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Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard 1347–1401 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1347

Birth Location: Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: Aft. Jan 1401

Death Location: Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland

Father: Sir Giffard

Mother: Joanna Douglas

Spouse(s): Sir Hay

Children(s): Sir Hay

In 1347, Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard entered the world in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir Hugh Of Yester Giffard And Joanna Jonet Douglas. Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard married Sir Thomas Of Locherworth Hay, and had children including Sir William Of Lochorwart And Yester Hay. Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard passed away in 1401 in Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1347, Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard entered the world in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland, born to Sir Hugh Of Yester Giffard And Joanna Jonet Douglas.
  • Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard married Sir Thomas Of Locherworth Hay, and had children including Sir William Of Lochorwart And Yester Hay.
  • Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard passed away in 1401 in Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Giffard
1322–1365
Birth Location: Castle Yester, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
SG
Joanna Douglas
1325–1400
Birth Location: Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
JD

Spouses(s)

Sir Hay
1345–1406
Birth Location: Lochorwart Castle, Lochowart, Gorbridge, Midlothian, Scotland
SH

Children(s)

Sir Hay
1375–1421
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
SH

Joanna Giffard's Ancestors

Self
Joanna Giffard
1347–1401
Birth Place: Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Hugh of Yester Giffard
1322–1365
Castle Yester, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Joanna ((Jonet)) Douglas
1325–1400
Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John, of Yester) Giffard
1287–1345
Yester, Peebleshire, Scotland
Euphemia Morham
1287–1350
Morham, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (James of Hermiston and of Lothian) Douglas
1286–1323
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Giffard
1260–1310
Isabel, Yester
–1320
Sir Morham
1255–1345
William Douglas
1243–1300
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Giffard
1225–1267
Joan Halsbury
1232–1287
Sir Douglas
1225–1277

Joanna Giffard's Descendants

1.
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Joanna (of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean)) Giffard (Abt. 1347–Aft. Jan 1401) m. Sir (Thomas of Locherworth) Hay (Abt. 1345–Abt. Jul 1406)
  1. 1. Sir (William of Lochorwart and Yester) Hay 1375–1421 m. Alice ((or Alicia) Hay (or) Borthwick) 1370–1451
    1. 1. Margaret, (of Yester) Hay 1400–1484 m. William, (2nd Earl of Angus) Douglas 1398–1437
      1. 1. George, (4th Earl of Angus "The Red Douglas") Douglas 1417–1463 m. Isabel, (of Balgony) Sibbald 1433–1497
        1. 1. Archibald ("Bell the Cat") Douglas 1449–1513 m. Elizabeth Boyd 1454–1498

Joanna Giffard's Timeline

2 Records

1347
Abt. 1347
Birth of Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland
Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland
1401
Aft. Jan 1401
Age 54
Death of Joanna of Yester (Johanna, Janet, Jean) Giffard in Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland
Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1347
    Event Place: Gifford, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft. Jan 1401
    Event Place: Locherwarth, Pebbles, Scotland
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