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James Dunbar 1399 – 1429 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1399

Birth Location: Morayshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Aug 1429

Death Location: Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Dunbar

Mother: Matilda Fraser

Spouse(s): Katharine Seton, Isobel Innes

Children(s): Janet Dunbar, Elizabeth Dunbar, Alexander Westfield

James Dunbar was born in 1399 in Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander James Dunbar and Matilda Fraser. James Dunbar married Katharine or Janet Seton, Isobel Innes, and had children including Janet Dunbar, Elizabeth (or Agnes, or Mary) Dunbar, Alexander Dunbar of Westfield. James Dunbar passed away in 1429 in Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Dunbar was born in 1399 in Morayshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander James Dunbar and Matilda Fraser.
  • James Dunbar married Katharine or Janet Seton, Isobel Innes, and had children including Janet Dunbar, Elizabeth (or Agnes, or Mary) Dunbar, Alexander Dunbar of Westfield.
  • James Dunbar passed away in 1429 in Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Dunbar
1373 – 1421
Birth Location: , Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
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Matilda Fraser
1375 –
Birth Location: of, Lovat, Inverness, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Katharine Seton
1399 – 1445
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Isobel Innes
1390 – 1421
Birth Location: Morayshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Dunbar
1416 – 1506
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Dunbar
1425 – 1485
Birth Location: Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Alexander Westfield
1425 – 1497
Birth Location: Westfield, Morayshire, Schotland
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James Dunbar's Ancestors

Self
James Dunbar
1399 – 1429
Birth Place: Morayshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander James Dunbar
1373 – 1421
, Moray, Scotland, Great Britain
Matilda Fraser
1375 –
of, Lovat, Inverness, Scotland
Grandparents
John (de) Dunbar
1340 – 1391
Stranith Castle, Morayshire, Scotland
Marjory Stewart
1348 – 1417
Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
James (of Frendraught) FRASER
MRS (JAMES OF FRENDRAUGHT) FRASER
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Dunbar
1302 – 1357
Isabel Randolph
1310 – 1361
Robert II
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320 – 1354
JAMES FRASER
– 1395
MRS FRASER
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Dunbar
1287 – 1351
Marjorie COMYN
1256 – 1296
Thomas Randolph
1293 – 1332
Isobel Stewart
1294 – 1351
Walter Stewart
1293 – 1326
Marjorie Bruce
1296 – 1316
James Fraser
1265 – 1333

