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Janet Reid 1512–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1585

Death Location: Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Ackenhead

Mother: Margaret Bruce

Spouse(s): Walter Stewart, Gilbert Robinson

Children(s): Margaret Barclye, William Robertson

In 1512, Janet Reid entered the world in Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John William Reid Of Ackenhead And Margaret Alison Bruce. Janet Reid married Gilbert 2Nd Laird Of Muriton Robertson Or Robinson, Walter Stewart, and had children including Margaret Stewart Of Barclye, William Robertson. Janet Reid passed away in 1585 in Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1512, Janet Reid entered the world in Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John William Reid Of Ackenhead And Margaret Alison Bruce.
  • Janet Reid married Gilbert 2Nd Laird Of Muriton Robertson Or Robinson, Walter Stewart, and had children including Margaret Stewart Of Barclye, William Robertson.
  • Janet Reid passed away in 1585 in Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Ackenhead
1480–1513
Birth Location: Ackenhead, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Bruce
1500–1531
Birth Location: Aikenhead, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Walter Stewart
1500–1550
Birth Location: Barclye (Tonderghie), Whithorn, Wigton, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Gilbert Robinson
1512–1570
Birth Location: Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Margaret Barclye
1535–1600
Birth Location: Barclye (Tonderghie), Whithorn, Wigtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB
William Robertson
1530–1597
Birth Location: Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Reid's Ancestors

Self
Janet Reid
1512–1585
Birth Place: Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John William Reid of Ackenhead
1480–1513
Ackenhead, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Alison) Bruce
1500–1531
Aikenhead, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Reid's Descendants

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Janet Reid (1512–1585) m. Walter Stewart (1500–1550) m. Gilbert (2nd Laird of Muriton Robertson OR) Robinson (1512–1570)
  1. 1. Margaret (Stewart of) Barclye 1535–1600 m. John (Albert (Rector of Kirkmahoe)) Stewart 1545–1606
    1. 1. Margaret (Stewart *) Johnston 1560–1593 m. Sir (William Henry Ashel) Johnstone 1560–1593
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret De) Johnstone 1593–1659 m. William ("Link to Gen. George S. Patton and Amelia Earhart") Patton 1590–1641
        1. 1. Rev (WILLIAM HENRY) Patton 1628–1689 m. Jane (Guthrie) Spears 1645–1710
    2. 2. John Stewart –1659
  2. 2. William Robertson 1530–1597

Janet Reid's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Janet Reid in Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
1585
Age 73
Death of Janet Reid in Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Ackenhead, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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