Brief Life History of John
When John Fleming 5th Lord of Fleming was born in 1529, in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Malcolm Fleming 3rd Lord Fleming, was 36 and his mother, Janet Stewart, was 27. He married Elizabeth Ross on 10 May 1562, in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 6 September 1572, in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, at the age of 43, and was buried in Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: George Fleming - Church record: Baptism record or certificate: birth: about 1541; Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
- Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
- Earl John Fleming, "Find A Grave Index"
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English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.
German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.
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