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George Seton 1531 – 1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1531

Birth Location: Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 JAN 1585

Death Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Montgomerie

Mother: Elizabeth Hay

Spouse(s): Isabel Hamilton

Children(s): Marchioness Hamilton, Robert Seton, Alexander Seton,, Jane Seton, George Seton, William Seton, John Seton

In 1531, George Seton entered the world in Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to George Seton Montgomerie and Elizabeth Hay. George Seton married Isabel Hamilton, and had children including Marchioness Margaret Lyon of Hamilton, Robert Seton, Alexander Seton,, Jane Seton, George Seton, William Seton, John Seton. George Seton passed away in 1585 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1531, George Seton entered the world in Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to George Seton Montgomerie and Elizabeth Hay.
  • George Seton married Isabel Hamilton, and had children including Marchioness Margaret Lyon of Hamilton, Robert Seton, Alexander Seton,, Jane Seton, George Seton, William Seton, John Seton.
  • George Seton passed away in 1585 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Montgomerie
1500 – 1549
Birth Location: Port Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Hay
1510 – 1562
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Hamilton
1529 – 1604
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
IH

Children(s)

Marchioness Hamilton
1550 – 1616
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MH
Robert Seton
1552 – 1603
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
RS
Alexander Seton,
1555 – 1622
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
AS
Jane Seton
1556 – 1604
Birth Location: Offenham, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom
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George Seton
1561 – 1562
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Seton
1562 – 1620
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
WS
John Seton
1562 – 1594
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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George Seton's Ancestors

Self
George Seton
1531 – 1585
Birth Place: Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Seton Montgomerie
1500 – 1549
Port Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Hay
1510 – 1562
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George Seton
1481 – 1513
Thistlestone Berwickshire, Scotland
Janet Hepburn
1485 – 1558
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
John (de la) Haye
1426 – 1508
Wester Hoprew, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Cunningham
1439 – 1529
Belton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Seton
1449 – 1508
Margaret Campbell
1467 –
Patrick Hepburn
1459 – 1508
Janet Douglas
1455 – 1490
William Haya
1400 – 1478
Elizabeth Douglas
1397 – 1460
Robert Kilmaurs
1400 – 1448
Anne Montgomery
1398 – 1450
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colin Campbell
1431 – 1475
Adam Hepburn
1432 – 1479
Ellen Wallace
1432 – 1513
William Hay
1366 – 1421
Alicia Hay
1372 – 1447
George Douglas
1376 – 1402
Lady Edmonston
1380 – 1457
William Cunningham
1350 – 1415
Margaret Danielston
1379 – 1409
John Montgomery,
1362 – 1429

