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Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll 1540–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1540

Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Aug 1570

Death Location: Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: William Erroll

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart

Spouse(s): Andrew Erroll

Children(s): Elizabeth Hay, Lady Hay, Lady Hay, Eleanor Hay, Alexander Erroll, Thomas (insane), Francis Erroll, William Hay, Thomas Hay, Alexander Erroll, George Hay, Frances Hay, Lady Hay, Helen Hay

In 1540, Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll entered the world in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, born to William Hay Iv Earl Of Erroll 5Th Earl Of Erroll And Elizabeth Stewart. Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll married Andrew Hay 8Th Earl Of Erroll, and had children including Alexander Hay Master Of Erroll, Eleanor Helen Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Frances Hay, Francis Hay 9Th Earl Of Erroll, George Hay, Helen Hay, Lady Anne Hay, Lady Helen Eleanor Hay, Lady Mary De La Hay, Thomas Hay, Thomas Hay Insane, William Of Fetterletter Hay. Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll passed away in 1570 in Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll entered the world in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, born to William Hay Iv Earl Of Erroll 5Th Earl Of Erroll And Elizabeth Stewart.
  • Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll married Andrew Hay 8Th Earl Of Erroll, and had children including Alexander Hay Master Of Erroll, Eleanor Helen Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Frances Hay, Francis Hay 9Th Earl Of Erroll, George Hay, Helen Hay, Lady Anne Hay, Lady Helen Eleanor Hay, Lady Mary De La Hay, Thomas Hay, Thomas Hay Insane, William Of Fetterletter Hay.
  • Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll passed away in 1570 in Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Erroll
1521–1541
Birth Location: Edinburgh,Edinburghshire,Midlothian,Scotland
WE
Elizabeth Stewart
1513–1567
Birth Location: Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
ES

Spouses(s)

Andrew Erroll
1545–1585
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
AE

Children(s)

Elizabeth Hay
1567–1630
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Lady Hay
1547–1592
Birth Location: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
LH
Lady Hay
1572–1625
Birth Location: Errol, Perth, Scotland
LH
Eleanor Hay
1565–1650
Birth Location: Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland
EH
Alexander Erroll
1567–1585
Birth Location: Scotland
AE
Thomas (insane)
1569–1610
Birth Location: Errol Castle, Inchetuthyll, Perth, Scotland
T(
Francis Erroll
1564–1631
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
FE
William Hay
1584–1616
Birth Location: Erroll, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
WH
Thomas Hay
1559–1610
Birth Location: Erroll, Perth, Scotland
TH
Alexander Erroll
1566–1596
Birth Location: Erroll, Perth, Scotland
AE
George Hay
1566–1642
Birth Location: Huntly Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GH
Frances Hay
1561–1561
Birth Location: –
FH
Lady Hay
1558–1631
Birth Location: Dryhope, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
LH
Helen Hay
1557–1630
Birth Location: Slains Castle, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Lady Erroll's Ancestors

Self
Lady Erroll
1540–1570
Birth Place: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
William Hay IV Earl of Erroll 5th Earl of Erroll
1521–1541
Edinburgh,Edinburghshire,Midlothian,Scotland
Elizabeth Stewart
1513–1567
Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Willem Hay Earl of Van) Erroll
1495–1522
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Ruthven, Lady of Ruthven, 4th Baroness Ross of Halkhead, 5th Countess of) Erroll
1506–1529
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Sir (John Atholl Stewart King of Scotland (James) IV)
1473–1513
Edinburgh, Mdlthn, Scottland
Lady (Janet (Countess)) Campbell
1486–1546
Castle Balveny, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Erroll
1485–1513
Christine Lyon
1480–1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Erroll's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of) Erroll (Jan 1540–11 Aug 1570) m. Andrew (Hay, 8th Earl of) Erroll (1545–8 Oct 1585)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Hay 1567–1630 m. Alexander (Chalmers of) Cults 1530–1630
    1. 1. Elspet (Hay) Chalmers 1555–1570 m. John Kinimond 1520–1570
      1. 1. Margaret (Kinmond) Kinninmonth 1568–1636 m. George Moreis\Morrison 1565–1616
        1. 1. Edith (Margaret) Morris 1585–1636 m. David (Whitelaw (Quhytlaw)) Jr. 1595–1634
        2. 2. Henry Moreis 1612–1649
        3. 3. Hary Moreis 1633–1658
        4. 4. Helen Moreis 1611–1639
        5. 5. George Morris 1604–
        6. 6. Isobel Morris 1590–
        7. 7. Margaret Morris 1601–1636
      2. 2. Jean (Kinimond Or) Chalmers 1625–
      3. 3. Countess (Margaret) Kinimond\Kinninmonth\Kinninmont 1570–1636
    2. 2. Elspeth (Chalmers(descendant Robert2 of) Scotland) 1550–1610
    3. 3. William Chalmers 1583–1640
  2. 2. Lady (Helen Eleanor) Hay 1547–1592
  3. 3. Lady (Anne) Hay 1572–1625 m. Sir (Andrew Agnew, 3rd Baronet of) Lochnau 1555–
  4. 4. Eleanor (Helen) Hay 1565–1650
  5. 5. Alexander (Hay, Master of) Erroll 1567–1585
  6. 6. Thomas (Hay) (insane) 1569–1610
  7. 7. Francis (Hay, 9th Earl of) Erroll 1564–1631
  8. 8. William (of Fetterletter) Hay 1584–1616
  9. 9. Thomas Hay 1559–1610
  10. 10. Alexander (Hay Master of) Erroll 1566–1596
  11. 11. George Hay 1566–1642
  12. 12. Frances Hay 1561–1561
  13. 13. Lady (Mary de la) Hay 1558–1631
  14. 14. Helen Hay 1557–1630

Lady Erroll's Timeline

3 Records

1540
Jan 1540
Birth of Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
1549
1549
Age 9
Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll was married in Erroll, Perthshire, , Scotland
Erroll, Perthshire, , Scotland
1570
11 Aug 1570
Age 30
Death of Lady Jeanette Hay 8th Countess of Erroll in Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1540
    Event Place: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Erroll, Perthshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1570
    Event Place: Erroll Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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