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William Stirling 1564–1621 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1564

Birth Location: Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 5 December 1621

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Lettyr

Mother: Beatrix Elphinstone

Spouse(s): Jean Gowtrie

Children(s): Lady Colquhoun, Marion Stirling, Margaret Stirling

The story of William Stirling began in 1564 in Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. William Stirling married Jean Gowtrie, and had children including Bethiah Sterling, Bitrage Stirling, Katherein Stirling, Lady Marion Sterling Colquhoun, Margaret Marian Stirling, Marion Stirling. William Stirling passed away in 1621 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of William Stirling began in 1564 in Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • William Stirling married Jean Gowtrie, and had children including Bethiah Sterling, Bitrage Stirling, Katherein Stirling, Lady Marion Sterling Colquhoun, Margaret Marian Stirling, Marion Stirling.
  • William Stirling passed away in 1621 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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William Stirling's Ancestors

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William Stirling
1564–1621
Birth Place: Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Stirling of Balquharage and Lettyr
1534–1585
Stirling, East Louthian, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beatrix Elphinstone
1540–1575
Stirling, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lady (Marion \ Mariota Fleming Lady in Waiting for Mary, Queen of) Scots
1517–1562
Boghall Castle, Biggar, Lanarkshireshire, Scotland
George ("1st of Blythswood") Elphinstone
1510–1554
Blythswood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Stirling's Descendants

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William Stirling (1564–5 December 1621) m. Jean Gowtrie (1575–20 Jul 1619)
  1. 1. Lady (Marion Sterling -) Colquhoun 1614–1675 m. Alexander (Colquhoun (Calhoune)(Cahoon) Sir, VII Laird of) Luss 1601–1632
    1. 1. William (Cahoon (Cahoone, Cohoon,) Colquhoun) 1633–1675 m. Deliverance (Swanson Peck) (Calhoun\Cahoon) 1637–1727
      1. 1. Samuel (Peck) Cahoon 1663–1762 m. Mary (Polly Bierce Hunter) (Cahoon\Calhoun) 1675–1711
        1. 1. Joel (Cahoon (Catawba \) Indigenous) 1690– m. Elizabeth (Phillip Faulk Calhoun) (Cahoon\Cahoone\Cohoon\Colquhoun) 1680–1750
  2. 2. Marion Stirling 1613–1639
  3. 3. Margaret (Marian) Stirling 1610–1639

William Stirling's Timeline

3 Records

1564
1564
Birth of William Stirling in Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1602
1602
Age 38
William Stirling was married in Glasgow, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glasgow, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1621
5 December 1621
Age 57
Death of William Stirling in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1564
    Event Place: Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1602
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanark, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 December 1621
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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