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Janet Boyd 1431 – 1491 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1431

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1491

Death Location: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Boyd

Mother: Isabelle Lyle

Spouse(s): John Maxwell

Children(s):

Janet Boyd was born in 1431 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Boyd and Isabelle Lyle. Janet Boyd married John Maxwell. Janet Boyd passed away in 1491 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Janet Boyd was born in 1431 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Thomas Boyd and Isabelle Lyle.
  • Janet Boyd married John Maxwell.
  • Janet Boyd passed away in 1491 in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Janet Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Janet Boyd
1431 – 1491
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Thomas Boyd
1405 – 1439
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabelle Lyle
1395 – 1439
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Boyd
1374 – 1432
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Joanna Montgomery
1380 – 1469
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Andrew Lyle
1387 – 1405
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Boyd
1382 – 1405
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Eaglesham
1338 – 1401
Elizabeth Eglin
John Lyle
1338 –
Margaret DeVaus
1347 –
Thomas Boyd
1339 – 1410
Alice Gifford
1359 – 1390
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Montgomery
1305 – 1357
Margaret Douglas
1319 – 1392
Janet Forrester
1405 – 1488
Hugh Giffard
1325 – 1365
Joanna Douglas
1325 – 1398

Janet Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1431
ABT 1431
Birth of Janet Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1491
1491
Age 60
Death of Janet Boyd in Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1431
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1491
    Event Place: Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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