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Janet Matthews 1525–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: Aft. 1575

Death Location: , , , Ireland

Father: Sir Mathews

Mother: Anne Pyne

Spouse(s): John Allen

Children(s): Gavin Sr, Margaret Allen, John Allen, David Allan, William Allen

Janet Matthews was born in 1525 in Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Walter Edmond John Mathews And Anne Pyne. Janet Matthews married John Alexander Allen, and had children including David Allan, Gavin Archibald Allan Sr, Isabella Allan, John Allen, Margaret Allen, William Allen. Janet Matthews passed away in 1575 in , , , Ireland.

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Biography

  • Janet Matthews was born in 1525 in Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Walter Edmond John Mathews And Anne Pyne.
  • Janet Matthews married John Alexander Allen, and had children including David Allan, Gavin Archibald Allan Sr, Isabella Allan, John Allen, Margaret Allen, William Allen.
  • Janet Matthews passed away in 1575 in , , , Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Mathews
1500–1554
Birth Location: Dodbrooke, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Pyne
1500–1560
Birth Location: Upton Pyne, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

John Allen
1525–1575
Birth Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Gavin Sr
1574–1605
Birth Location: Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
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Margaret Allen
1571–1656
Birth Location: –
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John Allen
1562–1600
Birth Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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David Allan
1575–1675
Birth Location: Ireland, United Kingdom
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William Allen
1547–1590
Birth Location: –
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Janet Matthews's Ancestors

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Janet Matthews
1525–1575
Birth Place: Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Walter Edmond John Mathews
1500–1554
Dodbrooke, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Anne Pyne
1500–1560
Upton Pyne, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Mathews
1475–1524
Margaret (Agnes) Gamage
1480–1503
Sir (Tristram) Pyne
1444–1485
Upton Pyne, Devon, England
Maria (Mary) Ellis
1460–1495
Upton Pyne, Devon County, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Matthews's Descendants

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Janet Matthews (1525–Aft. 1575) m. John (Alexander) Allen (1525–Aft. 1575)
  1. 1. Gavin (Archibald Allan) Sr 1574–1605 m. Margaret (Jane) Gilmore 1578–1605
    1. 1. Sir (John Edward) Allan 1599–1668 m. Lady (Janet Bowar) Rodger 1604–1634
      1. 1. John Allan 1627–1666 m. Bessie Anderson 1635–1658
        1. 1. John (Allan) III 1657–1703 m. Agnes (Brander \) Leiggie 1662–
        2. 2. Elspeth Allan 1662–
        3. 3. Bessie Allan 1650–
  2. 2. Margaret Allen 1571–1656
  3. 3. John Allen 1562–1600
  4. 4. David Allan 1575–1675
  5. 5. William Allen 1547–1590

Janet Matthews's Timeline

2 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Janet Matthews in Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
1575
Aft. 1575
Age 50
Death of Janet Matthews in , , , Ireland
, , , Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Walton, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. 1575
    Event Place: , , , Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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