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Alexander Seton 1555 – 1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 16 September 1622

Death Location: Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Seton

Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton

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Alexander Seton was born in 1555 in East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton. Alexander Seton passed away in 1622 in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Seton was born in 1555 in East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton.
  • Alexander Seton passed away in 1622 in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Alexander Seton's Ancestors

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Alexander Seton
1555 – 1622
Birth Place: East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Seton, 5th Lord Seton
1531 – 1585
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Isabel) Hamilton
1530 – 1604
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Baron (George IV de Seton Seton, 4th Laird of Seton, Baron of) Winton
1501 – 1549
Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Elisabeth Hay
1510 – 1538
Culross, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
William (Hamilton Liard van MacKneirstom en) Sanquhar
1500 –
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Jean (Janet) Campbell
1512 – 1593
of Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Seton
1481 – 1513
Jane Seton
1485 – 1558
Christine Lyon
1480 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Alexander Seton in East Lothian, Scotland
East Lothian, Scotland
1622
16 September 1622
Age 67
Death of Alexander Seton in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 September 1622
    Event Place: Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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