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Janet Murray 1522–1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1522

Birth Location: Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 February 1604

Death Location: Polquharne Ochiltrie Kyle Ayr, Midlothia, Scotland

Father: Lord Kennedy)

Mother: Lady 14xggm

Spouse(s): John VI"

Children(s): Janet Mains, Lady CUNINGHAME, Alison (Cunningham), Lady Cuninghame, John Laird), Robert Cunningham, James Cuninghame, Lady CUNINGHAME

The story of Janet Murray began in 1522 in Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom. Janet Murray married John 3Rd Lord Of Drumquhasle Master Of The Household Of King James Vi Cunningham 3Rd Lord Of Drumquhasle Master Of The Household Of King James Vi, and had children including Alison Cunninghame Cunningham, James Cuninghame, Janet Cunningham Douglas Countess Of Home Lady Cessford Lady Mains, Janet Cunninghame, John Cunninghame 4Th Laird, Lady Elizabeth Cuninghame, Lady Elizabeth Jane Cuninghame, Lady Elizabeth Margaret Cuninghame, Robert Cunningham. Janet Murray passed away in 1604 in Polquharne Ochiltrie Kyle Ayr, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Janet Murray began in 1522 in Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Janet Murray married John 3Rd Lord Of Drumquhasle Master Of The Household Of King James Vi Cunningham 3Rd Lord Of Drumquhasle Master Of The Household Of King James Vi, and had children including Alison Cunninghame Cunningham, James Cuninghame, Janet Cunningham Douglas Countess Of Home Lady Cessford Lady Mains, Janet Cunninghame, John Cunninghame 4Th Laird, Lady Elizabeth Cuninghame, Lady Elizabeth Jane Cuninghame, Lady Elizabeth Margaret Cuninghame, Robert Cunningham.
  • Janet Murray passed away in 1604 in Polquharne Ochiltrie Kyle Ayr, Midlothia, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Murray's Ancestors

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Janet Murray
1522–1604
Birth Place: Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Andrew McAdam, "Laird of Waterheid" (Line of Charles Melba Kennedy)
1496–1587
Waterheads, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Lady (Christian Kennedy) 14xggm
1493–1566
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Murray's Descendants

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Janet Murray (1522–3 February 1604) m. John ("3rd Lord of Drumquhasle, Master of the Household of King James VI" Cunningham "3rd Lord of Drumquhasle, Master of the Household of King James) VI" (1520–1584)
  1. 1. Janet (Cunningham Douglas, Countess of Home, Lady Cessford, Lady) Mains 1549–1611 m. Laird (Malcolm Douglas 8th of Laird of) Mains 1548–1584 m. Alexander (Home Laird van) Manderston 1545–1624
    1. 1. Knight (Robert Douglas Viscount of Belhaven) Douglas 1574–1639 m. Marion Kirk 1588–1618
      1. 1. Euphamia Douglas 1610–1673 m. Rev. (George) Hamilton 1602–1677
        1. 1. Sophia Hamilton 1633– m. Robert Smyth 1630–
        2. 2. Alexander Hamilton 1643–
        3. 3. Christian Hamilton 1650–1712
        4. 4. Elizabeth Hamilton 1630–1662
        5. 5. Eupham Hamilton 1634–
        6. 6. George Hamilton 1635–1712
        7. 7. Isobel Hamilton 1641–
        8. 8. John Hamilton 1637–
        9. 9. Robert Hamilton 1645–1703
        10. 10. William Hamilton 1639–
        11. 11. Margaret Hamilton 1647–
        12. 12. Anna Hamilton 1649–
      2. 2. Robert Douglas 1593–1668
      3. 3. Dame (Susanna) Douglas 1617–1665
      4. 4. Andrew (Douglas, 5th Earl of) Friarshaw 1608–1698 m. Jean Hume 1635–1655 m. Margrat Clunie 1610–
        1. 1. Henry (Douglas (6th of) Friarshaw-Writer) 1645–1703
        2. 2. Agnes (Douglass) Finlason 1636–1700
    2. 2. Sir (Alexander Douglas, 9th Laird of Mains 9th Earl of) Mains 1563–1628
    3. 3. Malcolm Douglas 1565–1639
    4. 4. James Douglas 1568–1601
    5. 5. Sir (George ''1st Earl of Dunbar) Hume 1570–1611
    6. 6. William Douglas 1576–1623
    7. 7. Robert (Douglas of) Spott 1566–1623
    8. 8. Alexander Douglas 1591–1628
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) CUNINGHAME 1545–1585 m. Neil Montgomerie 1545–1613
    1. 1. William Montgomery 1580–1658
  3. 3. Alison (Cunninghame) (Cunningham) 1570–1631
  4. 4. Lady (Elizabeth Margaret) Cuninghame 1545–1585
  5. 5. John (Cunninghame (4th) Laird) 1550–1628
  6. 6. Robert Cunningham 1574–1630
  7. 7. James Cuninghame 1576–
  8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth) CUNINGHAME 1545–1615

Janet Murray's Timeline

4 Records

1522
1522
Birth of Janet Murray in Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1547
20 August 1547
Age 25
Janet Murray was married in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1555
ABT 1555
Age 33
Janet Murray was married in Carlung, Ayrshire, Scotland
Carlung, Ayrshire, Scotland
1604
3 February 1604
Age 82
Death of Janet Murray in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1522
    Event Place: Neilstand, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 August 1547
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: ABT 1555
    Event Place: Carlung, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 February 1604
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Polquharne Ochiltrie Kyle Ayr, Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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