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Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland 1485–1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 May 1558

Death Location: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Lady Ochiltree

Mother: Alexander Boyd

Spouse(s): Lady Somerville**

Children(s): Sir Kilmarnock

Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland was born in 1485 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Lady Janet Johanna Colville Of Ochiltree And Alexander Chamberlain Of Kilmarnock 3Rd Lord Of Boyd Boyd. Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland married Lady Helen Kelly Somerville, and had children including Sir Robert Lord Boyd 5Th Lord Of Kilmarnock. Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland passed away in 1558 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland was born in 1485 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Lady Janet Johanna Colville Of Ochiltree And Alexander Chamberlain Of Kilmarnock 3Rd Lord Of Boyd Boyd.
  • Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland married Lady Helen Kelly Somerville, and had children including Sir Robert Lord Boyd 5Th Lord Of Kilmarnock.
  • Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland passed away in 1558 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Sir Scotland's Ancestors

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Sir Scotland
1485–1558
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Lady JANET Johanna COLVILLE of Ochiltree
1457–1517
Ochiltree Castle, Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Alexander ((Chamberlain of Kilmarnock; 3rd Lord of Boyd)) Boyd
1451–1508
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Sir (Robert III Colville 4th Lord Colville, Knight of Hiltoun and) Ochiltree
1430–1495
Ochiltree Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (ELIZABETH) ARNOT
1430–1527
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Scotland's Descendants

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Sir (ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of) Scotland (1485–10 May 1558) m. Lady (Helen Kelly.) Somerville** (3 Jul 1489–13 Aug 1536)
  1. 1. Sir (Robert (Lord) Boyd, 5th Lord of) Kilmarnock 1517–1590 m. Countess (Margaret Maud) Colquhoun 1518–1601 m. Countess (Margaret Mariot Colquhoun, 1525, Countess of) Glens 1525–1601
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Boyd 1562–1590 m. Sir (John Cunningham, Laird of) Ross 1562–1598 m. Sir (John Cunningham, Laird of) Ross 1562–1598
      1. 1. Isabel (Cunningham) Aiking 1588–1652 m. Robert (John) Aitkin 1584–1630
        1. 1. Robert Aikin 1621– m. Jonet (Joannett Stein) Aiken 1625–
    2. 2. Margaret Maxwell 1515–1561
    3. 3. Lord (Sir Thomas IV Boyd , 1545, 1550, Lord Boyd van) Kilmarnock 1550–1589
    4. 4. Sir (Thomas Boyd _ van Kilmarnock _6th Lord of Kilmarnock _ Sir Knight __ ✫ _Sct) I 1544–1611

Sir Scotland's Timeline

3 Records

1485
1485
Birth of Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1549
10 FEB 1549
Age 64
Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland was married in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
1558
10 May 1558
Age 73
Death of Sir ROBERT I BOYD, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock Great Chamberlin of Scotland in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 FEB 1549
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 186 Denton Street, Carlisle
    Record Source: UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War Wo363

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: History of the Boyd family and descendants with historical sketches of the ancient family of Boyd's in Scotland from the year

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1558
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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