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William Alison aka Robert F Forrest 1550 – 1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Oct 1550

Birth Location: Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Jun 1609

Death Location: Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland

Father: John Forsyth

Mother: Lady Douglas

Spouse(s): Isobel Yule

Children(s): James Fife

In 1550, William Alison aka Robert F Forrest entered the world in Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to John Forrest(er) Forsyth and Lady Elizabeth Christian Douglas. William Alison aka Robert F Forrest married Isobel Yule, and had children including James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife. William Alison aka Robert F Forrest passed away in 1609 in Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1550, William Alison aka Robert F Forrest entered the world in Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to John Forrest(er) Forsyth and Lady Elizabeth Christian Douglas.
  • William Alison aka Robert F Forrest married Isobel Yule, and had children including James Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of Fife.
  • William Alison aka Robert F Forrest passed away in 1609 in Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Forsyth
1524 – 1573
Birth Location: Gilcairnstorm, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Lady Douglas
1525 – 1587
Birth Location: Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isobel Yule
1550 – 1587
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
IY

Children(s)

James Fife
1575 – 1624
Birth Location: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JF

William Forrest's Ancestors

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William Forrest
1550 – 1609
Birth Place: Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
John Forrest(er) Forsyth
1524 – 1573
Gilcairnstorm, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Christian) Douglas
1525 – 1587
Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Katherine Levingstoun
1505 – 1533
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Europe, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (Edmund) Howard
1478 – 1538
Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Forrest's Descendants

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William (Alison aka Robert F) Forrest (21 Oct 1550 – 21 Jun 1609) m. Isobel Yule (1550 – 1587)
  1. 1. James (Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of) Fife (3 Apr 1575 – 01 Mar 1624) m. Rachael (Jeane) Weir (10 Jan 1577 – 1 Mar 1624)
    1. 1. James (Forrest \) Forsythe (27 Nov 1617 – 14 Apr 1679) m. Marione Inglis (15 February,1620 – 1719)
      1. 1. Elizabeth ("Bessie" Forrest "Wilkie") "Newbiging" (17 July, 1647 – Aft. 1682) m. John Newbigging (1650 – Feb 1708)
        1. 1. Jannet Newbiging (21 Apr 1679 – Aft. 1724)

William Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1550
21 Oct 1550
Birth of William Alison aka Robert F Forrest in Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland
1609
21 Jun 1609
Age 59
Death of William Alison aka Robert F Forrest in Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland
Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1550
    Event Place: Nydie, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1609
    Event Place: Hamilton, Midlothia, Scotland
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