John
Napier
Born about in Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland
Ancestors 
Husband of
Elizabeth (Stirling) Napier
— married
1572 [location unknown]
Husband of
Agnes (Chisholm) Napier
— married
after 1579 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Archibald (Napier) Napier of Merchistoun, John Napier, Robert Napier, Margaret Napier and Elizabeth (Napier) Cunninghame
Died about
at about age 67
in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2015
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John Napier is a member of Clan Napier.
Biography
He was born about 1550 at Merchiston, Midlothian, Scotland.
John Napier, 8th of Merchistoun was a prominent mathematician, and physicist, and inventor of logarithms.
John Napier first married about 1572 to Elizabeth Stirling (d: 1579, daughter of a prominent lawyer of noble family) and their children included ...
- Jane Napier
- Archibald Napier, b: c1575 (1st Lord Napier of Merchistoun) d: Nov 1645.
John Napier married secondly in Perthshire 5s. 5da to Agnes Chisholm (daughter of Sir James Chisholm of Cromlix) and their children included ...
- William Napier, res: Ardinmoir
- John Napier
- Alexander Napier, d: Oct 1652
- Adam Napier
- Jane Napier
- Elizabeth Napier
- Anne Napier
- Helen Napier
- Margaret Napier
- Robert Napier, b: 1580; d: 1655.
John died on 04 Apr 1617 at Merchiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Sources
- John Napier of Merchiston (1550–1617) by George Molland in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press in 2004
- Balfour Paul, James, Sir "The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, published by David Douglas in Edinburgh, 1904-1914, Vol 6, page 420 (https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun06paul/page/420/mode/1up)
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Categories: Mathematicians | Physicists | Clan Napier
No, Napier-925 was married to Agnes Chisholm, based on numerous sources. Napier-219 must be another John Napier who is showing as having married Elizabeth Watts. As Napier-219's profile is open, I will edit it to remove Agnes Chisholm as a spouse.
On my Family tree he married Agnes in Merchiston Midlothian Scotland in 1580 and I am not sure about his first wife Elizabeth The Napiers can be traced to HM Queen Elizabeth in my tree to show she is my 16th cousin Regards Stuart