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James Robert Bruce 1720 – 1799 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 May 1720

Birth Location: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 30 August 1799

Death Location: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA

Father: John Bruce

Mother: Sarah Parrell

Spouse(s): Margaret McMahon

Children(s): William Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Jane Bruce, Nancy Bruce, ANN BRUCE, George Bruce, James Bruce, Sarah Bruce

Born in 1720 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA, James Robert Bruce was the child of John Robert Bruce and Sarah Caroline Parrell. In time, James Robert Bruce married Margaret Ann McMahon, and they raised a family that included William Albin Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Jane Bruce, Nancy Bruce, ANN B BRUCE, George W Bruce, James Robert. (Twin) Bruce and Sarah "Sally" Bruce. James Robert Bruce died in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA in 1799.

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Parents

John Bruce
1690 – 1748
Birth Location: Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Sarah Parrell
1690 – 1748
Birth Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret McMahon
1727 – 1804
Birth Location: Spotsylvania, Frederick, Virginia, Colonial America
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Children(s)

William Bruce
1745 – 1818
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Elizabeth Bruce
1744 – 1806
Birth Location: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, United States of America
EB
Margaret Bruce
1751 – 1808
Birth Location: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Jane Bruce
1754 – 1814
Birth Location: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Nancy Bruce
1755 – 1808
Birth Location: Montgomery, Frederick, Virginia, United States
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ANN BRUCE
1758 – 1800
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States
AB
George Bruce
1760 – 1831
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States
GB
James Bruce
1760 – 1835
Birth Location: Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
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Sarah Bruce
1762 – 1840
Birth Location: Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland, United States
SB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire Scotland, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Bef 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1720
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 20 May 1720
    Event Place: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 24 Aug 1720
    Event Place: Leochel-Cushnie,Aberdeen,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1792
    Event Place: Nelson, Kentucky
    Record Source: Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787-1890

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 August 1800
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Aug 1800
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Aug 1800
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1795
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Aug 1795
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1795
    Event Place: Nelson County, Kentucky, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Aug 1799
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 Aug 1800
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1795
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 30 August 1799
    Event Place: Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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