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Sir John Stirling 1638–1684 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Apr 1638

Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: Mar 1684

Death Location: Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Elizabeth Murray

Mother: Archibald Stirling

Spouse(s): Lady Colguhoun, Margaret Livingston

Children(s): Sir Starling, Sir Starling, James Cadder

Sir John Stirling was born in 1638 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Elizabeth Amasia Murray And Archibald Stirling. Sir John Stirling married Lady Lilias Fleming Colguhoun, Margaret Livingston, and had children including James Stirling 10Th Of Keir And 7Th Of Cadder, Sir William Starling. Sir John Stirling passed away in 1684 in Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Stirling was born in 1638 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Elizabeth Amasia Murray And Archibald Stirling.
  • Sir John Stirling married Lady Lilias Fleming Colguhoun, Margaret Livingston, and had children including James Stirling 10Th Of Keir And 7Th Of Cadder, Sir William Starling.
  • Sir John Stirling passed away in 1684 in Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Stirling's Ancestors

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Sir Stirling
1638–1684
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Elizabeth Amasia Murray
1615–1667
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Archibald Stirling
1617–1668
Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James) Murray
1594–1634
Newcastleton, Roxburgh, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Dundas
1596–1627
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Sir (John Sterling 1St. Laird of) Garden
1595–1643
Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Menteith
–1628
Great-Grandparents
Lady Hume
1579–1673
Archibald Sterline
–1630
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hume
1552–1616
Lady Haldane
1554–1597

Sir Stirling's Descendants

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Sir (John) Stirling (13 Apr 1638–Mar 1684) m. Lady (Lilias Fleming) Colguhoun (21 Mar 1654–29 Dec 1726) m. Margaret Livingston (1630–2 Nov 1674)
  1. 1. Sir (William) Starling 1667–1738 m. Lady (Margaret) Napier 1687–1802
    1. 1. Margaret (Mary) Starling 1705–1814 m. Joseph Howell 1680–1750
      1. 1. Joseph (Howell) II 1733–1835 m. Esther (Elizabeth) Sugg 1728–1803
        1. 1. David Howell 1765–1815 m. Mary (Frances) Thompson 1770–1840
        2. 2. Mary (Murphree) Howell 1754–1836
        3. 3. Elizabeth Howell 1755–1861
        4. 4. Thomas Howell 1751–1833
        5. 5. Keziah Howell 1758–1799
      2. 2. Murphrey Howell 1739–1778
      3. 3. Ebenezer Howell 1727–1790
      4. 4. Martha Howell 1741–1750
      5. 5. Mary Howell 1737–1759
      6. 6. Murphrey Howell 1736–1800
      7. 7. Thomas Howell 1710–1739
  2. 2. Sir (William) Starling 1667–1702
  3. 3. James (Stirling, 10th of Keir and 7th of) Cadder 1664–1749

Sir Stirling's Timeline

3 Records

1638
13 Apr 1638
Birth of Sir John Stirling in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
1668
6 Feb 1668
Age 30
Sir John Stirling was married in Stirling, Central, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Stirling, Central, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1684
Mar 1684
Age 46
Death of Sir John Stirling in Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Apr 1638
    Event Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1668
    Event Place: Stirling, Central, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1684
    Event Place: Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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