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Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham 1528–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 13 February 1576

Death Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: George Gordon

Mother: Margaret Lindsay

Spouse(s): Alexander (Cunningham?), James Glencairn, George Mordington, Walter Cessford, Sir Glencairn

Children(s): Sir Ross

Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was born in 1528 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of George Sir 2Nd Laird Of Abergeldie Gordon And Margaret Helen Stewart Baroness Lindsay. Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham married Alexander Crawford Cunningham, George Douglas Laird Van Mordington, James Cunningham 7Th Earl Glencairn, Sir Lord William Cunningham Knight Of Glencairn 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, Walter Lord Kerr Van Cessford, and had children including Sir John Cunningham Laird Of Ross. Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham passed away in 1576 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was born in 1528 in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, the child of George Sir 2Nd Laird Of Abergeldie Gordon And Margaret Helen Stewart Baroness Lindsay.
  • Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham married Alexander Crawford Cunningham, George Douglas Laird Van Mordington, James Cunningham 7Th Earl Glencairn, Sir Lord William Cunningham Knight Of Glencairn 6Th Earl Of Glencairn, Walter Lord Kerr Van Cessford, and had children including Sir John Cunningham Laird Of Ross.
  • Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham passed away in 1576 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Cunningham's Ancestors

Self
Lady Cunningham
1528–1576
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
George Sir 2nd Laird of Abergeldie Gordon
1501–1547
Lochinvar, Scotland
Margaret (Helen Stewart Baroness) Lindsay
1504–1577
Atholl, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Alexander Gordon Th Lord Dalkeith Laird Van Glen) L
1472–1513
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Marion Glenscireburn Accarson \ A'Carsone \) DeCarson
1478–1538
Glen, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Sir (Robert, 2nd Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, of Kirkpatrick Crichton) ***
1472–1513
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Lady (Marion\Margaret, Baroness Crichton Maxwell (Crichton)) ***
1472–1527
Caerlavrock Castle, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John DeCarson
1447–1510
Lady Vaux,
1451–1510
Robert Sanquhar
1450–1504
Lady Shaw
1458–1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Cunningham's Descendants

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Lady (Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver) Cunningham (1528–13 February 1576) m. Alexander (Crawford) (Cunningham?) (1526–1576) m. James (Cunningham 7th Earl) Glencairn (1555–1630) m. George (Douglas Laird van) Mordington (1540–1570) m. Walter (Lord Kerr van) Cessford (1510–27 August 1586) m. Sir (Lord William Cunningham, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn (21 Jan 1490–13 Apr 1579)
  1. 1. Sir (John Cunningham, Laird of) Ross 1562–1598 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Boyd 1562–1590
    1. 1. Isabel (Cunningham) Aiking 1588–1652 m. Robert (John) Aitkin 1584–1630
      1. 1. Robert Aikin 1621– m. Jonet (Joannett Stein) Aiken 1625–
        1. 1. James Aikin 1655– m. Issobel Tannochill 1655–

Lady Cunningham's Timeline

6 Records

1509
7 Oct 1509 (aged 14 yrs) (1535 ?)
Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was married in Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1528
1528
Birth of Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1540
BEF 24 AUG 1540
Age 12
Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was married in Bigger, Ayrshire, SCOTLAND
Bigger, Ayrshire, SCOTLAND
1566
1566
Age 38
Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was married
None
1576
13 February 1576
Age 48
Death of Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1739
8 Juli 1739
Age 211
Lady Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of Lochinver Cunningham was baptized in Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Juli 1739
    Event Place: Rotterdam
    Record Source: Netherlands, Baptism Index, 1557-1903, Stadsarchief Rotterdam; Den Haag, Nederland; Doopen

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 7 Oct 1509 (aged 14 yrs) (1535 ?)
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: BEF 24 AUG 1540
    Event Place: Bigger, Ayrshire, SCOTLAND

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1566

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Leith, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 February 1576
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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