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Sir Knight James Young 1580–1653 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 June 1580

Birth Location: Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 April 1653

Death Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Young, (Clan)Young

Mother: Lady Gib

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Sir Knight James Young was born in 1580 in Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Young Sir Peter Knight Lord Elimosinar Clan Young And Lady Elizabeth Gib. Sir Knight James Young passed away in 1653 in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Knight James Young was born in 1580 in Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Young Sir Peter Knight Lord Elimosinar Clan Young And Lady Elizabeth Gib.
  • Sir Knight James Young passed away in 1653 in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Sir Young's Ancestors

Self
Sir Young
1580–1653
Birth Place: Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Young, Sir Peter Knight, Lord Elimosinar (Clan)Young
1544–1628
Dundee City, Angus, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Gib
1555–1595
Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John Archibald) Young
1497–1582
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Scrymgeour
1510–1578
Glassel, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
John (Joseph Gibb, Gibbs, or) Gibbes
1525–1555
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Mary (Ann Grierson) m1554
1530–1610
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir ?)
1458–1513
Elizabeth Gray
1456–1530
Sir Gibb
1500–1558
Lady (Shaw)
1485–1564
Sir Grierson
1510–1570
Mary Grahame
1522–1546
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Gibb
1460–1500
MARGARET Gibb
1460–1500
Lord Grierson\Graham
1467–1544
Lady Moueray
1475–1548

Sir Young's Timeline

2 Records

1580
10 June 1580
Birth of Sir Knight James Young in Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom
1653
7 April 1653
Age 73
Death of Sir Knight James Young in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 June 1580
    Event Place: Scotland (twin), Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 April 1653
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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