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Jean Cunningham 1540–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 7 Mar 1585

Death Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Glengarnock

Mother: Margaret Fleming

Spouse(s): Sir Greenock, John Caprington, John Shaw

Children(s): Geeles Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, Mungo Schaw, Marian Shaw, James Shaw, John Schaw, Patrick Schaw, Jane Schaw, Janet Shaw, Isabel Shaw, Margaret Shaw, Geeles Shaw, Christian Schaw, Alexander Schaw, James Castle, Feelers Shaw, William Schaw

In 1540, Jean Cunningham entered the world in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John J Leslie Of Glengarnock And Margaret Fleming. Jean Cunningham married John Cunningham 4Th Lord Caprington, John Shaw, Sir John Alexander Shaw Laird Of Greenock, and had children including Alexander Schaw, Christian Schaw, Christopher Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, Feelers Shaw, Geeles Shaw, Isabel Shaw, James Greenock Shaw Killed Wife Of Ballygally Castle, James Shaw, Jane Schaw, Janet Shaw, John Schaw, Margaret Shaw, Marian Shaw, Mungo Schaw, Patrick Schaw, William Schaw. Jean Cunningham passed away in 1585 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Jean Cunningham entered the world in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John J Leslie Of Glengarnock And Margaret Fleming.
  • Jean Cunningham married John Cunningham 4Th Lord Caprington, John Shaw, Sir John Alexander Shaw Laird Of Greenock, and had children including Alexander Schaw, Christian Schaw, Christopher Shaw, Elizabeth Shaw, Feelers Shaw, Geeles Shaw, Isabel Shaw, James Greenock Shaw Killed Wife Of Ballygally Castle, James Shaw, Jane Schaw, Janet Shaw, John Schaw, Margaret Shaw, Marian Shaw, Mungo Schaw, Patrick Schaw, William Schaw.
  • Jean Cunningham passed away in 1585 in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean Cunningham's Ancestors

Self
Jean Cunningham
1540–1585
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John J. Leslie of Glengarnock
–1596
Altyre
Margaret Fleming
1515–1550
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George Leslie
1485–1558
Rothesay, Elgin, Bute Island, Scotland
Agnes Leslie
1500–1543
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Willem PC
1500–1552
Geor Ge
1460–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord GGF
1500–1552

Jean Cunningham's Descendants

1.
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Jean Cunningham (1540–7 Mar 1585) m. Sir (John Alexander Shaw Laird of) Greenock (1540–7 Mar 1593) m. John (Cunningham, 4th Lord) Caprington (1529–1564) m. John Shaw (1540–1565)
  1. 1. Geeles Shaw 1560–1625 m. Robert (Earl of Wintoun) Seton 1550–1602
    1. 1. George Seton 1584–1650 m. Elizabeth (Anne) Hay 1592–1625 m. Lady (Elizabeth Anne Hay, Countess of) Errol 1592–1628
      1. 1. Ann Seton 1634–1653 m. Sir (David, Lord Dunne,) Erskine 1606–1671
        1. 1. Richard Erskine 1630–1703 m. Mary (Erskine CHEROKEE NA AM) PATHFINDER 1665–1718
        2. 2. Henry Erskine 1650–1693
      2. 2. Elizabeth Seton 1621–1672
      3. 3. Margaret Seton 1615–1637
      4. 4. Christopher Seton 1617–1618
      5. 5. Alexander Seton 1620–1691
      6. 6. George Seton 1613–1648
  2. 2. Elizabeth Shaw 1560–1625
  3. 3. Mungo Schaw 1581–
  4. 4. Marian Shaw 1571–
  5. 5. James Shaw 1570–1646
  6. 6. John Schaw 1569–1638
  7. 7. Patrick Schaw 1574–1625
  8. 8. Jane Schaw 1575–1625
  9. 9. Janet Shaw 1574–1646
  10. 10. Isabel Shaw 1572–1615
  11. 11. Margaret Shaw 1580–1615
  12. 12. Geeles Shaw 1574–1625
  13. 13. Christian Schaw 1553–1625
  14. 14. Alexander Schaw 1570–1620
  15. 15. James (Greenock Shaw (Killed wife) of Ballygally) Castle 1570–1620
  16. 16. Feelers Shaw 1569–
  17. 17. William Schaw 1573–

Jean Cunningham's Timeline

4 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Jean Cunningham in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1559
1559
Age 19
Jean Cunningham was married in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1565
1565
Age 25
Jean Cunningham was married in Scotland
Scotland
1585
7 Mar 1585
Age 45
Death of Jean Cunningham in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Mar 1585
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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