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Jean Lyon 1556–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jul 1556

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 21 Mar 1609

Death Location: Angus, Scotland

Father: Sir Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth Abernethy

Spouse(s): Robert Douglas

Children(s): Robert Douglas, William, Douglas

Jean Lyon was born in 1556 in Scotland, the child of Sir John Lyon 8Th Lord Glamis Chancellor Of Scotland And Elizabeth Abernethy. Jean Lyon married Robert Douglas, and had children including Robert Douglas, William 7Th Earl Of Morton Douglas. Jean Lyon passed away in 1609 in Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jean Lyon was born in 1556 in Scotland, the child of Sir John Lyon 8Th Lord Glamis Chancellor Of Scotland And Elizabeth Abernethy.
  • Jean Lyon married Robert Douglas, and had children including Robert Douglas, William 7Th Earl Of Morton Douglas.
  • Jean Lyon passed away in 1609 in Angus, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean Lyon's Ancestors

Self
Jean Lyon
1556–1609
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Sir John Lyon 8th Lord Glamis Chancellor of Scotland
1544–1578
Angus, Scotland
Elizabeth Abernethy
1540–1581
East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
JOHN (LORD GLAMIS) LYON
1515–1592
Scotland
Janet Keith
1510–
Ryslippe (Middlesex) England
William Abernethy
1504–1543
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Hay
1506–1574
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Glamis
1491–1528
Janet Glamis
1495–1537
Alexander ABERNETHY
1485–1527
Margaret Stewart
1482–1530
WILLIAM, HAY
1481–1513
Christian Lady
1482–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JOHN, LYON
1450–1513
Elizabeth Gray
1456–1529
Lord Angus
1469–1513
WILLIAM, HAY
1449–1506
LADY GORDON
1464–1485
John Glamis
1445–1497
Elisabeth Scrymgeour
1450–1490

Jean Lyon's Descendants

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Jean Lyon (25 Jul 1556–21 Mar 1609) m. Robert Douglas (1562–Mar 1584)
  1. 1. Robert Douglas 1585–1620 m. Marione Galloway 1581–1620
    1. 1. Robert Douglas 1619–1693 m. Lady (Margaret) Kirkcaldie 1615–1660
      1. 1. Thomas Douglas 1638–
      2. 2. Robert (Douglas) IV 1645–1673
      3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1642–
      4. 4. Mary Douglas 1645–1680 m. John (Kimbrough) I 1640–1716
        1. 1. mary Kimbrough 1667–1727 m. John Berry 1695–1727
        2. 2. Robert Kimbrough 1671–
        3. 3. John Kimbrough 1661–1743 m. Elizabeth Bradley 1663–1750
        4. 4. Marmaduke Kimbrough 1695–1769
        5. 5. jane Kimbrough 1665–1727
        6. 6. Thomas Kimbrough 1669–1777
        7. 7. james Kimbrough 1673–
        8. 8. thomas Kimbrough 1690–
        9. 9. Mary Kimbrough 1696–
    2. 2. John Douglas 1609–
  2. 2. William, (7th Earl of Morton) Douglas 1582–1648 m. Anne Keith 1586–1648
    1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1610–1678
    2. 2. Jean Douglas 1620–1623
    3. 3. robert DOUGLAS 1616–1649
    4. 4. Lady (Mary Douglas) 5thC9xr 1613–1659

Jean Lyon's Timeline

3 Records

1556
25 Jul 1556
Birth of Jean Lyon in Scotland
Scotland
1609
10 Mar 1609
Age 53
Death of Jean Lyon in Scotland
Scotland
1609
21 Mar 1609
Age 53
Death of Jean Lyon in Angus, Scotland
Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jul 1556
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1609
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1609
    Event Place: Angus, Scotland

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