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STIRLING, Elizabeth
(About 1555-1579)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. NAPIER, John 8th of Merchiston, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and biblical scholar

STIRLING, Elizabeth 1

  • Born: About 1555
  • Marriage (1): NAPIER, John 8th of Merchiston, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and biblical scholar 23 February 1571(1572)(contract) marriage after 8 October 1572 1
  • Died: latter part of 1579 1

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Elizabeth married John NAPIER 8th of Merchiston, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and biblical scholar, son of Sir Archibald NAPIER 7th of Merchiston, 'Edinbellie' and Janet BOTHWELL, 23 February 1571(1572)(contract) marriage after 8 October 1572.1 (John NAPIER 8th of Merchiston, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and biblical scholar was born in 1550,1 died on 3 April 1617 1 and was buried in 1617 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"This great man (John Napier) was twice married; first (contract dated 23 February 1571-72), to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Stirling of Keir, but on 8 October 1572 she was still his future spouse. She died in the latter part of the year 1579"

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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