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John Hay 1625–1697 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1625

Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 August 1697

Death Location: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Father: John Hay

Mother: Johanna Seton

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John Hay was born in 1625 in Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Hay And Johanna Seton. John Hay passed away in 1697 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Hay was born in 1625 in Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Hay And Johanna Seton.
  • John Hay passed away in 1697 in Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

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John Hay's Ancestors

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John Hay
1625–1697
Birth Place: Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Hay
1595–1653
Yester, East-Lothian, Schotland
Johanna Seton
1605–1625
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Hay of) Yester
1510–1555
Yester, East-Lothian, Schotland
Jeanette Scott
1570–1645
Alexander Seton
1555–1622
East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margarit Hay
–1659
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Angus
1490–
George Seton
1528–1585
Lady GGM
1500–1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Seton
1508–1549
Lady GGM
1500–1573
Princess Fleming
1502–1563

John Hay's Timeline

2 Records

1625
1625
Birth of John Hay in Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1697
11 August 1697
Age 72
Death of John Hay in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Yester, East Lothian Scotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 August 1697
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index

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