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Janet Sinclair 1505–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1505

Birth Location: Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: Feb 1560

Death Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Henry Sinclair

Mother: Margaret Hailes

Spouse(s): David Lindsay, Alexander Master

Children(s): David Crawford, Isobel Lindsay, David Crawford

Janet Sinclair was born in 1505 in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Henry Sinclair 3Rd Lord Sinclair And Margaret Hepburn Of Hailes. Janet Sinclair married Alexander Lindsay Master Of Crawford The Wicked Master, David Alexander Lindsay, and had children including David Lindsay 10Th Earl Of Crawford, Isobel Lindsay. Janet Sinclair passed away in 1560 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Sinclair was born in 1505 in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Henry Sinclair 3Rd Lord Sinclair And Margaret Hepburn Of Hailes.
  • Janet Sinclair married Alexander Lindsay Master Of Crawford The Wicked Master, David Alexander Lindsay, and had children including David Lindsay 10Th Earl Of Crawford, Isobel Lindsay.
  • Janet Sinclair passed away in 1560 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Sinclair
1459–1513
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Margaret Hailes
1456–1542
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MH

Spouses(s)

David Lindsay
1505–1558
Birth Location: Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland
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Alexander Master
1500–1542
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
AM

Children(s)

David Crawford
1520–1574
Birth Location: Scotland
DC
Isobel Lindsay
1525–1577
Birth Location: Scotland
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David Crawford
1527–1574
Birth Location: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DC

Janet Sinclair's Ancestors

Self
Janet Sinclair
1505–1560
Birth Place: Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Henry Sinclair 3rd Lord Sinclair
1459–1513
Caithness, Scotland
Margaret (Hepburn of) Hailes
1456–1542
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (II Sinclair -2nd Lord) Sinclair
1436–1487
Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christina Leslie
1432–1501
Caithness, Scotland
Adam (Hepburn Master of) Hailes
1432–1479
Hailes Castle, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Helen Home
1436–1513
Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Caithness
1410–1482
Elizabeth Buchan
1401–1451
George Rothes
1416–1490
Christina Dirleton
1420–1508
Patrick Berwick
1412–1482
Ellen Hepburn
1414–1482
Alexander Home
1428–1468
Elizabeth Hepburn
1427–1448
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Orkney
1373–1421
Egidia Orkney
1381–1438
Archibald Douglas
1369–1424
Margaret Douglas
1370–1451
Norman Fythkill
1393–1440
Christian Seton
1395–
Walter Dirleton
1364–1449
Isabelle Stewart
1378–1410
Adam Hailes
1382–1448
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464
Thomas Auchinbothy
1387–1447
Elizabeth Cathcart
1395–1424
Alexander Home
1407–1489
Mariotta Landell
1394–1451
Adam Hailes
1382–1448
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464

