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Sir Knight John Ruthven 1596 – 1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1596

Birth Location: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1649

Death Location: Dunglass, Scotland

Father: William Ruthven\Ruffin

Mother: L. Barclay

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Children(s):

The story of Sir Knight John Ruthven began in 1596 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Sir Knight John Ruthven passed away in 1649 in Dunglass, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Knight John Ruthven began in 1596 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
  • Sir Knight John Ruthven passed away in 1649 in Dunglass, Scotland.

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Sir Ruthven's Ancestors

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Sir Ruthven
1596 – 1649
Birth Place: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Parents
William Gilbert Ruthven\Ruffin
1569 – 1634
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
L. (Christian) Barclay
1570 – 1590
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Ruthven
1544 – 1584
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Dorothea STEWART
1546 – 1630
Ruthven Castle, Perth, Scotland
George (Barclay, Lord of) Mathers
1536 – 1607
St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Isobel Margaret (Mary) Wood) Erskine
1538 – 1575
St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Barclay
1515 – 1560
Mary Rait
1516 – 1600
Thomas Erskine
1512 – 1600
Janet Abernathy
1516 – 1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Mathers
1493 – 1535
Majory (Ochterlony)
1494 – 1580
John Erskine
1482 – 1513
Janet Abernathy
1496 – 1527

Sir Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1596
1596
Birth of Sir Knight John Ruthven in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
1649
1649
Age 53
Death of Sir Knight John Ruthven in Dunglass, Scotland
Dunglass, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1596
    Event Place: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1649
    Event Place: Dunglass, Scotland

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