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Sir James Ruthven Trotter 1584–1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1584

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 18 May 1659

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Baron)

Mother: Janet Trotter\MacMath

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Sir James Ruthven Trotter was born in 1584 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir John Trotter 1St Baron And Janet Trotter Macmath. Sir James Ruthven Trotter passed away in 1659 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir James Ruthven Trotter was born in 1584 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir John Trotter 1St Baron And Janet Trotter Macmath.
  • Sir James Ruthven Trotter passed away in 1659 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Sir Trotter's Ancestors

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Sir Trotter
1584–1659
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Trotter (1st Baron)
1553–1642
Morton Hall, Midlothian, Scotland
Janet Trotter\MacMath
1555–1641
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Trotter
1500–1563
Catchelraw, Berwick, Scotland
Elizabeth Sinclair
1505–1576
Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Trotter
1465–1500
Jean Hepburn
1475–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Trotter's Timeline

2 Records

1584
1584
Birth of Sir James Ruthven Trotter in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1659
18 May 1659
Age 75
Death of Sir James Ruthven Trotter in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1659
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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