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George Seton, 5th Lord Seton 1528–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 January 1585

Death Location: Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Seton

Mother: Lady GGM

Spouse(s): Lady GGM, Mary m1568, Elizabeth Hay

Children(s): Alexander Seton, Margaretha Seton, Robert Seton, Lyon Bredie, Alexander Seton, Margaret Seton, Alexander Seton

The story of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton began in 1528 in Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom. George Seton, 5th Lord Seton married Elizabeth Hay, Lady Elizabeth Hay Of Erroll 15Th Ggm, Mary Ann Gray M1568, and had children including Alexander Lord Seton, Alexander Seton, John Seton, Lyon Dame Margaret John Bredie, Margaret Seton, Margaretha Seton, Robert Seton. George Seton, 5th Lord Seton passed away in 1585 in Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton began in 1528 in Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • George Seton, 5th Lord Seton married Elizabeth Hay, Lady Elizabeth Hay Of Erroll 15Th Ggm, Mary Ann Gray M1568, and had children including Alexander Lord Seton, Alexander Seton, John Seton, Lyon Dame Margaret John Bredie, Margaret Seton, Margaretha Seton, Robert Seton.
  • George Seton, 5th Lord Seton passed away in 1585 in Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Seton
1508–1549
Birth Location: Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady GGM
1500–1573
Birth Location: TaysideErrol, Perthshire, Scotland
LG

Spouses(s)

Lady GGM
1500–1573
Birth Location: TaysideErrol, Perthshire, Scotland
LG
Mary m1568
1540–1600
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Mm
Elizabeth Hay
1530–1604
Birth Location: –
EH

Children(s)

Alexander Seton
1555–1622
Birth Location: East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaretha Seton
1550–1615
Birth Location: Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS
Robert Seton
1552–1603
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
RS
Lyon Bredie
1547–1626
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
LB
Alexander Seton
1555–1622
Birth Location: Seton Palace, East Lothian, Scotland or Fyvie Castle, Fyvie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Seton
1568–1625
Birth Location: Parbroath, Fife, Scotland
MS
Alexander Seton
1555–1622
Birth Location: Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
AS

George Seton's Ancestors

Self
George Seton
1528–1585
Birth Place: Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George (Ac) Seton
1508–1549
Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Hay of Erroll\15th) GGM
1500–1573
TaysideErrol, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Lord Seton) III
1480–1513
Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
Jeanette Hepburn
1485–1560
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Princess (Jeanette "The Beautiful Scotswoman" Lady of Edinburgh Castle, Baroness of) Fleming
1502–1563
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
King Stewart
1472–1513
Agnes Ramsay
1475–1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Auchterhouse
1445–1500
Margaretha Murray
1445–

