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Janet Cairns 1557–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1557

Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Father: John 1533

Mother: Elizabeth 10

Spouse(s): Rev Gillespie

Children(s): Rev. II

The story of Janet Cairns began in 1557 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Janet Cairns married Rev John Patrick Gillespie, and had children including Rev John Patrick Gillespie Ii. Janet Cairns passed away in 1580 in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Cairns began in 1557 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
  • Janet Cairns married Rev John Patrick Gillespie, and had children including Rev John Patrick Gillespie Ii.
  • Janet Cairns passed away in 1580 in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

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Children(s)

Janet Cairns's Ancestors

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Janet Cairns
1557–1580
Birth Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Cairns GGF 10 1533
1533–1585
Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth (Park GGM) 10
1537–1560
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Andrew Cairns
1500–1544
Alva, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Susan (Marie) Gilsard
1504–1555
Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
DA (CRG Mungo Park CRG) 11GGF
1505–1568
Selkirkshire, Scotland
ELSPETH (ELEANOR) HISLOP
1510–1557
Melrose Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Cairns's Descendants

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Janet Cairns (1557–1580) m. Rev (John Patrick) Gillespie (1555–14 May 1587)
  1. 1. Rev. (John Patrick Gillespie) II 1580–1627
    1. 1. John (Gillespie,) II 1626–1676 m. Janet Galloway 1630–1676
      1. 1. William (Gillespie, “William the) Covenanter” 1662–1702
        1. 1. John (Mathew) Gillespie 1698–1728 m. Lucy Pickens 1702–1762

Janet Cairns's Timeline

4 Records

1557
1557
Birth of Janet Cairns in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
1575
1575
Age 18
Janet Cairns was married in Stirling, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
1580
1580
Age 23
Janet Cairns was married in Clackmannan, Scotland
Clackmannan, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 23
Death of Janet Cairns in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

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