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Robert Burns 1643 – 1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 OCT 1643

Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1664

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: John Burns

Mother: Jane Watsone

Spouse(s): Marie Liddell

Children(s): Rev Burns, George Burns

Robert Burns was born in 1643 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Burns and Jane Watsone. Robert Burns married Marie Liddell, and had children including Rev Dr. John H Burns, George Charles Burns. Robert Burns passed away in 1664 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Burns was born in 1643 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Burns and Jane Watsone.
  • Robert Burns married Marie Liddell, and had children including Rev Dr. John H Burns, George Charles Burns.
  • Robert Burns passed away in 1664 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Robert Burns's Ancestors

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Robert Burns
1643 – 1664
Birth Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Burns
1612 – 1683
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jane Watsone
1618 – 1665
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Patrick Burns
1589 – 1689
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet Clelland
1593 – 1627
Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
John Watson
1582 – 1660
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Marjory Smetone
1586 – 1653
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Burn
1575 –
Ellen Cuthill
1578 –
Andrew Watson
1562 –
Elizabeth Anderson
1562 – 1601
David Smeton
1553 – 1586
Isabell Cunningham
1554 – 1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
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Thomas Cuthill
1554 – 1610
Janet Mochrie
1554 – 1608
Jonathan Elder
1531 – 1591
Nance Dewar
1536 – 1592
Robert Andirson
1544 – 1592
Janet Walker
1543 – 1643
John Smetone
1523 –
Katherine Stobie
1532 – 1580
William Cunningham
1532 – 1580
Janet Hamilton
1517 –

Robert Burns's Descendants

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Robert Burns (19 OCT 1643 – 1664) m. Marie Liddell (23 FEB 1640 – 26 MAR 1664)
  1. 1. Rev (Dr. John H) Burns (8 MAY 1659 – 17 NOV 1692) m. Jordon (Mary E.) Hammond (1660 – 1760) m. Jordan (Mary) Probst (ABT 1655 – OCT 1684) m. Agnes McMillan (1648 – 1732)
    1. 1. Mary Bern (21 OCT 1676 – 2 APR 1760) m. John (Neil) McCollum (1657 – 18 APR 1760) m. John (N) McCollum (1657 – 18 APR 1760)
      1. 1. John (Wells) McCollum (1690 – 18 APR 1760) m. Susannah Wells (ABT 1696 – 1768) m. Janet (Jean) Campbell (1690 – 1760)
        1. 1. Moses McCollum (14 AUG 1739 – 9 MAR 1825) m. Rosa (Van) Allen (1730 – 19 DEC 1828)
        2. 2. James McCollum (1724 – 1796) m. Elizabeth Parker (1726 – 1796)
        3. 3. Duncan (Neil) McCollum (ABT 1729 – JUN 1784) m. Susannah (Ester) McMasters (1736 – JUL 1796)
        4. 4. Malachi McCollum (1730 – 12 AUG 1812)
        5. 5. John (Samuel) McCollum (1731 – 1 JUL 1769) m. Elizabeth McDowell (1737 – BEF 13 FEB 1815)
        6. 6. Susannah (Elizabeth) McCollum (1734 – 28 NOV 1760) m. Francis (Isaac) Peppard (13 AUG 1724 – 27 MAR 1797)
        7. 7. Samuel McCollum (1740 – 1800) m. Hannah Freeman (20 JUN 1740 – 7 MAR 1810)
      2. 2. Duncan (or Dugal N.) McCollum (1695 – 23 OCT 1746) m. Mary McMillan (1675 – 1771)
      3. 3. Davis (Isaac) McCollum (20 JAN 1714 – 18 APR 1777) m. Mary Henry (1725 – 7 JUL 1789)
      4. 4. Reuben McCollum (1718 – )
      5. 5. Mary McCollum (1720 – )
      6. 6. Jacob McCollum (ABT 1722 – 10 SEP 1791) m. Mary McCollum ( – AFT 1746)
  2. 2. George (Charles) Burns (1664 – 1755) m. Mary Baird (21 JAN 1690 – 1750)

Robert Burns's Timeline

3 Records

1643
19 OCT 1643
Birth of Robert Burns in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1643
19 OCT 1643
Robert Burns was christened in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1664
1664
Age 21
Death of Robert Burns in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 OCT 1643
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 19 OCT 1643
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1664
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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