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John Melville 1527–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 January 1603

Death Location: Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Melville

Mother: Lady Merchiston

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In 1527, John Melville entered the world in Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Melville And Lady Helen Napier Countess Of Leven And Melville Lady Of Merchiston. John Melville passed away in 1603 in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1527, John Melville entered the world in Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Melville And Lady Helen Napier Countess Of Leven And Melville Lady Of Merchiston.
  • John Melville passed away in 1603 in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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John Melville's Ancestors

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John Melville
1527–1603
Birth Place: Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Melville
1480–1548
Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Helen Napier Countess of Leven and Melville,Lady of) Merchiston
1510–1588
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and) Melville
1527–1603
Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Alexander) Napier
1479–1513
Merchiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Chisholm
1487–1542
Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Melville
1480–1548
Helen Napier
1510–1588
Archibald Douglas
1445–1513
Elizabeth Douglas
1453–1498
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Melville
1460–1513
Janet Bonar
1465–1506
William Stirling
1415–1471
Margaret Crichton
1420–

John Melville's Timeline

2 Records

1527
1527
Birth of John Melville in Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1603
13 January 1603
Age 76
Death of John Melville in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Raith House, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 January 1603
    Event Place: Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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