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Robert Boyd 1485–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1548

Death Location: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander XII

Mother: Janet Colville

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Robert Boyd was born in 1485 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander 3Rd Lord Boyd Boyd Xii And Janet Colville. Robert Boyd passed away in 1548 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Boyd was born in 1485 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander 3Rd Lord Boyd Boyd Xii And Janet Colville.
  • Robert Boyd passed away in 1548 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Robert Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Robert Boyd
1485–1548
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander 3rd Lord Boyd Boyd XII
1452–1508
Kilmarnock (Ayrshire) Scotland
Janet Colville
1450–1504
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert 1st Lord Boyd Boyd Lord Chamberlain of Scotland from) 1467
1425–1482
Scotland
Mariota (Jonet) Maxwell
1430–1473
Scotland
Robert (de) Colville
1427–1488
Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Boyd
1400–1439
John Maxwell
–1476
Margaret Maxwell
–1464
Robert Colville
1400–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Boyd
1375–1432
Lady Montgomery
1380–1469

Robert Boyd's Timeline

4 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Robert Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1485
1485
Birth of Robert Boyd in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
1548
1548
Age 63
Death of Robert Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1558
3 January 1558
Age 73
Death of Robert Boyd in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 January 1558
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1548
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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