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Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw 1458–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1458

Birth Location: Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1541

Death Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Ferniehurst

Mother: Catharina Colville

Spouse(s): Robert Sanquhar

Children(s): George Home, Lady Kerr, Lady Kerr, Lord Crichton, Sir Ferniehirst, JANET HOME, Sir Home, Alison Home, Elizabeth Crichton, John Clavering, Patrick Home

The story of Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw began in 1458 in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw married Robert Crichton Lord Van Sanquhar, and had children including Alison Home, Elizabeth Of Sanquhar Crichton, George Canmore Lord Home, Janet Home, John Clavering, Lady Janet Of Polwarth 14 13325 Hume Home Kerr, Lord William Crichton, Patrick Law Home, Sir Andrew Dand Kerr 7Th Baron Of Ferniehirst, Sir Cuthbert Of Fastcastle Home. Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw passed away in 1541 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw began in 1458 in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
  • Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw married Robert Crichton Lord Van Sanquhar, and had children including Alison Home, Elizabeth Of Sanquhar Crichton, George Canmore Lord Home, Janet Home, John Clavering, Lady Janet Of Polwarth 14 13325 Hume Home Kerr, Lord William Crichton, Patrick Law Home, Sir Andrew Dand Kerr 7Th Baron Of Ferniehirst, Sir Cuthbert Of Fastcastle Home.
  • Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw passed away in 1541 in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Ferniehurst
1430–1499
Birth Location: Auldtournburn, Roxburghshire, Scotland
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Catharina Colville
1440–1494
Birth Location: Ochiltree Castle, Uphall, West-Lothian, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Robert Sanquhar
1450–1504
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

George Home
1509–1548
Birth Location: Samuelton (Haddingtonshire) England
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Lady Kerr
1483–1543
Birth Location: Polwarth,B,Scotland
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Lady Kerr
1483–1543
Birth Location: Polwarth,B,Scotland
LK
Lord Crichton
1450–1550
Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Sir Ferniehirst
1480–1545
Birth Location: Ferniehirst Castle, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Schotland
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JANET HOME
1483–1543
Birth Location: Polwarth,,Berwickshire,Scotland
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Sir Home
1480–1513
Birth Location: Fastcastle, Scotland
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Alison Home
1480–1564
Birth Location: Polwarth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Crichton
1472–1524
Birth Location: Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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John Clavering
1461–1536
Birth Location: Of, Callaly, Northumb, England
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Patrick Home
1471–1503
Birth Location: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
PH

Lady Shaw's Ancestors

Self
Lady Shaw
1458–1541
Birth Place: Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Lord Kerr van Ferniehurst
1430–1499
Auldtournburn, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Catharina (de) Colville
1440–1494
Ochiltree Castle, Uphall, West-Lothian, Schotland
Grandparents
Andrew (Lord Kerr van Aultournburn en) Cessford
1390–1445
Auldtournburn, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Ralph Ker
1392–1444
Kershaugh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Shaw's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Ellen Baroness Faircastle) Shaw (1458–1541) m. Robert (Crichton, Lord Van) Sanquhar (1450–1504)
  1. 1. George (Canmore Lord) Home 1509–1548 m. Mariëtte Halyburton 1510–1563
    1. 1. Sir (Alexander Home, 5th Lord of Home , Warden of the East Marches, Steward of Dunbar, Bailie of Coldingham, Eccles and Dryburgh,) Reformation 1535–1575 m. Margaretha Kerr 1545–1581 m. Jean Forbes 1541–
      1. 1. Lord (Alexander Canmore, Earl of Home\Hume) 1568 1568–1619 m. Lady (Mary Sutton Eltonhead, Countess of Dudley 1586 **Descendent of Anne Boleyn** **Descendent: Hugh Bigod, Magna Carta) Surety** 1586–1645
        1. 1. James (Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of) Moray 1608–1653 m. ▪️08 (MGM Lady Margaret Countess Moray 1607 **Descendent of Anne Boleyn** **Descendent: Hugh Bigod, Magna Carta) Surety** 1607–1684
        2. 2. ▪️08 (MGM Lady Margaret Countess Moray 1607 **Descendent of Anne Boleyn** **Descendent: Hugh Bigod, Magna Carta) Surety** 1607–1684 m. James (Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of) Moray 1608–1653 m. James (Stuart Earl van) Moray 1608–1652
        3. 3. James (de) Home 1585–1620
        4. 4. Anne Alexander 1610–1658
        5. 5. William Home 1598–
        6. 6. William HOME 1610–1615
        7. 7. Sir (James Thomas Stuart, 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmon &) Lennox 1608–1681
        8. 8. 09 (MGU Sir John Home) Hume 1602–1606
        9. 9. Sir (James Thomas Stuart 4th Earl of Moray, 9th Earl of Argyll, Duke of Richmon &) Lennox 1608–1653
        10. 10. Margaretha Home 1607–1638
        11. 11. Lady (Margaret) Home 1610–1668
        12. 12. 09 (MGA Lady Anne (Home Hume) Maitland) 1616 1616–1671
        13. 13. 09 (MGA Margaretha Home) Hume 1610–1668
        14. 14. 09 (MGU Lord James Home, 2nd Earl of Home\Hume) 1607 1607–1633
        15. 15. 09 (MGU Lord James Home, 2nd Earl of Home\Hume) 1607 1607–1633
        16. 16. William Hoome 1611–1606
        17. 17. Anne Alexander 1616–1671
        18. 18. Lord (James Home, 2nd Earl of Home\Hume) 1607 1607–1633
        19. 19. Elizabeth Hame 1595–
      2. 2. Isabel Home 1563–1598
      3. 3. Margaretha Home 1557–1598
      4. 4. LADY (MARGARET, COUNTESS OF MARISCHAL, Canmore \) Keith 1565–1598
      5. 5. Alexander Canmore 1565–1619
      6. 6. Alexander Logan 1561–
      7. 7. John Home 1553–1579
      8. 8. Sir (Robert Seventh Baron Restalrig) Logan 1555–1606
      9. 9. John Logan 1560–1579
      10. 10. Alexander ('1st Earl of Home' de) Scotland 1566–1619
      11. 11. Margaret Home 1565–1598
      12. 12. Magdalene Home 1558–1580
      13. 13. John Logan 1560–
  2. 2. Lady (Janet of Polwarth 14.13325 Hume\Home,) Kerr 1483–1543
  3. 3. Lady (Janet of Polwarth 14.13325 Hume\Home,) Kerr 1483–1543
  4. 4. Lord (William) Crichton 1450–1550
  5. 5. Sir (Andrew Dand Kerr, 7th Baron of) Ferniehirst 1480–1545
  6. 6. JANET HOME 1483–1543
  7. 7. Sir (Cuthbert of Fastcastle) Home 1480–1513
  8. 8. Alison Home 1480–1564
  9. 9. Elizabeth (of Sanquhar) Crichton 1472–1524
  10. 10. John Clavering 1461–1536
  11. 11. Patrick (Law) Home 1471–1503

Lady Shaw's Timeline

2 Records

1458
1458
Birth of Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1541
1541
Age 83
Death of Lady Ellen Baroness Faircastle Shaw in Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1458
    Event Place: Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Polwarth, Berwickshire, Scotland
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