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Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville 1512–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 04 Dec 1540

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: Robert III

Mother: Elisabeth Arnot

Spouse(s): Margaret Forrester, Lady Cleish, Alison Bruce

Children(s): Robert Colville

The story of Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville began in 1512 in Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville married Alison Bruce, Lady Francisca Colquhoun Of Cleish, Margaret Forrester, and had children including Robert Colville. Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville passed away in 1540 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville began in 1512 in Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.
  • Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville married Alison Bruce, Lady Francisca Colquhoun Of Cleish, Margaret Forrester, and had children including Robert Colville.
  • Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville passed away in 1540 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Sir Colville's Ancestors

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Sir Colville
1512–1540
Birth Place: Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Robert Colville Liard van Ochiltree en Hiltoun III
1485–1513
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elisabeth Arnot
1490–1525
Balbarton, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Sir Colville's Descendants

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Sir (James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert) Colville (1512–04 Dec 1540) m. Margaret Forrester (1502–Bef. 16 May 1562) m. Lady (Francisca Colquhoun, of) Cleish (1512–23 Nov 1592) m. Alison Bruce (1510–21 May 1536)
  1. 1. Robert Colville 1532–1586 m. Margaret Forrester 1502–1562
    1. 1. Robert Colville 1508–1560 m. Lady (Francisca) Colquhoun 1512–1591
      1. 1. Robert Colville 1532–1584 m. Margaret Lindsey 1545–1601 m. Margaret Lindsey 1569– m. Margaret Lindsey 1569– m. Margaret Lindsey 1569– m. Margaret Lindsey 1569–1620 m. Margaret Lindsey 1569–1620 m. Janet Russell 1536–1569
        1. 1. Margaret Colville 1558–1623 m. john Livingstone 1553–1620

Sir Colville's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville in Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1540
04 Dec 1540
Age 28
Death of Sir James Colville of Ochiltree, Lord Sessions Comptroller to Parliament, Illegitimate Son of Robert Colville in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Easter Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Halhill, Kincardineshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Dec 1540
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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