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Janet Jean Herries 1538–1612 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Death Date: Dec 1612

Death Location: Scotland

Father: . None

Mother: Catherine Kennedy

Spouse(s): Sir Skirling

Children(s): William Cockburn, Jean Cockburn, James Cockburn

Janet Jean Herries was born in 1538 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of Catherine Katherine Kennedy. Janet Jean Herries married Sir James Cockburn Of Skirling, and had children including James Cockburn, Jean Cockburn, William Of Skirling Cockburn. Janet Jean Herries passed away in 1612 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Jean Herries was born in 1538 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the child of Catherine Katherine Kennedy.
  • Janet Jean Herries married Sir James Cockburn Of Skirling, and had children including James Cockburn, Jean Cockburn, William Of Skirling Cockburn.
  • Janet Jean Herries passed away in 1612 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

. None
1501–1543
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
.
Catherine Kennedy
1506–1593
Birth Location: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
CK

Spouses(s)

Sir Skirling
1524–1578
Birth Location: Cockburn, Fife, Scotland
SS

Children(s)

William Cockburn
1553–1598
Birth Location: Skirling, Peeblesshire, Scotland
WC
Jean Cockburn
1559–
Birth Location: Skirling, Peeblesshire, Scotland
JC
James Cockburn
1555–
Birth Location: –
JC

Janet Herries's Ancestors

Self
Janet Herries
1538–1612
Birth Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Parents
.
1501–1543
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Catherine ((Katherine)) Kennedy
1506–1593
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lady (Nicole Home Countess) Terregales
1485–1537
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Gilbert (Kennedy, 2nd Earl of) Cassilis
1485–1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabel (Campbell, Countess of Cassillis) "Kennedy"
1483–1529
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Herries's Descendants

1.
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Janet (Jean) Herries (1538–Dec 1612) m. Sir (James Cockburn of) Skirling (1524–1578)
  1. 1. William ("of Skirling") Cockburn 1553–1598
  2. 2. Jean Cockburn 1559–
  3. 3. James Cockburn 1555–

Janet Herries's Timeline

3 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Janet Jean Herries in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1612
Dec 1612
Age 74
Death of Janet Jean Herries in Roxburghshire, Scotland
Roxburghshire, Scotland
1612
Dec 1612
Age 74
Death of Janet Jean Herries in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1612
    Event Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1612
    Event Place: Scotland
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