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Elizabeth Seton 1408 – 1479 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1408

Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Jun 1479

Death Location: Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Seton

Mother: Elizabeth Gordon

Spouse(s): Alexander MacDonald, Alexander Islay, John Ross

Children(s): Grizel MacDonald, John Ross, Florence MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Celestine MacDonald, Mariota MacDonald, Hugh MacDonald, Agnes MacDonald, Florence MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, John Ross, John Ross, Isabel Ross

Elizabeth Seton was born in 1408 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander de Seton and Elizabeth Gordon. Elizabeth Seton married Alexander MacDonald, Alexander MacDonald of Islay, John de Ross, and had children including Grizel MacDonald, John Ross, Florence MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Celestine Lochalsh MacDonald, Mariota MacDonald, Hugh MacDonald, Agnes Grizel MacDonald, Florence MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, John Ross, John Ross, Isabel Ross. Elizabeth Seton passed away in 1479 in Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Seton was born in 1408 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander de Seton and Elizabeth Gordon.
  • Elizabeth Seton married Alexander MacDonald, Alexander MacDonald of Islay, John de Ross, and had children including Grizel MacDonald, John Ross, Florence MacDonald, Mary MacDonald, Celestine Lochalsh MacDonald, Mariota MacDonald, Hugh MacDonald, Agnes Grizel MacDonald, Florence MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald, John Ross, John Ross, Isabel Ross.
  • Elizabeth Seton passed away in 1479 in Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Seton
1385 – 1441
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Gordon
1385 – 1439
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alexander MacDonald
1396 – 1449
Birth Location: Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland
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Alexander Islay
1398 – 1449
Birth Location: Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross, Scotland
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John Ross
1391 – 1447
Birth Location: Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JR

Children(s)

Grizel MacDonald
1425 –
Birth Location: Scotland
GM
John Ross
1425 –
Birth Location: Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland
JR
Florence MacDonald
1425 – 1463
Birth Location: Castle Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland
FM
Mary MacDonald
1427 –
Birth Location: Castle Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
MM
Celestine MacDonald
1429 – 1476
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
CM
Mariota MacDonald
1432 – 1455
Birth Location: Western Isles, Strathclyde, Scotland
MM
Hugh MacDonald
1436 – 1498
Birth Location: Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland
HM
Agnes MacDonald
1441 – 1480
Birth Location: Toward Castle, Argyll, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
AM
Florence MacDonald
1449 – 1463
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
FM
Margaret MacDonald
1449 – 1490
Birth Location: Cromartyshire, Scotland
MM
John Ross
1426 – 1501
Birth Location: Tulloch Castle, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
John Ross
1426 – 1501
Birth Location: Tulloch Castle, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR
Isabel Ross
1440 – 1494
Birth Location: Scotland
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Elizabeth Seton's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Seton
1408 – 1479
Birth Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander de Seton
1385 – 1441
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Gordon
1385 – 1439
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (de) Seton
1343 – 1424
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Janet (Fleming 'Baroness of) Seton'
1351 – 1430
Cumbernauld Lanarkshire Scotland
Adam (De) Gordon
1348 – 1402
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elisabeth (De) Keith
1360 – 1438
Aboyne, Aberdeen, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alan Wynton
1291 – 1347
Lady Seton
1325 – 1347
David Fleming
1343 – 1406
Jean Barclay
1329 – 1399
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2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alan
1274 – 1355
Margaret Bothwell
1275 – 1300
Alexander Seton
1266 – 1350
Christian Cheyne
1269 – 1350
Malcolm Fleming
1304 – 1382
Christian Keith
1310 – 1400
David Berkeley
1294 – 1350
Margaret Brechin
1300 – 1351
Alexander Gordon
1300 – 1346
Alicia Haya
1300 – 1340

