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Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson 1541–1614 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Jun 1614

Death Location: Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Craigdarroch

Mother: Janet Cunningham

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Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson was born in 1541 in Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Ferguson 7Th Laird Of Craigdarroch And Janet Katherine Cunningham. Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson passed away in 1614 in Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson was born in 1541 in Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Ferguson 7Th Laird Of Craigdarroch And Janet Katherine Cunningham.
  • Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson passed away in 1614 in Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Sir Ferguson's Ancestors

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Sir Ferguson
1541–1614
Birth Place: Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert Ferguson, 7th Laird of Craigdarroch
1510–1588
Craigdarroch, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Janet (Katherine) Cunningham
1514–1574
Glencairn, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (William Cunninghame The Notorious) Intriguer
1493–1547
Glengarnock, North Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Borthwick
1495–1528
Borthwick Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Cuthbert Kilmaurs
–1541
Marion Douglas
1469–1511
William Borthwick,
1463–1543
Margaret Hay
1463–1556
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Cunyngham
1516–1580
Christian Lindsay
1558–1585
Lady Boyd
1458–1539

Sir Ferguson's Timeline

2 Records

1541
1541
Birth of Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson in Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1614
23 Jun 1614
Age 73
Death of Sir John 8th Laird of Craigdarroch Ferguson in Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Glenearin, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1614
    Event Place: Glaschfirie Touchadame St. Ninian, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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