George Seton's Descendants

1.
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George Seton (1531 – 8 JAN 1585) m. Isabel Hamilton (1529 – 13 NOV 1604)
  1. 1. Marchioness (Margaret Lyon of) Hamilton (1 JAN 1550 – 10 FEB 1616) m. Claud Hamilton (SEP 1543 – 3 MAY 1621)
    1. 1. Margaret Hamilton (1585 – 11 SEP 1623) m. William Douglas (1589 – 19 FEB 1660)
      1. 1. Jean Douglas (1602 – 1669) m. John Hamilton (1604 – APR 1658)
        1. 1. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1627 – )
        2. 2. Grisel( (Grissell)) Hamilton (ABT 1629 – 1678)
        3. 3. Anne Hamilton (1630 – 12 MAR 1678) m. Patrick Houston (ABT 1626 – 1696)
        4. 4. Marjory Hamilton (ABT 1630 – ) m. William Baillie (ABT 1638 – )
        5. 5. Maj (William) Hamilton (ABT 1631 – ) m. Mary Hay (ABT 1652 – )
        6. 6. Sir (John) Hamilton (1632 – 15 MAY 1693) m. Margaret Cunningham (1635 – 1675) m. Alice Moore (ABT 1646 – 1677)
        7. 7. Catharine Hamilton (ABT 1632 – ) m. William Cuninghame (ABT 1643 – )
        8. 8. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1634 – )
        9. 9. Margaret Hamilton (1635 – 28 MAR 1671) m. John Kennedy (ABT 1612 – 1665) m. David Ogilvy (ABT 1633 – AFT 1682)
        10. 10. William Hambleton (1636 – 10 OCT 1677) m. Sarah Watkins (ABT 1636 – )
      2. 2. Archibald Douglas (1609 – 16 APR 1655) m. Anne Stuart (23 NOV 1614 – 16 AUG 1646)
      3. 3. Margaret Douglas (1611 – 1 JAN 1659)
      4. 4. James Douglas (1618 – 21 OCT 1645) m. Mary Hamilton (1620 – )
      5. 5. William (Douglas) Hamilton (ABT 1630 – ) m. Anne ([possibly Scott] Hamblin or) Hamlin (ABT 1610 – 1690) m. Ann Hamilton (ABT 1636 – ) m. Anne Hamilton (6 JAN 1632 – 17 OCT 1716) m. Mary Erskine (21 NOV 1639 – ) m. Ann (ABT 1608/1610 – ABT 1690) m. Anna Shawe (1632 – 9 DEC 1663) m. William Douglas (ABT 1615 – )
  2. 2. Robert Seton (1552 – 22 MAR 1603) m. Margaret Montgomery (1565 – 9 APR 1624)
    1. 1. Hugh Montgomery (1573 – 1669) m. Ann Spilsby (1577 – 1670)
    2. 2. Margaret Seton (ABT 1575 – ) m. Robert Galbraith (ABT 1569 – BEF 5 FEB 1642)
    3. 3. Roger Skelton (1583 – 6 JUL 1609) m. Anne Maitland (ABT 1589 – 6 JUL 1609)
    4. 4. Thomas (Winton) Seton (1583 – )
    5. 5. Thomas Seton (1583 – 1603)
    6. 6. George Seton (DEC 1584 – 17 DEC 1650) m. Anna Hay (1592 – 13 FEB 1625)
      1. 1. Alexander (I Viscount of Kingston) Seton (ABT 1608 – 21 OCT 1691) m. Jean Fletcher (ABT 1612 – AUG 1651) m. Elisabeth Douglas (30 MAY 1632 – 1668) m. Margaret Douglas (ABT 1593 – 1660) m. Douglas (ABT 1651 – 12 OCT 1692) m. Margaret Douglas (1651 – 12 OCT 1692)
      2. 2. Anne Seton (18 DEC 1611 – AFT APR 1666) m. John Stewart (8 MAR 1623 – APR 1666) m. Male Stewart ( – 1666) m. John Stewart (8 MAR 1623 – APR 1666)
      3. 3. (Lord) (George) Seton (15 MAY 1613 – 17 DEC 1650) m. Henrietta Gordon (ABT 1615 – DEC 1650)
      4. 4. Christopher Seton (2 MAR 1617 – 30 JUN 1618)
      5. 5. Elizabeth Seton (24 DEC 1621 – 16 JUN 1650) m. William Keith (1612 – MAR 1671) m. Alexander Keith (ABT 1626 – 1652)
        1. 1. George Keith, (ABT 1631 – MAR 1694) m. Anna Erskine (1597 – 23 AUG 1641) m. Mary (( Marie)) Hay (15 MAY 1633 – 10 NOV 1701)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Keith (1638 – FEB 1664) m. Robert Arbuthnot (12 DEC 1638 – 16 JUN 1682)
        3. 3. William Keith (11 AUG 1638 – )
        4. 4. George Keith (1639 – MAR 1693)
        5. 5. Miss Marishal (1639 – )
        6. 6. William Keith (ABT 1640 – )
        7. 7. Isabel Keith (ABT 1642 – ) m. Edward Turnor (<1638> – )
        8. 8. William Keith (<1643> – 26 DEC 1699) m. Jean Falconer
        9. 9. Margaret Keith (16 JUL 1644 – ) m. Gavin Hamilton (ABT 1665 – ) m. Gavin Hamilton (<1671> – )
        10. 10. Mary Keith (1645 – 1721) m. James Hope (1614 – 1661) m. Archibald Murray (ABT 1630 – BEF 28 MAY 1700) m. Robert Viscount m. John Hope (ABT 1640 – )
        11. 11. Jean Keith (ABT 1650 – ) m. George Ogilvy (ABT 1650 – ) m. William Forbes (ABT 1661 – 1715)
    7. 7. Robert Seton (1585 – 6 JUL 1609)
    8. 8. Alexander (Winton) Seton (1588 – 7 JAN 1660)
    9. 9. Alexander Montgomery (1588 – 7 JAN 1661) m. Anne Livingstone (1593 – 12 NOV 1632) m. Margaret Scott (1590 – 3 OCT 1651)
    10. 10. Alasdair Mongomery (1588 – 1661)
    11. 11. John Seton (1589 – JAN 1634)
    12. 12. Thomas Seton (ABT 1589 – )
    13. 13. Alexander Montgomery (ABT 1590 – 14 JAN 1661)
    14. 14. John (of St. Germans) Seton (ABT 1591 – ) m. Margaret Kellie (ABT 1599 – ) m. Sir (John SETON) Mrs
    15. 15. William Sempill (ABT 1592 – )
    16. 16. Isabel Seton (30 NOV 1593 – 2 NOV 1638) m. James Drummond (1580 – 11 DEC 1611) m. Francis Stewart (1578 – 1639)
    17. 17. Grizel Sempill (ABT 1595 – )
    18. 18. James Semphill (BEF 11 JUN 1618 – 1679)
  3. 3. Alexander Seton, (1555 – 16 JUN 1622) m. Lillias Drummond (ABT 1571 – 8 MAY 1601)
  4. 4. Jane Seton (1556 – 1604) m. Robert Andrews (1554 – 1598)
  5. 5. George Seton (1561 – MAR 1562)
  6. 6. William Seton (1562 – ABT 1620) m. Agnes Johnstone (1564 – ) m. Stirling (ABT 1567 – ) m. Michelle Thornton (ABT 1575 – ABT 1625)
  7. 7. John Seton (ABT 1562 – MAY 1594) m. Anna Forbes (30 SEP 1564 – )

George Seton's Timeline

3 Records

1531
1531
Birth of George Seton in Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
8 JAN 1585
Age 54
Death of George Seton in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1586
JAN 1586
Age 55
Burial of George Seton in Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 JAN 1585
    Event Place: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: JAN 1586
    Event Place: Tranent, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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