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Jean Chisholm

Also Known As: "Jean Stirling (Chisholm)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Glassingall, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: 1603 (80-90)
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Chisholm, Bishop of Dunblane and Jean Graham
Wife of Sir James Stirling, 4th of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder
Mother of John Stirling; Helen Stirling; Archibald Stirling, Laird of Keir and Cawder; Lady Margaret Stirling; Elizabeth Sterling, Lady of Merchistoun and 1 other
Half sister of William Graham, 4th of Fintry

Managed by: Oliver Marcus Stedall
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About Jean Chisholm

Jean Stirling (Chisholm) is my 14th great grandmother.
Janet Milburn 6/1/22
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Jean Chisholm illegitimate dau. of William Chisholm 'The Robber Bishop of Dunblane.' Sir James acquired much more land from William Chisholm when the old Cathedral lands were sold or given away at the Reformation.


Jean Chisholm1 F, #165089, b. circa 1525, d. 1603 Father William Chisholm, "Robber" Bishop of Dunblane1 b. c 1498, d. 14 Dec 1564 or 15 Dec 1564 Mother Jean Graham1 b. c 1491 Charts Pedigree of Rayburn Lamson Lewis

    Jean Chisholm was born circa 1525 at Scotland.1 She married Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder, son of Sir John Stirling, 3rd Lord of Keir, Sheriff of Perth and Margaret Forrester, in 1542; His 2nd wife. His 1st wife was Janet Stirling, daughter of Andrew Stirling and Marjory Cunningham.1,2 Jean Chisholm died in 1603 at Scotland.1 Family 	Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir, 1st Lord of Cawder b. c 1514, d. 3 Feb 1588 Child	

Margaret Stirling+1 b. c 1562, d. 15 Apr 1629
Citations

   [S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by FrSmith550.
   [S11585] The Scots Peerage, Vol. VI, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 226.

Source: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p5498.htm#...


Jean was born about 1525, the illegitimate daughter of William Chisholm, Bishop of Dunblane, and Jean Graham. She married Sir James Stirling, 4th Lord of Keir.

Sources

http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/5333399/person/355115074
PAUL, JAMES BALFOUR. SCOTS PEERAGE,: founded on woods. S.l., FORGOTTEN BOOKS, 2016, Vol. VI p 226.
Anderson, W. (1867). The Scottish nation ; or the surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland: By William Anderson (Vol. I). Edinburgh: A. Fullarton &, 44 South Bridge, Edinburgh, p 641

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Jean Chisholm's Timeline

1517
1517
Glassingall, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1535
1535
1538
1538
Keir, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1544
1544
Scotland
1549
1549
Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1568
1568
Stirlingshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1603
1603
Age 86
Scotland (United Kingdom)
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