George Seton's Descendants

1.
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George (Seton, 5th Lord) Seton (1528–8 January 1585) m. Lady (Elizabeth Hay of Erroll\15th) GGM (1500–10 Nov 1573) m. Mary (Ann Gray) m1568 (1540–1600) m. Elizabeth Hay (1530–13 November 1604)
  1. 1. Alexander Seton 1555–1622 m. Lilias Drummond 1580–1601 m. Margarit Hay –1659
    1. 1. Margaret Seton 1599–1630 m. Colin ("The Red") Mackenzie 1586–1633
      1. 1. Lady (Anna Anne) MacKenzie 1625–1707 m. Sir (Knight David, 1st Lord Lindsay, of) Baalcarres 1587–1642 m. Archibald Campbell 1629–
        1. 1. Isabell\Isobell Lindsay 1619–1681
      2. 2. Anna (Mackenzie) Campbell 1621–1706
      3. 3. Alexander (( Baron of Kintail)) MacKenzie 1629–1629
      4. 4. Alexander MacKENZIE 1621–1629
      5. 5. Anne (Countess of Balcarr) MacKenzie 1627–1707
      6. 6. Anne (Lady of Cromart Ross) MacKenzie 1627–1707
      7. 7. Barbara MacKenzie 1630–
      8. 8. George MacKenzie 1608–1651
      9. 9. Janet MacKenzie 1614–1707
      10. 10. Jean MacKenzie 1615–1648
      11. 11. Lilias MacKenzie 1610–
      12. 12. Margaret MacKenzie 1618–1619
      13. 13. William (Colin) McKenzie 1622–
      14. 14. Mary (Stuart) (Stewart) 1629–1668
    2. 2. Johanna Seton 1605–1625 m. John Hay 1595–1653
      1. 1. Jean Hay 1625–
      2. 2. John Hay 1625–1697
    3. 3. Charles Seton 1615–1672
  2. 2. Margaretha Seton 1550–1615
  3. 3. Robert Seton 1552–1603 m. Margaret Montgomerie 1560–1624
    1. 1. George (Seton Earl of) Winton 1584–1650 m. Anne Hay 1592–1625
      1. 1. Honorable (Sir John) Seton 1639–1686
      2. 2. Robert (Seton Stbaronet Seton) Windygoul 1641–1671
      3. 3. Alexander (Seton Stviscount) Kingston 1620–1691
      4. 4. Anne Seton 1634–1685
      5. 5. Christopher Seton 1631–1648
      6. 6. Christopher Seton 1617–1618
      7. 7. Elizabeth Seton 1621–1650
      8. 8. George Seton 1613–1648
      9. 9. Isabel Seton 1628–1687
      10. 10. Mary Seton 1645–1697
      11. 11. William Seton 1633–1648
    2. 2. Alexander Seton 1600–
  4. 4. Lyon (Dame Margaret John) Bredie 1547–1626 m. Claude Hamilton 1543–1621
    1. 1. James (Hamilton, 1st Earl of) Abercorn 1575–1618 m. Marion Boyd 1578–1632
      1. 1. James (Hamilton Earl van) Abercorn 1605–1670 m. Catherine Clifton 1592–1637
        1. 1. Lodewijk (Lord) Stewart 1619–1655
        2. 2. Anna Stewart 1614–1646
        3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Stuart Howard of) Darnley 1610–1674 m. Lord (Henry Frederick HOWARD, 22nd Earl of) Arundel 1608–1652
        4. 4. James (Hamilton Lord van) Paisley 1630–1670
        5. 5. George (Stewart Heer van) Aubigny 1618–1642
        6. 6. Frances Stewart 1617–1694
        7. 7. James (Stewart Hertog van Lennox en) Richmond 1612–1655
        8. 8. Bernhard (Lord) Stewart 1623–1645
        9. 9. John (Lord) Stewart 1621–1644
    2. 2. James (Hamilton 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 4th) Ea 1587–1625
    3. 3. Katherin (Hamilton of) Silvertonhill 1580–1637
    4. 4. Frederick (Hamiltonm) Sir 1590–1647
    5. 5. Alexander Hamilton 1579–1587
    6. 6. Anthony Hamilton 1596–
    7. 7. Claud Hamilton 1580–1615
    8. 8. George Hamilton 1582–1657
    9. 9. Grizel Hamilton 1562–1615
    10. 10. Henry Hamilton 1584–1585
    11. 11. Isobel Hamilton 1588–1609
    12. 12. Margaretha Hamilton 1585–1623
    13. 13. Margaret Hamilton 1577–1577
    14. 14. Marion Hamilton 1576–1628
    15. 15. Mary Hamilton 1592–1592
    16. 16. Sir (John) Hamilton –1604
  5. 5. Alexander Seton 1555–1622 m. Margaret Hay 1535–1594
    1. 1. Charles Seton 1615–1672
    2. 2. Jean Seton 1604–1625
    3. 3. Margaret Seton 1599–1630
    4. 4. Sophia Seton 1590–1640
  6. 6. Margaret Seton 1568–1625 m. Sir (John Scrymgeour, 1st Viscount of Dudhope, Hereditary Standard Bearer of) Scotland 1570–1643
    1. 1. Lady (Magdalene) Scrymgeour 1588–1621 m. Alexander Irvine 1596–1658
      1. 1. Alexander Irvine 1628–1687
        1. 1. Margaret (Rose) Irvine –1779
      2. 2. Charles Irvine 1630–1646
      3. 3. Francis Irvine 1640–
      4. 4. James Irvine 1622–
      5. 5. Jean Irvine 1624–
      6. 6. Margaret Irvine 1630–1662
      7. 7. Marion Irvine 1632–1632
      8. 8. Andrew Irvine 1747–1830
      9. 9. Robert (de) IRVINE 1620–1646 m. Elizabeth Wylie 1619–1650
        1. 1. David Irvine 1646–1724
  7. 7. Alexander (Lord) Seton 1555–1622

George Seton's Timeline

6 Records

1528
1528
Birth of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1528
1528
Birth of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1531
January 1531
Age 3
Birth of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
8 January 1585
Age 57
Death of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
8 January 1585
Age 57
Death of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
8 January 1585
Age 57
Death of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton in Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1531
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Parboth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: An Old Family, Or, the Setons of Scotland and America

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1585
    Event Place: Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1585
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1585
    Event Place: Parbroath, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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