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Janet Hamilton 1517–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1517

Birth Location: Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1574

Death Location: East, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Chatellerault

Mother: Isabel Hamilton

Spouse(s): Alexander Glencarin

Children(s): Dame Cunningham, James Lesmahgo, Sir Glencarin

In 1517, Janet Hamilton entered the world in Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Sir Earl James Ii Hamilton Van Arran 1St Earl Of Arran 2Nd Lord Of Hamilton Duke Of Chatellerault And Isabel Hamilton. Janet Hamilton married Alexander Cunninghame 5Th Earlbof Glencarin, and had children including Alexander Cunninghame Commendator Of Kilwinning, Dame Margaret Cunningham, Isobel Cunninghame, James Cunninghame Prior Of Lesmahgo, Janet Cunningham, Sir William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencarin. Janet Hamilton passed away in 1574 in East, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1517, Janet Hamilton entered the world in Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Sir Earl James Ii Hamilton Van Arran 1St Earl Of Arran 2Nd Lord Of Hamilton Duke Of Chatellerault And Isabel Hamilton.
  • Janet Hamilton married Alexander Cunninghame 5Th Earlbof Glencarin, and had children including Alexander Cunninghame Commendator Of Kilwinning, Dame Margaret Cunningham, Isobel Cunninghame, James Cunninghame Prior Of Lesmahgo, Janet Cunningham, Sir William Cunningham 6Th Earl Of Glencarin.
  • Janet Hamilton passed away in 1574 in East, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Janet Hamilton's Ancestors

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Janet Hamilton
1517–1574
Birth Place: Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Earl James II Hamilton-van Arran, 1st Earl of Arran, 2nd Lord of Hamilton, Duke of Chatellerault
1500–1529
Buchen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Hamilton
1500–1544
Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James Hamilton (1st Earl of Arran) (2nd Lord of Hamilton) (Duke of Chatellerault)) II
1500–1529
Buchen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Beaton Bethune, Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, Countess of Abercrom, 1st Countess of Beaton, Duchess of) Beaton
1500–1529
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Hamilton's Descendants

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Janet Hamilton (January 1517–1574) m. Alexander (Cunninghame 5th Earlbof) Glencarin (1510–November 23, 1574)
  1. 1. Dame (Margaret) Cunningham 1501–1573 m. Sir (John Wallace, II 14th Lord of) Craigie 1550–1610 m. John (Wallace 13th of) Craigie 1530–1570 m. Andrew (Stewart 2nd Lord) Ochiltree 1521–1601
    1. 1. Elspet Wallace 1572– m. William (Whitecloak Scott 4th Lord Of) Buccleuch 1522–1593
      1. 1. Elizabeth Scott 1593–1656 m. William (Pritchett MacWillaim) SR. 1590–1654
        1. 1. William (Pritchett (MacWilliam)) JR. 1621–1689 m. Briget (Craughane) Pritchett 1623–1689
  2. 2. James (Cunninghame Prior Of) Lesmahgo 1522–
  3. 3. Sir (William Cunningham 6th Earl Of) Glencarin 1529–1579

Janet Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1517
January 1517
Birth of Janet Hamilton in Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1574
1574
Age 57
Death of Janet Hamilton in East, Ayrshire, Scotland
East, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1517
    Event Place: Hamilton, South, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: East, Ayrshire, Scotland

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