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Janet Hamilton 1515 – 1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland)

Father: James Hamilton

Mother: Janet Beaton

Spouse(s): Alexander Cunningham

Children(s): William Cummingham

Janet Hamilton was born in 1515 in Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton and Janet Beaton. Janet Hamilton married Alexander Cunningham, and had children including William Cummingham. Janet Hamilton passed away in 1580 in Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland).

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Biography

  • Janet Hamilton was born in 1515 in Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton and Janet Beaton.
  • Janet Hamilton married Alexander Cunningham, and had children including William Cummingham.
  • Janet Hamilton passed away in 1580 in Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland).

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Children(s)

Janet Hamilton's Ancestors

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Janet Hamilton
1515 – 1580
Birth Place: Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Hamilton
1475 – 1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet Beaton
Grandparents
Sir (James Hamilton, 1st Lord) Hamilton
1415 – 1479
Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary (of Scotland) Stewart
1453 – 1488
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James, Bruce
1430 – 1460
Mary Guelders
1463 – 1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Bruce
Joan Beautfort

Janet Hamilton's Descendants

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Janet Hamilton (1515 – 1580) m. Alexander Cunningham
  1. 1. William Cummingham m. Janet Gordon
    1. 1. Elizabeth Cunningham m. Alexander Cunningham
      1. 1. William (wife is eliz stewart) Cunningham m. Elizabeth Stewart
        1. 1. William Cunningham m. Elizabeth Napier (abt 1842 – )

Janet Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Janet Hamilton in Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 65
Death of Janet Hamilton in Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland)
Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Dunrobin, Suterland (Scotland)

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