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Robert Kerr Nisbet 1657 – 1736 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 May 1657

Birth Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Jan 1736

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Capt Nisbet

Mother: Marie Kennedy

Spouse(s): Ellspeth Redpath

Children(s): George Nisbet

The story of Robert Kerr Nisbet began in 1657 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Robert Kerr Nisbet married Ellspeth Barbara Redpath, and had children including George Nisbet. Robert Kerr Nisbet passed away in 1736 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Kerr Nisbet began in 1657 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Robert Kerr Nisbet married Ellspeth Barbara Redpath, and had children including George Nisbet.
  • Robert Kerr Nisbet passed away in 1736 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt Nisbet
1620 – 1680
Birth Location: Greenholme, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Marie Kennedy
1626 – 1680
Birth Location: Blaquhyn, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MK

Spouses(s)

Ellspeth Redpath
1665 – 1730
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Children(s)

George Nisbet
1701 – 1785
Birth Location: Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
GN

Robert Nisbet's Ancestors

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Robert Nisbet
1657 – 1736
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Capt James Nisbet
1620 – 1680
Greenholme, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marie Kennedy
1626 – 1680
Blaquhyn, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James (Nisbet of) Greenholm
1580 – 1661
James (Kennedy of Culzean and) Blairquhan,
1578 – 1637
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland., Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anne Stewart
1578 – 1640
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Greenholm
1550 – 1633
Margaret Lockhart
1557 – 1612
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Braidley
1512 – 1578
Margaret Nisbet
1528 – 1568

Robert Nisbet's Descendants

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Robert (Kerr) Nisbet (30 May 1657 – Jan 1736) m. Ellspeth (Barbara) Redpath (22 APR 1665 – 1730)
  1. 1. George Nisbet (1701 – Bef. 3 Feb 1785) m. Margaret Roxburgh (14 Apr 1706 – Aft. 1735)
    1. 1. Euphemia Nisbet (27 September 1732 – After 1776) m. Sir (George) Maxwell (17 November 1729 – 24 January 1783)
      1. 1. David Maxwell (30 Sep 1772 – Bef. 1840) m. Isabel Brown (1775 – 14 Jan 1862)
        1. 1. David Maxwell (24 Dec 1808 – 14 Mar 1855) m. Margaret Walkinshaw (2 Aug 1806 – 13 Jan 1870)

Robert Nisbet's Timeline

2 Records

1657
30 May 1657
Birth of Robert Kerr Nisbet in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1736
Jan 1736
Age 79
Death of Robert Kerr Nisbet in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 May 1657
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1736
    Event Place: Scotland
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