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Janet Bothwell 1534–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 20 December 1563

Death Location: Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Francis Bothwell

Mother: Katherine Bellenden

Spouse(s): Archibald Napier

Children(s): Anna Napier, John Napier

Janet Bothwell was born in 1534 in Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Francis Bothwell And Katherine Bellenden. Janet Bothwell married Archibald Baron Merchistoun Napier, and had children including Anna Napier, John Napier. Janet Bothwell passed away in 1563 in Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Janet Bothwell was born in 1534 in Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Francis Bothwell And Katherine Bellenden.
  • Janet Bothwell married Archibald Baron Merchistoun Napier, and had children including Anna Napier, John Napier.
  • Janet Bothwell passed away in 1563 in Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Francis Bothwell
1482–1585
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Katherine Bellenden
1497–1568
Birth Location: Auchinoull, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Archibald Napier
1534–1608
Birth Location: Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scottland
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Children(s)

Anna Napier
1560–1656
Birth Location: Gargunnock, Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
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John Napier
1550–1617
Birth Location: Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Bothwell's Ancestors

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Janet Bothwell
1534–1563
Birth Place: Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Francis Bothwell
1482–1585
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katherine Bellenden
1497–1568
Auchinoull, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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Janet Bothwell's Descendants

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Janet Bothwell (1534–20 December 1563) m. Archibald (Baron Merchistoun) Napier (1534–1608)
  1. 1. Anna Napier 1560–1656 m. Walter (Leckie 9th Laird of) Leckie 1540–1605
    1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Leckie 1590–1655 m. Donald (Domhniul) MacKinlay 1589–1646
      1. 1. Agnes MacKinlay 1620–1690 m. Donald (MacArthur) 12 1624–1684
        1. 1. John (MacArthur MacCarthy) MacCarter 1654–1715 m. Rebecca Meacham 1646–1702 m. Rebecca Meacham 1646–1702 m. Agnes (McCullie\) McCauley 1652–1720
  2. 2. John Napier 1550–1617

Janet Bothwell's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Janet Bothwell in Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1563
20 December 1563
Age 29
Death of Janet Bothwell in Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Plean, Stirling, Scottland, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1563
    Event Place: Merchiston, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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