James Dunbar's Descendants

1.
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James Dunbar (Abt 1399 – 10 Aug 1429) m. Katharine (or Janet) Seton (Abt 1399 – 1445) m. Isobel Innes (1390 – Mar 1421)
  1. 1. Janet Dunbar (1416 – 19 Jan 1506) m. James Crichton (Abt 1415 – 1454) m. John Sutherland (Abt 1420 – 1579)
    1. 1. Robert Crichton (1430 – 11 Feb 1492) m. Christian Erskine (1439 – Mar 1478)
      1. 1. Robert Crichton (1457 – 11 Feb 1492) m. Marion Stewart (1457 – 9 Dec 1529)
      2. 2. Mariota Crichton (Abt 1462 – 1493)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Crichton (Jan 1472 – Aft 6 Jul 1524) m. John Hay (Abt 1450 – 9 Sep 1513) m. John Hay (1461 – 9 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Thomas Hay (Abt 1490 – Abt 26 Sep 1552)
        2. 2. Ninian Ross (1491 – Feb 1556)
        3. 3. Lord (William) Hay (1495 – 28 Jul 1522) m. Lady (Helen) Stewart (Abt 1520 – 25 Nov 1564)
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hay (Abt 1497 – )
        5. 5. Jean Hay (1498 – 1564)
        6. 6. Marion Hay (1500 – 1564) m. George Browne (1488 – 1527)
        7. 7. Janet Hay (1500 – 1533)
        8. 8. Christian Hay (1505 – 1548) m. William Stewart (1506 – 23 Oct 1548) m. John Carew (17 Jun 1500 – Jul 1562) m. William (Stewart of) Traquair (1506 – 1548)
      4. 4. William (2nd Lord) Graham
    2. 2. Gavin Crichton (Abt 1432 – Bef 22 Nov 1493) m. Margaret Cockburn (Abt 1449 – )
    3. 3. James Crichton (Abt 1444 – )
    4. 4. George Crichton (Abt 1447 – )
    5. 5. David Crichton (Bef 1448 – Bef 1506)
    6. 6. Alexander Crichton (Abt 1449 – )
    7. 7. William Crichton (1455 – 23 Oct 1493) m. Marion Livingston (Abt 1448 – Abt 1483) m. Margaret Stewart (19 May 1450 – 1512)
      1. 1. James Crichton (1472 – Feb 1530) m. Catherine Borthwick (26 Jun 1483 – 17 Jan 1528) m. Elizabeth Stuart (1474 – 1497)
      2. 2. Margaret Crichton (1480 – 8 Feb 1545) m. George Leslie (2 Aug 1485 – 28 Nov 1558) m. William Todrik (1478 – Bet 27 Jul 1507) m. George Halkerstoun (Abt 1475 – Bef 4 Jul 1510) m. John Leslie
        1. 1. Norman Leslie (Abt 1517 – 29 Aug 1554) m. Isobel Lindsay (Abt 1523 – )
        2. 2. William Leslie (1518 – Abt 1573)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Leslie (1518 – ) m. Patrick Crichton
        4. 4. Robert Leslie (1519 – 22 Sep 1588) m. Janet Elphinstone (16 Mar 1534 – 13 Mar 1589)
        5. 5. Helena (E) Leslie (1520 – 26 Oct 1594) m. Mark Kerr (1516 – 29 Aug 1584) m. Gilbert Seton (Abt 1516 – 1547)
        6. 6. Margaret Leslie (Abt 1525 – ) m. Archibald Douglas (1554 – 4 Aug 1588)
        7. 7. Euphemia Leslie (Abt 1528 – Apr 1588) m. George Learmonth (1524 – Abt Jun 1585) m. John (Cunyngham) [Cunningham] (Abt 1530 – )
        8. 8. James Leslie (Bet 11 Jan 1530 and 10 Jan 1531 – Abt 1614) m. Marjory Annand (1549 – )
        9. 9. Agnes Leslie (1539 – Feb 1594) m. William Douglas (2 Jul 1539 – 24 Sep 1606)
  2. 2. Elizabeth ((or Agnes, or Mary)) Dunbar (Abt 1425 – 1485) m. Archibald Douglas (1426 – 1 May 1455) m. George Gordon (1430 – 8 Jun 1501) m. John Colquhoun (1420 – 13 Jun 1479)
  3. 3. Alexander (Dunbar of) Westfield (1425 – 10 Mar 1497) m. Isobel (Elizabeth) Sutherland (Abt 1434 – 11 Nov 1505) m. Isabella Innes (Abt 1425 – ) m. Eupheme Dunbar (1430 – 1494)
    1. 1. Alexander Dunbar (1445 – 1503)
    2. 2. John Dunbar (Abt 1445 – Abt 1503) m. Margaret Sutherland (Abt 1425 – 14 Oct 1484) m. Margaret (de) Dunbar (Abt 1457 – 14 Oct 1483)
    3. 3. John Dunbar (Abt 1445 – 1530) m. Janet Stewart (1460 – 25 Jul 1530) m. Margaret (de) Dunbar (Abt 1457 – 14 Oct 1483)
    4. 4. John (Canmore Lord Dunbar van) Mochrum (1450 – 1503) m. Margaret ((Heiress of Mochrum)) Dunbar (1449 – 14 Oct 1484)
    5. 5. Catherine Dunbar (1450 – )
    6. 6. John (Patrick de) Dunbar (1452 – 1503)
    7. 7. Patrick Dunbar (1452 – 8 Aug 1525)
    8. 8. John (Dunbar of) Mochrume (Abt 1454 – ) m. Margaret (de) Dunbar (Abt 1457 – 14 Oct 1483)
    9. 9. Patrick (John) Dunbar (1455 – 1508) m. Isabel Sutherland (1444 – 1505)
    10. 10. Gavin (Dunbar Bishop) Aberdeen (1455 – 9 Mar 1531)
    11. 11. Alexander Dunbar (Oct 1455 – 31 Mar 1493) m. Janet (de) Sutherland (1452 – 1512) m. Mary Bailie
      1. 1. James Dunbar (12 Jun 1481 – 10 Mar 1554) m. Ellen Innes (. – Abt 1538)
      2. 2. Lady (Mariot) Dunbar (1487 – 1550) m. David (Falconer Laird of) Halkerton (1495 – 8 Oct 1546)
        1. 1. Katherine FALCONER (1510 – 24 Jul 1591)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Falconer (Abt 1513 – ) m. Alexander Lindsay (Abt 1511 – )
        3. 3. John Rose (1518 – )
        4. 4. Isabel FALCONER (1521 – Aug 1553) m. John Middleton (1500 – Jul 1588)
        5. 5. Alexander Falconer (1522 – 10 Nov 1587) m. Elizabeth (Christian) Douglas (1525 – 1 Jun 1587)
        6. 6. Catherine Falconer (1525 – 24 Jul 1591) m. Hugh Rose (1511 – 6 Oct 1597)
        7. 7. Katharine Falconer (1525 – 24 Jul 1591)
        8. 8. Janet Falconer (1528 – 27 Jan 1580) m. Sir (John) Wishart
        9. 9. Marjorie Falconer (1532 – ) m. WISHART (1532 – )
        10. 10. Thomas (Francis) Faulkner (1535 – 1590) m. Ann Bawcutt
        11. 11. Andrew Falconer (Abt 1545 – ) m. Elizabeth Douglas (Abt 1547 – )
    12. 12. James (Canmore Lord Dunbar van) Westfield (1456 – 20 Apr 1504)
    13. 13. Leonard Dunbar (1457 – )
    14. 14. Patrick Dunbar (Abt 1462 – ) m. Janet Dunbar (1475 – )
    15. 15. Isabell Dunbar (Abt 1464 – ) m. Wm Keith
    16. 16. Robert Dunbar (1497 – 14 Apr 1564) m. Christian Learmonth (1501 – 1564)
    17. 17. David (Dunbar of) Durris
    18. 18. Gavin Dunbar
    19. 19. James (Dunbar of) Cumnock
    20. 20. Katharine (or Janet) Seton (Abt 1399 – 1445) m. James Dunbar (Abt 1399 – 10 Aug 1429)

James Dunbar's Timeline

2 Records

1399
Abt 1399
Birth of James Dunbar in Morayshire, Scotland
Morayshire, Scotland
1429
10 Aug 1429
Age 30
Death of James Dunbar in Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1399
    Event Place: Morayshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1429
    Event Place: Frendraught, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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