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Janet Read 1606–1671 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Feb 1606

Birth Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james

Death Date: 1671

Death Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: James Reid\Read

Mother: Bessie Lyndsay

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Isobell Whyte

In 1606, Janet Read entered the world in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james, born to James Reid Read And Bessie Lyndsay. Janet Read had children including Isobell Whyte. Janet Read passed away in 1671 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1606, Janet Read entered the world in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james, born to James Reid Read And Bessie Lyndsay.
  • Janet Read had children including Isobell Whyte.
  • Janet Read passed away in 1671 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Janet Read's Ancestors

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Janet Read
1606–1671
Birth Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james
Parents
James Reid\Read
1580–
Anstruther-Wester, Fife, Scotland
Bessie Lyndsay
1569–1671
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John Reid
1560–
est fife east lothian scotland
Bessie Scot
1565–
est fife east lothian scotland
Robert Lyndsay
1545–1624
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Janet (Jonat) Kinross
1552–1624
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Dowhill
1520–1602
Marjory Perth
1524–1579
James Bean
1530–1599
ISOBEL MITCHELL
1525–1586
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Tudor
1500–1577
Catherine ❤️
1505–1540

Janet Read's Descendants

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Janet Read (28 Feb 1606–1671)
  1. 1. Isobell Whyte 1640– m. James Rankeillor 1659–
    1. 1. Isabella (Rankeillor) (Ramkellour) 1675–1744
      1. 1. George Peebles 1705–1769 m. Sophia Farmer 1713–
        1. 1. Andrew Peebles 1744–1782

Janet Read's Timeline

2 Records

1606
28 Feb 1606
Birth of Janet Read in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james
Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james
1671
1671
Age 65
Death of Janet Read in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Feb 1606
    Event Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland*of bessie lynsay and james

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1671
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

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