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Jeanette Gordon 1535 – 1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 18 November 1596

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Lochinvar

Mother: Margaretha Crichton

Spouse(s): Sir Cunningham

Children(s): James Glencairn, Margaretha Cunningham, Jane (Thompson)

The story of Jeanette Gordon began in 1535 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom. Jeanette Gordon married Sir William Cunningham, and had children including James Cunningham Earl van Glencairn, Margaretha Cunningham, Jane Elizabeth McCeruley Cunningham 1555- (Thompson). Jeanette Gordon passed away in 1596 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Jeanette Gordon began in 1535 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Jeanette Gordon married Sir William Cunningham, and had children including James Cunningham Earl van Glencairn, Margaretha Cunningham, Jane Elizabeth McCeruley Cunningham 1555- (Thompson).
  • Jeanette Gordon passed away in 1596 in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Lochinvar
1510 – 1547
Birth Location: –
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Margaretha Crichton
1515 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Sir Cunningham
1532 – 1590
Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

James Glencairn
1555 – 1630
Birth Location: –
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Margaretha Cunningham
1565 –
Birth Location: –
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Jane (Thompson)
1570 – 1660
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Jeanette Gordon's Ancestors

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Jeanette Gordon
1535 – 1596
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Gordon Liard van Lochinvar
1510 – 1547
Margaretha Crichton
1515 –
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jeanette Gordon's Descendants

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Jeanette Gordon (1535 – 18 November 1596) m. Sir (William) Cunningham (1532 – 19 September 1590)
  1. 1. James (Cunningham Earl van) Glencairn (1555 – 1630)
  2. 2. Margaretha Cunningham (1565 – )
  3. 3. Jane (Elizabeth McCeruley Cunningham 1555-) (Thompson) (25 OCT 1570 – bef 1660) m. Sir (William Archibald) Thompson (1570 – 1630)
    1. 1. Margaret Thompson (1620 – 1660)
    2. 2. Arthur Thompson (1628 – 15 December 1701) m. Susanna Stratford (1646 – 1670)
      1. 1. Major (John Charles General) Thompson (1671 – 26 Nov 1723)
        1. 1. John Thompson (1702 – 15 May 1770) m. Elizabeth (Mercy) Ward (1704 – 1778)

Jeanette Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Jeanette Gordon in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1596
18 November 1596
Age 61
Death of Jeanette Gordon in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 November 1596
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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