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Sir John Vance 1580–1662 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1580

Birth Location: Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 July 1662

Death Location: Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

Father: Sir Denmark

Mother: Catherine Kennedy

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The story of Sir John Vance began in 1580 in Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sir John Vance passed away in 1662 in Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John Vance began in 1580 in Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Sir John Vance passed away in 1662 in Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland.

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Sir Vance's Ancestors

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Sir Vance
1580–1662
Birth Place: Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Patrick Vans \ Vaus \ Vaux Knight, Lord of Barnbarroch, Rector of Wigton, Ambassador to Denmark
1529–1597
Barnbarroch House, Wigton, Scotland
Catherine (\ Kate) Kennedy
1539–1593
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John Vans \ Vaus \ Vaux of Barnbarroch,) Knight
1515–1547
Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland
Lady (Janet of Myretoun) McCulloch
1507–1561
Myretoun, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margery (Sophia) Kennedy
1517–1596
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Vans
1501–1569
Gilbert Cassillis
1485–1527
Isabel Campbell
1489–1553
Alexander Kennedy
1491–1551
Lady Dunbar
1495–1595
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick Vans
1449–1528
Margaret McLEAN
1458–1510
Sir Cassilis
1463–1513
Lady Borthwick
1465–1516

Sir Vance's Timeline

2 Records

1580
1580
Birth of Sir John Vance in Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1662
26 July 1662
Age 82
Death of Sir John Vance in Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Bambarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 July 1662
    Event Place: Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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