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Christiana Beaton Bethune 1521 – 1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 AUG 1579

Death Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Bethune

Mother: Janet Hay

Spouse(s): Michael Balfour

Children(s): Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour

The story of Christiana Beaton Bethune began in 1521 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. Christiana Beaton Bethune married Michael Burleigh Balfour, and had children including Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour. Christiana Beaton Bethune passed away in 1579 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Christiana Beaton Bethune began in 1521 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Christiana Beaton Bethune married Michael Burleigh Balfour, and had children including Isobel Balfour, Margaret Balfour.
  • Christiana Beaton Bethune passed away in 1579 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Christiana Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Christiana Bethune
1521 – 1579
Birth Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David John Bethune
1485 – 1534
Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Hay
1495 –
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
David Bethune
1466 – 1505
Creich Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland
Janet Duddingston
1467 – 1541
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Bethune
1440 – 1507
Marjory Boswell
1443 – 1506
Stephen Duddingston
1448 – 1488
Deborah Creich
1450 – 1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Beaton
1405 –
Margaret Boiswald
1410 –
William Duddingston
1425 – 1486
Eleanor Stewart
1434 – 1480
Robert Creich
1428 –
Janet Broune
1430 –

Christiana Bethune's Descendants

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Christiana (Beaton) Bethune (1521 – 18 AUG 1579) m. Michael (Burleigh) Balfour (1515 – 29 NOV 1577)
  1. 1. Isobel Balfour (1535 – ) m. John Seton (1532 – )
    1. 1. George Seton (1555 – ) m. Margaret Ayton (1563 – )
      1. 1. George Seton (1585 – )
    2. 2. John Seton (1557 – )
  2. 2. Margaret Balfour (1538 – 1590) m. James Balfour (1533 – 1583)

Christiana Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Christiana Beaton Bethune in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
18 AUG 1579
Age 58
Death of Christiana Beaton Bethune in Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 AUG 1579
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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