. 5. Gelis Melville (Abt 1460 – )
    6. 6. Thomas Melville (Abt 1460 – )
    7. 7. Andrew Melville (Abt 1464 – Aft 22 Mar 1515)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Melville (Abt 1465 – Deceased)
    9. 9. Margaret Melville (Abt 1470 – )
    10. 10. David Melville ( – Aft 22 Mar 1515)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Melville (1413 – 1507) m. David Boswell (1411 – 17 Apr 1490)
    1. 1. David Boswell (Abt 1430 – 1493) m. Grizel Wemyss (1457 – ) m. Mariota ((Margret)) Sinclair (Abt 1455 – )
    2. 2. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1430 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Boswell (1436 – 1479) m. Robert Douglas (1424 – 9 Sep 1513)
    4. 4. Marjory Boswell (1440 – 1530) m. John Bethune (1440 – 1507) m. Sir (John IV) Balfour (1440 – Bef 1502)
      1. 1. Archibald Bethune (1460 – 1520) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
      2. 2. Robert Bethune (1462 – 1524)
      3. 3. David Bethune (1465 – 1505) m. Janet Duddingston (1467 – 1541)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1518) m. James (V) Stewart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Bethune (1480 – 1540) m. John Wardlaw (1473 – 20 Apr 1552) m. Wardlaw (Abt 1494 – )
        3. 3. David (John) Bethune (1485 – 29 May 1546) m. Janet Hay (1487 – 1534)
        4. 4. Janet Bethune (1486 – 1522) m. Robert Livingstone (1465 – 9 Sep 1513)
        5. 5. Mary Bethune (1486 – 1522)
        6. 6. Jevan (David) Betoun (1486 – Deceased) m. Jevan (David) Betoun (1491 – )
        7. 7. Peter Bethune (1487 – 1506) m. Mary MacDonald (1491 – )
        8. 8. Matilda Beaton (1489 – )
        9. 9. Angus Beaton (1491 – 1511) m. Isabel MacDonald (Abt 1490 – 1540)
        10. 10. Jean Bethune (1493 – 1540) m. Robert Clerk (1480 – 1540)
        11. 11. Grizel Bethune (1493 – 1541) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551)
        12. 12. Margaret Bethune (1494 – 1579) m. Angus Cameron (1495 – 14 Feb 1569)
        13. 13. James Bethune (1502 – 1506)
        14. 14. Grizel Bethune (1521 – 18 Aug 1579) m. John Lyle (Abt 1490 – 1551) m. William Scott (7 Jan 1517 – 19 May 1552) m. Andrew (John) Murray (1 Sep 1510 – 1 Sep 1572) m. William Scott (1440 – 1520) m. William Scott (1523 – 19 May 1552)
        15. 15. Janet BEATON m. James Boyd (1469 – Jan 1484)
      4. 4. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532) m. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541)
        1. 1. John Bethune (1491 – 29 May 1546) m. Christian Stewart (Abt 1503 – 20 Aug 1580)
        2. 2. James (Bethune) (Beaton) (1492 – 1586) m. Helen Melville
        3. 3. David Beaton (Abt 1494 – 29 May 1546) m. Marion Ogilvy (Abt 1495 – 16 Nov 1573)
        4. 4. Beatrix Beaton (1496 – )
        5. 5. Janet Beaton (1502 – )
        6. 6. Katherine Bethune (1504 – ) m. William Graham (Abt 1505 – 1600)
        7. 7. Margaret Bethume (1508 – ) m. John Graham. (1495 – Apr 1548)
      5. 5. Margaret Bethune (1 Jan 1466 – ) m. Andrew Sibbald
      6. 6. John (Van Bethune Laird van) Balfour (1470 – 1532)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Bethune (1471 – ) m. Alexander Kid (Abt 1473 – Deceased)
      8. 8. Isabel Bethune (1472 – ) m. John Ferret
      9. 9. James Bethune (1473 – 1539) m. Helen Melville (1471 – )
      10. 10. Henry Bethune (1475 – )
      11. 11. Andrew Bethune (1479 – )
      12. 12. Grissel Bethune (1479 – ) m. James Hay
      13. 13. Janet Bethune (1 Jan 1479 – 1537) m. John Durie (1479 – 1538)
      14. 14. James Beaton (1480 – 1522)
      15. 15. John Beaton (1485 – 1534)
      16. 16. John Beaton (1499 – 1522)
    5. 5. Isabella Boswell (Abt 1444 – 1492) m. Thomas Lundie (1459 – 9 Sep 1519)
      1. 1. Walter Lundin (1490 – Bef 2 May 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1508 – 1603)
        1. 1. John Lundy (Abt 1530 – ) m. Elisabeth Moubray (Abt 1532 – )
        2. 2. Elizabeth Lundin (17 Aug 1530 – 27 Aug 1584) m. John Haldane (1524 – Dec 1563)
      2. 2. Walter Lundin (1490 – 24 Nov 1572) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (Abt 1508 – Feb 1603)
      3. 3. Janet Lundie ( – 1533) m. William Scott (1460 – 1532)
    6. 6. Jeanette Boswell (1450 – 18 Dec 1504) m. David Monypenny (Abt 1442 – 21 Jan 1488)
      1. 1. Mary Moneypenny (Abt 1463 – Aft 21 Mar 1490)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Moneypenny (1465 – 1541) m. John Bethune (1465 – Nov 1532)
  3. 3. Thomas Melville (1420 – )
  4. 4. William Melville (Abt 1424 – Bef 20 Oct 1502) m. Euphemia Lundy (1435 – Aft 1504)
    1. 1. John Melville (1460 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Janet Bonar (1470 – Aft 1506)
      1. 1. John Melville (Abt 1486 – 13 Dec 1548) m. Margaret Wemyss (1485 – ) m. Helen (de) Napier (Nov 1510 – 1588)
        1. 1. Janet Melville (1505 – 1565) m. James Kirkcaldy (1500 – 1556)
        2. 2. Alison (( Isobel)) Melville ( – 1552) m. William Echlin (Abt 1528 – )
      2. 2. David Melville (Abt 1505 – ) m. David Melville (1483 – )
    2. 2. Elspeth Melville (Aft 1460 – )
    3. 3. Egidia Melville (1470 – 1535) m. Henry Pitcairn (1470 – 1528)
    4. 4. Andrew Melville
    5. 5. David Melville
    6. 6. William Melville

John Melville's Timeline

2 Records

1382
1382
Birth of John Melville in Raith House, Fife, Scotland
Raith House, Fife, Scotland
1463
1463
Age 81
Death of John Melville in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1382
    Event Place: Raith House, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1463
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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