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Sir Robert James Henry Richardson 1589 – 1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1589

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Dec 1635

Death Location: Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland

Father: Sir Smeaton

Mother: Lady Douglas-Hay

Spouse(s): Euphame Skene-Richardson

Children(s): Robert RICHARDSON

The story of Sir Robert James Henry Richardson began in 1589 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Sir Robert James Henry Richardson married Euphame Skene-Richardson, and had children including Robert RICHARDSON. Sir Robert James Henry Richardson passed away in 1635 in Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Robert James Henry Richardson began in 1589 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • Sir Robert James Henry Richardson married Euphame Skene-Richardson, and had children including Robert RICHARDSON.
  • Sir Robert James Henry Richardson passed away in 1635 in Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Smeaton
1558 – 1632
Birth Location: Smeaton, Haddingonshire, East Lothian, Scotlan
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Lady Douglas-Hay
1573 – 1631
Birth Location: Broughton, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Euphame Skene-Richardson
1591 – 1635
Birth Location: Curriehill, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert RICHARDSON
1615 – 1682
Birth Location: England
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Sir Richardson's Ancestors

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Sir Richardson
1589 – 1635
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir James Richardson Knight of Smeaton
1558 – 1632
Smeaton, Haddingonshire, East Lothian, Scotlan
Lady (Elizabeth) Douglas-Hay
1573 – 1631
Broughton, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Robert Richardson High Treasurer, Minister of Eckforde) Parish
1514 – 1578
Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Katherine) Meredith
1520 – 1590
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (JAMES DOUGLAS, 4th Earl of Morton, Regent of) Scotland
1516 – 1575
Drumlanrig, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Gardiner
1517 – 1581
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Jedburgh)
1490 – 1556
Euphemia Skene
1490 – 1550
John? Meredith
1500 – 1559
Catherin Ieuan
1500 – 1580
Archibald Angus
1489 – 1557
Margaret Scots
1489 – 1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Griffith\Gruffydd Goch
1488 – 1543
Gwenllian Einion
1492 – 1528

Sir Richardson's Descendants

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Sir (Robert James Henry) Richardson (1589 – 15 Dec 1635) m. Euphame Skene-Richardson (1591 – 15 Dec 1635)
  1. 1. Robert RICHARDSON (1615 – 10 Sep 1682) m. Susannah SMITH (1619 – 1666)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Richardson (1664 – 1776) m. Leonard Henley (1674 – 1738)
      1. 1. Henrietta Hanley (1682 – 28 Aug 1749) m. Richard (Henderson,) Sheriff (1678 – 21 June 1748)
        1. 1. Mary (Sarah) Henderson (1720 – 1775) m. Philip (Bennett) Thurmond (21 May 1704 – 08 Sep 1774)

Sir Richardson's Timeline

2 Records

1589
1589
Birth of Sir Robert James Henry Richardson in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1635
15 Dec 1635
Age 46
Death of Sir Robert James Henry Richardson in Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland
Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1589
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Dec 1635
    Event Place: Pencaitland, Midlothia, Scotland
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