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John Robert Bruce 1690 – 1748 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Sep 1690

Birth Location: Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Sep 1748

Death Location: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Thomas Bruce

Mother: Mary Christian

Spouse(s): Sarah Parrell, Margaret Frazier

Children(s): Mary Bruce, James Bruce, George Bruce, John Bruce, Ann Bruce, Margaret Cushnie, James Bruce

1690 marked the beginning of John Robert Bruce's life in Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to parents Thomas John B Bruce and Mary Evelyn Christian. Eventually, John Robert Bruce married Sarah Caroline Parrell and Margaret Jones Frazier, and they welcomed Mary Elizabeth Bruce, James Robert Bruce, George Gordon Bruce, John Robert Bruce, Ann Bruce, Margaret Ψ Bruce of Leochel Cushnie and James Bruce. John Robert Bruce passed in 1748 at Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Parents

Thomas Bruce
1660 – 1725
Birth Location: Portsoy, Fordyce Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland
TB
Mary Christian
1665 – 1725
Birth Location: New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MC

Spouses(s)

Sarah Parrell
1690 – 1748
Birth Location: Aberdeen City, Scotland
SP
Margaret Frazier
1695 – 1747
Birth Location: Warse Canisbay, Caithness, Scotland UK, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
MF

Children(s)

Mary Bruce
1715 – 1765
Birth Location: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
MB
James Bruce
1720 – 1799
Birth Location: Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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George Bruce
1722 – 1797
Birth Location: Augusta, Virginia, USA
GB
John Bruce
1722 – 1789
Birth Location: Leochel Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Ann Bruce
1724 – 1808
Birth Location: Fordyce, Banffshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Cushnie
1727 – 1777
Birth Location: Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
MC
James Bruce
1720 – 1795
Birth Location: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 7 September 1690
    Event Place: Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 07 Sep 1690
    Event Place: Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1740
    Event Place: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1716
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1716; Page Number: 186

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 September 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 Sep 1748
    Event Place: Brucetown, Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
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