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Janet Bethune 1500–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1500

Birth Location: Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland

Death Date: Aft 1573

Death Location: Scotland

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Elizabeth Moneypenny

Spouse(s): George Mynzeane

Children(s):

Janet Bethune was born in 1500 in Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland, the child of John Bethune 6Th Of Balfour And Elizabeth Moneypenny. Janet Bethune married George Hay Of Monkton And Mynzeane. Janet Bethune passed away in 1573 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Bethune was born in 1500 in Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland, the child of John Bethune 6Th Of Balfour And Elizabeth Moneypenny.
  • Janet Bethune married George Hay Of Monkton And Mynzeane.
  • Janet Bethune passed away in 1573 in Scotland.

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Janet Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Janet Bethune
1500–1573
Birth Place: Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland
Parents
John Bethune 6th of Balfour
1461–1532
Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth Moneypenny
1471–1541
Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Bethune V of) Belfour
1435–1480
Fife, Scotland
Marjory Boswell
1440–1530
Fife, Scotland
David (Monypenny, 13th Laird of Pitmilly and) Kinkell
1442–1479
Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
Janet Monypenny
1447–1504
Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Balfour
1418–1499
Katherine Stirling
1418–
David Boswell
1411–1490
Elizabeth Melville
1413–1507
Thomas Pitmilly
1432–1479
Margaret Cairns
1436–1494
John Pitmilly
1385–1448
Marjorie Arbuthnott
1387–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Balfour
1370–1421
Jean Stewart
1375–
William Stirling
1398–
William Stirling
1400–
John Balgregie
1372–1429
Mariotta Glen
1372–
John Raith
1398–1463
Marjory Scott
1400–1440
Thomas Pitmilly
1409–1454
Duncan Wemyss
1376–1430
Elizabeth Erskine
1380–1478
Thomas Pitmilly
1395–1427
Christian Keith
1361–
Philip Kt
1343–1399
Philip Arbuthnot
1350–1372

Janet Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1500
Abt 1500
Birth of Janet Bethune in Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland
Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland
1573
Aft 1573
Age 73
Death of Janet Bethune in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1500
    Event Place: Balfour Castle, Balfour, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Bethune, person ID M4PC-1D7.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1573
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Bethune, person ID M4PC-1D7.

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