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Janet Gordon 1528–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 13 February 1576

Death Location: Stirling, Scotland

Father: Sir Sutherland

Mother: Jane Scotland

Spouse(s): William Cunninghame, William Cunningham

Children(s): Katherine Lochinvar, James Cunningham, Alexander Cunningham, Catherine Cunningham, Margaretha Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, Isabell Cunningham, Jean Cunningham, Patrick Cunningham, Susannah Cunningham

The story of Janet Gordon began in 1528 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Janet Gordon married William Cunningham, William Cunninghame, and had children including Alexander Cunningham, Catherine Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, Isabell Cunningham, James Cunningham, Jean Cunningham, Katherine Elizabeth Cunningham Countess Of Lochinvar, Margaretha Cunningham, Patrick Cunningham, Susannah Cunningham, William Cunningham. Janet Gordon passed away in 1576 in Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Gordon began in 1528 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
  • Janet Gordon married William Cunningham, William Cunninghame, and had children including Alexander Cunningham, Catherine Cunningham, Elizabeth Cunningham, Isabell Cunningham, James Cunningham, Jean Cunningham, Katherine Elizabeth Cunningham Countess Of Lochinvar, Margaretha Cunningham, Patrick Cunningham, Susannah Cunningham, William Cunningham.
  • Janet Gordon passed away in 1576 in Stirling, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Gordon's Ancestors

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Janet Gordon
1528–1576
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Gordon 10th Earl of Sutherland
1476–1529
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
Jane (Margaret of) Scotland
1497–1550
Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Gordon's Descendants

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Janet Gordon (1528–13 February 1576) m. William Cunninghame (1530–1580) m. William Cunningham (1530–1580)
  1. 1. Katherine (Elizabeth Cunningham , Countess of) Lochinvar 1557–1611
  2. 2. James Cunningham 1552–1630 m. Margaret Campvell 1552–1618
    1. 1. Anne (Cunningham Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Arran, 1st Countess of Queensberry, 1st Countess of Cambridge, 2nd Marchioness of) Hamilton 1586–1647 m. James (Hamilton, Knight of the Garter, Member of the Scottish Parliament,, 4th Earl of Arran, 1st Earl of Queensberry, 1st Earl of Cambridge) (4th 1579–1625
      1. 1. William (Hamilton Knight of Paisley, Baron of Glenawly, 2nd Earl of Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton William Hamilton Suffix) Birth 1616–1651 m. Elizabeth Maxwell 1620–1659 m. Mary Feilding 1613–1638
        1. 1. Anne (Hamilton 3rd Duchess of) Hamilton 1632–1716 m. William (Douglas-Hamilton of) Selkirk 1634–1694
        2. 2. Margaret Hamilton 1642–1668
        3. 3. Elizabeth Hamilton 1641–1679
        4. 4. Alexander Hamilton 1639–1693
        5. 5. James Hamilton 1638–1638
        6. 6. Diana Hamilton 1645–
        7. 7. Mary Hamilton 1648–
      2. 2. Marion ((Mary) Hamilton, Lady Hamilton of) Bughall 1609–1677
      3. 3. James (Hamilton , Knight of Hamilton, 6th Lord of Hamliton,, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton, 1st Duke of) Hamilton 1606–1649
      4. 4. Anne Hamilton 1615–1632
      5. 5. Margaret Hamilton 1612–1686
      6. 6. Marion Hamilton 1600–1648
      7. 7. Claude Hamilton 1604–1638
      8. 8. Elizabeth Hamilton 1605–1625
      9. 9. Jean (Hamilton, Lady of) Broomhill 1616–1642
      10. 10. Mary (Hamilton, Lady of Hamilton, 2nd Countess of) Queensberry 1610–1633
      11. 11. James (Hamilton 2nd Earl) ofAbercorn 1604–1670
  3. 3. Alexander Cunningham 1558–1646
  4. 4. Catherine Cunningham 1567–1596
  5. 5. Margaretha Cunningham 1544–1598
  6. 6. Elizabeth Cunningham 1568–1614
  7. 7. Isabell Cunningham 1554–
  8. 8. Jean Cunningham 1567–1596
  9. 9. Patrick Cunningham 1559–1644
  10. 10. Susannah Cunningham 1560–1630

Janet Gordon's Timeline

4 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Janet Gordon
None
1528
1528
Birth of Janet Gordon in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1576
13 Feb 1576
Age 48
Death of Janet Gordon in Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
1576
13 February 1576
Age 48
Death of Janet Gordon in Stirling, Scotland
Stirling, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1576
    Event Place: Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 February 1576
    Event Place: Stirling, Scotland

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