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Janet Ruthven 1540–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 December 1593

Death Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Willem Ruthven

Mother: Jeanette Dirleton

Spouse(s): Adam ?

Children(s): Ann Stewart

Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Willem Lord Ruthven And Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton. Janet Ruthven married Adam S Stewart Prior To Charterhouse Prior Of Perth Charterhouse 1 Title Or 2, and had children including Ann Margaret Mary Stewart. Janet Ruthven passed away in 1593 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Willem Lord Ruthven And Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton.
  • Janet Ruthven married Adam S Stewart Prior To Charterhouse Prior Of Perth Charterhouse 1 Title Or 2, and had children including Ann Margaret Mary Stewart.
  • Janet Ruthven passed away in 1593 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willem Ruthven
1500–1552
Birth Location: –
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Jeanette Dirleton
1505–1543
Birth Location: –
JD

Spouses(s)

Adam ?
1535–1575
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Ann Stewart
1560–1650
Birth Location: Arntulie, Carneys, Perth, Scotland
AS

Janet Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Janet Ruthven
1540–1593
Birth Place: Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Willem Lord Ruthven
1500–1552
Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton
1505–1543
Grandparents
William (Ruthven, Master of) Ruthven
1478–1513
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Catharina Buttergask
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Douglas
1482–
Pumpherston, West Lothian, Scotland
Patrick (Halyburton, 5th Earl of) Dirleton
1475–1505
Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Ruthven,
1460–1528
Lady Ruthven,
1440–1510
Robert Lochleven
1445–1520
Margaretha Balfour
1450–1521
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Ruthven's Descendants

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Janet Ruthven (1540–9 December 1593) m. Adam (S Stewart PRIOR TO CHARTERHOUSE\ Prior of Perth Charterhouse. ? 1 title or 2) ? (1535–20 June 1575)
  1. 1. Ann (Margaret Mary) Stewart 1560–1650 m. Sir (George) Leslie 1560–1650
    1. 1. Lord (General Sir Alexander Leslie, Lord Balgonie 1st Earl of) Leven 1580–1661 m. Ann ("Agnes") Renton 1585–1651
      1. 1. Lady (Barbara Leslie of) Leven 1601–1640 m. Sir (John Ruthven Of) Dunglas 1596–1649
        1. 1. Sir (William of Dunglass) Ruthven 1625–1666 m. Lady (Catherine) Douglas 1629–
        2. 2. Elizabeth Ruthven 1623–1675

Janet Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Janet Ruthven in Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ballindean, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1593
9 December 1593
Age 53
Death of Janet Ruthven in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 December 1593
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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