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Michael Burleigh Balfour 1515 – 1577 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 NOV 1577

Death Location: Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Balfour

Mother: Agnes Forrester

Spouse(s): Christiana Bethune

Children(s): Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour

Michael Burleigh Balfour was born in 1515 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of David Balfour and Agnes Forrester. Michael Burleigh Balfour married Christiana Beaton Bethune, and had children including Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour. Michael Burleigh Balfour passed away in 1577 in Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Michael Burleigh Balfour was born in 1515 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of David Balfour and Agnes Forrester.
  • Michael Burleigh Balfour married Christiana Beaton Bethune, and had children including Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour.
  • Michael Burleigh Balfour passed away in 1577 in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Michael Balfour's Ancestors

Self
Michael Balfour
1515 – 1577
Birth Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David Balfour
1484 – 1531
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Forrester
1502 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1460 –
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Muschet
1465 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
Duncan Forrester
1476 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Forrester
1483 –
Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Michael Balfour
1422 –
Margaret
1428 –
James Muschet
1451 –
Elizabeth Oliphant
1455 –
Mathew Forrester
– 1487
Gudeman
1367 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Balfour
1396 –
James Muschet
1420 –
Margaret
1422 –
Gudeman Yair
1340 –

Michael Balfour's Descendants

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Michael (Burleigh) Balfour (1515 – 29 NOV 1577) m. Christiana (Beaton) Bethune (1521 – 18 AUG 1579)
  1. 1. Isobel Balfour (1535 – ) m. John Seton (1532 – )
    1. 1. George Seton (1555 – ) m. Margaret Ayton (1563 – )
      1. 1. George Seton (1585 – )
    2. 2. John Seton (1557 – )
  2. 2. Margaret Balfour (1538 – 1590) m. James Balfour (1533 – 1583)

Michael Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Michael Burleigh Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1577
29 NOV 1577
Age 62
Death of Michael Burleigh Balfour in Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 NOV 1577
    Event Place: Scotland, United Kingdom

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