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Janet Gordon 1528–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 February 1576

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Captain Lochinvar

Mother: Margaretha Kirkpatrick

Spouse(s): Sir Glencairn

Children(s): Lady Glencairn, Lady Cunningham, Sir Cunningham

The story of Janet Gordon began in 1528 in Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom. Janet Gordon married Sir William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Cunyngham Cunningham Of Glencairn, Lady Jean Katherine Cunyngham Cunningham, Sir James 7Th Earl Of Glencairn Scottish Peer Member Of The Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham. Janet Gordon passed away in 1576 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of Janet Gordon began in 1528 in Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Janet Gordon married Sir William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Cunyngham Cunningham Of Glencairn, Lady Jean Katherine Cunyngham Cunningham, Sir James 7Th Earl Of Glencairn Scottish Peer Member Of The Privy Council Cunyngham Cunningham.
  • Janet Gordon passed away in 1576 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Janet Gordon's Ancestors

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Janet Gordon
1528–1576
Birth Place: Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Captain James Gordon, 4th Lord of Lochinvar
1501–1547
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Margaretha (Crichton of) Kirkpatrick
1502–1547
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet Gordon's Descendants

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Janet Gordon (1528–13 February 1576) m. Sir (William Cunningham, 6th Earl of) Glencairn (1532–13 April 1579)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Cunyngham Cunningham of) Glencairn 1555–1613 m. William (11th Laird of Auchinames and Crosbie Crawford (Craw Castle) ruins) 1560–1644 m. Sir (Alexander 5th Laird of Craigends Cuninghame 11th) GGF 1562–1614
    1. 1. Jane Crawford 1585–1685 m. Sir (PATRICK CRAWFORD, 12th Laird of) Auchinames 1580–1650
      1. 1. Jane (Ann) Douglas 1633–1710 m. Colonel (David Crawford, House of Burgesses, great-great grandfather of Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark), as an elderly man, killed by Pamunkey) Indians 1625–1689 m. f@@ (John) Crawford 1600–1676
        1. 1. John (CRAWFORD) Jr 1662–1732 m. Elizabeth Smith 1665–1766
        2. 2. Capt. (John) Crawford 1664–1689
        3. 3. Elizabeth Crawford 1666–1762
        4. 4. Angelina Crawford 1660–1766
        5. 5. Judith (Crawford infant) death 1658–1659
        6. 6. Capt. (David Crawford, Jr, lived to 100, member House of) Burgesses 1662–1762
        7. 7. Sarah Crawford 1666–1753
        8. 8. Sarah (Barbara) Crawford 1647–1654
        9. 9. William Crawford 1655–1699
        10. 10. Peter Crawford 1667–1689
    2. 2. William Cunningham 1580–1645
  2. 2. Lady (Jean Katherine Cunyngham) Cunningham 1558–1630
  3. 3. Sir (James 7th Earl of Glencairn Scottish Peer Member of the Privy Council Cunyngham) Cunningham 1555–1630

Janet Gordon's Timeline

3 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Janet Gordon in Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1550
1550
Age 22
Janet Gordon was married in Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1576
13 February 1576
Age 48
Death of Janet Gordon in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Barony of Lochinvar, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1550
    Event Place: Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 February 1576
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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