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Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean 1539–1563 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1539

Birth Location: Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland

Death Date: 1563

Death Location: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Hector McClean

Mother: Mary MacDonald

Spouse(s): Angus MacDonald, Alexander Chisholm

Children(s): Margaret MACDONALD, Elizabeth MacDonald, John Chisholm

Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean was born in 1539 in Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland, the child of Hector Mor Viii Lord Duart Maclean 12Th Chief Clan Mcclean And Mary Islay Macdonald. Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean married Alexander Xiv Chisholm Chisholm, Angus Macalister 7Th Macdonald Of Glengarry Macdonald, and had children including Elizabeth Macdonald, John Chisholm, Margaret Macdonald. Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean passed away in 1563 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean was born in 1539 in Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland, the child of Hector Mor Viii Lord Duart Maclean 12Th Chief Clan Mcclean And Mary Islay Macdonald.
  • Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean married Alexander Xiv Chisholm Chisholm, Angus Macalister 7Th Macdonald Of Glengarry Macdonald, and had children including Elizabeth Macdonald, John Chisholm, Margaret Macdonald.
  • Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean passed away in 1563 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hector McClean
1510–1568
Birth Location: Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
HM
Mary MacDonald
1518–1550
Birth Location: Island of Islay, , Western Isles, Scotland,
MM

Spouses(s)

Angus MacDonald
1537–1574
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
AM
Alexander Chisholm
1547–1586
Birth Location: Chisholm, Inverness-shire, Scotland
AC

Children(s)

Margaret MACDONALD
1550–1561
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
MM
Elizabeth MacDonald
1540–1594
Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
EM
John Chisholm
1590–1630
Birth Location: Comar, Scotland
JC

Janet MacLean's Ancestors

Self
Janet MacLean
1539–1563
Birth Place: Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
Parents
Hector Mor VIII Lord Duart MacLean 12th Chief Clan McClean
1510–1568
Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
Mary (Islay) MacDonald
1518–1550
Island of Islay, , Western Isles, Scotland,
Grandparents
LACHLAN (CATTANACH) Maclean
1465–1523
Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
Marion (of Treshnish) MacLean
1468–1517
Taigh Ghearraidh, N Uist, Scotland
Alexander (McAlastair) MacDonald
1494–1550
Dunnyveg, Islay, Scotland
Catherine (Caitirfhiona) MacIain
1485–1518
Ardnamurchan, Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
MacLean Treshnish
Sir MacDonald
1465–1494
Cecelia Savage
1475–1495
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Islay
1445–1494
Lady O'Neill
1447–1470

Janet MacLean's Descendants

1.
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Janet (MacKenzie \) MacLean (1539–1563) m. Angus (MacAlister (7th MacDonald of Glengarry)) MacDonald (1537–1574) m. Alexander (XIV Chisholm) Chisholm (1547–1586)
  1. 1. Margaret MACDONALD 1550–1561
  2. 2. Elizabeth MacDonald 1540–1594
  3. 3. John Chisholm 1590–1630

Janet MacLean's Timeline

2 Records

1539
1539
Birth of Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean in Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland
1563
1563
Age 24
Death of Janet MacKenzie \ MacLean in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1539
    Event Place: Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1563
    Event Place: Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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