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John Sempill 1465–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1465

Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 09 Sep 1513

Death Location: Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Father: Sir Eliotstoun

Mother: Elizabeth Macdonald

Spouse(s): Margaret Colville

Children(s): William Sempill

John Sempill was born in 1465 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Thomas 6Th Lord Semple Of Eliotstoun And Elizabeth Ross Macdonald. John Sempill married Margaret Colville, and had children including William Sempill. John Sempill passed away in 1513 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • John Sempill was born in 1465 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Thomas 6Th Lord Semple Of Eliotstoun And Elizabeth Ross Macdonald.
  • John Sempill married Margaret Colville, and had children including William Sempill.
  • John Sempill passed away in 1513 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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John Sempill's Ancestors

Self
John Sempill
1465–1513
Birth Place: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Thomas 6th Lord Semple of Eliotstoun
1440–1488
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Ross) Macdonald
1442–1495
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William) Semple
1420–1480
Eliotstoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret (Mary) Cathcart
1422–1445
Cathcart, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Sundrum
1424–1497
Janet Maxwell
1420–1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Sempill's Descendants

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John Sempill (1465–09 Sep 1513) m. Margaret Colville (1468–21 Apr 1504)
  1. 1. William Sempill 1485–1552 m. Lady (Margaret) Montgomery 1487–1523
    1. 1. Robert, (3rd Lord) Sempill 1505–1573 m. Elizabeth Carlyle 1510–1564 m. Barbara PRESTON 1532–1620 m. Isabel Hamilton 1505–1604
      1. 1. Grissel (Grace) Sempill 1551–1609 m. John (Alexander Blair of Blair (9th Lord of) Blair) 1547–1608
        1. 1. John Blair 1584–1621 m. Janet Rainie 1582–1618 m. Margaret (Jean) Haliburton 1581–1655
        2. 2. John Blair 1574–1604
        3. 3. GAVIN (James) Blair 1578–1641
        4. 4. Jean (Blair) Stewart 1580–1680
        5. 5. Margaret Blair 1574–1603
        6. 6. John Blair 1575–1621
        7. 7. William Cochrane 1610–1685
        8. 8. James Blair 1576–1615
        9. 9. John (V of Blair) Blair 1560–1600
        10. 10. Sir (Bryce de) Blair 1565–1639
        11. 11. Hugh Blair 1584–1617
        12. 12. Margaret Blair 1582–1627
        13. 13. Alexander (Blair) Cochrane 1584–1641
        14. 14. Robert Blair 1567–1678
        15. 15. Countess (Margaret) Blair 1581–1605
        16. 16. Gavin ("James") Blair 1578–1604
        17. 17. Jean Blair 1580–1591
        18. 18. Hugh Blair 1570–
        19. 19. Grisel Blair 1566–1598
        20. 20. Gavin (of Manismure) Blair 1600–1604
        21. 21. Alexander Blair 1609–1700
        22. 22. Anna Blair 1580–1608
        23. 23. Robert ((of Bogtown)) Blair 1576–1665
        24. 24. John Blair 1574–1604
        25. 25. Jean Blair 1580–1647
        26. 26. James Blair 1576–1639
        27. 27. Grizel Blair 1584–1642
        28. 28. Alexander ((Lord Blair Cochrane)) Blair 1584–1641
        29. 29. Bryce (Blair (10th Lord of) Blair) 1573–1639
        30. 30. Bryce Blair 1574–1600
        31. 31. Margaret Blair 1582–1603
        32. 32. Katherin Galloway 1671–
      2. 2. Christina Forrester 1565–1625
      3. 3. Jean Semple 1543–1592
      4. 4. William Semple 1849–
      5. 5. Elisabeth Semphill 1540–
      6. 6. Dorothea Semphill 1545–1600
      7. 7. John Sempill 1541–1579
      8. 8. Jean Sempill 1558–1593
      9. 9. Gisela Semphill 1565–
      10. 10. Margaret (Semple) Sempill 1524–1580
      11. 11. Margaret Sempill 1524–1580
    2. 2. Robert (Lord Semple) Semple 1505–1573
    3. 3. Ninian Sampill 1508–
    4. 4. Janet Semphill 1500–
    5. 5. Jean Semphill 1495–
    6. 6. Helen Sempill 1512–1547
    7. 7. Peter Sempill 1508–1558

John Sempill's Timeline

2 Records

1465
1465
Birth of John Sempill in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1513
09 Sep 1513
Age 48
Death of John Sempill in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

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