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ADAMSON, Katherine
(About 1540-)

 

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1. MELVILLE, Robert of Murdochcairnie, Lord Melville of Monimail, Sir

ADAMSON, Katherine 1

  • Born: About 1540
  • Marriage (1): MELVILLE, Robert of Murdochcairnie, Lord Melville of Monimail, Sir 1

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Katherine married Sir Robert MELVILLE of Murdochcairnie, Lord Melville of Monimail, son of Sir John MELVILLE 4th of Raith and Helen NAPIER.1 (Sir Robert MELVILLE of Murdochcairnie, Lord Melville of Monimail was born about 1528 1 and died in December 1621 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Lord Melville died in December 1621, aged ninety-four. He married, first, Katherine Adamson, said to be a daughter of William Adamson of Craigcrook, a burgess of Edinburgh, and widow of Richard Hopper, also a burgess there.....

He had issue by his first wife only"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) 1

Sources

1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 6 (1909).

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