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Janet Chisholm 1483–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1483

Birth Location: Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 May 1540

Death Location: Culross, Fife, Scotland

Father: Edmund Chisholm

Mother: Janet Drummond

Spouse(s): Sir Touch, Alexander Merchistoun

Children(s): Margret Seton, Sir Touch

Janet Chisholm was born in 1483 in Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Edmund Chisholm And Janet Drummond. Janet Chisholm married Alexander Napier 5Th Of Merchistoun, Sir Ninian Seton Tullibody 3Rd Lord Of Touch, and had children including Margret Burnet Seton, Sir Walter Seaton 4Th Earl Of Touch. Janet Chisholm passed away in 1540 in Culross, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Chisholm was born in 1483 in Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Edmund Chisholm And Janet Drummond.
  • Janet Chisholm married Alexander Napier 5Th Of Merchistoun, Sir Ninian Seton Tullibody 3Rd Lord Of Touch, and had children including Margret Burnet Seton, Sir Walter Seaton 4Th Earl Of Touch.
  • Janet Chisholm passed away in 1540 in Culross, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Chisholm
1460–1553
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Janet Drummond
1464–1543
Birth Location: Innerpeffray, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Touch
1475–1567
Birth Location: Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Alexander Merchistoun
1484–1513
Birth Location: Merchiston, Ednbrg, Scottland
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Children(s)

Margret Seton
1490–1560
Birth Location: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Sir Touch
1529–1568
Birth Location: Touch, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Janet Chisholm's Ancestors

Self
Janet Chisholm
1483–1540
Birth Place: Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Edmund Chisholm
1460–1553
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Janet Drummond
1464–1543
Innerpeffray, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Chisholm's Descendants

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Janet Chisholm (1483–24 May 1540) m. Sir (Ninian Seton Tullibody, 3rd Lord of) Touch (1475–1567) m. Alexander (Napier 5th of) Merchistoun (1484–9 September 1513)
  1. 1. Margret (Burnet) Seton 1490–1560 m. John (Leckie, 8th) Laird 1500–1547
    1. 1. Walter (DeLeckie (9th) Laird) 1535–1605 m. Agnes Cunninghame 1539–1597
      1. 1. Alexander (Leckie I (10th Laird of) Lackie) 1567–1602 m. Euphemia Maxwell 1571–1620
        1. 1. Alexander (Leckie Laird) Leckie 1599–1643 m. Grizel Murray 1607–1641
        2. 2. Alexander Lechy 1599–1643
        3. 3. James Leckie 1596–
        4. 4. John Leckie 1597–
        5. 5. Alexander Leckie 1590–1643
        6. 6. Walter (Leckie of) Ballochnecke 1592–1643
        7. 7. Elizabeth Leckie 1594–
      2. 2. James Leckie 1598–
      3. 3. James DeLeckie 1598–
      4. 4. Alexander (Leckie (10th Laird of) Lackie) 1567–1601
  2. 2. Sir (Walter Seaton 4th Earl of) Touch 1529–1568

Janet Chisholm's Timeline

2 Records

1483
1483
Birth of Janet Chisholm in Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland
Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland
1540
24 May 1540
Age 57
Death of Janet Chisholm in Culross, Fife, Scotland
Culross, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1483
    Event Place: Cromlix, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Easter Wemyss, Kincardineshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1540
    Event Place: Culross, Fife, Scotland
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