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Janet Home 1555–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 Dec 1593

Death Location: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Lord Dunbar

Mother: Catherine Colville

Spouse(s): Sir Berwick, Alexander Home

Children(s): Lady Cockburn

Janet Home was born in 1555 in Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Sir George De Hume Home 2Nd Lord Of Canmore Earl Of Dunbar And Catherine Colville. Janet Home married Alexander Home, Sir John James Cockburn Lord High Sheriff Of Berwick, and had children including Lady Sybil Cockburn. Janet Home passed away in 1593 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Home was born in 1555 in Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Sir George De Hume Home 2Nd Lord Of Canmore Earl Of Dunbar And Catherine Colville.
  • Janet Home married Alexander Home, Sir John James Cockburn Lord High Sheriff Of Berwick, and had children including Lady Sybil Cockburn.
  • Janet Home passed away in 1593 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Dunbar
1530–1611
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Home (Hume) Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland -Home Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle held by the powerful Home family, who became the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
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Catherine Colville
1530–1559
Birth Location: Enderly in Comm, Lancashire, England
CC

Spouses(s)

Sir Berwick
1536–1623
Birth Location: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
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Alexander Home
1547–1630
Birth Location: Renton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Cockburn
1582–1642
Birth Location: Clerkington, East Lothian, Scotland
LC

Janet Home's Ancestors

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Janet Home
1555–1593
Birth Place: Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Sir George de (Hume) Home, (2nd), Lord of Canmore, Earl of Dunbar
1530–1611
VERIFIED- Home (Hume) Castle, Berwickshire, Scotland -Home Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle held by the powerful Home family, who became the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
Catherine Colville
1530–1559
Enderly in Comm, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Home's Descendants

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Janet Home (1555–25 Dec 1593) m. Sir (John James Cockburn Lord High Sheriff of) Berwick (1536 -1550–12 Oct 1623) m. Alexander Home (1547–11 May 1630)
  1. 1. Lady (Sybil) Cockburn 1582–1642 m. Sir (James Bannatyne of) Newhall 1578–1635
    1. 1. Lilias (Bannatyne) Porterfield 1580–1675 m. Sir (Lt. Col. James Patrick) Summerlin\Somervell\Somerville 1565–1676
      1. 1. Lilias Somervell 1605–1670 m. Alexander Crawford 1612–1675
        1. 1. Margrat Crawfurd 1639– m. McCrea 1640–

Janet Home's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Janet Home in Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
1593
25 Dec 1593
Age 38
Death of Janet Home in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Manderston House, Duns, Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1593
    Event Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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