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Sir Robert Trotter 1518–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland

Death Date: 1563

Death Location: poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland

Father: Thomas Trotter

Mother: Jean Hepburn

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sinclair

Children(s): Johne Trotter, Thomas Trotter, Robert Trotter

Sir Robert Trotter was born in 1518 in Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland, the child of Thomas Trotter And Jean Of Wauchton Hepburn. Sir Robert Trotter married Elizabeth Sinclair, and had children including Johne Trotter, Robert Trotter, Thomas Trotter. Sir Robert Trotter passed away in 1563 in poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Trotter was born in 1518 in Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland, the child of Thomas Trotter And Jean Of Wauchton Hepburn.
  • Sir Robert Trotter married Elizabeth Sinclair, and had children including Johne Trotter, Robert Trotter, Thomas Trotter.
  • Sir Robert Trotter passed away in 1563 in poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Trotter's Ancestors

Self
Sir Trotter
1518–1563
Birth Place: Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Trotter
1465–
Jean (Of Wauchton) Hepburn
1475–1575
Grandparents
Sir (William) Trotter
1437–1500
Scotland
Isabel Bayne
1437–
Scotland
Dsvid Hepburn
1430–1513
Scotland
Christian Sandilands
1455–1483
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Son Trotter
1411–
Sir Hepburn
–1469
Sir Sandilands
1433–1504
Margaret Kinloch
1437–1493
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Calder
1411–1482
Christian Dundas
1413–1459

Sir Trotter's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Trotter (1518–1563) m. Elizabeth Sinclair (1505–1580)
  1. 1. Johne Trotter 1553–1637 m. Janet Macmath 1555–1641
    1. 1. Elizabeth Trotter 1617–1658 m. Johne Marjoribanks 1626–1669
      1. 1. George (Thomas Marjoribanks) (Marchbanks) 1650–1694 m. Marion Douglas 1656–1695
        1. 1. George Marjoribanks 1685–1740 m. Ann (Wadell) Echols 1701–1740
  2. 2. Thomas Trotter 1525–1550
  3. 3. Robert Trotter 1527–1550

Sir Trotter's Timeline

7 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir Robert Trotter in Berwickshire, Scotland
Berwickshire, Scotland
1518
1518
Birth of Sir Robert Trotter in Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland
Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland
1518
1518
Sir Robert Trotter was married in England
England
1524
1524
Age 6
Sir Robert Trotter was married
None
1550
1550
Age 32
Sir Robert Trotter was married
None
1560
1560
Age 42
Death of Sir Robert Trotter in Byers Hall, Westmoreland, England
Byers Hall, Westmoreland, England
1563
1563
Age 45
Death of Sir Robert Trotter in poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland
poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1524

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1550

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Byers Hall, Westmoreland, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: poss. Byers Hall, Westmorland

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