Janet Sinclair's Descendants

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Janet Sinclair (1505–Feb 1560) m. David (Alexander) Lindsay (1505–1558) m. Alexander (Lindsay Master of Crawford, The Wicked) Master (12 Nov 1500–5 Jul 1542)
  1. 1. David (Lindsay 10th Earl of) Crawford 1520–1574 m. Margaret Bethune 1525–1583
    1. 1. Helen Lindsay 1558–1579 m. David (Lindsay Laird Of) Edzell 1551–1610
      1. 1. Margaret Lindsay 1578–1614 m. Lord (David Carnegie, Earl of Southesk, Lord of) Session 1575–1658
        1. 1. Robert Carnegie 1612– m. Marion Wedderburn 1590–1644 m. Marjorie Wedderburn 1585–
        2. 2. David (Carnegie 2nd Earl of) Northesk 1596–1679 m. Jean (Maule, Countess of) Northesk 1617–1685
        3. 3. William (Ramsay - 1st Earl of) Dalhousie 1590–1672
        4. 4. David (Carnegie Lord) Carnegie 1591–1633 m. Lady (Margaret) Hamilton 1598–1652
        5. 5. James Carnegie 1595–1669
        6. 6. James (Carnegie 2nd Earl of) Southesk 1598–1669 m. Mary Kerr 1595–1650 m. Jonet Adamson 1600–1683
        7. 7. Margaret Carnegie 1598–1693 m. William (Ramsay, Earl of) Dalhousie 1590–1688 m. William Haliburton 1600–1638 m. William Ramsay –1674
        8. 8. Margaret Dalhousie 1599–1651
        9. 9. John (Carnegie of) Craig 1600–1654 m. Jean (or Jane) Scrymgeour 1604–
        10. 10. Lady (Catherine) Carnegie 1600–1655 m. John Stewart 1589–1662 m. John (STEWART "1st Earl of) Traquair" 1600–1659 m. Sir (John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland 1595–1659
        11. 11. Hon. (Sir Alexander) Carnegie 1602–1654
        12. 12. Alexander Carnegie 1602–1682 m. Margaret Arbuthnott 1628–1690 m. Marion Livingston 1640–1684 m. Alexander Carnegie 1602–
        13. 13. Sir (Alexander CARNEGIE of Pittarrow, Child of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of) Southesk 1602–1683
        14. 14. Elizabeth Carnegie 1605–1651
        15. 15. Marjorie Carnegie 1609–1651 m. William (Halyburton of) Pictur 1605– m. Robert Arbuthnott 1608–1655
        16. 16. Elizabeth Carnegie 1610–1675 m. Lawrence Crawford 1600–
        17. 17. Lady (Elizabeth) Carnegie 1610–
        18. 18. Magdaline Carnegie 1612–1675 m. James (Graham -1st Marquess of) Montrose 1612–1650
        19. 19. Anna Carnegie 1614–
        20. 20. Jean CARNEGIE 1622–
        21. 21. Magdalene Carnegie 1601–
      2. 2. David (Lindsay of Edzell and) Glenesk 1572–1646 m. Margaret Wishart 1575–
      3. 3. Janet Lindsay 1576– m. David (Gardyne 10th of Gardyne, 1st of) Lawton 1576–
      4. 4. Alexander Lindsay 1577–1631 m. Helen Haldane 1571– m. Jean Murray 1578– m. Isabel (E.) Campbell 1575–1635
      5. 5. John Lindsay 1580–1625 m. Isabel Shaw 1580–1615
      6. 6. Agnes (Lindsay of the) Mount 1581–1623 m. Jerome (James Lindsay Lord and Lyon of King at) Arms 1565–1642
      7. 7. Annabel Lindsay 1587– m. David (Sibbald of Giblistoun second) Baronet 1587–1680
    2. 2. David (Lindsay 11th Earl of) Crawford 1547–1607 m. Lilias Drummond 1553–1605 m. Lady (Catherine) Drummond 1555–1598 m. Grizel Stewart 1560–1608 m. Lilias Drummond 1553–1605
    3. 3. Henry (Lindsay 13th Earl of) Crawford 1552–1622 m. Helen Chisholm 1555–1599 m. Elizabeth Shaw 1582–1644
    4. 4. John (Lindsay of Ballinscho and) Woodray 1561–1609 m. Margaret Keith 1565–1602
    5. 5. Alexander (Lindsay of Auchmoutie, 1st Lord Spynie,) Chamberlain 1564–1607 m. Jean (Lyon Countess of) Angus 1566–1594
  2. 2. Isobel Lindsay 1525–1577 m. Wrong (Child. Parents Are Too Young. Crichton 4th of) Ruthven 1521–1589
  3. 3. David (Lindsay 10th Earl of) Crawford 1527–1574 m. Margaret Bethune 1525–1583
    1. 1. Marjory Stewart 1556–1579 m. David (Lindsay Laird Of) Edzell 1551–1610 m. John Muirhead 1556–1610
    2. 2. Henry (Lindsay 13th Earl of) Crawford 1547–1623 m. Helen Chisholm 1555–1599
    3. 3. Walter Lindsay 1555– m. Walter Lindsay 1555–

Janet Sinclair's Timeline

3 Records

1505
1505
Birth of Janet Sinclair in Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1559
Feb 1559
Age 54
Death of Janet Sinclair in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1560
Feb 1560
Age 55
Burial of Janet Sinclair
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Sinclair, person ID LTNP-TD8.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1559
    Event Place: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Sinclair, person ID LTNP-TD8.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Feb 1560
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Janet Sinclair, person ID LTNP-TD8.
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