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Jonathan Watson the Elder 1531–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 2 FEB 1591

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Watson

Mother: Lady Stanhope

Spouse(s): Nance Dewar

Children(s):

Jonathan Watson the Elder was born in 1531 in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Sir Richard Watson And Lady Janet Stanhope. Jonathan Watson the Elder married Nance Dewar. Jonathan Watson the Elder passed away in 1591 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jonathan Watson the Elder was born in 1531 in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Sir Richard Watson And Lady Janet Stanhope.
  • Jonathan Watson the Elder married Nance Dewar.
  • Jonathan Watson the Elder passed away in 1591 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Jonathan Elder's Ancestors

Self
Jonathan Elder
1531–1591
Birth Place: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Richard Watson
1502–1553
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Janet) Stanhope
1497–1587
Shelford, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John Watson
1472–1521
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
Margaret (Ruby) Butler
1473–1552
Slade-by-Ilfracombe, Devon, England
Edward Stanhope
1470–1511
Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Adelyne Clifton
1469–1588
Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Daniel Watson
1445–1520
Matilda Henderson
1448–
James Butler
1437–1487
Sabh Kavanagh
1440–1508
Thomas Rampton
1445–1485
Mary Jerningham
1456–1493
Gervase Cliffton
1435–1490
Alice Neville
1438–1482
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Watson
1415–1500
Patricia Hale
1420–1503
Walter Henderson
1430–1506
Jonet Henderson
1430–1453
Edmund Butler
1420–1464
Catherine O'Carroll
1415–1506
Donald Kavanaugh
1396–1476
Catherine O'Nolan
1410–1506
John Stanhope
1413–1493
Elizabeth Talbot
1410–1455
John Jernegan
1430–1503
Isabel Clifton
1434–1475
Robert Clifton
1404–1478
Alice Booth
1392–1470
Thomas Neville
1392–1482
Elizabeth Babington
1394–1482

Jonathan Elder's Timeline

2 Records

1531
1531
Birth of Jonathan Watson the Elder in Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland
1591
2 FEB 1591
Age 60
Death of Jonathan Watson the Elder in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Soughton, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 FEB 1591
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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