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Katherine of Smithfield Hay 1534 – 1626 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1626

Death Location: Scotland

Father: John Hay

Mother: Janet Spottiswoode

Spouse(s): Robert Polmood, James Polmood

Children(s): Walter Polmood

Katherine of Smithfield Hay was born in 1534 in Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland, the child of John Hay and Janet Spottiswoode. Katherine of Smithfield Hay married Robert Hunter XVI Lord of Polmood, James Hunter of Polmood, and had children including Walter Hunter of Polmood. Katherine of Smithfield Hay passed away in 1626 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Katherine of Smithfield Hay was born in 1534 in Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland, the child of John Hay and Janet Spottiswoode.
  • Katherine of Smithfield Hay married Robert Hunter XVI Lord of Polmood, James Hunter of Polmood, and had children including Walter Hunter of Polmood.
  • Katherine of Smithfield Hay passed away in 1626 in Scotland.

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Katherine Hay's Ancestors

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Katherine Hay
1534 – 1626
Birth Place: Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland
Parents
John Hay
1485 – 1543
Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonsire, Scotland
Janet Spottiswoode
1514 – 1551
Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Katherine Hay's Descendants

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Katherine (of Smithfield) Hay (1534 – 1626) m. Robert (Hunter XVI Lord of) Polmood (1505 – 1586) m. James (Hunter of) Polmood (1547 – 1620)
  1. 1. Walter (Hunter of) Polmood (1565 – 13 dec 1672) m. Anne Geddes (1568 – 1650)
    1. 1. John Hunter (1581 – ) m. Marion\Mary Russell (1585 – )
      1. 1. Jean (Hunter) (10GGM) (Abt. 1609 – Abt. 1674) m. David (Adams) (10GGF) (Abt. 1605 – 1667)
        1. 1. Captain (James Adams) (9GGF) (1628 – 1651) m. Catherine (Magennis) (Adams) (1620 – abt 1680)

Katherine Hay's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Katherine of Smithfield Hay in Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland
Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland
1626
1626
Age 92
Death of Katherine of Smithfield Hay in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Smithfield, Peebles-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1626
    Event Place: Scotland

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