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Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan 1571–1608 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07/Apr/1571

Birth Location: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1608

Death Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Cowan

Mother: Lady Carlisle

Spouse(s): Mary Barcroft

Children(s): Johne Cowan

Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan was born in 1571 in Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Chobhainn Cowan And Lady Ellen Jane Carlisle. Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan married Mary Bell Barcroft, and had children including Johne Cowine Cowan. Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan passed away in 1608 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan was born in 1571 in Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Chobhainn Cowan And Lady Ellen Jane Carlisle.
  • Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan married Mary Bell Barcroft, and had children including Johne Cowine Cowan.
  • Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan passed away in 1608 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Cowan
1543–1576
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Lady Carlisle
1545–1613
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
LC

Spouses(s)

Mary Barcroft
1570–1612
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
MB

Children(s)

Johne Cowan
1592–1625
Birth Location: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JC

Sir Cowan's Ancestors

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Sir Cowan
1571–1608
Birth Place: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Chobhainn Cowan
1543–1576
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Ellen Jane) Carlisle
1545–1613
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Mac a'Chobhainn) COWAN
1520–
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jane Black
1524–
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cowan's Descendants

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Sir (John Roderick Cowine) Cowan (07/Apr/1571–1608) m. Mary (Bell) Barcroft (1570–1612)
  1. 1. Johne (Cowine) Cowan 1592–1625 m. Janett Kay 1599–1651
    1. 1. ***Thomas (Cowine Cowan) Sr. 1622–1683 m. Isobell (Tendal) Crawford 1623–1676
      1. 1. William (Andrew) Cowan 1647–1689 m. ELIZABETH (ELSPETH) HODGE 1642–1710
        1. 1. James Cowan 1667–1715 m. Margaret (Loury) Laurie 1670–1772

Sir Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1571
07/Apr/1571
Birth of Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan in Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1608
1608
Age 37
Death of Sir John Roderick Cowine Cowan in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07Apr1571
    Event Place: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1608
    Event Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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