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Janet Pearson 1561 – 1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1561

Birth Location: Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England

Death Date: 22 Feb 1641

Death Location: Forfar, Angus, Scotland

Father: Sir Pearson

Mother: Helen Watson

Spouse(s): Peter Murdoche

Children(s): Jonet Pearson)

In 1561, Janet Pearson entered the world in Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England, born to Sir Robert Pearson and Helen Ellinor Watson. Janet Pearson married Peter Alexander Jr Murdoche, and had children including Jonet (Janet) Persoun (Peirsoun, Peirsone, Pearson). Janet Pearson passed away in 1641 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1561, Janet Pearson entered the world in Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England, born to Sir Robert Pearson and Helen Ellinor Watson.
  • Janet Pearson married Peter Alexander Jr Murdoche, and had children including Jonet (Janet) Persoun (Peirsoun, Peirsone, Pearson).
  • Janet Pearson passed away in 1641 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Pearson
1539 – 1581
Birth Location: Howden, Yorkshire, , England
SP
Helen Watson
1543 – 1581
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Peter Murdoche
1574 – 1655
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Jonet Pearson)
1603 – 1666
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet Pearson's Ancestors

Self
Janet Pearson
1561 – 1641
Birth Place: Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England
Parents
Sir Robert Pearson
1539 – 1581
Howden, Yorkshire, , England
Helen (Ellinor) Watson
1543 – 1581
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Captain (John Pearson) XV
1517 – 1570
of Howden, Yorkshire, England, Europe
Elizabeth Oglethorpe
1515 – 1564
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
John (T Watson BISHOP OF) WINCHESTER
1520 – 1584
Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Elizabeth Newsome
1532 – 1568
Newsom Hall, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
John (Pierson)
1497 – 1559
Elezebeth Tenslay
1490 – 1559
Owen, Oglethorpe
1500 – 1559
Sir Worcester
1504 – 1568
Margaret Smith
1504 – 1562
George Newsome
1502 – 1567
Lady Keighley\Kighley-Newsome\Newsom
1500 – 1566
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Oglethorpe,
1470 – 1559
Constance (Oglethorpe)
1490 – 1559
Sir II
1475 – 1521
Margaret Plantagenet
1475 – 1528
Sir Newsome\Newsom-Watson,
1467 – 1516
Cecily Singleton
1470 – 1505

Janet Pearson's Descendants

1.
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Janet Pearson (Dec 1561 – 22 Feb 1641) m. Peter (Alexander Jr) Murdoche (01 Aug 1574 – 1655)
  1. 1. Jonet ((Janet) Persoun (Peirsoun, Peirsone,) Pearson) (1603 – 3 Jul 1666) m. Thomas (Murdoch (Murdoche, Murdock,) Murdo) (1599 – Oct 1684)
    1. 1. Jonet (Jossie) Murdoche (04/01/1625 – Oct 1665) m. Robert Willson (22 Apr 1628 – Jul 1667)
      1. 1. Jonet (Willsoune, Willson M. Broune,) Brown (Abt. 1650 – Abt. 1700) m. Malcome Broune (1645 – 1685)
        1. 1. Margaret (Broune or) Brown (04 Jan 1665 – 1752) m. John Hutchinson (28 Jan 1665 – abt 1716)

Janet Pearson's Timeline

2 Records

1561
Dec 1561
Birth of Janet Pearson in Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England
Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England
1641
22 Feb 1641
Age 80
Death of Janet Pearson in Forfar, Angus, Scotland
Forfar, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1561
    Event Place: Howden East Riding, Yorkshire, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1641
    Event Place: Forfar, Angus, Scotland
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