Alexander Napier

Abt 1385 - Abt 1454  (~ 69 years)

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• Name	Alexander Napier
  Born	Abt 1385  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9813
  Died	Abt 1454  [1]
  Person ID	I9813	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Alexander Napier,   b. Abt 1408, Scotland ,   d. Between 1473 and 1474  (Age ~ 65 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F3353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1st Laird of Merchiston. Provost(mayor) of Edinburg 1437-1438. Alexander Napier was a wealthy merchang burgess of Edinburgh who traded in wool. He lent James I a large sum of money for which the King mortgaged his own land in Merchiston. James made payments on the land, but was assasinated in 1436/7 before he could redeem Merchiston.

  
  

• Sources

  [S784] The Genealogist, Journal of the American Society of Genealogists, (Name: American Society of Genealogists;), Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland", The Genealogist 27 (2013): 28-50, 162-181 and 28 (2014): 58-89. Also available on AmericanAncestors.org.