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John Wilson 1556 – 1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: about 1556

Birth Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: December 1605

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Thomas II

Mother: Joane (Greathyde)

Spouse(s): Elison Bull

Children(s): Isobel Wilsonne

1556 marked the beginning of John Wilson's life in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, to parents Thomas Wilson II and Joane (Joan, Jane) Greatheyd (Greathyde). Eventually, John Wilson married Elison Bull, and they welcomed Isobel Agnes Wilsonne. John Wilson passed in 1605 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Parents

Thomas II
1528 – 1587
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Joane (Greathyde)
– 1583
Birth Location: Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elison Bull
1557 – 1638
Birth Location: Anstruther-Wester, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Isobel Wilsonne
1568 – 1610
Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: about 1556
    Event Place: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: May 1573
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: about 1577
    Event Place: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1589
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: December 1605
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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