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Katherine Adamson 1496–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Death Date: 20 August 1539

Death Location: Fordell, Fife, Scotland

Father: William Adamson

Mother: JANET TURING

Spouse(s): Sir Fordell

Children(s): William Henderson

Katherine Adamson was born in 1496 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, the child of William Burgess Of Edinburgh Adamson And Janet Turing. Katherine Adamson married Sir George Henderson Or Anderson 2Nd Knight Of Fordell, and had children including William Anderson 2Nd Baron Of Fordell Henderson. Katherine Adamson passed away in 1539 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Katherine Adamson was born in 1496 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, the child of William Burgess Of Edinburgh Adamson And Janet Turing.
  • Katherine Adamson married Sir George Henderson Or Anderson 2Nd Knight Of Fordell, and had children including William Anderson 2Nd Baron Of Fordell Henderson.
  • Katherine Adamson passed away in 1539 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Adamson
1470–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
WA
JANET TURING
1474–1539
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JT

Spouses(s)

Sir Fordell
1490–1547
Birth Location: Fordell Castle, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
SF

Children(s)

William Henderson
1520–1547
Birth Location: Fordell Castle Dunfermline Fife Scotland
WH

Katherine Adamson's Ancestors

Self
Katherine Adamson
1496–1539
Birth Place: Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parents
William , Burgess of Edinburgh, Adamson
1470–
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JANET TURING
1474–1539
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Katherine Adamson's Descendants

1.
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Katherine Adamson (1496–20 August 1539) m. Sir (George Henderson or Anderson, 2nd Knight of) Fordell (1490–10 Sep 1547)
  1. 1. William (Anderson, 2nd Baron of Fordell) Henderson 1520–1547 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Scott 1519–1547
    1. 1. Robert Anderson 1536–1590 m. Effane Haddin 1534–1580
      1. 1. William (Andirsone) (Anderson) 1564–1614 m. Janet Brown 1563–1615
        1. 1. Elizabeth Anderson 1595–1643 m. William (R Stewart, merchant, late Provost and burges of) Glasgow 1592–1643

Katherine Adamson's Timeline

2 Records

1496
1496
Birth of Katherine Adamson in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1539
20 August 1539
Age 43
Death of Katherine Adamson in Fordell, Fife, Scotland
Fordell, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Argyll and Bute, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 August 1539
    Event Place: Fordell, Fife, Scotland
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