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Sir John Napier 1490–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1513

Death Location: Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Sir NAPIER

Mother: Lady Chisholm

Spouse(s): Lady (Elphinstone)

Children(s): Sir Elphinstone

Sir John Napier was born in 1490 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Napier And Lady Janet Jeanette Chisholm. Sir John Napier married Lady Beatrix Wardlaw Elphinstone, and had children including Sir George Elphinstone. Sir John Napier passed away in 1513 in Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Napier was born in 1490 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Napier And Lady Janet Jeanette Chisholm.
  • Sir John Napier married Lady Beatrix Wardlaw Elphinstone, and had children including Sir George Elphinstone.
  • Sir John Napier passed away in 1513 in Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Napier's Ancestors

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Sir Napier
1490–1513
Birth Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander NAPIER
1484–1513
Merchiston, Ednbrg, Scottland
Lady (Janet, (Jeanette)) Chisholm
1488–1540
Cromlix, Perth, Scottland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander (Archibald) 4th Laird of Merchiston) Napier
1493–1513
Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Catherine Boyd) Douglas
1493–1513
Whittingham, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (Edmund) Chisholm
1493–1513
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Drummond
1493–1513
Chisholm, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Napier
1493–1513
Elizabeth Douglas
1493–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Napier's Descendants

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Sir (John) Napier (1490–1513) m. Lady (Beatrix Wardlaw) (Elphinstone) (1492–1512)
  1. 1. Sir (George) Elphinstone 1510–1554 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Colquhoun 1516–1560 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Colquhoun 1516–1560
    1. 1. George (the 3rd of Blythswood) Elphinstone 1537–1585 m. Lady (Marion) Scott 1550–1598 m. Lady (Mary Marion of Dryhope "Flower of Yarrow") Scott 1550–1631
      1. 1. Lady (Egidia Elphinstone (Sempill)) ** 1575–1618 m. James (Sempill (2nd Laird Beltrees) ) 1566–1625
        1. 1. Sir (Robert) Sempill 1595–1665 m. Lady (Mary de Auldbar) Lyon 1580–1626
        2. 2. Robert (Semphill) ** 1581–
        3. 3. John (Sempill) ** 1590–1617
        4. 4. Mary (Sempill **) (Campbell) 1593–1637
        5. 5. Lady (Mary (Marion)) Sempill 1593–1637
        6. 6. George (Sempley Or) Sempill 1595–1663
        7. 7. William (Sempill) ** 1598–1608
        8. 8. Marion (Semple) ** 1600–1637
        9. 9. Geillis Semphill 1603–
        10. 10. Beatrix (Barbara Semple) ** 1603–1642
        11. 11. Isabel (Semple) ** 1604–1637
        12. 12. Janet Colquohoun 1605–1650
        13. 13. James (Beltrees Sempill) ** 1608–1647
        14. 14. Lillias Semple 1620–1669
      2. 2. Sir (George) Elphinstone 1565–1634
      3. 3. Sir (George) Elphinstone 1569–1606
      4. 4. Margaret Elphinstone 1573–
      5. 5. James (Woodsyd) Elphinstone 1580–1670
    2. 2. Beatrix (Elphinstone Of) Blythswood 1540–1575

Sir Napier's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Sir John Napier in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1513
1513
Age 23
Death of Sir John Napier in Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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