Adam Neven of Scousburgh (-)

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Additional names
Adam Newyne of Schowisburgh128 January 1544-45
Parents
Spouses and relationship events
Married:2Barbara Sinclair (-)
Children
Children with Barbara Sinclair:
Ninian Neven (-)3
James Neven (-)4
Gilbert Neven (-)5
Katherine Neven (-)6
Barbara Neven (-)7
John Neven of Scousburgh (around 1554-after 29 June 1624)8
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Events
Personal Info
He came to Shetland in 1575 and appears to have soon afterwards acquired the lands of Scousburgh in the parish of Dunrossness.9
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Sources

1 John H. Ballantyne and Brian Smith, Shetland Documents 1195-1579: (Lerwick, Shetland: Shetland Islands Council & The Shetland Times Ltd., 1999), No. 78, p. 53-54.
2 Roland William Saint-Clair, The Saint-Clairs of the Isles: Being a History of the Sea-Kings of Orkney and their Scottish Successors of the Sirname of Sinclair (Auckland: H. Brett, General Printer and Publihsher, 1898), The Sinclairs of Brew, p. 169-72.
3 Francis J. Grant, The County Families of the Zetland Islands: Being Genealogies of Local Families Compiled from Public Records and Other Sources (Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1893), Neven of Scousburgh and Windhouse, no. I, p. 186.
4 Ibid
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9 Ibid
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