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Janet Carr 1512–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Brodick Castle

Death Date: 23 NOV 1574

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Elizabeth Home

Spouse(s): William Cunningham

Children(s): Andrew Cuningham, William Glencairn

Janet Carr was born in 1512 in Brodick Castle, the child of James Hamilton And Elizabeth Home. Janet Carr married William Alexander 5Th Earl Of Glencairne Cunningham, and had children including Andrew Cuningham, William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencairn. Janet Carr passed away in 1574 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Janet Carr was born in 1512 in Brodick Castle, the child of James Hamilton And Elizabeth Home.
  • Janet Carr married William Alexander 5Th Earl Of Glencairne Cunningham, and had children including Andrew Cuningham, William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencairn.
  • Janet Carr passed away in 1574 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Carr's Ancestors

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Janet Carr
1512–1574
Birth Place: Brodick Castle
Parents
James Hamilton
1475–1529
cadzow, Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth Home
1477–1544
Home, Berwickshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
James (Hamilton First Lord) Hamilton
1423–1479
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Carr's Descendants

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Janet Carr (1512–23 NOV 1574) m. William (Alexander 5th Earl of Glencairne,) Cunningham (10 Jul 1510–bef 8 Mar 1575)
  1. 1. Andrew Cuningham 1532–1579
  2. 2. William (Cunningham, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1532–1580 m. Lady (Jeanette Gordon of) Lochinvar 1528–1596
    1. 1. Jean Cunningham 1560–1604 m. Thomas (Kirkpatrick of Closeburn 14th) Laird 1553–1628 m. George (Haldane of) Gleneagles 1546–1574 m. Roger Kirkpatrick 1520–1584
      1. 1. Thomas (Kirkpatrick 15th Laird of Closeburn) sir 1578–1645 m. Agnes (W Charteris) Dame 1585–1662
        1. 1. Sir (Robert Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, 17th Laird of) Closeburn 1602–1664 m. Dame (Grizzel de Baliol) (Baillie) 1577–1664
        2. 2. Thomas Kirkpatrick 1600–1645
        3. 3. Margaret Hamilton 1590–1628
        4. 4. Samuel (Kirkpatrick of) Auchinleck 1605–1642
        5. 5. Roger Kirkpatrick 1601–1646
        6. 6. Margaret Kirkpatrick 1608–
        7. 7. Jeane Kirkpatrick 1603–1694
        8. 8. Janet Kirkpatrick 1609–
        9. 9. Capt. (Charles) Kirkpatrick 1607–1650
        10. 10. Barbara Kirkpatrick 1604–
        11. 11. Sarah Kirkpatrick 1610–1793
        12. 12. John (Kirkpatrick (16th Laird of) Closeburne) 1601–1646
      2. 2. Robert Kirkpatrick 1586–
      3. 3. George Kirkpatrick 1584–
      4. 4. Roger Kirkpatrick 1589–
      5. 5. John Kirkpatrick 1587–1614
      6. 6. Margaret Kirkpatrick 1585–1620
      7. 7. Charles (Kirkpatrick) (3C10xR) 1590–
    2. 2. Lady (Katherine Elizabeth Cunningham, Countess of) Lochinvar 1555–1611

Janet Carr's Timeline

4 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Janet Carr in Brodick Castle
Brodick Castle
1517
Jan 1517
Age 5
Birth of Janet Carr in Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
1574
23 NOV 1574
Age 62
Death of Janet Carr in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
13 Apr 1579
Age 67
Death of Janet Carr in Finlaystone Castle - Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Finlaystone Castle - Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1517
    Event Place: Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Brodick Castle

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Apr 1579
    Event Place: Finlaystone Castle - Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 NOV 1574
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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