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James Bethune 1492–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1492

Birth Location: Balfour, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1586

Death Location: Balfarge, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Elisabeth Moneypenny

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James Bethune was born in 1492 in Balfour, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Van Bethune Laird Van Balfour And Elisabeth Moneypenny. James Bethune passed away in 1586 in Balfarge, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Bethune was born in 1492 in Balfour, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Van Bethune Laird Van Balfour And Elisabeth Moneypenny.
  • James Bethune passed away in 1586 in Balfarge, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Balfour
1470–1532
Birth Location: Raith, Fife, Scotland
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Elisabeth Moneypenny
1475–1541
Birth Location: Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Isle of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Bethune's Ancestors

Self
James Bethune
1492–1586
Birth Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John van Bethune Laird van Balfour
1470–1532
Raith, Fife, Scotland
Elisabeth Moneypenny
1475–1541
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay, Isle of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1492
1492
Birth of James Bethune in Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
1586
1586
Age 94
Death of James Bethune in Balfarge, Fife, Scotland
Balfarge, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1492
    Event Place: Balfour, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1586
    Event Place: Balfarge, Fife, Scotland
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