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Janet Crichton Countess of Morton 1461–1515 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1461

Birth Location: Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland

Death Date: 21 Feb 1515

Death Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Sir Cranstonriddel

Mother: Lady Bakersfield

Spouse(s): John Morton

Children(s): Lady Glamis, Lady Morton, James Morton, Agness Douglas, Richard Douglas, Sir Baber, Robert Barber, Margaret Barbar

The story of Janet Crichton Countess of Morton began in 1461 in Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland. Janet Crichton Countess of Morton married John Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Morton, and had children including Agness Douglas, James Douglas 3Rd Earl Of Morton, Lady Anne Agnes Douglas Of Morton, Lady Elizabeth Beatrice Douglas Baroness Morton And Glamis, Margaret Wolnaugh Barber Or Barbar, Richard Douglas, Robert Barber, Sir John Baber. Janet Crichton Countess of Morton passed away in 1515 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Crichton Countess of Morton began in 1461 in Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland.
  • Janet Crichton Countess of Morton married John Douglas 2Nd Earl Of Morton, and had children including Agness Douglas, James Douglas 3Rd Earl Of Morton, Lady Anne Agnes Douglas Of Morton, Lady Elizabeth Beatrice Douglas Baroness Morton And Glamis, Margaret Wolnaugh Barber Or Barbar, Richard Douglas, Robert Barber, Sir John Baber.
  • Janet Crichton Countess of Morton passed away in 1515 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cranstonriddel
1433–1465
Birth Location: Cranstoun-Riddell, Schotland
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Lady Bakersfield
1440–1478
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

John Morton
1466–1512
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Glamis
1492–1527
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Morton
1505–1599
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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James Morton
1487–1548
Birth Location: Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Agness Douglas
1492–1493
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Richard Douglas
1491–
Birth Location: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Sir Baber
1480–1537
Birth Location: Chew Stoke, Somerset, England
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Robert Barber
1495–1537
Birth Location: London, London, England
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Margaret Barbar
1500–1580
Birth Location: Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
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Janet Morton's Ancestors

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Janet Morton
1461–1515
Birth Place: Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland
Parents
Sir Patrick Crichton Lord Van Cranstonriddel
1433–1465
Cranstoun-Riddell, Schotland
Lady (Deborah Erskine of) Bakersfield
1440–1478
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Morton's Descendants

