Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+15		 Lukas   Strivelyng
1370-1449 acquired Keir in 1448 in a land swap with Lord George Leslie 		                           
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
Marjorie   Dunbar of Cockburn in Berwick. Dau. of George Dunbar, the Earl of March, and Beatrix.              
Grand
parents
Gen.=+14		 William, Sir   Strivelyng
d. 1471 1st of Keir and Ratherne. Added much to the lands at Keir. www.clanstirling.org/Main/keirstory/1.TheFirstLairdofKeir.html 		m. Marjorie   Cunninghame or Margaret   m.     m.     m.  
Parents
Gen.=+13		 Sir William   Strivelyng
d. 1503 2nd of Keir, baronet 1473. Supported James IV vs his father James III. He had 2 sons & 3 dau. in all. 		m. Mariotta   Fleming dau of Robert, Lord Fleming   m.  
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+12		   Sir John Stirling
b. ABT 1474 est.
d. 1539 murdered 3rd of Keir. Sheriff of Perth 1515, apptd, with Lords Erskine and Fleming, guardian of Infant JAMES V 1513. He had 3 sons & 2 daus in all.
G12, ID=986 		m.
Margaret Forrester
dau of Walter Forrester, of Torwood,
G12, ID=5752
Children
Gen.=+11		 Sir James
b. ABT 1515 est.
d. 1588 4th of Keir
m.
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.
m.
Janet Stirling
b. 1513 about about heiress of Cadder, dispossessed of her estates by her first husband and father-in-law
Grand
children
Gen.=+10		 John Burgess of Glasgow 1583 died without issue
Archibald, Sir ABT 1544-17 MAY 1630 5th of Keir. Knighted by James VI bef 1592. Adml Depute of the W. Seas.
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