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Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan 1501–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 July 1542

Death Location: Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Thornton

Mother: Margaret Leslie

Spouse(s): Andrew Arbuthnott, ANDREW ARBUTHNOTT

Children(s): Robert (Pitcarlies)

Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan was born in 1501 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Strachan 10Th Laird Of Thornton And Margaret Elizabeth Leslie. Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan married Andrew Arbuthnott, and had children including Robert Arbuthnott Pitcarlies. Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan passed away in 1542 in Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan was born in 1501 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Strachan 10Th Laird Of Thornton And Margaret Elizabeth Leslie.
  • Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan married Andrew Arbuthnott, and had children including Robert Arbuthnott Pitcarlies.
  • Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan passed away in 1542 in Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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Elizabeth Strachan's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Strachan
1501–1542
Birth Place: Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Strachan 10th Laird of Thornton
1470–1604
Thornton Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Elizabeth) Leslie
1475–1535
Thornton, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Strachan 11th Laird of Thornton, Member of Parliment of) Scotland
1501–1587
Thornton Castle, Thornton, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Isobell) Livingston
1510–1550
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Janet Rothes) Balfour
1465–1520
Montquanie, Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Thornton
1482–1547
Margaret Strachan
1483–1790
Robert Wemyss
1475–1513
Jeanette Bethune
1485–1522
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Euphemia Wemyss
1411–
David Andrews
1495–1546
Marion Ogilvey
1495–1573

Elizabeth Strachan's Descendants

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Elizabeth (of Thornton) Strachan (1501–23 July 1542) m. Andrew Arbuthnott (1500–Aug 1570) m. ANDREW ARBUTHNOTT (1490–16 Jan 1571)
  1. 1. Robert (Arbuthnott) (Pitcarlies) 1515–1606 m. Isabel (Hamilton) Burnett 1526–1606
    1. 1. Lord (James John Gordon Arbuthnot of Methlick and Haddo; 4th Laird of Lesmoir, 1st) Baronet 1557–1626 m. Janet (Kennedy) Dunbar 1560–1622
      1. 1. Margaret (Arbuthnot) Lady 1585–1670 m. Alexander (Gordon 3rd , Earl of Earlston , Laird) of 1580–1649
        1. 1. Beatrix (Ramsey) Gordon 1603–1682 m. Sir (Adam, Laird of Clunyberg,) MacDuff 1590–1674
        2. 2. John Gordon 1600–1615
        3. 3. Robert Gordon 1609–1697
        4. 4. Barbara Gordon 1603–1650
        5. 5. George Gordon 1828–1705
        6. 6. Alexander (Thomas) Gordon 1612–1688
        7. 7. Lady (Margaret Strachan) Gordon 1605–1668
        8. 8. Elizabeth (Grant) Gordon –1656
        9. 9. James (Gordon 4th Laird) Birkenburn 1607–1678
    2. 2. Andrew Arbuthnott 1556–1626
    3. 3. Peter Arbuthnott 1564–1626

Elizabeth Strachan's Timeline

3 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1511
23 July 1511
Age 10
Birth of Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan in Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1542
23 July 1542
Age 41
Death of Elizabeth of Thornton Strachan in Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 July 1511
    Event Place: Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 July 1542
    Event Place: Kirktown Aboyne Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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