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Jean Lyon 1556–1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 July 1556

Birth Location: Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: March 1610

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Sir

Mother: Lady Abernathy

Spouse(s): Archibald Douglas

Children(s): Margaret Douglas

Jean Lyon was born in 1556 in Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord John 8Th Of Glamis Chancellor Of Scotland Lyon Sir And Lady Elizabeth Baroness Of Glamis Abernathy. Jean Lyon married Archibald Douglas, and had children including Margaret Douglas. Jean Lyon passed away in 1610 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Jean Lyon was born in 1556 in Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord John 8Th Of Glamis Chancellor Of Scotland Lyon Sir And Lady Elizabeth Baroness Of Glamis Abernathy.
  • Jean Lyon married Archibald Douglas, and had children including Margaret Douglas.
  • Jean Lyon passed away in 1610 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean Lyon's Ancestors

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Jean Lyon
1556–1610
Birth Place: Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord John, 8th of Glamis, Chancellor of Scotland, LYON Sir
1545–1578
Glamis, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Baroness of Glamis) Abernathy
1540–1581
Abernethy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Lyon, Baron Of) Glamis,
1510–1592
Stoke, By Newark, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Janette Janet Joan Keith Baroness of) Glamis
1514–1559
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lord (William Abernathy 5th of Saltoun\15th) GGF
1505–1543
Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Hay of Erroll\15th) GGM
1500–1574
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Lord
1495–1528
Janet Douglas
1502–1537
Lord Keith
1483–1513
Lady Keith
1488–1527
Sir Erroll
1475–1513
Christine Errol)
1480–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Angus
1470–1513
Elisabeth Drummond
1470–

Jean Lyon's Descendants

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Jean Lyon (25 July 1556–March 1610) m. Archibald Douglas (1555–4 August 1588)
  1. 1. Margaret Douglas 1588–1690 m. Sir (William Gaulding Alexander,* 2nd Earl of) Stirling 1602–1638
    1. 1. Catherine Alexander 1630–1686 m. Baron (Walter Sandilands 6th Lord) Torphichen 1629–1696
      1. 1. Walter Sandilands 1652–1694 m. Anne (Hamilton, Heiress of Belsyde and) Westport 1657–1733
        1. 1. Sir (Walter William Sandilands) Hamilton 1677–1762 m. Helen ((Lady) Hamilton of) Olivestob 1675–1770

Jean Lyon's Timeline

3 Records

1556
25 July 1556
Birth of Jean Lyon in Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1582
19 March 1582
Age 26
Jean Lyon was married in Glamis, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glamis, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1610
March 1610
Age 54
Death of Jean Lyon in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 July 1556
    Event Place: Scott, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 19 March 1582
    Event Place: Glamis, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1610
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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