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Eleanor Seton 1543–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1603

Death Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: George Seton

Mother: Elisabeth Hay

Spouse(s): Hugh Somerville

Children(s): Jean Somerville, Hugh Somerville, Nicola Somerville

Eleanor Seton was born in 1543 in Scotland, the child of George Iv Lord Seton And Elisabeth Of Seton Hay. Eleanor Seton married Hugh Somerville, and had children including Hugh Somerville, Jean Of Cambusnethan Somerville, Nicola Of Cambusnethan Somerville. Eleanor Seton passed away in 1603 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Eleanor Seton was born in 1543 in Scotland, the child of George Iv Lord Seton And Elisabeth Of Seton Hay.
  • Eleanor Seton married Hugh Somerville, and had children including Hugh Somerville, Jean Of Cambusnethan Somerville, Nicola Of Cambusnethan Somerville.
  • Eleanor Seton passed away in 1603 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Seton
1508–1549
Birth Location: –
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Elisabeth Hay
1510–1575
Birth Location: Culross Castle, Haddington, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Hugh Somerville
1539–1597
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Jean Somerville
1571–1645
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Hugh Somerville
1573–1640
Birth Location: Drum, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Nicola Somerville
1552–1614
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Eleanor Seton's Ancestors

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Eleanor Seton
1543–1603
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
George IV Lord Seton
1508–1549
Elisabeth (of Seton) Hay
1510–1575
Culross Castle, Haddington, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George Seton
1481–1513
Scotland
Jane Seton
1485–1558
Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Eleanor Seton's Descendants

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Eleanor Seton (1543–1603) m. Hugh Somerville (1539–24 March 1597)
  1. 1. Jean (of Cambusnethan) Somerville 1571–1645 m. James Dunlop 1574–1617
    1. 1. John Dunlop 1594–1662
  2. 2. Hugh Somerville 1573–1640
  3. 3. Nicola (of Cambusnethan) Somerville 1552–1614

Eleanor Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Eleanor Seton in Scotland
Scotland
1603
1603
Age 60
Death of Eleanor Seton in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1603
    Event Place: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
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