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Katherine Adamson 1496–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1496

Birth Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Aug 1539

Death Location: Fordell, Fife, Scotland

Father: William Edinburgh

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 Adamson Burgess Of Edinburgh And Janet Turing. Katherine Adamson married Sir George 2Nd Baron Of Fordell Henderson Van Fordell, and had children including William Lord 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 Adamson Burgess Of Edinburgh And Janet Turing.
  • Katherine Adamson married Sir George 2Nd Baron Of Fordell Henderson Van Fordell, and had children including William Lord Fordell Henderson.
  • Katherine Adamson passed away in 1539 in Fordell, Fife, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Katherine Adamson's Ancestors

Self
Katherine Adamson
1496–1539
Birth Place: Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parents
William Adamson, Burgess of Edinburgh
1470–1513
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet Turing
1474–1539
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John Adamson
1445–1510
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Anne (Lady) Hartzog
1433–1498
Fifeshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Adamson
1410–1500
Lady McArthur
1404–1445
George Hartzog
1420–1553
Catherine Bedsole
1425–1490
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Macarthur Campbell
1385–1420
Marjorie Stewart
1390–1432

Katherine Adamson's Descendants

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Katherine Adamson (1496–20 Aug 1539) m. Sir (George (2nd Baron of Fordell) Henderson van) Fordell (1480–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. William (Lord Fordell) Henderson 1521–1547 m. Elizabeth Scott 1519–1547
    1. 1. Margaret Henderson 1548–1640 m. Thomas Thompson 1545–1587 m. Thomas Thompson 1545–1587
      1. 1. Rev. (William Archibald Thompson) I 1570–1630 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1612–1631 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1570–1660
        1. 1. Captain (William Archibald) Thompson 1630–1687 m. Mary Fordyce 1638– m. Mary Fordyce 1638– m. Mary Fordyce 1638–1713
    2. 2. Janet\Jonat Anderson\Andersone 1544–1610
    3. 3. Agnes Henderson 1544–1626
    4. 4. Margaret Henderson. 1543–1649
    5. 5. William Henderson 1520–
    6. 6. James (Henderson of) Fordell 1545–1610
    7. 7. Margaret (of Scotland) Henderson 1544–1612
    8. 8. Sir (James 3rd Baron of Fordell) Henderson 1544–1611
    9. 9. Agnes Henderson 1544–1626

Katherine Adamson's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1496
    Event Place: Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1539
    Event Place: Fordell Castle, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fordell, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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