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Sir John CLARKE 1563–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1563

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 October 1640

Death Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Edinburgh

Mother: Marion lady

Spouse(s): ELIZABETH CLERK, Catherine Baid

Children(s): John Clerk, Janet Ross, Andrew (Clark), Margaret Clerk, James Clarke, John Clark, David Clarke, Thomas Clark, Catherine Clerk, Duncan Clerk, Moses Clerk

Sir John CLARKE was born in 1563 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Clerk Knight And Provost Of Edinburgh And Marion Primrose Lady. Sir John CLARKE married Catherine Baid, Elizabeth Bessie Brand Brante Clerk, Margaret Clark, and had children including Andrew Clerk Clark, Catherine Clerk, David Clarke, Duncan Clerk, James Fitzjohn Clerk Clarke, Janet Ross, John Clark, John Clerk, Margaret Clerk, Moses Clerk, Thomas Clark. Sir John CLARKE passed away in 1640 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John CLARKE was born in 1563 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Alexander Clerk Knight And Provost Of Edinburgh And Marion Primrose Lady.
  • Sir John CLARKE married Catherine Baid, Elizabeth Bessie Brand Brante Clerk, Margaret Clark, and had children including Andrew Clerk Clark, Catherine Clerk, David Clarke, Duncan Clerk, James Fitzjohn Clerk Clarke, Janet Ross, John Clark, John Clerk, Margaret Clerk, Moses Clerk, Thomas Clark.
  • Sir John CLARKE passed away in 1640 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Sir CLARKE's Ancestors

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Sir CLARKE
1563–1640
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Alexander Clerk, Knight and Provost of Edinburgh
1541–1638
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Marion (Primrose) lady
1546–1638
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (“Robert” Corant) Clarke
1490–1550
Banham, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Princess (Alice Clerke of) England
1490–1554
Banham, Norfolk, , England
Gilbert (Prymroisse surgeon to James) VI
1536–1616
Chirugeaon, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Marion) Graham
1525–1616
Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Duncan Burnbrae)
1514–1580
Helen Smyth
1518–1597
Sir Graham
1495–1564
Lady Bethune
1500–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Primrose
1490–1576
Margaret Rydoch
1494–1735

Sir CLARKE's Descendants

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Sir (John) CLARKE (1563–14 October 1640) m. ELIZABETH ("Bessie" BRAND BRANTE \) CLERK (28 May 1550–28 Dec 1610) m. Catherine Baid (13 Mar 1585–10 Mar 1629)
  1. 1. John Clerk 1589–1640 m. Catherine (Baid \ Davidson \ Clerk \ Clark) Miss 1585–1629
    1. 1. John Clerk 1616–1690 m. Margaret Aikin 1618–1682
      1. 1. Elizabeth ((Bessie)) Clerk 1657–1685 m. John (Bruce of) Tulliallan 1641–1699
        1. 1. Thomas (Bruce of) Tulliallan 1681–1722 m. Magdalane Forgan 1682–
        2. 2. Mary (Bruce of) Tulliallan 1679–1755
        3. 3. Alexander Bruce 1687–
        4. 4. Alexander Bruce 1681–
        5. 5. Elizabethe (Bessie) Bruce 1683–
        6. 6. James Bruce 1694–
        7. 7. John Bruce 1692–
        8. 8. Margaret Bruce 1680–1739
        9. 9. Robert Bruce 1685–1722
      2. 2. Alexander Clerk 1643–1725
      3. 3. Andrew Clerk 1655–
      4. 4. John Clerk 1646–1722
      5. 5. Katherine Clerk 1650–
      6. 6. Margaret Clerk 1648–
      7. 7. Marie Clerk 1660–
    2. 2. Moses Clerk 1620–1690
    3. 3. Catherine Clerk 1629–1689
    4. 4. David Clerk 1618–1667
    5. 5. Duncan Clerk 1623–1690
    6. 6. James Clerk 1620–1627
    7. 7. Thomas Clerk 1625–
    8. 8. James (Clerk \ Clark) Infant 1627–1627
    9. 9. Margaret (Clerk) Miss 1622–
  2. 2. Janet Ross 1680–
  3. 3. Andrew (Clerk) (Clark) 1587–1633
  4. 4. Margaret Clerk 1589–1598
  5. 5. James (fitzJohn Clerk) Clarke 1586–1621
  6. 6. John Clark 1616–1690
  7. 7. David Clarke 1618–1667
  8. 8. Thomas Clark 1625–
  9. 9. Catherine Clerk 1629–
  10. 10. Duncan Clerk 1623–
  11. 11. Moses Clerk 1620–

Sir CLARKE's Timeline

3 Records

1563
1563
Birth of Sir John CLARKE in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1640
14 October 1640
Age 77
Death of Sir John CLARKE in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1640
14 October 1640
Age 77
Death of Sir John CLARKE in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 October 1640
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 October 1640
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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