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Grizel Bethune 1521–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1521

Birth Location: Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 August 1579

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Creich

Mother: Jeanette Hay

Spouse(s): Willem Scott, Andrew Blackbarony

Children(s): John Blackbarony, Gideon Elibank, Walter Scott, Johanna Scott, Elisabeth Murray

Grizel Bethune was born in 1521 in Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Van Bethune Lord Van Creich And Jeanette Hay. Grizel Bethune married Andrew Lord Murray Van Blackbarony, Willem Sir Scott, and had children including Elisabeth Murray, Gideon Murray Laird Van Elibank, Johanna Scott, John Lord Murray Van Blackbarony, Walter Sir Scott. Grizel Bethune passed away in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Grizel Bethune was born in 1521 in Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Van Bethune Lord Van Creich And Jeanette Hay.
  • Grizel Bethune married Andrew Lord Murray Van Blackbarony, Willem Sir Scott, and had children including Elisabeth Murray, Gideon Murray Laird Van Elibank, Johanna Scott, John Lord Murray Van Blackbarony, Walter Sir Scott.
  • Grizel Bethune passed away in 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Grizel Bethune's Ancestors

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Grizel Bethune
1521–1579
Birth Place: Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John van Bethune Lord van Creich
1487–1555
Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Jeanette Hay
1479–1530
Huntley (Aberdeenshire) England
Grandparents
Sir (John Lord Hay of Yester) Hay
1475–1513
Erroll Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Baroness) Crichton
1480–1529
Lyon Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Glamis
1445–1497
Elisabeth Scrymgeour
1450–1490
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Grizel Bethune's Descendants

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Grizel Bethune (1521–18 August 1579) m. Willem (Sir) Scott (1522–19 May 1552) m. Andrew (Lord Murray van) Blackbarony (1512–1 September 1572)
  1. 1. John (Lord Murray van) Blackbarony 1545–
  2. 2. Gideon (Murray Laird van) Elibank 1545–1621
  3. 3. Walter (Sir) Scott 1545–1574 m. Margaret General 1555–1637
    1. 1. Walter Scott 1570–1611 m. Margaretha Kerr 1568–1631
      1. 1. Walter (Scott Earl van Buccleuch Laird van) Harden 1590–1663
  4. 4. Johanna Scott 1555–1597
  5. 5. Elisabeth Murray 1540–1612
    1. 1. Thomas (Hamilton Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, Earl of) Haddington 1563–1637

Grizel Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1521
1521
Birth of Grizel Bethune in Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
18 August 1579
Age 58
Death of Grizel Bethune in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: Criech Castle, Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 August 1579
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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