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Alexander Burnett 1529–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1529

Birth Location: Kincardineshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1574

Death Location: Barnes, Scotland

Father: Alexander Burnet

Mother: Janet Hamilton

Spouse(s): Elspeth Scotland), Isobel Hay

Children(s): Janet Burnet, Gavin Burnet, Isobel Burnet, John Burnet, Thomas Burnett, Alexander Burnet, William Burnet

Alexander Burnett was born in 1529 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Leys Burnet And Janet Hamilton. Alexander Burnett married Elspeth Chalmers Descendant Robert2 Of Scotland, Isobel Hay, and had children including Alexander 12Th Laird Of Leys Burnet, Andrew Burnett, Charles Burnett, Gavin Burnet, Isobel Burnet, Janet Burnet, John Burnet, Thomas Burnett, William Burnet. Alexander Burnett passed away in 1574 in Barnes, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Burnett was born in 1529 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Leys Burnet And Janet Hamilton.
  • Alexander Burnett married Elspeth Chalmers Descendant Robert2 Of Scotland, Isobel Hay, and had children including Alexander 12Th Laird Of Leys Burnet, Andrew Burnett, Charles Burnett, Gavin Burnet, Isobel Burnet, Janet Burnet, John Burnet, Thomas Burnett, William Burnet.
  • Alexander Burnett passed away in 1574 in Barnes, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Burnet
1500–1574
Birth Location: , Kincardineshire, , Scotland
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Janet Hamilton
1500–1567
Birth Location: Kincardine, Fife, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elspeth Scotland)
1550–
Birth Location: Cults, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Isobel Hay
1534–
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian, , Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Burnet
1560–
Birth Location: Barnes, , , Scotland
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Gavin Burnet
1560–1646
Birth Location: Barnes, , , Scotland
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Isobel Burnet
1560–1624
Birth Location: Barnes, Peebleshire, Scotland
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John Burnet
1539–1646
Birth Location: –
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Thomas Burnett
1574–1644
Birth Location: St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Alexander Burnet
1560–1619
Birth Location: Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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William Burnet
1562–1669
Birth Location: Barns, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Alexander Burnett's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Burnett
1529–1574
Birth Place: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Leys Burnet
1500–1574
, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
Janet Hamilton
1500–1567
Kincardine, Fife, , Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander (Burnet) III
1470–1526
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
Agnes Lichtoun
1484–1503
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Burnet
1455–1529
Janet Gardine
1460–1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Burnet
1410–1505
Elizabeth Forbes
1435–1545

Alexander Burnett's Descendants

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Alexander Burnett (1529–1574) m. Elspeth (Chalmers(descendant Robert2 of) Scotland) (1550–) m. Isobel Hay (1534–)
  1. 1. Janet Burnet 1560–
  2. 2. Gavin Burnet 1560–1646
  3. 3. Isobel Burnet 1560–1624 m. John Forbes 1546–1616
    1. 1. Marjory Forbes 1587–
    2. 2. Duncan Forbes 1590–
    3. 3. Alexander Forbes 1581–1654
    4. 4. Alexander Forbes 1581–1654
    5. 5. Marjory Forbes 1587–
    6. 6. Arthur FORBES 1585–1624
  4. 4. John Burnet 1539–1646
  5. 5. Thomas Burnett 1574–1644
  6. 6. Alexander (12th Laird of Leys) Burnet 1560–1619 m. Katherine Gordon 1550–1644
    1. 1. Thomas Burnet 1580–1653 m. Margaret Douglas 1588–1621
      1. 1. Alexander Burnett 1611–1648 m. JaneJean Arbuthnot 1609–
        1. 1. Jean (Janet) Burnett 1604–1688
        2. 2. Sir (Alexander) Burnett 1637–1663
        3. 3. Robert (Burnet) Sr 1638–1699 m. Katherine Douglas 1642–
        4. 4. Jean Burnet 1641–1688
      2. 2. Jane Burnett 1603–
      3. 3. Katherine Burnet 1610–1698 m. Robert Gordon 1609–1681
        1. 1. Thomas Gordon 1653–1722
        2. 2. Catherine Gordon 1644–1692
        3. 3. Robert Gordon 1641–1718
        4. 4. John Gordon 1642–
        5. 5. Charles Gordon 1640–1686
  7. 7. William Burnet 1562–1669

Alexander Burnett's Timeline

9 Records

1529
1529
Birth of Alexander Burnett in , Kincardineshire, , Scotland
, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
1529
1529
Birth of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
1529
1529
Birth of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
1529
1529
Birth of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
1529
1529
Birth of Alexander Burnett in Kincardineshire, Scotland
Kincardineshire, Scotland
1574
1574
Age 45
Death of Alexander Burnett in Barnes, Scotland
Barnes, Scotland
1578
15 May 1578
Age 49
Death of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
1578
15 May 1578
Age 49
Death of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1578
15 May 1578
Age 49
Death of Alexander Burnett in Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: , Kincardineshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1578
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, , Scotland,
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1578
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1578
    Event Place: Leys, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Barnes, Scotland
    Record Source: Public Member Trees, Database online.
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