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Janet Bethune 1486–1522 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1522

Death Location: Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Beaton

Mother: Janet Duddington

Spouse(s): Robert Wemyss, James Hamilton

Children(s): Isabel Livingston, Janet Hamilton, Margaret Livingston

In 1486, Janet Bethune entered the world in Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to David Creich Bethune Beaton And Janet Duddington. Janet Bethune married James 1St Earl Of Arran Hamilton, Robert Livingstone Laird Van Easter Wemyss, and had children including Isabel Lady Of Kincardineshire Scotland Livingston, Janet Hamilton, Margaret Livingston. Janet Bethune passed away in 1522 in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1486, Janet Bethune entered the world in Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to David Creich Bethune Beaton And Janet Duddington.
  • Janet Bethune married James 1St Earl Of Arran Hamilton, Robert Livingstone Laird Van Easter Wemyss, and had children including Isabel Lady Of Kincardineshire Scotland Livingston, Janet Hamilton, Margaret Livingston.
  • Janet Bethune passed away in 1522 in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Janet Bethune's Ancestors

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Janet Bethune
1486–1522
Birth Place: Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
David Creich Bethune Beaton
1460–1505
Creich, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Duddington
1467–1541
St Ford, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Bethune's Descendants

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Janet Bethune (1486–1522) m. Robert (Livingstone Laird van Easter) Wemyss (1482–11 November 1516) m. James (1st Earl of Arran) Hamilton (1476–1529)
  1. 1. Isabel (Lady of Kincardineshire, Scotland) Livingston 1505–1552 m. Nicholas (Sir Dalhousie) Ramsay 1488–1555 m. John Ramsay 1480–1513 m. Nicholas (DE) Ramsay 1488–1555 m. Oliver Sinclair 1500–1577 m. James Hamilton 1495–1540 m. Nicholas (de Ramsay 13th PGGF 8th Laird Of Dalhousie, Knight) (Sir) 1488–1555
    1. 1. Joan (Janet) Gibsone 1531–1626 m. John Gibson 1524–1569
      1. 1. Meg Gibson 1563–1610 m. William Akin 1562–
        1. 1. John (G) Aiken 1585–1637 m. Janet ((Jonet)) Walker 1588–1640
        2. 2. Janet Atkin 1556–1640
        3. 3. Isabel (Aitkin) Henrysone 1575–1620
        4. 4. Robert (John) Aiken 1581–1621
      2. 2. William (Abell) Anderson 1550–1611
      3. 3. Patrick Gibson 1559–1624
      4. 4. Margaret ("Meg") Gibson 1562–1610
      5. 5. Janet Gibson 1562–1617
      6. 6. Patrick Gibson 1559–
      7. 7. Margret Gibson 1560–1608
      8. 8. Janet Gibson 1549–1617
      9. 9. John Gibson 1552–1620
    2. 2. James Hamilton 1537–1609
    3. 3. Grissel Hamilton 1535–1565
    4. 4. George Ramsay 1520–1580
    5. 5. Sir (John Pearce (Pearse) de) Ramsey 1530–1621
    6. 6. Henry Ramsay 1530–1612
    7. 7. Lady (Helen) Ramsey⚜️ 1520–1561
    8. 8. William (Thomas (Sir, Earl of Largo)) Ramsay 1519–1580
    9. 9. Sir (John Pearce (Pearse) de) Ramsey 1530–1612
    10. 10. Cuthbert Ramsay 1519–1557
    11. 11. David (Ramsay of Clatto, Perth, Scotland, Knight) (Sir) 1520–1620
    12. 12. Alexander Ramsay 1519–1580
    13. 13. George (Ramsay, Earl of) Dalhousie 1509–1576
    14. 14. Ann Ramsay 1505–
    15. 15. William (Thomas) Ramsey 1528–1553
  2. 2. Janet Hamilton 1512–1573
  3. 3. Margaret Livingston 1500–1573

Janet Bethune's Timeline

3 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Janet Bethune in Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1515
11 November 1515
Age 29
Janet Bethune was married in Hamilton Castle Lanarkshire Scotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hamilton Castle Lanarkshire Scotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1522
1522
Age 36
Death of Janet Bethune in Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Creich Castle, Cupar, Scoland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 November 1515
    Event Place: Hamilton Castle Lanarkshire Scotland, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Kinneil House, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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