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Sir Knight John Weir 1570 – 1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1570

Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 18 Jun 1625

Death Location: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir \Wear)

Mother: Lady Murdo

Spouse(s): Lady Dunlop

Children(s): Marion Weir

Sir Knight John Weir was born in 1570 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John\ Johne Weir (de Vere \Wear) and Lady Margaret Helen Murdo. Sir Knight John Weir married Lady Margaret Helen Dunlop, and had children including Marion (Maria) Weir. Sir Knight John Weir passed away in 1625 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight John Weir was born in 1570 in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John\ Johne Weir (de Vere \Wear) and Lady Margaret Helen Murdo.
  • Sir Knight John Weir married Lady Margaret Helen Dunlop, and had children including Marion (Maria) Weir.
  • Sir Knight John Weir passed away in 1625 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir \Wear)
1550 – 1610
Birth Location: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lady Murdo
1551 – 1616
Birth Location: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LM

Spouses(s)

Lady Dunlop
1573 – 1625
Birth Location: Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland
LD

Children(s)

Marion Weir
1612 – 1695
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
MW

Sir Weir's Ancestors

Self
Sir Weir
1570 – 1625
Birth Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John\ Johne Weir (de Vere \Wear)
1550 – 1610
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Helen) Murdo
1551 – 1616
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (David Wishart) Weir
1533 – 1588
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Isabel) Tweddell
1535 – 1588
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Weir's Descendants

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Sir (Knight John) Weir (1570 – 18 Jun 1625) m. Lady (Margaret Helen) Dunlop (1573 – 11 Nov 1625)
  1. 1. Marion ((Maria)) Weir (1612 – 1695) m. Thomas Steill (1605 – abt 1685)
    1. 1. Isobell Steill (Abt. 1656 – 11 May 1707) m. John Whyte (1643 – 1702)
      1. 1. Lilias Meikle (ABT 1675 – 1737) m. Hugh Anderson (1673 – Aft. 1731)
        1. 1. Lilias Anderson (17 Feb 1731 – after 1778) m. Elisha Evans (1726 – 1764) m. Charles Campbell (2 Jun 1728 – Deceased)

Sir Weir's Timeline

2 Records

1570
1570
Birth of Sir Knight John Weir in Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1625
18 Jun 1625
Age 55
Death of Sir Knight John Weir in Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Blackwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jun 1625
    Event Place: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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