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Sir William, Bruce, Alexander CALDWELL 1577 – 1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1577

Birth Location: Drakemyre, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1664

Death Location: Cavan, County Donegal, Ireland

Father: Thomas Firth

Mother: Annie McCutcheon(Caldwell)

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Caldwell

Children(s): Sir GGF

Sir William Bruce Alexander CALDWELL "Sir William of Ely" was born in 1577 in Drakemyre, North Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas Alexander Caldwell of Solway Firth and Annie McCutcheon(Caldwell). Sir William Bruce Alexander CALDWELL "Sir William of Ely" later married Elizabeth Wallace Caldwell, and together they raised children including Sir John Wallace Caldwell\11th GGF. In 1664, Sir William Bruce Alexander CALDWELL "Sir William of Ely" passed away in Cavan, County Donegal, Ireland.

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Parents

Thomas Firth
1527 – 1603
Birth Location: Toulon, Allier, Auvergne, France
TF
Annie McCutcheon(Caldwell)
1535 – 1577
Birth Location: Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
AM

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Caldwell
1580 – 1608
Birth Location: Helington, Elderslie, Renrewshire, Scotland
EC

Children(s)

Sir GGF
1603 – 1639
Birth Location: County Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
SG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1577
    Event Place: Drakemyre, North Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1664
    Event Place: Cavan, County Donegal, Ireland

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