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Janet Bethune 1434 – 1494 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1434

Birth Location: Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1494

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Johanni Beaton

Mother: Margaret Stirling

Spouse(s): Robert Livingston

Children(s): Margaret Livingstone, Robert Livingstone

Janet Bethune was born in 1434 in Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Johanni IV Beaton and Margaret Stirling. Janet Bethune married Robert Livingston, and had children including Margaret Livingstone, Robert Livingstone. Janet Bethune passed away in 1494 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Bethune was born in 1434 in Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Johanni IV Beaton and Margaret Stirling.
  • Janet Bethune married Robert Livingston, and had children including Margaret Livingstone, Robert Livingstone.
  • Janet Bethune passed away in 1494 in Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Janet Bethune
1434 – 1494
Birth Place: Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Johanni IV Beaton
1418 – 1499
Fife, Scotland
Margaret Stirling
1419 –
Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Jaques (De) Baethune
1402 – 1475
Normandie, France
Janet (De) Balfour
1399 –
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
William Stirling
1399 – 1471
Keith, Morayshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Jean Bethune
1359 – 1415
Isabeau Estoutville
1375 – 1438
Michael DeBalfour
1360 – 1396
Michelle Balfour
1374 –
Lucas Strivelyn
1370 – 1449
Marjorie Dunbar
1387 – 1429
2nd-Great-Grandparents
jean BETHUNE
1307 – 1378
Jeanna Coucy
1330 – 1363
Robert d'Estouteville
1328 – 1395
Marguerite NEVELLE
1343 – 1406
DeBalfour
John Strivelyn
1320 –
Mary MacDougall
1339 –
George Dunbar
1370 – 1443
Beatrix Hay
1362 – 1421

Janet Bethune's Descendants

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Janet Bethune (1434 – 1494) m. Robert Livingston (1430 – 1494)
  1. 1. Margaret Livingstone (1428 – 11 Jan 1509) m. John Moncrieff (Abt 1454 – 9 Sep 1513)
  2. 2. Robert Livingstone (1465 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Janet Bethune (1486 – 1522)
    1. 1. Margaret Livingston (Abt 1500 – 1573) m. James Hamilton (1495 – 16 Aug 1540) m. James Hamilton (1495 – 1540) m. Sir (James) Hamilton
      1. 1. James Hamilton (1520 – Dec 1597) m. Marie Hepburn (Abt 1525 – Jul 1571)
      2. 2. Agnes Hamilton (1522 – 25 May 1596) m. James Somerville (1520 – 24 Apr 1596)
      3. 3. Janet Hamilton (Abt 1523 – )
      4. 4. Margaret Hamilton (1525 – 25 May 1596) m. Mungo (Baron of Cleghorn) Lockhart (1520 – 1585) m. Patrick Whitelaw (Abt 1528 – Bef 1571)
        1. 1. Allan Lockhart (1552 – 15 Aug 1623) m. Elizabeth Ross (1522 – 10 Jul 1594) m. Grizel (of Corehouse) Bannatyne (1569 – ) m. Christian Livingston (Abt 1556 – )
        2. 2. Alexander (Boswell) Lockhart (1554 – 1592)
        3. 3. William Lockhart (1556 – 1592)
        4. 4. Mungo Lockhart (1556 – 1638)
        5. 5. Margaret (Lockhart) (Whitelaw) (Abt 1556 – Dec 1596) m. Alexander Hamilton (1556 – 1616)
        6. 6. Lockhart (Abt 1557 – )
        7. 7. Jean Lockhart (1558 – )
        8. 8. Stephan Lockhart ( – 21 Jan 1612)
      5. 5. Andrew Hamilton (Abt 1528 – )
      6. 6. Marion Hamilton (1529 – ) m. George Campbell (Abt 1531 – )
      7. 7. Grizel Hamilton (1531 – 4 Jun 1575) m. Andrew Leslie (2 Jun 1534 – 1611)
      8. 8. James Hamilton (1537 – 1609) m. Helen Cunninghame (1523 – 17 Nov 1596) m. Helen Cunninghame (Abt 1525 – 17 Nov 1596)
      9. 9. Alexander Hamilton (1538 – )
      10. 10. Jean Hamilton (1540 – 1580)
    2. 2. Isabel Livingston (1505 – 12 Dec 1552) m. John Ramsay (1464 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Oliver Sinclair (Abt 1500 – Jul 1577)
    3. 3. Elizabeth Livingston (1510 – Deceased)

Janet Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1434
1434
Birth of Janet Bethune in Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland
Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland
1494
1494
Age 60
Death of Janet Bethune in Scotland
Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1434
    Event Place: Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Scotland

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