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Alexander Seton 1164 – 1211 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1164

Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1211

Death Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Philip Seton

Mother: Alice Dunbar

Spouse(s): Margaret Berkeley

Children(s): Adam Seton

Alexander Seton was born in 1164 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Philip Seton and Alice Dunbar. Alexander Seton married Margaret Berkeley, and had children including Adam Seton. Alexander Seton passed away in 1211 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Seton was born in 1164 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Philip Seton and Alice Dunbar.
  • Alexander Seton married Margaret Berkeley, and had children including Adam Seton.
  • Alexander Seton passed away in 1211 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philip Seton
1135 – 1179
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Alice Dunbar
1145 –
Birth Location: Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Berkeley
1172 –
Birth Location: Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland
MB

Children(s)

Adam Seton
1190 – 1249
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Alexander Seton's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Seton
1164 – 1211
Birth Place: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Philip Seton
1135 – 1179
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Alice Dunbar
1145 –
Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Seton
1100 –
Waltheof Dunbar
1122 – 1182
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Aline unknown
1136 – 1179
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Secher Seton
1080 –
Gospatrick Dunbar
1090 – 1166
Deirdre unknown
1094 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dougall Seton
1050 –
Gospatric Dunbar
1062 – 1138

Alexander Seton's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Seton (1164 – 1211) m. Margaret Berkeley (1172 – )
  1. 1. Adam Seton (1190 – 1249) m. Janet Giffard (1192 – )
    1. 1. Barbara Seton (abt 1236 – ) m. William Keith (abt 1236 – abt 1293)
      1. 1. Edward Keith (abt 1280 – abt 17 Oct 1346) m. Christian Menteith (abt 1321 – 1387)
        1. 1. Janet Keith (1342 – 1413) m. Thomas Erskine (1354 – 28 May 1404)

Alexander Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1164
1164
Birth of Alexander Seton in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
1211
1211
Age 47
Death of Alexander Seton in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1164
    Event Place: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1211
    Event Place: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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