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Sir William Christian REID 1585–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Death Date: 23 July 1678

Death Location: Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Father: Sir REID

Mother: Laura NAIRN

Spouse(s): Jane Shanks

Children(s): Agnes REID, Williame REID, Margaret REID, Mary REID, Janet REID, Issobell PATERSONE, Robert REID, John PATERSONE, William PATERSONE, Jeane REID, Jonet REID

The story of Sir William Christian REID began in 1585 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.. Sir William Christian REID married Jane Roberts Shanks, and had children including Agnes Reid, Issobell Reid Patersone, Janet Reid, Jeane Reid, John Patersone, Jonet Reid, Margaret Reid, Mary Agnes Reid, Robert Reid, William Patersone, Williame Reid. Sir William Christian REID passed away in 1678 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland..

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  • The story of Sir William Christian REID began in 1585 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland..
  • Sir William Christian REID married Jane Roberts Shanks, and had children including Agnes Reid, Issobell Reid Patersone, Janet Reid, Jeane Reid, John Patersone, Jonet Reid, Margaret Reid, Mary Agnes Reid, Robert Reid, William Patersone, Williame Reid.
  • Sir William Christian REID passed away in 1678 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland..

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Sir REID's Ancestors

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Sir REID
1585–1678
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Parents
Sir William Thomas REID
1560–1600
Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Laura (ST OLAF) NAIRN
1561–
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Ian (John) Alexander) REID
1540–1599
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Janet PYRNIE
1541–1593
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Ernst (Erik ST OLAF) NAIRN
1540–1630
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Eva (Linnea) ANDERSSON
1514–1600
Stora Malm, Södermanland, Sweden
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert REID
1519–1615
Jean CARNEGIE
1523–1548
David PYRNIE
1520–1580
Isabel GGM***
1525–1565
Karl ANDERSSON
1490–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reid, George
1500–1589
Harriet Reid
1505–1555
Robert Carnegy
1510–1565
Lady Guthrie
1493–1571

Sir REID's Descendants

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Sir (William Christian) REID (1585–23 July 1678) m. Jane (Roberts) Shanks (1590–05 Jul 1647)
  1. 1. Agnes REID 1633–1668
    1. 1. Archbald RANKIN 1670– m. Anna\Ann LYON 1679–
      1. 1. Archbald RANKIN 1719– m. Mary Lisle 1720–
        1. 1. William RANKEN\RANKIN 1749– m. Janet SPEARS\SPIERS 1764–
        2. 2. John RANKIN 1747–1828
        3. 3. unnamed\Agnes RANKIN 1744–
        4. 4. James RANKINE 1755–
        5. 5. Thomas RANKIN 1752–
      2. 2. William RANKINE 1732–
      3. 3. Hugh RANKINE 1717–
      4. 4. Alexander RANKIN 1724–
      5. 5. James RANKINE 1734–
    2. 2. David RANKINE 1661–1750
    3. 3. William RANKEN 1665–1721
    4. 4. Issobell RANKINE 1668–
    5. 5. Agnes RANKINE 1659–
  2. 2. Williame REID 1612–1696
  3. 3. Margaret REID 1615–1675 m. Robert DUNLOP 1611–
  4. 4. Mary (Agnes) REID 1628–1688
  5. 5. Janet REID 1612–
  6. 6. Issobell (REID) PATERSONE 1625–1723
    1. 1. Jeane ERSKEIN 1639–
  7. 7. Robert REID 1616–1803
  8. 8. John PATERSONE 1616–1678
  9. 9. William PATERSONE 1623–
  10. 10. Jeane REID 1610–
  11. 11. Jonet REID 1606–

Sir REID's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of Sir William Christian REID in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
1678
23 July 1678
Age 93
Death of Sir William Christian REID in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 July 1678
    Event Place: Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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