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Janet Gordon 1530 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: James Terpersie)

Mother: Margaret Scotland,

Spouse(s): William Cunningham, Alexander Gordoun

Children(s): James Cunningham, William Sutherland

In 1530, Janet Gordon entered the world in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to James Gordon (1st Laird of Terpersie) and Margaret Jane Stewart Stuart, illegitimate Princess daughter of King James IV of Scotland,. Janet Gordon married William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham, Alexander Gordoun, and had children including James Earl of Glencairn Cunningham, William Sutherland. Janet Gordon passed away in 1600 in Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1530, Janet Gordon entered the world in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to James Gordon (1st Laird of Terpersie) and Margaret Jane Stewart Stuart, illegitimate Princess daughter of King James IV of Scotland,.
  • Janet Gordon married William Earl of Glencairn Cunningham, Alexander Gordoun, and had children including James Earl of Glencairn Cunningham, William Sutherland.
  • Janet Gordon passed away in 1600 in Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Terpersie)
1470 – 1558
Birth Location: Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Scotland,
1497 – 1550
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS

Spouses(s)

William Cunningham
Birth Location: –
WC
Alexander Gordoun
1532 – 1576
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
AG

Children(s)

James Cunningham
Birth Location: –
JC
William Sutherland
1556 – 1616
Birth Location: Duffus, Moray, Scotland
WS

Janet Gordon's Ancestors

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Janet Gordon
1530 – 1600
Birth Place: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
James Gordon (1st Laird of Terpersie)
1470 – 1558
Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Jane Stewart Stuart, illegitimate Princess daughter of King James IV of) Scotland,
1497 – 1550
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Gordon's Descendants

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Janet Gordon (1530 – 1600) m. William (Earl of Glencairn) Cunningham m. Alexander Gordoun (Abt 1532 – 19 Oct 1576)
  1. 1. James (Earl of Glencairn) Cunningham
  2. 2. William Sutherland (Abt 1556 – Abt 1616)

Janet Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Janet Gordon in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1600
1600
Age 70
Death of Janet Gordon in Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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