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Lady Jean Elliot 1560–1607 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1607

Death Location: Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Father: William Elliot

Mother: Mary Scott

Spouse(s): Thomas Laird, Richard Edgerston

Children(s): Lord Rutherfurd, Margaret Rutherfurd, Jean Rutherfurd, William Rutherford, Richard Rutherfurd, Andrew Rutherfurd

Lady Jean Elliot was born in 1560 in Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of William Clan Chief Elliot And Mary Roosevelt Scott. Lady Jean Elliot married Richard Rutherford Of Edgerston, Thomas Rutherfurd The Black Laird, and had children including Andrew Rutherfurd, Jean Rutherfurd, Lord Robert Rutherfurd, Margaret Rutherfurd, Richard Rutherfurd, William Nether Nisbit Rutherford. Lady Jean Elliot passed away in 1607 in Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Jean Elliot was born in 1560 in Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of William Clan Chief Elliot And Mary Roosevelt Scott.
  • Lady Jean Elliot married Richard Rutherford Of Edgerston, Thomas Rutherfurd The Black Laird, and had children including Andrew Rutherfurd, Jean Rutherfurd, Lord Robert Rutherfurd, Margaret Rutherfurd, Richard Rutherfurd, William Nether Nisbit Rutherford.
  • Lady Jean Elliot passed away in 1607 in Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Elliot
1525–1585
Birth Location: Scotland
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Mary Scott
1558–1585
Birth Location: Buchanan Castle, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS

Spouses(s)

Thomas Laird
1550–1615
Birth Location: Edgerston,,Roxburghshire,,SCOTLAND,
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Richard Edgerston
1520–1604
Birth Location: Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
RE

Children(s)

Lord Rutherfurd
1590–1659
Birth Location: Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Margaret Rutherfurd
1578–1640
Birth Location: Hunthill, Roxburghshire, Scotland
MR
Jean Rutherfurd
1594–
Birth Location: Hunthill, Roxburghshire, Scotland
JR
William Rutherford
1592–
Birth Location: Nesbit, Roxburghshire, Scotland
WR
Richard Rutherfurd
1590–1603
Birth Location: Edgerston, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
RR
Andrew Rutherfurd
–1610
Birth Location: Edgerston, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
AR

Lady Elliot's Ancestors

Self
Lady Elliot
1560–1607
Birth Place: Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
William (Clan Chief) Elliot
1525–1585
Scotland
Mary (Roosevelt) Scott
1558–1585
Buchanan Castle, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Robert (Elliot (Clan Laird of) Redheugh)
1506–1563
Redheugh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Agnes Scott
1511–1573
England
Walter (Scott 4th Baron of) Buccleuch
1549–1574
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret Douglas
1558–1640
Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Lord
1457–1521
Alice Guy
1445–1520
William Knight
1522–1552
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter KIRKURD)
1495–1552

Lady Elliot's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Jean) Elliot (1560–1607) m. Thomas (Rutherfurd The Black) Laird (1550–1615) m. Richard (Rutherford of) Edgerston (15 Mar 1520–15 Mar 1604/05)
  1. 1. Lord (Robert) Rutherfurd 1590–1659 m. Marion (Margaret Douglas) Riddell 1592–1647 m. Elizabeth Turnbull 1606–
    1. 1. John Rutherfurd 1585–1645 m. Marion Riddell 1629–1697 m. Marion Riddell 1592–1659
      1. 1. Barbara Rutherfurd 1672–1705 m. Archibald Bennet 1666–1712
        1. 1. Anne Bennet 1694–1737 m. John (Unthank) Murray🧩⚠️ 1695–1728
        2. 2. Andrew Bennet 1696–1758
        3. 3. Isaac Bennet 1687–
        4. 4. Jean (Bennett of) Chesters 1693–1775
        5. 5. Robert (Bennett of) Chesters 1683–
        6. 6. Barbara (Bennett of) Chesters 1690–1758
      2. 2. Elizabeth Rutherford 1650–1747
      3. 3. Janet (Bridgett) Rutherford 1650–1637
      4. 4. Robert Rutherfurd 1660–1728
      5. 5. Lord (John) Rutherfurd 1622–1682
      6. 6. Janet Rutherford 1615–1635
    2. 2. Janet (Rutherfurd of) Castlewood 1576–1640
    3. 3. George Rutherford 1615–1635
    4. 4. Thomas Rutherford –1666
    5. 5. Elizabeth Rutherfurd 1634–1680
  2. 2. Margaret Rutherfurd 1578–1640
  3. 3. Jean Rutherfurd 1594–
  4. 4. William (Nether Nisbit) Rutherford 1592–
  5. 5. Richard Rutherfurd 1590–1603
  6. 6. Andrew Rutherfurd –1610

Lady Elliot's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Lady Jean Elliot in Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1607
1607
Age 47
Death of Lady Jean Elliot in Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1607
    Event Place: Edgerston, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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