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Sir David Wishart Weir 1533–1588 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1588

Death Location: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique

Father: Rev. Reformation

Mother: Lady Wyseart

Spouse(s): Lady Tweddell

Children(s): Johne Weir

The story of Sir David Wishart Weir began in 1533 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Sir David Wishart Weir married Lady Isabel Tweddell, and had children including Johne Jon Vyer Of Antwerp Weir. Sir David Wishart Weir passed away in 1588 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir David Wishart Weir began in 1533 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Sir David Wishart Weir married Lady Isabel Tweddell, and had children including Johne Jon Vyer Of Antwerp Weir.
  • Sir David Wishart Weir passed away in 1588 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev. Reformation
1516–1570
Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lady Wyseart
1516–1546
Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Tweddell
1535–1588
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
LT

Children(s)

Johne Weir
1550–1590
Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sir Weir's Ancestors

Self
Sir Weir
1533–1588
Birth Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Rev. Malcolm Longshoon WEIR Covenanter Fled Scotland for Geneva Part of Calvin's Reformation
1516–1570
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Leslie) Wyseart
1516–1546
Kirkcaldy, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Duncan Weir
1500–1550
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Euphemia) Hamilton
1507–1550
Preston Tower, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Weir's Descendants

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Sir (David Wishart) Weir (1533–1588) m. Lady (Isabel) Tweddell (1535–1588)
  1. 1. Johne ((Jon Vyer of Antwerp)) Weir 1550–1590 m. Lady (Margaret Helen) Murdo 1551–1625
    1. 1. Jhone Weir 1570–1610 m. Margaret (Helen DUNLOP) Lady 1573–1601
      1. 1. Dr (John Robert Weir) III 1590–1643 m. Lady (Evelyn) Young 1593–1648
        1. 1. Isabella (Marion) Weir 1635–1700 m. John (Stark of) Killermonth 1637–1699

Sir Weir's Timeline

3 Records

1533
1533
Birth of Sir David Wishart Weir in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1545
1545
Age 12
Sir David Wishart Weir was married in MidlothiaScotland
MidlothiaScotland
1588
1588
Age 55
Death of Sir David Wishart Weir in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique
Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: MidlothiaScotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1588
    Event Place: Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgique
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