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Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone 1528 – 1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 October 1528

Birth Location: Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 August 1570

Death Location: Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Wallace

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): dame luss

Children(s): Sir Craigie

Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone was born in 1528 in Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord William Johnston (Campbell) Wallace and Margery Sophia Kennedy. Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone married dame margaret cunyngham\cunninghame\cunningham lady cunningham-lady luss, and had children including Sir James John Wallace, 14th of Craigie. Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone passed away in 1570 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone was born in 1528 in Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord William Johnston (Campbell) Wallace and Margery Sophia Kennedy.
  • Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone married dame margaret cunyngham\cunninghame\cunningham lady cunningham-lady luss, and had children including Sir James John Wallace, 14th of Craigie.
  • Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone passed away in 1570 in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Johnstone's Ancestors

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Sir Johnstone
1528 – 1570
Birth Place: Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord William Johnston (Campbell) Wallace
1513 – 1538
Craigie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margery (Sophia) Kennedy
1517 – 1596
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Grandparents
William (Wallace, 11th of Craigie, 16th of) Riccar
1484 – 1513
Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Riccarton) Campbell
1489 – 1529
Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Patrick (Farrell Fleming of) Dunfermline
1500 – 1570
Barrochan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Isobel) Mure
1500 – 1542
Rowallen, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Riccar
1463 – 1513
Sibella Cathcart
1492 – 1507
2nd-Great-Grandparents
SIR Wallace
1440 – 1480
Katharine Kennedy
1456 –

Sir Johnstone's Descendants

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Sir (James II (the Younger)) Johnstone (31 October 1528 – 10 August 1570) m. dame (margaret cunyngham\cunninghame\cunningham lady cunningham-lady) luss (11 Jan 1533 – 6 June 1573)
  1. 1. Sir (James John Wallace, 14th of) Craigie (1553 – 7 Feb 1610) m. Lady (Agnes) Stewart (1558 – 31 Jul 1584) m. Lady (Margaret Campbell, Baroness of) Duart (11 Dec 1548 – 1637) m. Lady (Mariot or Margaret Campbell, Baroness) Duart (11 Dec 1548 – 1 June 1610) m. Katherine (Elizabeth) Cunningham (1555 – 6 APR 1611)
    1. 1. Robert (Burnside) Wallace (1580 – Aft. 1641)
    2. 2. John Wallace (8 July 1581 – 1 April 1640)
    3. 3. William Wallace (24 May 1720 – 10 Dec 1816) m. Agnes Shaw (1730 – 15 August 1822) m. Mary Wilson (1720 – 1813)
      1. 1. Robert Wallace (1760 – 1810)
      2. 2. Isabella Wallace (1760 – )
      3. 3. Nancy (Mary) Wallace (Abt. 1761 – 17 APR 1867)
      4. 4. William Wallace (1764 – 1785)
      5. 5. John Wallace (12 May 1766 – 1 October 1843)
      6. 6. Hugh Wallace (1770 – 1 May 1826)
      7. 7. David (James) WALLACE (10 May 1771 – 10 December 1843)
      8. 8. Agnes ("Nancy") Wallace (1775 – 17 April 1847)
      9. 9. Rev. (William Alexander) Wallace (1775 – 21 Jan 1859)
      10. 10. Elizabeth Wallace (1775 – 1830)
      11. 11. Mary Wallace (1775 – 13 May 1830)
      12. 12. James Wallace (1775 – 16 Aug 1821)
      13. 13. Margaret (Ann) Wallace (about 1775 – 13 May 1830)
      14. 14. Samuel Wallace (1780 – 05 OCT 1848)
      15. 15. James Wallis\Wallace (26 Aug 1748 – Abt. Feb 1846) m. Catherine (Jane) Campbell (Abt. 1755 – Bef. 1820)
        1. 1. Annanias Wallace (1778 – 1855)
        2. 2. William Wallace (31 August 1787 – 22 August 1838) m. Anna Morrow (25 Mar 1783 – 1853) m. Catherine McKane (ABT 1791 – )
      16. 16. Jane Wallace
    4. 4. Anne Glencairn
    5. 5. Jane Cunyngham

Sir Johnstone's Timeline

2 Records

1528
31 October 1528
Birth of Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone in Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1570
10 August 1570
Age 42
Death of Sir James II (the Younger) Johnstone in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 October 1528
    Event Place: Dunskellie, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 August 1570
    Event Place: Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

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