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Lady Barbara Ruthven 1531 – 1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1531

Birth Location: Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 21 Jul 1594

Death Location: Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Lord II

Mother: Lady Halyburton

Spouse(s): Lord Gray

Children(s): William Graye

The story of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey began in 1531 in Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey married Lord Andrew Patrick Gray, and had children including William Graye. Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey passed away in 1594 in Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey began in 1531 in Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey married Lord Andrew Patrick Gray, and had children including William Graye.
  • Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey passed away in 1594 in Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord II
1500 – 1552
Birth Location: Huntingtower, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Halyburton
1503 – 1560
Birth Location: Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
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Spouses(s)

Lord Gray
1538 – 1608
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Graye
1564 – 1607
Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England U.K.
WG

Lady Ruthven's Ancestors

Self
Lady Ruthven
1531 – 1594
Birth Place: Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord William Ruthven II
1500 – 1552
Huntingtower, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet) Halyburton
1503 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland.
Grandparents
Lord (William) Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Jean) Hepburn
1480 –
Scotland
Lord (Patrick Canmore) Halyburton
1475 – 1505
Dirleton Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Douglas
1482 – 1508
Pumpherston, Mid-Lothian, Schotland, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lord Ruthven
1460 – 1528
Lady Livingstone
1440 – 1510
Lord Hepburn
1444 – 1517
Lady Napier
1450 – 1512
Lord Halyburton
– 1502
Lady Seton
– 1493
Lord Douglas
1487 – 1548
Lady Balfour
1460 – 1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Ruthven
1431 – 1480
Lady Cranstoun
1435 –
Lord Hepburn
1412 – 1483
Lady Wallace
1410 – 1482
Lord Halyburton
1438 – 1492
Lady Mariot
1455 –
Sir Seton
Janet DUNBAR
– 1434
Lord Douglas
1426 – 1498
Lady Stewart
1428 – 1493

Lady Ruthven's Descendants

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Lady (Barbara) Ruthven (ABT 1531 – 21 Jul 1594) m. Lord (Andrew Patrick) Gray (Jul 1538 – 10 Mar 1608)
  1. 1. William Graye (29 May 1564 – 22 Sep 1607) m. Elizabeth Larye (12 Nov 1561 – 19 November 1633)
    1. 1. Alice ('Allis') Graye (1587 – 4 Feb 1623) m. John (Nicholas 'The Ancient Planter') Proctor (1594 – 11 October 1672)
      1. 1. George (Ambrose) Proctor (May 1621 – 3 Mar 1682) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Burgess (1621 – 9 Jan 1666)
        1. 1. Grey (Thomas) Proctor (1656 – 15 Mar 1717) m. Martha Wainwright (24 Jun 1658 – 1683)

Lady Ruthven's Timeline

7 Records

1521
Aft 1521/1592
Death of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland
Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland
1531
ABT 1531
Birth of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1535
7 May 1535
Age 4
Birth of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1549
1549
Age 18
Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey was married in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1594
21 Jul 1594
Age 63
Death of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland
Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland
1594
21 Jul 1594
Age 63
Death of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Evelick, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Evelick, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1594
21 Jul 1594
Age 63
Death of Lady Barbara Ruthven , Countess Ruthven, Baroness Grey in Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland
Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 May 1535
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1531
    Event Place: Ruthven, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1594
    Event Place: Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1521/1592
    Event Place: Grey House, Buttergask, Perth, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1594
    Event Place: Evelick, West Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1594
    Event Place: Evelick, West Lothian, Scotland
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