John Melville, 1st of Raith

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John Melville

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Birthplace: Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: before circa 1427
Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Walter Melville and Margaret Ayr
Husband of Stewart
Father of John Melville, 2nd of Raith

Occupation: 1st (de Raith) Melville
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Immediate Family

About John Melville, 1st of Raith

John Melville, 1st of Raith married unknown daughter Stewart, daughter of Sir John Stewart of Innermeath, 3rd of Lorn and Isabella Macdougall.1 He died before 1427.1

Child of John Melville, 1st of Raith and unknown daughter Stewart

  • Sir John Melville, 2nd of Raith+1 d. b Aug 1463

References

  • The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. Memoirs. (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] by Fraser, William, Sir, 1816-1898.Link
  • http://www.thepeerage.com/p35705.htm#i357050
  • more info on wikitree
  • When John 1st (de Raith) Melville was born in 1351, his father, Walter, was 25 and his mother, Margaret, was 17. He had one son with Ne, (Miss de Lorn) Stewart in 1398. He died in 1427 having lived a long life of 76 years.
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John Melville, 1st of Raith's Timeline

1346
1346
Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1398
1398
Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1427
1427
Age 81
Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)