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Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville 1516–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 07 May 1560

Death Location: Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir line)

Mother: Margaret Forrester

Spouse(s): Alison Bruce, Margaret (Colville), Margaret Lindsay

Children(s): John I, William Colville, Lady Colville

In 1516, Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville entered the world in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir James Colville Of Ochiltree Of Colville Colvin Line And Margaret Forrester. Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville married Alison Bruce, Margaret Lindsay, Margaret Stewart Lindsay Colville, and had children including John Colvyn Colville I, Lady Euphame Colville, William Colville. Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville passed away in 1560 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1516, Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville entered the world in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir James Colville Of Ochiltree Of Colville Colvin Line And Margaret Forrester.
  • Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville married Alison Bruce, Margaret Lindsay, Margaret Stewart Lindsay Colville, and had children including John Colvyn Colville I, Lady Euphame Colville, William Colville.
  • Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville passed away in 1560 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir line)
1480–1540
Birth Location: East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Forrester
1497–1562
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MF

Spouses(s)

Alison Bruce
1512–1591
Birth Location: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB
Margaret (Colville)
1545–1693
Birth Location: Moonzie, Fife, Scotland
M(
Margaret Lindsay
1516–1592
Birth Location: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
ML

Children(s)

John I
1549–1605
Birth Location: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland
JI
William Colville
1535–1584
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
WC
Lady Colville
1560–1610
Birth Location: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland
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Sir Colville's Ancestors

Self
Sir Colville
1516–1560
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir James Colville * of Ochiltree (Of Colville \Colvin line)
1480–1540
East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Forrester
1497–1562
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Hamilton, Lord of Byres, of Drumcairn (1481) (14thGU) (#592 in) Text)
1481–1537
Orchardfield, Scotland
Margaret Cant
1483–1537
Priestfield, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Colville's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish) Colville (1516–07 May 1560) m. Alison Bruce (1512–July 1591) m. Margaret (Stewart Lindsay) (Colville) (1545–abt 1693) m. Margaret Lindsay (1516–23 Nov 1592)
  1. 1. John (Colvyn Colville) I 1549–1605 m. Janet Russell 1550–1638
    1. 1. Robert (Colvyn Colville) I 1569–1649 m. Janet (Wemyss Colville) (Colvin) 1569–1650
      1. 1. Peter (Coville Colvin Saymaker of) Colchester 1595–1640 m. Mary Peade 1596–1670
        1. 1. Peter (Saymaker of St Botolph Parish Colvin (born Colvyn), II, Saymaker of) St 1614–1662 m. Mary Kenedy 1625–
    2. 2. Margaret Coleville 1550–1603
  2. 2. William Colville 1535–1584
  3. 3. Lady (Euphame) Colville 1560–1610

Sir Colville's Timeline

6 Records

1508
1508
Birth of Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville in Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1516
1516
Birth of Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville in Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1516
1516
Birth of Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1532
15 Jul 1532
Age 16
Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville was married in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1544
6 Jul 1544
Age 28
Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville was married in Crumbie, Scotland
Crumbie, Scotland
1560
07 May 1560
Age 44
Death of Sir Robert, 1st Lord of Cleish, Knight of Cleish, Kinross Colville Of Cleish Colville in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1508
    Event Place: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Cleish, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Jul 1532
    Event Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1544
    Event Place: Crumbie, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Trabroun, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 May 1560
    Event Place: Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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