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John van Bethune Liard van Balfour 1415–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1415

Birth Location: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1495

Death Location: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland

Father: Archibald Balfour

Mother: Margaret Boiswald

Spouse(s): Lady Beaton

Children(s): Robert Beaton

In 1415, John van Bethune Liard van Balfour entered the world in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to Archibald Van Bethune Liard Van Balfour And Margaret Boiswald. John van Bethune Liard van Balfour married Lady Katherine Or Catharina Stirling Of Balfour Beaton, and had children including Robert Beaton. John van Bethune Liard van Balfour passed away in 1495 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland.

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Biography

  • In 1415, John van Bethune Liard van Balfour entered the world in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to Archibald Van Bethune Liard Van Balfour And Margaret Boiswald.
  • John van Bethune Liard van Balfour married Lady Katherine Or Catharina Stirling Of Balfour Beaton, and had children including Robert Beaton.
  • John van Bethune Liard van Balfour passed away in 1495 in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Archibald Balfour
1390–1499
Birth Location: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Schotland
AB
Margaret Boiswald
1410–1526
Birth Location: Keir, Perthshire, Scotland
MB

Spouses(s)

Lady Beaton
1419–1526
Birth Location: Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland
LB

Children(s)

Robert Beaton
1433–1502
Birth Location: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
RB

John Balfour's Ancestors

Self
John Balfour
1415–1495
Birth Place: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald van Bethune Liard van Balfour
1390–1499
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Schotland
Margaret Boiswald
1410–1526
Keir, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Balfour's Descendants

1.
JB
John (van Bethune Liard van) Balfour (1415–1495) m. Lady (Katherine or Catharina (Stirling),Of Balfour,) Beaton (1 Jan 1419–1 Jan 1526)
  1. 1. Robert Beaton 1433–1502 m. Lady (Baroness Mariot) Lindsay 1433–1468
    1. 1. Sir (David I) Beaton 1466–1505 m. Janet Duddington 1467–1541
      1. 1. Lady (Janet of Creich, Fife Scotland Beaton) (Bethune) 1482–1522 m. Sir (Lord Admiral James Hamilton III "Knight, High Sheriff of Lanarkshire, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Lieutenant General of) Scotland" 1477–1529
        1. 1. Janet ("Jean" Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of) Glencairn 1517–1579 m. William (Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham (Cuninghame), 5th Earl of) Glencairn 1510–1574

John Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1415
1415
Birth of John van Bethune Liard van Balfour in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
1495
1495
Age 80
Death of John van Bethune Liard van Balfour in Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1415
    Event Place: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Balfour, Fifeshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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