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Janet Bethune 1554–1603 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1603

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Balfour

Mother: Lady Anstruther

Spouse(s): Robert 16

Children(s): James 15

Janet Bethune was born in 1554 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Bethune Beaton 9Th Lord Of Balfour And Lady Agnes Anstruther. Janet Bethune married Robert Orr 16, and had children including James Orr 15. Janet Bethune passed away in 1603 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Bethune was born in 1554 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of John Bethune Beaton 9Th Lord Of Balfour And Lady Agnes Anstruther.
  • Janet Bethune married Robert Orr 16, and had children including James Orr 15.
  • Janet Bethune passed away in 1603 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Balfour
1525–1575
Birth Location: Balfour, Scotland
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Lady Anstruther
1526–1582
Birth Location: Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert 16
1554–1602
Birth Location: Renfrewshire
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Children(s)

James 15
1580–1663
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Janet Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Janet Bethune
1554–1603
Birth Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John Bethune Beaton 9th Lord of Balfour
1525–1575
Balfour, Scotland
Lady (Agnes) Anstruther
1526–1582
Anstruther, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John7th (Laird of Balfour) Bethune
1493–1546
Isle Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christiana Stewart
1502–1580
Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
John (Baronet) Anstruther
1475–1547
Anstruther-Easter, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Clephane
1504–1574
Carslogie, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Clephane
1475–1510
Christian Learmont
1479–1574
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Bethune's Descendants

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Janet Bethune (1554–1603) m. Robert (Orr) 16 (1554–1602)
  1. 1. James (Orr) 15 1580–1663 m. Janet MacClement 1580–1638
    1. 1. James (II. Orr) 14 1601–1663 m. Temperance Coffey 1605–1660
      1. 1. William (Orr) 13 1626–1704 m. Janet Gray 1631–1726 m. Janet (Gray) ORR 1631– m. Janet Gray 1631–
        1. 1. John Orr 1651–1722 m. Mary MacBurney 1652–1692 m. Mary Orr 1652–1692 m. Margaret McCulloch 1676–1748
        2. 2. Isabella Orr 1653–1748
        3. 3. William ORR 1659–1730
        4. 4. James Orr 1655–1728
        5. 5. Margaret (Thomson) Orr 1645–1882
        6. 6. Jane Orr 1652–
        7. 7. Margaret (Thomson) Orr 1657–
        8. 8. Humphrey (Orr) * 1654–1736
        9. 9. Elizabeth Orr 1648–
        10. 10. Elizabet Orr 1661–
      2. 2. James (Orr) III 1622–1689
      3. 3. Colonel (Robert) Orr 1726–1780
      4. 4. Johanna Orr 1624–1685
      5. 5. Robert Orr 1638–1700
    2. 2. James (Wilson ORR) III 1622–1689
    3. 3. John ORR 1628–1704

Janet Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of Janet Bethune in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lanarkshire, Scotland
1603
1603
Age 49
Death of Janet Bethune in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1603
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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