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Janet Kay 1599–1651 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 September 1599

Birth Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 Mar 1651

Death Location: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Thomas Kay

Mother: Anne Bayley

Spouse(s): John Cowan

Children(s): Thomas Sr.

Janet Kay was born in 1599 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Kay And Anne Bayley. Janet Kay married John Cowan, and had children including Thomas Cowine Cowan Sr. Janet Kay passed away in 1651 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Kay was born in 1599 in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Kay And Anne Bayley.
  • Janet Kay married John Cowan, and had children including Thomas Cowine Cowan Sr.
  • Janet Kay passed away in 1651 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Janet Kay's Ancestors

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Janet Kay
1599–1651
Birth Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Kay
1571–1671
Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Anne Bayley
1571–
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Rev. (James Kay 🎚 Minister of) Dunbarton
1552–1641
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Kay's Descendants

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Janet Kay (30 September 1599–13 Mar 1651) m. John Cowan (25 June 1592–1625)
  1. 1. Thomas (Cowine Cowan) Sr. 1622–1683 m. Isobell (Tendal) Crawford 1623–1676
    1. 1. William (Andrew) Cowan 1644–1689 m. Elizabeth (Elspeth) Hodge 1642–1712
      1. 1. John (Alexander) Cowan 1663–1715 m. Jannet (BROWN) (Broun) 1660–1718
        1. 1. James (Cowan) * 1680– m. Margret Ritchardson 1683–1772

Janet Kay's Timeline

2 Records

1599
30 September 1599
Birth of Janet Kay in Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1651
13 Mar 1651
Age 52
Death of Janet Kay in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 September 1599
    Event Place: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1651
    Event Place: Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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