Elizabeth Seton's Descendants

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Elizabeth Seton (1408 – 9 Jun 1479) m. Alexander MacDonald (Jul 1396 – 7 May 1449) m. Alexander (MacDonald of) Islay (1398 – 7 May 1449) m. John (de) Ross (1391 – 1447)
  1. 1. Grizel MacDonald (1425 – ) m. William Ross (1420 – 11 Jun 1486)
  2. 2. John Ross (Abt 1425 – )
  3. 3. Florence MacDonald (10 Dec 1425 – 1463) m. Duncan Mackintosh (1415 – 1496)
  4. 4. Mary MacDonald (1427 – )
  5. 5. Celestine (Lochalsh) MacDonald (1429 – 1476)
  6. 6. Mariota MacDonald (1432 – 1455) m. Alexander Sutherland
    1. 1. Marjory Sutherland (1436 – 29 Apr 1488) m. William Sinclair (1408 – 29 Mar 1482) m. William, (2nd Lord St. Clair, 3rd Earl of) Orkney (1430 – 14 Jul 1487)
      1. 1. Eleanor (Sinclair of) Orkney (19 Apr 1457 – 21 Mar 1518) m. John Stewart (1440 – 15 Sep 1512)
        1. 1. Katherine Stewart (1473 – 30 May 1538) m. John Forbes (1475 – 9 Oct 1547)
        2. 2. Elspeth Stewart (1474 – 25 Nov 1564) m. Robert (Innes) Haines (1470 – Oct 1551)
        3. 3. John Stewart (1475 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Janet (Mary) Campbell (1468 – 2 Feb 1546)
        4. 4. Christina Stewart (1476 – 30 May 1530)
        5. 5. Isabel Stewart (Abt 1477 – Abt 1516)
        6. 6. Margaret Stewart (1479 – 26 Jul 1524) m. Robert (ROBERTSON younger of) Strowan (1466 – 1520) m. William Murray (1464 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Colin (Cailen Malloch Campbell 3rd Laird of) Glenurchy (6 Jan 1480 – 12 Aug 1523)
        7. 7. Andrew Stewart (1485 – Bef 9 Aug 1541)
        8. 8. Elizabeth Stewart (1494 – 25 Nov 1564) m. John Stewart (1492 – 4 Sep 1526) m. Alexander Robertson (Abt 1476 – ) m. Ninian Ross (1490 – 2 Feb 1556)
  7. 7. Hugh MacDonald (Abt 1436 – 1498) m. Fynvola MacIain (Abt 1440 – ) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Gunn (1440 – ) m. daughter (of Torquil) MacLeod (Abt 1450 – ) m. daughter (of) Maurice m. daughter (of) Maclean m. daughter (of) MacLeod
  8. 8. Agnes (Grizel) MacDonald (1441 – 6 Apr 1480) m. John Lamont (1437 – 1488)
  9. 9. Florence MacDonald (1449 – 1463)
  10. 10. Margaret MacDonald (1449 – 1490)
  11. 11. John Ross (1426 – 1501) m. Marion Baillie m. Marjory Mure
  12. 12. John Ross (1426 – 1501)
  13. 13. Isabel Ross (Abt 1440 – 13 Oct 1494) m. James Schaw (1412 – 1491) m. James Shaw
    1. 1. Edmund (Sir) III (1434 – 21 Aug 1493)
    2. 2. Julius Shaw (1435 – 1528)
    3. 3. Marguerite Bretagne (1443 – 15 Sep 1469)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Shaw (1444 – 1468)
    5. 5. Isabel Shaw (1445 – 1490)
    6. 6. Sir (John) GGF (1445 – Oct 1492)
    7. 7. Johanna Shaw (1450 – Abt 1490)
    8. 8. Robert Paisley (1451 – )
    9. 9. Elizabeth Shaw (1452 – 1468)
    10. 10. Edmund Shaw (1454 – )
    11. 11. Janet Shaw (1455 – Abt 1492) m. Archibald Edmonstone (17 May 1455 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Quitin Mure (17 May 1455 – 1502)
      1. 1. Christian Edmonstone (1473 – May 1551) m. John Ross (Abt 1455 – 9 Sep 1513)
      2. 2. William Duntreath (Abt 1473 – Aug 1513)
      3. 3. Archibald Edmonstone (Abt 1474 – )
      4. 4. Margaret Edmonstone (1475 – 1530) m. George Buchanan (1495 – 15 Feb 1560)
      5. 5. Helen Edmonstone (1475 – 15 Apr 1506)
      6. 6. Janet Edmonstone (1475 – 15 Apr 1506) m. William Graham (1464 – 9 Sep 1513) m. William Graham (1463 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Thomas Buchanan ( – Abt 1558)
      7. 7. Janet Edmonstone (1475 – 1510)
      8. 8. Catherine Edmonstone (Abt 1475 – ) m. David Murray (Abt 1485 – )
      9. 9. William Edmonstone (9 Sep 1475 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Sibylla Baillie (1472 – 1545) m. Sybilla Carmichael (Bet 1445 and 1505 – Deceased) m. Margaret Campbell (1521 – 1570) m. Katherine Forest (Bet 1445 and 1505 – )
      10. 10. James Edmonstone (1476 – 9 Sep 1513)
      11. 11. Barbara Edmonstone (Abt 1483 – ) m. James Muschet (1478 – Bef 13 Sep 1546)
      12. 12. Elizabeth Edmonstone (1485 – 1533) m. John Montgomerie (1480 – 28 Apr 1520) m. John Montgomery (28 Apr 1483 – )
      13. 13. Martha (Ann) Edmonstone (1500 – 1530) m. George Buchanan (1495 – 15 Feb 1560)
        1. 1. Janet (Ann) Buchanan (1511 – 1561) m. Archibald (Campbell Lord of) AUCHENBRECK (1 Aug 1508 – 30 Jul 1597)
        2. 2. Thomas Buchanan (30 Aug 1522 – 20 Feb 1582) m. Janet Douglas (Abt 1527 – )
    12. 12. Johanna Sauchie (1455 – 1490)
    13. 13. John Shaw (1456 – 1498)
    14. 14. Ellen Shaw (1458 – 1541) m. Patrick Home (1434 – Nov 1503) m. Archibald Haliburton (Abt 1467 – Abt Jun 1488) m. Robert Hamilton (Abt 1496 – 1516)
    15. 15. Ellen faircastle (1458 – 1541)
    16. 16. Sir (James Gilbert) King (1460 – 1498)
    17. 17. James (Cunningham) Shaw (1460 – 19 Jan 1528) m. Christina Bruce (1465 – 1535) m. Elzabeth Grierson
    18. 18. John Shaw (1462 – ) m. Jonet Forrester (Abt 1462 – )
    19. 19. Helen Schaw (10 Jan 1465 – 10 Jan 1542) m. Peter Houston (1453 – 9 Sep 1513)
    20. 20. Gilbert Mydgeley (1467 – 1551)
    21. 21. Isabelle1470 Shaw (1470 – 1490)

Elizabeth Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1408
1408
Birth of Elizabeth Seton in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1479
9 Jun 1479
Age 71
Death of Elizabeth Seton in Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland
Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1408
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Jun 1479
    Event Place: Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland
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