Sir Alexander XV "Alasdair" COLQUHOUN, * Earl of Colquhoun Baron Colquhoun of Luss & Clan Chief of Kilpatrick & Colquhoun (E-BY164498) b. 31 Jan 1573 Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 23 May 1617 Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland: Our Family History

Sir Alexander XV "Alasdair" COLQUHOUN, * Earl of Colquhoun Baron Colquhoun of Luss & Clan Chief of Kilpatrick & Colquhoun (E-BY164498)^[1]

1573 - 1617 (44 years)

Name	Sir Alexander XV "Alasdair" COLQUHOUN [2, 3]
Suffix	* Earl of Colquhoun Baron Colquhoun of Luss & Clan Chief of Kilpatrick & Colquhoun (E-BY164498)
Birth	31 Jan 1573	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2]
Gender	Male
Birth	1 Jan 1575	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [2]
Death	23 May 1617	Glasgow, Stirling, Scotland
Death	23 May 1617	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2, 4, 5]
Person ID	I10697	Ancestrees
Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

Father	Sir John COLQUHOUN, * E-BY164498 13th of Colquhoun 15th of Luss Lord of Dunbarton XIII, b. 1523, Luss, Dunbarton, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 15 Jan 1574, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 51 years)
Mother	Dame Agnes BOYD, b. 1543, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 18 Jul 1584, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 41 years)
Marriage	3 Nov 1564	Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [2, 6]
Family ID	F2647	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Lady Margaret "Helen" BUCHANAN, COUNTESS OF COLQUHOUN, BARONESS COLQUHOUN, (verfied as spouse of Alex. 15th in National Records of Scotland), b. 1 Feb 1576, Castle Buchanan, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 23 May 1617, Castle Knockmile, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 41 years)

Marriage 18 Aug 1595 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [2, 7, 8]

Children

	1. Dame Katherine COLQUHOUN, b. 6 Feb 1610, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1696, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. George COLQUHOUN, b. Abt 1606, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 1655, Sweden (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Nancy COLQUHOUN, b. 1608, Luss, , Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 1630, Corkagh, Cork, Donegal, Ireland (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Sir John COLQUHOUN, 1st Baronett of Nova Scotia Canada 18th Laird of Colquhoun 16th of Luss - E-BY164498, b. 2 Feb 1596, Luss, Dunbartonshire, , Scotland d. Between Feb 1649 and May 1650, Scotland (Age 53 years)
	5. Sir Adam COLQUHOUN, of Glennis, b. 1612, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 1655, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Lady Helen COLQUHOUN, b. 7 Feb 1612, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 1620, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 7 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Humphrey COLQUHOUN, of Balvie M.P. for Dunbartonshire, b. 3 Feb 1598, Luss, Dunbarton, Scotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Abt Jun 1672, Balvie, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Alexander COLQUHOUN, b. 5 Dec 1601, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Aft 16 Jun 1632, Tullichewan, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age > 31 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Sir Walter COLQUHOUN, b. Abt 1610, Luss, Dunbarton, Scotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1686, Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Lady Mary COLQUHOUN, b. Abt 1616, Castle Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1632, Somme, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 16 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Dame Jean COLQUHOUN, b. 11 Feb 1607, Castle Knockmile, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1677, Imvarnary, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. Sir Patrick COLQUHOUN, b. Abt 1611, Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland d. 1655, Exiled in Italy (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F2671 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Sep 2024

Marriage	18 Aug 1595	Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom [2]
Family ID	F7890	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

Photos » Slide Show		dna triangulation
		Alexander Colquhoun XV
		The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their County
		John Colquhoun 14th - Alexander 15th of Colquhoun
		46155_b289707-00090.jpg

Notes

FTDNA's BigY Time Tree predicts the 1st person in this line born with the Haplogroup E-FT350465 was born around 1445 and had at least 4 sons. The closest match to that is Humphrey b. 1445 with 5 sons. They also predict with the help of the Block Tree that the last person who could have it was 17 generations back (see SNP timeline on far left of this chart) from the testers with this Haplogroup or born around 1580. He had at least 5 sons. This last possible person who would represent the haplogroup YDNA tester that is the closest match would be this Sir Alexander XVI Colquhoun b. 1573 that supposedly has 8 sons. So far testers have come from five of these branches. Which branches are still to be determined.

The E-BY165188 and E-BY164498 groups triangulate with Sir Alexander XVth via his son, Sir John, 1st Baronett of Nova Scotia and his daughter, Dame Jean Colquhoun also supporting this sorting.

"The Clan had struggled over the centuries fighting neighboring clans and the English Crown to maintain its lands and status in Dunbartonshire. In 1602 they lost heavily to the clan McGregor. The epic poem, 'Lady of the Lake,' by Sir Walttt, tells the story of the bravery of the Colquhoun men, the protest by their women and the loss of their lands. Popular legend suggests that the King took pity on the clan and granted land in Ulster to Alexander XV, Lord Colquhoun. Regardless of the royal motives, the Colquhouns did acquire a plantation across the sea in Ulster.

In his will Alexander left this plantation to his son, John and then some was transferred by John to Alex.'s son, Adam of Glennis. (Adam's 1st cousin, once removed, James, (1625-1688) 19th Lord Colquhoun (son of Adam's brother John), went to Ulster later. James married into the Cunningham family and settled in the lowlands south of Letterkenny.)" Source: Johnston Calquhoun and Jane Donnehae of Ireland and Hookstown, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.

Because this family intermarries with relatives so often, we have good triangulations of DNA between the following cousins and my mother. These demonstrate that the Pennsylvania Calhoun line and our James Calhoun of VA/NC are all related with their MRCA being Alexander XV b. 1572. A092025 M.C. A338889, A338889, T005092; A497624, A614523, A092025, and A497624.

Additional valuable info is on Geni.

ALEXANDER COLQUHOUN OF LUSS
Alexander Colquhoun of Luss is the son of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss. NRS: GD8/340

It does not appear that Alexander Colquhoun was ever knighted. Among the Luss writs there is none in which he is designated knight, although in some of the numerous official documents connected with the Macgregors he was so designated, apparently through mistake. The Chiefs of Colquhoun I: 232

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

1
May 1588: Bond by Walter Colquhoun of Kilmardony, one of the curators of John and Alexander Colquhoun, lawful children of the said Sir John Colquhoun of Luss, to make the evidents therein mentioned furthcoming at the pleasure and desire of Lord Boyd. Dated at Glasgow, 2 May 1588. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/340

2
1605: Contract between Thomas, Lord Boyd, on the one part, and Helen Buchanan, spouse to Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, on the other part anent the fulfilment of a contract, between the said Lord and the said Alexander, as administrator to John Colquhoun of Luss, his son, anent the £10 land of Dynnarbuk, Auchentuerly and Spittal. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/504

Sir Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, son of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss and Agnes Boyd, died on 23 May 1617. (This is the same date of death as his wife?) https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Alexander-Colquhoun-of-Luss/6000000007048442434

Sources

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