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Janet “Jean” Hamilton 1517–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1517

Birth Location: Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Apr 1579

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: James Arran

Mother: Janet Bethune

Spouse(s): Alexander Glencairn

Children(s): Margaret Cunningham

Janet “Jean” Hamilton was born in 1517 in Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton 1St Earl Of Arran And Janet Bethune. Janet “Jean” Hamilton married Alexander Cunningham Vth Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including Margaret Cunningham. Janet “Jean” Hamilton passed away in 1579 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet “Jean” Hamilton was born in 1517 in Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of James Hamilton 1St Earl Of Arran And Janet Bethune.
  • Janet “Jean” Hamilton married Alexander Cunningham Vth Earl Of Glencairn, and had children including Margaret Cunningham.
  • Janet “Jean” Hamilton passed away in 1579 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Hamilton's Ancestors

Self
Janet Hamilton
1517–1579
Birth Place: Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
James Hamilton \ 1st Earl of Arran
1475–1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Bethune
1486–1522
Creich Castle, Schotland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James (Hamilton\ Ist Lord) Hamilton
1415–1479
Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mary Stewart
1453–1488
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1430–1460
Mary Scotland
1433–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1394–1437
Joan Scotland
1407–1445
Arnould Guelders
1410–1473
Katharina Guelders
1417–1479

Janet Hamilton's Descendants

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Janet (“Jean”) Hamilton (January 1517–13 Apr 1579) m. Alexander (Cunningham \ Vth Earl of) Glencairn (1510–23 November 1574)
  1. 1. Margaret Cunningham 1533–1573 m. John Wallace 1530–1570
    1. 1. William (Major) Wallace 1555–1611 m. Katherine (Elizabeth) Crawford 1555–1611
      1. 1. Elizabeth Wallace 1580–1608 m. William (Bruce Alexander) Caldwell 1577–1658
        1. 1. John (Wallace) Caldwell 1603–1639 m. Mary (A.) Sweetenham 1605–1639
    2. 2. John (Wallace \ XIIIth of) Craigie 1553–1606 m. Marion Cambell 1550–1597
      1. 1. Annabella Wallace 1572–1593 m. Brice Blair 1573–1639
        1. 1. Brice Blair 1590–1639 m. Esther (Peden \) Pethein 1584–1650

Janet Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1517
January 1517
Birth of Janet “Jean” Hamilton in Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
1579
13 Apr 1579
Age 62
Death of Janet “Jean” Hamilton in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1517
    Event Place: Holmstone, Ayrshire, Scotland
    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: Death
    Event Date: 13 Apr 1579
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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