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Jeanette Ruthven 1540 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Jan 1606

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: *William Session

Mother: Jeanette Dirleton

Spouse(s): Adam son)

Children(s): Elisabeth ❤️

In 1540, Jeanette Ruthven entered the world in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland, born to *William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session and Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton. Jeanette Ruthven married Adam of Charterhouse Stewart (King James V illegitimate son), and had children including Elisabeth Bessie Stewart ❤️. Jeanette Ruthven passed away in 1606 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Jeanette Ruthven entered the world in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland, born to *William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session and Jeanette Halyburton Lady Dirleton.
  • Jeanette Ruthven married Adam of Charterhouse Stewart (King James V illegitimate son), and had children including Elisabeth Bessie Stewart ❤️.
  • Jeanette Ruthven passed away in 1606 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

*William Session
1500 – 1552
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
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Jeanette Dirleton
1505 – 1560
Birth Location: Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Adam son)
1535 – 1575
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elisabeth ❤️
1561 – 1661
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Jeanette Ruthven's Ancestors

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Jeanette Ruthven
1540 – 1606
Birth Place: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
*William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session
1500 – 1552
Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
Jeanette (Halyburton Lady) Dirleton
1505 – 1560
Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Willem) Ruthven,
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
*Catharina Buttergask
1483 – 1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
Janet (of Craggis) Ogston
1488 – 1505
Ogston Estate, Ludquhairn, Longside, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret (Countess of Dirleton) Douglas
1482 – 1505
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Ruthven,
1460 – 1528
Lady Ruthven,
1440 – 1510
ButterGask
1484 –
Sir Morton
1487 – 1548
Lady Morton
1491 – 1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Morton
1454 – 1515
Janet Crichton
1461 – 1514
James Scotland
1473 – 1513
Margaret Tudor\Plantagenet\Lancaster
1489 – 1541

Jeanette Ruthven's Descendants

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Jeanette Ruthven (1540 – 20 Jan 1606) m. Adam (of Charterhouse Stewart (King James V illegitimate) son) (1535 – 20 June 1575)
  1. 1. Elisabeth (Bessie Stewart) ❤️ (14 Feb 1561 – 1661) m. JOHN Tomson (6 Jun 1553 – aft 1610)
    1. 1. Barbara Thomsone (3 JAN 1588 – Bef. 1681) m. Johne (Andersone) ❤️ (1587 – 23 Dec 1612)
      1. 1. Marian Andersone (1600 – aft 1628) m. David Matthisone (1600 – aft 1661)
        1. 1. Issobell Matthisone (26 Oct 1626 – 1661) m. William (Andrew Pickens) (Picon) (1624 – 1658)

Jeanette Ruthven's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Jeanette Ruthven in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland
1606
20 Jan 1606
Age 66
Death of Jeanette Ruthven in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1606
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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