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Janet Ruthven 1540 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: Jan 20 1606

Death Location: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland

Father: Patrick Pert

Mother: Margaret Douglas

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Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Patrick Ruthven Lord, Dirleton, Sheriff of Pert and Margaret Tomson Douglas. Janet Ruthven passed away in 1606 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Ruthven was born in 1540 in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Patrick Ruthven Lord, Dirleton, Sheriff of Pert and Margaret Tomson Douglas.
  • Janet Ruthven passed away in 1606 in Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland.

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Janet Ruthven's Ancestors

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Janet Ruthven
1540 – 1606
Birth Place: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Ruthven Lord, Dirleton, Sheriff of Pert
1520 – 1556
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret (Tomson) Douglas
1492 – 1575
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of) Session
1500 – 1552
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton
1503 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
GEORGE (William) Douglas
1469 – 1513
Tantallon Castle, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Drummond Countess) Angus
1472 – 1514
Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Janet Ruthven in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
1606
Jan 20 1606
Age 66
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: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 20 1606
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland

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