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Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone 1560 – 1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland

Death Date: 1593

Death Location: Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England

Father: James Johnstone

Mother: Lady Cholmely

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart

Children(s): Margaret Patton, Lord Johnstone

The story of Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone began in 1560 in Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland. Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone married Lady Margaret Sarah (Seagrove) de Stewart, and had children including Margaret Patton, Lord James Johnstone. Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone passed away in 1593 in Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone began in 1560 in Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland.
  • Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone married Lady Margaret Sarah (Seagrove) de Stewart, and had children including Margaret Patton, Lord James Johnstone.
  • Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone passed away in 1593 in Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Johnstone
1530 – 1565
Birth Location: Drumbowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Lady Cholmely
1520 – 1565
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Stewart
1560 – 1593
Birth Location: Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Patton
1593 – 1659
Birth Location: City of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Lord Johnstone
Birth Location: –
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Sir Johnstone's Ancestors

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Sir Johnstone
1560 – 1593
Birth Place: Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland
Parents
James R. Johnstone
1530 – 1565
Drumbowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Lady (Mary Elizabeth Wedderburne) Cholmely
1520 – 1565
Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William de) Johnstone
1480 – 1531
Ayrshire, Scotland
Sir (Montague Francis) Cholmeley
1500 – 1540
Easton Hallon, Worfield, Shropshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Alyse\ Alice) Wedderburne
1502 – 1550
Forfarshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Cholmely
1478 – 1563
Lady Conyers
1482 – 1566
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Johnstone's Descendants

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Sir (William Henry Ashel) Johnstone (1560 – 1593) m. Lady (Margaret Sarah (Seagrove) de) Stewart (1560 – 1593)
  1. 1. Margaret Patton (1593 – 1659) m. Rev (William Henry 'Hendrie') Patton (1590 – 31 January 1641)
    1. 1. James Patton (19 Jun 1614 – Aft. 1689) m. Issobell Tendell (10 Apr 1623 – 1673)
      1. 1. Androw Patton (5 Dec 1643 – 1696) m. Elizabeth Cairnes (1636 – )
        1. 1. Bessie (L Jordan) Patton (27 November 1661 – 1721) m. Honorable (John Campbell of Mamore, MP for) Dunbartonshire (1655 – 07 Apr 1729)
  2. 2. Lord (James) Johnstone m. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton (1590 – 9 May 1688)

Sir Johnstone's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone in Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland
Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland
1593
1593
Age 33
Death of Sir William Henry Ashel Johnstone in Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England
Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Drumbowie, Stirling, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1593
    Event Place: Flodden Moor, Northumberland, England
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