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Elizabeth Bethune 1515 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1515

Birth Location: Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: ABT 1581

Death Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Bethune

Mother: Janet Hay

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of Elizabeth Bethune began in 1515 in Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland. Elizabeth Bethune passed away in 1581 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Elizabeth Bethune began in 1515 in Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland.
  • Elizabeth Bethune passed away in 1581 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Elizabeth Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Bethune
1515 – 1581
Birth Place: Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Bethune
1490 – 1520
Janet Hay
1495 –
Scotland
Grandparents
David Beaton
1456 – 1505
Fife, Scotland
Janet Duddingston
1467 – 1541
Fife, Scotland
John Hay
1470 – 1513
Castle Yester, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Elizabeth Crichton
1470 – 1524
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Beaton
1435 – 1480
Marjory Boswell
1439 –
Stephen Duddingston
1435 – 1488
John Hay
1437 – 1508
Elizabeth Cunningham
1445 – 1529
Robert Crichton
1457 – 1491
Marion Stewart
1455 – 1488
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bethune
1415 – 1435
Margaret Stirling
1415 –
David Boswell
1401 – 1490
Elizabeth Melville
1413 – 1470
David Hay
1394 – 1460
Elizabeth Douglas
1397 – 1460
George Cunningham
1420 – 1483
Robert Crichton
1438 – 1495
Christian Erskine
1440 – 1478
John Stewart
1422 – 1495
Margaret Montgomerie
1425 – 1493

Elizabeth Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1515
ABT 1515
Birth of Elizabeth Bethune in Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland
Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland
1581
ABT 1581
Age 66
Death of Elizabeth Bethune in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1515
    Event Place: Criech Castle, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1581
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland

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