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SIR RIDLEY Barclay 1629–1685 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1629

Birth Location: Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Jan 1685

Death Location: Fifeshire, Scotland

Father: Sir VIII

Mother: Lady Riddle

Spouse(s): Lady Jamison, Lady Barclay

Children(s): John Barclay, John II, David Barclay, John Barclay, Anna Barclay, Lady Balblair), Peter BARCLAY, Margaret Barclay

The story of SIR RIDLEY Barclay began in 1629 in Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland. SIR RIDLEY Barclay married Lady Elspeth Balvaird De Barclay, Lady Janet Jean Lady Of Haddo Gordon Jamison, and had children including Anna Anne Barclay, Charles Barclay, David Barclay, John Barclay, John Barclay Ii, Lady Margaret De Barclay Ross Lady Of Nairn 3D Baroness Ross Of Balblair, Lewis Barclay, Margaret Barclay, Moses Barclay, Peter Barclay, Thomas Barclay, William Barclay. SIR RIDLEY Barclay passed away in 1685 in Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of SIR RIDLEY Barclay began in 1629 in Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland.
  • SIR RIDLEY Barclay married Lady Elspeth Balvaird De Barclay, Lady Janet Jean Lady Of Haddo Gordon Jamison, and had children including Anna Anne Barclay, Charles Barclay, David Barclay, John Barclay, John Barclay Ii, Lady Margaret De Barclay Ross Lady Of Nairn 3D Baroness Ross Of Balblair, Lewis Barclay, Margaret Barclay, Moses Barclay, Peter Barclay, Thomas Barclay, William Barclay.
  • SIR RIDLEY Barclay passed away in 1685 in Fifeshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

SIR Barclay's Ancestors

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SIR Barclay
1629–1685
Birth Place: Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Francis David Burkley- Barclay VIII
1586–1657
Dunbog, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Anne (Bessie)) Riddle
1595–1666
Riddle, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Grandparents
David (L. Barclay, 7th Laird of Colairnie) VIII
1557–1613
Collairnie, Dunbog, Fife, Scotland
Helen (Hamilton Balfour Barclay Lady of) Pittendreich
1561–1622
Pittendreich, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Cullerney
1530–1587
Margaret Lady
1535–1609
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David VIIII
1508–1547
Janet Sandilands
1510–1566
Sir Wemyss
1513–1571
Dame Otterburn
1515–1567

SIR Barclay's Descendants

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SIR (RIDLEY) Barclay (1629–21 Jan 1685) m. Lady (Janet "Jean", Lady of Haddo Gordon) Jamison (1638–26 Aug 1668) m. Lady (Elspeth Balvaird - De) Barclay (3 Apr 1664–1688)
  1. 1. John Barclay 1660–1689 m. Lady (Elspeth Balvaird - De) Barclay 1664–1688 m. Not (Known) Mother 1662–1688
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Barclay,or DeBarclay Lady of Nairn, 3rd Baroness Ross of) Balblair 1685–1745 m. Sir (David Hugh (A Jacobite, captured and banished to America) Ross (Laird of Balnagown)) (Immigrant) 1681–1740
      1. 1. John Ross 1720–1794 m. Elizabeth (Dicey) Bennett 1750–1893
        1. 1. Luke Ross 1775–1844 m. Mary (Polly) Grimes 1784–1845
        2. 2. William Ross 1792–1859 m. Rebecca Rollins 1795–1870
        3. 3. James Ross 1788–1850 m. Ann inglet 1795–
        4. 4. Sarah Ross 1771–
        5. 5. Rachel Ross 1773–
        6. 6. John Ross 1790–1792
        7. 7. Martha Ross 1777–
        8. 8. Thomas Ross 1786–
        9. 9. Nancy Ross 1775–
      2. 2. William Ross 1731–1801
      3. 3. Elizabeth Ross 1733–1746
      4. 4. Ann Swain 1726–1800
      5. 5. Hugh Ross 1680–1740
      6. 6. William (Jesse) Ross 1737–1760
      7. 7. Hugh (III-Bernard Darrow - Earl of) Ross 1735–1799
    2. 2. John (Barclay) III 1684–1756 m. Janet Crawford 1688–1756
      1. 1. Peter Barclay 1715–1753
      2. 2. Margarat Barclay 1718–
      3. 3. Hugh Barclay 1723–
      4. 4. Isabel Barclay 1729–
      5. 5. Janet Barclay 1713–1781
      6. 6. Francis Barclay 1720–
      7. 7. James Barclay 1711–
      8. 8. John Barclay 1710–
      9. 9. Laurence Barclay 1713–
    3. 3. Peter Barclay 1688–1756
  2. 2. John (Barclay) II 1660–1715
  3. 3. David Barclay 1678–1724
  4. 4. John Barclay 1684–1709
  5. 5. Anna ("Anne") Barclay 1662–1758
  6. 6. Lady (Margaret De Barclay - Ross (Lady of Nairn\ 3d Baroness Ross of) Balblair) 1685–1744
  7. 7. Peter BARCLAY 1685–1756
  8. 8. Margaret Barclay 1686–1743

SIR Barclay's Timeline

2 Records

1629
1629
Birth of SIR RIDLEY Barclay in Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland
Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland
1685
21 Jan 1685
Age 56
Death of SIR RIDLEY Barclay in Fifeshire, Scotland
Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1629
    Event Place: Collairnie, Dunbog, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cullernie Dunbug, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1685
    Event Place: Fifeshire, Scotland

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