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Janet Ruthven 1540–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 December 1593

Death Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland

Father: Sir Perth

Mother: Lady Ruthv

Spouse(s): Adam Stewart,

Children(s): Elisabeth 1561

Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir William 2Nd Lord Ruthven Sheriff Of Perth And Lady Jeanette Janet Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthv. Janet Ruthven married Adam Stewart, Patrick Gray, and had children including Elisabeth Bessie Stewart Dangzell 1561. Janet Ruthven passed away in 1593 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Sir William 2Nd Lord Ruthven Sheriff Of Perth And Lady Jeanette Janet Halyburton Lady Dirleton Baroness Ruthv.
  • Janet Ruthven married Adam Stewart, Patrick Gray, and had children including Elisabeth Bessie Stewart Dangzell 1561.
  • Janet Ruthven passed away in 1593 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Perth
1500–1552
Birth Location: Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthsire, Scotland
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Lady Ruthv
1503–1543
Birth Location: Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Adam Stewart,
1535–1575
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
AS

Children(s)

Elisabeth 1561
1561–1610
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Janet Ruthven's Ancestors

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Janet Ruthven
1540–1593
Birth Place: Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William 2nd Lord Ruthven, Sheriff of Perth
1500–1552
Huntington Hall, Ruthven Castle, Gowrie, Perthsire, Scotland
Lady (Jeanette (Janet) Halyburton Lady Dirleton, Baroness) Ruthv
1503–1543
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Lord) Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Catharine Buttergask
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
Patrick Haliburton
1475–1505
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1482–1505
Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Ruthven's Descendants

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Janet Ruthven (1540–9 December 1593) m. Adam Stewart, (1535–20 June 1575)
  1. 1. Elisabeth (Bessie Stewart ❤️(Dangzell)) 1561 1561–1610

Janet Ruthven's Timeline

3 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Janet Ruthven in Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland
Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland
1560
1560
Age 20
Janet Ruthven was married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1593
9 December 1593
Age 53
Death of Janet Ruthven in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Ballindean, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 December 1593
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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