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Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood 1500 – 1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1595

Death Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Blackwood

Mother: Aegidia Somerville

Spouse(s): Lady Hamilton

Children(s): Thomas Weir, James Younger, John Poneill

The story of Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood began in 1500 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood married Lady Janet Arran Hamilton, and had children including Thomas Weir, James Weir of Blackwood, Younger, John Weir of Poneill. Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood passed away in 1595 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood began in 1500 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood married Lady Janet Arran Hamilton, and had children including Thomas Weir, James Weir of Blackwood, Younger, John Weir of Poneill.
  • Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood passed away in 1595 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Blackwood's Ancestors

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Sir Blackwood
1500 – 1595
Birth Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Weir of Blackwood
1459 – 1531
Blackwood, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aegidia Somerville
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Sir Blackwood's Descendants

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Sir (James Weir, 5th Laird of) Blackwood (1500 – 1595) m. Lady (Janet Arran) Hamilton (1 Jan 1515 – 22 Jan 1575)
  1. 1. Thomas Weir (1528 – 1587)
    1. 1. James (Weir (CM 12x) GGp) (1546 – 3 Mar 1601)
      1. 1. Rachael (Jeane) Weir (10 Jan 1577 – 1 Mar 1624) m. James (Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of) Fife (3 Apr 1575 – 01 Mar 1624)
        1. 1. James (Forrest \) Forsythe (27 Nov 1617 – 14 Apr 1679) m. Marione Inglis (15 February,1620 – 1719)
  2. 2. James (Weir of Blackwood,) Younger
  3. 3. John (Weir of) Poneill

Sir Blackwood's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1595
1595
Age 95
Death of Sir James Weir, 5th Laird of Blackwood in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1595
    Event Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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