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William Bar Glen 1530–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1598

Death Location: Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Barr

Mother: Lady (Glen)

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Sibilia Glen

William Bar Glen was born in 1530 in Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Glen Of Barr And Lady Mary Janet Muir Glen. William Bar Glen married Margaret Cunningham, and had children including Sibilia Glen. William Bar Glen passed away in 1598 in Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Bar Glen was born in 1530 in Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Glen Of Barr And Lady Mary Janet Muir Glen.
  • William Bar Glen married Margaret Cunningham, and had children including Sibilia Glen.
  • William Bar Glen passed away in 1598 in Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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William Glen's Ancestors

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William Glen
1530–1598
Birth Place: Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Glen of Barr
1510–1578
Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Mary Janet Muir*) (Glen)
1510–1590
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James (Glen of) Bar
1485–1544
Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Glen's Descendants

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William (Bar) Glen (1530–1598)
  1. 1. Sibilia Glen 1570– m. James (Sempill of) Millbank 1568–1603
    1. 1. Sir (Robert Semple, 3rd Lord) Sempill 1590–1668 m. Elizabeth Boyle 1590–1631
      1. 1. Andrew (Andro) Semple 1601– m. Jean Algoe 1605–1705
        1. 1. Jean Sempill 1654– m. John Kibble 1660–

William Glen's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of William Bar Glen in Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1598
1598
Age 68
Death of William Bar Glen in Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Barr, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1598
    Event Place: Paisley Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

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