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Robert Boyd 1517 – 1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1517

Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland

Death Date: 1589-01-02

Death Location: Alnwick,,Northumberland,England

Father: Robert Boyd

Mother: Helen Somerville

Spouse(s): Margaret Colquhoun

Children(s): Thomas Boyd

In 1517, Robert Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland, born to Robert Boyd and Helen Somerville. Robert Boyd married Margaret Colquhoun, and had children including Thomas Boyd. Robert Boyd passed away in 1589 in Alnwick,,Northumberland,England.

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Biography

  • In 1517, Robert Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland, born to Robert Boyd and Helen Somerville.
  • Robert Boyd married Margaret Colquhoun, and had children including Thomas Boyd.
  • Robert Boyd passed away in 1589 in Alnwick,,Northumberland,England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Boyd
1485 – 1558
Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
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Helen Somerville
1489 – 1536
Birth Location: Cambusnethan,,Lanarkshire,Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Colquhoun
1525 – 1601
Birth Location: Glens,,,Scotland
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Children(s)

Thomas Boyd
1544 – 1611
Birth Location: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
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Robert Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Robert Boyd
1517 – 1589
Birth Place: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
Parents
Robert Boyd
1485 – 1558
Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
Helen Somerville
1489 – 1536
Cambusnethan,,Lanarkshire,Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Boyd
1452 – 1508
Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
Janet Colville
1467 –
Ochiltree,Ayreshire,,Scotland
John Somerville
1463 – 1513
Cambusnethan,,Lanarkshire,Scotland
Elizabeth Carmichael
1473 –
Balmedie,,Lanarkshire,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Boyd
1425 – 1481
Mariota Maxwell
1430 – 1472
Robert Colville
1493 – 1513
Elizabeth Arnot
1462 – 1527
John Somerville
1430 – 1491
Marion Baillie
1430 – 1506
John Carmichael
1430 – 1489
Isabel Sibbald
1418 – 1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boyd
1405 – 1439
Isabell Boyd
1395 – 1439
Robert Colville
1473 – 1496
Margaret Logan
1473 – 1493
Walter Arnot
1435 –
Jonet Forret
1425 –
William Somerville
1388 – 1456
Janet Mowat
1388 – 1458
William Baillie
1422 –
Catherine Hamilton
1406 –
John Carmichael
1370 – 1489
Elizabeth Douglas
1403 – 1451
John Sibbald
1400 – 1451
Joan Livingstone
1405 –

Robert Boyd's Descendants

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Robert Boyd (1517 – 1589-01-02) m. Margaret Colquhoun (1525 – 1601-08)
  1. 1. Thomas Boyd (1544 – 1611-06) m. Margaret Campbell (1550 – 1597-05-05)
    1. 1. Isabel Boyd (1577 – 1641-11) m. John Blair (1574 – 1604-01)
      1. 1. Brice Blair (1600 – 1639-02-04) m. Esther Peden (1600 – )
        1. 1. Daniel Blair (1634 – 1704) m. Janet Drummond (1639 – 1704-03-01)

Robert Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1517
1517
Birth of Robert Boyd in Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
1589
1589-01-02
Age 72
Death of Robert Boyd in Alnwick,,Northumberland,England
Alnwick,,Northumberland,England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Kilmarnock,,Ayrshire,Scotland
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1589-01-02
    Event Place: Alnwick,,Northumberland,England
    Record Source: OneWorldTree
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