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Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville 1480–1548 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 December 1548

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Melville

Mother: Janet Bonar

Spouse(s): Helen Napier

Children(s): John Melville, Alison Melville, William Mellville, Andrew Melville, David Douglas, James Melville, Katherine Melville, Margaret Melville, Margaret Melville, Robert Melville, Walter Melville

Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville was born in 1480 in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Melville And Janet Bonar. Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville married Helen Napier, and had children including Alison Melville, Andrew Melville, David Melville Douglas, James Melville, John Melville 4Th Laird Of Raith Earl Of Leven And Melville, Katherine Melville, Margaret Katherine Melville, Margaret Melville, Robert Melville, Walter Melville, William Mellville. Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville passed away in 1548 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville was born in 1480 in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Melville And Janet Bonar.
  • Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville married Helen Napier, and had children including Alison Melville, Andrew Melville, David Melville Douglas, James Melville, John Melville 4Th Laird Of Raith Earl Of Leven And Melville, Katherine Melville, Margaret Katherine Melville, Margaret Melville, Robert Melville, Walter Melville, William Mellville.
  • Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville passed away in 1548 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Melville's Ancestors

Self
Sir Melville
1480–1548
Birth Place: Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Melville
1460–1513
Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Bonar
1465–1506
Rossie, Fife Keith, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Melville's Descendants

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Sir (John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and) Melville (1480–13 December 1548) m. Helen Napier (November 1510–1588)
  1. 1. John (Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and) Melville 1527–1603
    1. 1. John Melville 1480–1548 m. Lady (Helen Napier Countess of Leven and Melville,Lady of) Merchiston 1510–1588
      1. 1. Margaret (Katherine Melville) Lady 1526–1598
        1. 1. Catherine (Keterin Katerin) Browne 1561–1650 m. Alexander Mastertoun 1550–1614
      2. 2. James Melville 1535–1617
      3. 3. Alison Melville 1529–1572
      4. 4. Margaret Melville 1539–
      5. 5. Andrew Melville 1533–1621
      6. 6. William Mellville 1536–1613
      7. 7. Robert Melville 1527–1617
      8. 8. John Melville 1527–1603
      9. 9. David Melville 1535–1594
      10. 10. Walter Melville 1533–
      11. 11. Margaret (Katherine) Melville 1526–1558
  2. 2. Alison Melville 1529–1572
  3. 3. William Mellville 1536–1613
  4. 4. Andrew Melville 1533–1621
  5. 5. David (Melville) Douglas 1535–1595
  6. 6. James Melville 1535–1617
  7. 7. Katherine Melville 1526–1558
  8. 8. Margaret (Katherine) Melville 1526–1598
  9. 9. Margaret Melville 1539–
  10. 10. Robert Melville 1531–1617
  11. 11. Walter Melville 1533–

Sir Melville's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1548
13 December 1548
Age 68
Death of Sir John Thomas Sherwood Melville 4th Laird of Raith, Earl of Leven and Melville in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 December 1548
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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