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Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton 1516–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1573

Death Location: Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lady (Bethune)

Mother: Sir Chatellerault

Spouse(s): Robert Dalzell, Robert Cunningham

Children(s): Christian Dalzell, Marion Dalzell

Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton was born in 1516 in Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lady Janet Of Creich Fife Scotland Beaton Bethune And Sir James Ii Hamilton 1St Earl Of Arran 2Nd Lord Of Hamilton Duke Of Chatellerault. Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton married Robert Of The Ilk Dalzell, Robert De Montgrenan Cunningham, and had children including Christian Dalzell, Marion Dalzell. Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton passed away in 1573 in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton was born in 1516 in Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lady Janet Of Creich Fife Scotland Beaton Bethune And Sir James Ii Hamilton 1St Earl Of Arran 2Nd Lord Of Hamilton Duke Of Chatellerault.
  • Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton married Robert Of The Ilk Dalzell, Robert De Montgrenan Cunningham, and had children including Christian Dalzell, Marion Dalzell.
  • Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton passed away in 1573 in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Lady Hamilton's Ancestors

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Lady Hamilton
1516–1573
Birth Place: Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lady Janet of Creich, Fife Scotland Beaton (Bethune)
1508–1522
Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland
Sir (JAMES II HAMILTON, 1st Earl of Arran, 2nd Lord of Hamilton, Duke of) Chatellerault
1475–1529
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (David Beaton, 2nd Laird of) Creich
1474–1544
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Hamilton's Descendants

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Lady (Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn") Hamilton (1516–1573) m. Robert (of the Ilk) Dalzell (1512–Feb 1610) m. Robert (de Montgrenan) Cunningham (1511–Aft. 12 May 1546)
  1. 1. Christian Dalzell 1532–1587 m. John (BOSWELL, 3rd Laird of) Auchinleck 1532–1587
    1. 1. James (Boswell, 4th Laird of) Auchinleck 1560–1618 m. Marion Crawford 1562–1632
      1. 1. James (Boswell of the) hill 1582–1661
        1. 1. Isabell SHAW 1591– m. Johne Hogg 1590–
  2. 2. Marion Dalzell 1533–1594

Lady Hamilton's Timeline

3 Records

1516
1516
Birth of Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton in Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1532
15 Feb 1532
Age 16
Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton was married
None
1573
1573
Age 57
Death of Lady Janet "Jean" "Countess of Glencairn" Hamilton in Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Isle of Arran, Dunblane, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1532

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1573
    Event Place: Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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