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Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird 1538–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 04 Sep 1571

Death Location: "hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland

Father: John Wormiston

Mother: Helen Wormiston

Spouse(s): Clephane Anstruther

Children(s): Sir Orreholm

In 1538, Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird entered the world in Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland, born to John Spens Lord Of Wormiston And Helen Morris Wife Of John Spens Lord Of Wormiston. Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird married Clephane Margaret Balfour Learmouth Of Dairsie Lady Anstruther, and had children including Sir James Learmouth Spens Of Wormestoun Laird Baron Of Orreholm. Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird passed away in 1571 in "hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1538, Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird entered the world in Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland, born to John Spens Lord Of Wormiston And Helen Morris Wife Of John Spens Lord Of Wormiston.
  • Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird married Clephane Margaret Balfour Learmouth Of Dairsie Lady Anstruther, and had children including Sir James Learmouth Spens Of Wormestoun Laird Baron Of Orreholm.
  • Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird passed away in 1571 in "hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Wormiston
1500–1547
Birth Location: Wormiston, Fife, Scotland
JW
Helen Wormiston
1509–1581
Birth Location: Crail, Fife, Scotland
HW

Spouses(s)

Clephane Anstruther
1542–1574
Birth Location: Dairsy Castle, Dairsie, Fife, Scotland
CA

Children(s)

Sir Orreholm
1566–1632
Birth Location: Wormistoune House, Crail, Fife, Scotland
SO

Sir Laird's Ancestors

Self
Sir Laird
1538–1571
Birth Place: Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Spens ---- Lord of Wormiston
1500–1547
Wormiston, Fife, Scotland
Helen (Morris Wife of John Spens, Lord of) Wormiston
1509–1581
Crail, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
David (Laird Wormiston) Spens
1470–1526
Crail, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Janet Henry) Melvell
1480–1517
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Spens
1438–1517
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Murdoch Spens
1398–1458

Sir Laird's Descendants

1.
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Sir (David Bard Spens of Wormestoun) Laird (1538–04 Sep 1571) m. Clephane (Margaret Balfour Learmouth of Dairsie, Lady) Anstruther (28 Aug 1542–29 Nov 1574)
  1. 1. Sir (James Learmouth Spens of Wormestoun Laird \ Baron of) Orreholm 1566–1632 m. Agnes Durie 1573–1624
    1. 1. Isabella Spence 1595–1685 m. Charles Marr 1595–1676
      1. 1. Isabell Marr 1620–1668 m. John (Nixon of Low) Toddhills 1621–1670
        1. 1. Dorothy (Isabel) Nixon 1641–1701 m. Thomas (Routledge) III 1650–1707

Sir Laird's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird in Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland
Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland
1571
04 Sep 1571
Age 33
Death of Sir David Bard Spens of Wormestoun Laird in "hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland
"hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Wormiston, Crail, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Sep 1571
    Event Place: "hacked to pieces" in Raid on Stirling, Scotland
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