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Lady Isabel Balfour 1542–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1542

Birth Location: Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: David Inchrye

Mother: Katherine Abercrombie

Spouse(s): Lord Touch,

Children(s): Jane Seton

Lady Isabel Balfour was born in 1542 in Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Balfour Of Powes And Inchrye And Katherine Abercrombie. Lady Isabel Balfour married Lord James Seton Knight 5Th Earl Of Touch, and had children including Jane Seton. Lady Isabel Balfour passed away in 1580 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Isabel Balfour was born in 1542 in Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Balfour Of Powes And Inchrye And Katherine Abercrombie.
  • Lady Isabel Balfour married Lord James Seton Knight 5Th Earl Of Touch, and had children including Jane Seton.
  • Lady Isabel Balfour passed away in 1580 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Inchrye
1505–1578
Birth Location: Lalathan, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
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Katherine Abercrombie
1500–1558
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lord Touch,
1540–1606
Birth Location: Lathrisk, Fifeshire, Scotland, Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Jane Seton
1580–1635
Birth Location: Lathrisk, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Lady Balfour's Ancestors

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Lady Balfour
1542–1580
Birth Place: Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Balfour of Powes and Inchrye
1505–1578
Lalathan, Kennoway, Fife, Scotland
Katherine Abercrombie
1500–1558
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Abercromby
1484–1505
Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Jonet Ogilvy
1465–1585
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Balfour's Descendants

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Lady (Isabel) Balfour (Abt. 1542–1580) m. Lord (James Seton, Knight, 5th Earl of) Touch, (1540–14 Feb 1606)
  1. 1. Jane Seton 1580–1635 m. Robert (Echlin) Bishop 1576–1635
    1. 1. Isabel Echlin 1596–1639 m. Archibald (Stewart) Sir 1595–1665
      1. 1. Walter Stewart 1620–1668 m. Isobel Stewart 1633–1700
        1. 1. Robert (Lord Stewart van) Minto 1655–1714 m. Jannet Forsyth 1655–1729

Lady Balfour's Timeline

4 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Lady Isabel Balfour in Lathrisk, Fifeshire, Scotland
Lathrisk, Fifeshire, Scotland
1542
Abt. 1542
Birth of Lady Isabel Balfour in Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland
Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 38
Death of Lady Isabel Balfour in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1584
1584
Age 42
Death of Lady Isabel Balfour in Fifeshire, Fifeshire, Scotland
Fifeshire, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Lathrisk, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1542
    Event Place: Lathrisk, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1584
    Event Place: Fifeshire, Fifeshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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