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Janet Boyd 1479–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1479

Birth Location: Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 Nov 1543

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Archibald Bonshaw

Mother: Christine Mure

Spouse(s): Edmond Megginch

Children(s):

The story of Janet Boyd began in 1479 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Janet Boyd married Edmond Hay Earl Of Megginch. Janet Boyd passed away in 1543 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Boyd began in 1479 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
  • Janet Boyd married Edmond Hay Earl Of Megginch.
  • Janet Boyd passed away in 1543 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Boyd's Ancestors

Self
Janet Boyd
1479–1543
Birth Place: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald Boyd of Nariston and Bonshaw
1454–1507
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Christine Mure
1456–1523
Rowallan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Boyd -1st Lord of) Kilmarnock
1425–1482
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mariotta (Maxwell Of) Calderwood
1425–1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Archibald (Mure) III
1413–1458
Ayrshire, Scotland
Euphame Kennedy
1410–
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Boyd
1372–1439
Joanna Montgomerie
1380–1469
John Calderwood
1403–1476
Margaret Borthwick
1413–1464
Adam Rowallan
1315–1399
Joanna Danielstoun
1330–1380
John Ardrossan
1362–1429
Margaret Caverlock
1368–1443
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Baron
1360–1410
Alice Boyd
1360–1410
John Ardrossan
1362–1429
Agnes Macdonald
1363–1413
Robert Calderwood
1408–1485
Elizabeth Danielstoun
1378–1440
William Borthwick
1390–1450
Catherine Sinclair
1394–
Adam Knight
–1391
Janet Rowallan
1295–
John Danzielstoun
1307–1350
Mary Fleming
1310–1364
John Eaglesham
1338–1398
Elizabeth Eglington
1343–1398
Robert Maxwell
1345–1410
Janet Forrester
1346–1388

Janet Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1479
1479
Birth of Janet Boyd in Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1543
30 Nov 1543
Age 64
Death of Janet Boyd in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1479
    Event Place: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Boyd, person ID LCP8-6SY.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Nov 1543
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Boyd, person ID LCP8-6SY.

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