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Janet Douglas 1476 – 1500 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Death Date: Bef 25 Feb 1500

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Archibald Douglas

Mother: Elizabeth Boyd

Spouse(s): Andrew Herries

Children(s): Andrew Herries, William Herries

Janet Douglas was born in 1476 in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas and Elizabeth Boyd. Janet Douglas married Andrew Robert Herries, and had children including Andrew Herries, William Herries. Janet Douglas passed away in 1500 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Douglas was born in 1476 in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas and Elizabeth Boyd.
  • Janet Douglas married Andrew Robert Herries, and had children including Andrew Herries, William Herries.
  • Janet Douglas passed away in 1500 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Douglas's Ancestors

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Janet Douglas
1476 – 1500
Birth Place: North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald "Bell the Cat" Douglas
1454 – 1513
Angus,
Elizabeth Boyd
1458 – 1496
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George Douglas
1412 – 1463
Mar, County Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Isabel Sibbald
1424 –
of, , Scotland
Robert Boyd
1425 – 1482
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mariotta Maxwell
1425 – 1472
Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Earl Douglas
1399 – 1437
Margary Hay
1400 – 1484
Sir Sibbald
Thomas Boyd
– 1339
Thomas Boyd
1406 –
John Maxwell
1403 – 1476
Margaret Borthwick
1409 – 1466
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Princess Mary
Knight Hay
1342 – 1406
Princess Stewart
1346 – 1389
Joanna Montgomery
1389 –
William Borthwick
1388 – 1458
Catherine Sinclair
1391 – 1462

Janet Douglas's Descendants

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Janet Douglas (1476 – Bef 25 Feb 1500) m. Andrew (Robert) Herries (1477 – 9 Sep 1513)
  1. 1. Andrew Herries (Abt 1495 – 9 Sep 1513)
  2. 2. William Herries (14 Jan 1501 – 26 Sep 1543) m. Katherine Kennedy (1510 – 1545)
    1. 1. Agnes (de) Herries (Bet 1531 and 1534 – 14 Mar 1593) m. John Maxwell (1512 – 20 Jan 1583)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Maxwell (1543 – 28 Oct 1592) m. John Gordon (1520 – 22 Oct 1562) m. Alexander Fraser (1537 – 12 Jul 1623)
      2. 2. Margaret Maxwell (1548 – 8 Jan 1617) m. Mark Kerr (20 Feb 1558 – 8 Apr 1609) m. Mark Kerr (20 Feb 1553 – 8 Apr 1609)
        1. 1. Margaret Kerr (1573 – 15 Mar 1643) m. James Home (1575 – Bef 22 Apr 1629)
        2. 2. Isabel Kerr (1574 – 1628)
        3. 3. Lilias Kerr (10 Jul 1574 – 10 Jul 1659) m. Thomas Smith (Abt 1573 – ) m. John Borthwick (1583 – 1 Nov 1623) m. Gavin Hamilton (Abt 1578 – )
        4. 4. Johanna Kerr (1575 – 1630)
        5. 5. Jean Kerr (1575 – 17 Aug 1632) m. David Lindsay (1573 – Jun 1620) m. Thomas Hamilton (1563 – 28 May 1627)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Ker (Abt 1580 – ) m. Alexander Hamilton (Abt 1579 – )
        7. 7. Janet Kerr (Abt 1580 – 17 Aug 1632) m. William Cunninghame (2 Nov 1590 – )
        8. 8. Robert Kerr (1587 – 1645)
        9. 9. Mary Kerr m. James Richardson
      3. 3. Grizell Maxwell (11 Nov 1550 – 13 Jul 1597) m. Thomas MacLelland (1526 – 13 Jul 1597)
      4. 4. Robert Maxwell (1553 – 31 Oct 1615) m. Elizabeth Gordon (Abt 1538 – Bef 22 Jan 1607) m. Sarah Johnstone (Abt 1565 – 6 Apr 1608)
      5. 5. Agnes Maxwell (1555 – 10 Jan 1593) m. John Charteris (1547 – Abt 1616)
      6. 6. William Maxwell (Abt 1555 – 10 Oct 1603) m. Catherine Kerr (1556 – 1606)
      7. 7. Edward Maxwell (1560 – 29 Sep 1598) m. Margaret Baillie (1557 – 25 Nov 1611)
      8. 8. Sarah Maxwell (1570 – 29 Mar 1636) m. James Johnstone (4 Jun 1567 – 6 Apr 1608)
      9. 9. Nichola Maxwell (1 Jan 1578 – 1605) m. William Grierson (1550 – 29 Jan 1629)
      10. 10. Mary Maxwell m. William Hay
    2. 2. Katherine Herries (1533 – 8 Feb 1593) m. Uchtred MacDowall (1546 – 11 Jun 1593)
    3. 3. Janet ((Jean) (Joneta)) Herries (1538 – Dec 1612) m. James Cockburn (Abt 1524 – 1588)

Janet Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Janet Douglas in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
1500
Bef 25 Feb 1500
Age 24
Death of Janet Douglas in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef 25 Feb 1500
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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