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Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon 1528 – 1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1528

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Feb 1576

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Father: James Gordon,

Mother: Lady Crichton

Spouse(s): Sir Cunyngham,

Children(s): Sir Cunningham,, Jean Cunynghame,, Margaretha Cunningham

In 1528, Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to James Gordon, and Lady Margaret Crichton. Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver married Sir William Cunningham Cunyngham,, and had children including Sir James Cunyngham Cunningham,, Jean Katherine Cunynghame,, Margaretha Cunningham. Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver passed away in 1576 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1528, Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver entered the world in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, born to James Gordon, and Lady Margaret Crichton.
  • Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver married Sir William Cunningham Cunyngham,, and had children including Sir James Cunyngham Cunningham,, Jean Katherine Cunynghame,, Margaretha Cunningham.
  • Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver passed away in 1576 in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Gordon,
1510 – 1547
Birth Location: Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
JG
Lady Crichton
1515 – 1535
Birth Location: Kirkpatrick, Scotland
LC

Spouses(s)

Sir Cunyngham,
1532 – 1580
Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
SC

Children(s)

Sir Cunningham,
1550 – 1630
Birth Location: Glenorchy and Inishall, Argyll, Scotland
SC
Jean Cunynghame,
1567 – 1596
Birth Location: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
JC
Margaretha Cunningham
1565 –
Birth Location: –
MC

Lady Gordon's Ancestors

Self
Lady Gordon
1528 – 1576
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Parents
James Gordon,
1510 – 1547
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Crichton
1515 – 1535
Kirkpatrick, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Gordon
1475 – 1520
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Marion Gordon
1480 – 1538
Scotland
Robert Crichton,
1472 – 1513
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Marion Maxwell
1472 – 1527
Caerlavrock Castle, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Kinnoull,
1442 – 1492
Lady Stewart
1457 – 1488
John Maxwell,
1436 – 1513
Lady ,
1440 – 1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Crichton,
1409 – 1478
Lady Erskine,
1413 – 1478
John Stuart,
1428 – 1495
Margaret Montgomerie,
1436 – 1493
Sir Maxwell,
1403 – 1484
Janet Crichton
Lord Stewart,
1434 – 1500
Elizabeth Douglas
1447 –

Lady Gordon's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Janet Jeanette) Gordon (1528 – 13 Feb 1576) m. Sir (William Cunningham) Cunyngham, (1532 – 18 Oct 1580)
  1. 1. Sir (James Cunyngham) Cunningham, (1550 – 4 Nov 1630) m. Lady (Margaret) Campbell, (11 Dec 1550 – 1 June 1610) m. Agnes (Hay or) Preston (1582 – Mar 1630)
    1. 1. Alexander Cunningham (1560 – 1646)
    2. 2. James Cunningham, (1574 – 8 Aug 1612)
    3. 3. William (Cunningham) Cunyngham, (1575 – 1 October 1631)
    4. 4. Anne (Cuninghame) Cunningham, (1586 – 16 Apr 1647) m. James Hamilton, (2 May 1589 – 2 Mar 1625)
      1. 1. Gen. (James) Hamilton, (19 Jun 1606 – 9 Mar 1643) m. Lady (Mary) Feilding (1610 – 10 May 1638) m. Agnes Tempill (1596 – 3 February 1651)
        1. 1. Anne (Hamilton) Wheatly?, (6 Jan 1632 – 17 Oct 1716) m. William Douglas, (24 Dec 1634 – 18 April 1694)
  2. 2. Jean (Katherine) Cunynghame, (1567 – 1596) m. Robert Fergusson, (1566 – 9 Nov 1611)
    1. 1. John Fergusson, (Abt. 1585 – 18 Mar 1628)
    2. 2. William (Robert) Ferguson, (1590 – 1640) m. Katharine (Hume) Wedderburn (1575 – 1644) m. Isobel Farquharson (1593 – ) m. Katharine (Hume) Wedderburn-SCOTLAND (1575 – 1631) m. Sara Grierson (Abt. 1598 – Aft. 1631)
      1. 1. Magdalen Ferguson (1610 – 26 Oct 1684) m. Rev. (John Duncan) III, (1600 – 1684)
        1. 1. Rev (William Robert 'The Martyr') Duncan, (27 Jan 1628 – 1 Jan 1690) m. Susan (Sarah) Haldane (1635 – 02 Jan 1669)
        2. 2. Henry Duncan (18 Jan 1632 – )
        3. 3. Patrick (Henry) Duncan (12 Sep 1635 – May 1695) m. Elizabeth Campbell (1652 – 1751) m. Mary Nettleford (1654 – 1683) m. Jane Frizzell (1645 – )
        4. 4. Capt. (James Duncan) (Dunkin) (17 Jul 1640 – 17 Mar 1750) m. Elizabeth Cowan (1666 – 17 Mar 1690)
        5. 5. Robert Duncan (1641 – 1690) m. Alice Boxly (1643 – 1721)
      2. 2. William Ferguson, (1614 – 4 Mar 1694) m. Janet (Clark) Black (1618 – 15 Jun 1658)
        1. 1. William Ferguson (1638 – 4 Mar 1694)
        2. 2. Robert ('The Plotter') Ferguson (1640 – 13 Aug 1714) m. Hannah Ferguson (1644 – )
      3. 3. John Ferguson, (1619 – 1662)
      4. 4. Robert Ferguson, (1631 – 20 April 1687)
  3. 3. Margaretha Cunningham (1565 – )

Lady Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1576
13 Feb 1576
Age 48
Death of Lady Janet Jeanette Gordon of Lochinver in Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1576
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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