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Alexander Seton 1620 – 1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Mar 1620

Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Oct 1691

Death Location: Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Seton

Mother: Lady Errol

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Alexander Seton was born in 1620 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Seton and Lady Elizabeth Anne Hay, Countess of Errol. Alexander Seton passed away in 1691 in Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Seton was born in 1620 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Seton and Lady Elizabeth Anne Hay, Countess of Errol.
  • Alexander Seton passed away in 1691 in Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Alexander Seton's Ancestors

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Alexander Seton
1620 – 1691
Birth Place: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Seton
1584 – 1650
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Anne Hay, Countess of) Errol
1592 – 1628
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Earl of Wintoun) Seton
1550 – 1602
Seton, Tranent, E Lothian, Scotland
Geeles Shaw
1560 – 1625
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir P
1528 – 1585
Lady Orbitson
1518 – 1604
Sir Shaw
1540 – 1593
Jean Cunningham
1540 – 1585
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hamilton
1500 – 1543
Catharina KENNEDY
1500 – 1593
❤️Sir Shaw
1500 – 1563
❤️Lady Cunningham
1520 – 1570
John Cunningham
1514 – 1596
Margaret Fleming
1515 – 1550

Alexander Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1620
13 Mar 1620
Birth of Alexander Seton in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
1691
21 Oct 1691
Age 71
Death of Alexander Seton in Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland
Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1620
    Event Place: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1691
    Event Place: Whittinghame, East Lothian, Scotland

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