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Janet (Crichton Countess of) Morton (Jan 1461–21 Feb 1515) m. John (Douglas, 2nd Earl of) Morton (1466–8 Nov 1512)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Beatrice Douglas, Baroness Morton and) Glamis 1492–1527 m. Sir (William Alexander Keith 16th) GGF 1450–1515 m. Robert (of Kersland) Kerr 1465–1500 m. Robert (of Marischal) Keith 1483–1513
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Beatrice Keith Gordon, Countess of Huntly, Gordon Helped Mary Queen of Scots) escape… 1514–1562 m. Sir (George, Lord High Chancellor and Regent of Scotland, 4th Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire Gordon) I 1513–1562
      1. 1. Sir (John Lyon-8th Lord of Glamis- Chancellor of) Scotland 1544–1578 m. Lady (Elizabeth Baroness of Glamis) Abernathy 1540–1581
        1. 1. Countess (of Angus, Jean) LYON 1562–1609 m. Lord (Robert Douglas of Lochleven, 8th Earl of) Morton 1562–1584 m. Archibald Douglas 1554–1588 m. Alexander Lindsay 1564–1607 m. James (Lord Melrose) Douglas 1559–1615
        2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth LYON of) GLAMIS 1558–1670
        3. 3. Sarah (Docherty) Wallace 1531–1685
        4. 4. Peter Lyon 1575–1615
        5. 5. Margaret (LYON of) GLAMIS 1575–1615
        6. 6. Jean (LYON of) GLAMIS 1562–1610
        7. 7. Sibilia (lYON of) GLAMIS 1579–
        8. 8. Margaret Lyon 1564–
        9. 9. Lady (Sibilla) Lyon 1566–1579
        10. 10. Joan Lyon 1514–1537
        11. 11. Johanna Lyon 1565–1610
        12. 12. @@ (Christian) Boyd\Hamilton 1560–1616
        13. 13. Egidia Boyd 1556–1586
        14. 14. Elizabeth Lyon 1565–1610
        15. 15. Emma (Louise) Lyon 1848–
        16. 16. Jean (Lyon) Glamis 1562–1610
        17. 17. Elizabeth (Martha) Lyon 1550–1607
        18. 18. Lady (Elizabeth) Lyon 1565–
        19. 19. Richard Holmes 1540–1590
        20. 20. Lady (Johanna Jean, Countess of Angus Lyon \ 13th) GGM 1556–1609
        21. 21. Patrick (Bowes (9th Lord, 1st Earl of Glamis of Kinghorne)) Lyon 1575–1615
        22. 22. Sarah –1685
        23. 23. Alexander (Lyon 1st Earl of) Home 1568–1619
      2. 2. Haufie (of Corbethouse) Ker 1545–1620
      3. 3. George Gordon 1535–1576
      4. 4. Janet (Elizabeth) Gordon 1546–1629
      5. 5. Adam (of Huntly) Gordon 1536–1580
      6. 6. Alexander Gordon 1531–1553
      7. 7. Elizabeth Gordon 1530–1586
      8. 8. Margaret Gordon 1541–1606
      9. 9. Patrick (of Ellon) Gordon 1538–1594
      10. 10. Thomas Gordon 1550–1584
      11. 11. Lord (George Gordon... 5th Earl of Huntly ..Sheriff of Inverness..Lord Chancellor of) Scotland 1530–1576 m. Lady (Anne Hamilton of Chatellerault, Countess of) Huntly 1535–1574 m. Lady (Anne Campbell Hamilton) CHATELLERAULT 1541–1576
        1. 1. Lord (George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, 6th Earl of) Huntly 1562–1636 m. Henrietta (Harriet Anna Maria Stuart) Huntly 1573–1642
        2. 2. Alexander Gordon 1566–1622
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Catherine GORDON de) HUNTLY 1560–1616
        4. 4. Jean Gordon 1569–1615
        5. 5. John Gordon 1571–1630
        6. 6. Margaret Gordon 1564–1638
        7. 7. Mary Gordon 1565–
      12. 12. James Gordon 1541–1620
      13. 13. Lady (Elizabeth of Huntly Countess Atholl) Gordon 1532–1557
      14. 14. Jean Gordon 1546–1629
      15. 15. Jane Gordon 1541–1620
      16. 16. Thomas (Gordon of) Huntly 1550–1584
      17. 17. William Gordon 1537–1620
      18. 18. Mary (Dorothea) Gordon 1541–1606
      19. 19. Patrick (Gordon of) Huntly 1538–1594
      20. 20. Adam (Gordon of) Huntly 1536–1580
      21. 21. Alexander (Gordon(4th Eatl of) Huntly) 1531–1552
      22. 22. Robert (Gordon of) Huntly 1539–1572
      23. 23. John (Gordon(4th Eatl of) Huntly) 1533–1562
      24. 24. Jean Keith 1551–1629
    2. 2. Janet Keith 1514–1559
    3. 3. William (of Marischal) Keith 1506–1581
    4. 4. John (of Kersland) Kerr 1502–1558
    5. 5. Francis Marischal 1510–1560
  2. 2. Lady (Anne Agnes Douglas of) Morton 1505–1599
  3. 3. James (Douglas 3rd Earl of) Morton 1487–1548
  4. 4. Agness Douglas 1492–1493
  5. 5. Richard Douglas 1491–
  6. 6. Sir (John) Baber 1480–1537
  7. 7. Robert Barber 1495–1537
  8. 8. Margaret (Wolnaugh Barber or) Barbar 1500–1580

Janet Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1461
Jan 1461
Birth of Janet Crichton Countess of Morton in Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland
Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland
1515
21 Feb 1515
Age 54
Death of Janet Crichton Countess of Morton in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1461
    Event Place: Cranston, Edinburgh, Mlot, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Feb 1515
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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