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Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville 1497–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1497

Birth Location: Pittardie, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Aug 1559

Death Location: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Glasgow

Mother: (Baroness) Seton

Spouse(s): Sir Somerville

Children(s): Margaret Hamilton, John Quothquan, Agnes Sommerville, James Somerville, Sir Drum

Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville was born in 1497 in Pittardie, Scotland, the child of Sir Claud Hamilton Lord Paisley Dean Of Dunbar Canon Of Glasgow And Baroness Margaret Montgomerie Margaretha Douglas Seton. Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville married Sir Lord Baron Hugh Somerville 5Th Baron And Earl Of Somerville, and had children including Agnes Sommerville, James Lord Somerville, John Somerville Of Broomhill Parish Clerk Of Quothquan, Margaret Countess Angus Hamilton, Sir James 6Th Earl Somerville Baron Drum. Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville passed away in 1559 in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville was born in 1497 in Pittardie, Scotland, the child of Sir Claud Hamilton Lord Paisley Dean Of Dunbar Canon Of Glasgow And Baroness Margaret Montgomerie Margaretha Douglas Seton.
  • Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville married Sir Lord Baron Hugh Somerville 5Th Baron And Earl Of Somerville, and had children including Agnes Sommerville, James Lord Somerville, John Somerville Of Broomhill Parish Clerk Of Quothquan, Margaret Countess Angus Hamilton, Sir James 6Th Earl Somerville Baron Drum.
  • Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville passed away in 1559 in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Glasgow
1543–1622
Birth Location: Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland
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(Baroness) Seton
1554–1616
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Somerville
1483–1549
Birth Location: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Hamilton
1547–1586
Birth Location: 1687883, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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John Quothquan
1530–1569
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JQ
Agnes Sommerville
1513–1565
Birth Location: Drummelzier, Peeblesshire, Scotland
AS
James Somerville
1518–1569
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JS
Sir Drum
1518–1569
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SD

Lady Somerville's Ancestors

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Lady Somerville
1497–1559
Birth Place: Pittardie, Scotland
Parents
Sir Claud Hamilton, Lord Paisley, Dean of Dunbar, Canon of Glasgow
1543–1622
Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland
(Baroness) (Margaret Montgomerie (Margaretha) Douglas) Seton
1554–1616
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Hamilton IV; Earl van Arran Hertog van) Châtellerault
1515–1575
Brodick Castle, Firth Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Lady (Beatrice Margaret) Douglas
1514–1583
Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sir (George V Seton, 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, commissioner sent to France by) P
1531–1586
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Rebecca Hamilton av) Orbitson
1530–1604
Sanquhar,,Dumfries-Shire,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Seton
1508–1549
Elisabeth Hay
1510–1575
William Scotland)
1504–1569
Catharina (Hamilton)
1498–1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lord
1500–1543
Christine Errol)
1480–1529

Lady Somerville's Descendants

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Lady (Janet (MAITLAND)) Somerville (1497–15 Aug 1559) m. Sir (Lord Baron Hugh Somerville; 5th Baron and Earl of) Somerville (1483–11 Nov 1549)
  1. 1. Margaret (Countess Angus) Hamilton 1547–1586
  2. 2. John (Somerville of BROOMHILL Parish Clerk of) Quothquan 1530–1569
  3. 3. Agnes Sommerville 1513–1565
  4. 4. James (Lord) Somerville 1518–1569
  5. 5. Sir (James 6th Earl Somerville Baron) Drum 1518–1569

Lady Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1497
1497
Birth of Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville in Pittardie, Scotland
Pittardie, Scotland
1559
15 Aug 1559
Age 62
Death of Lady Janet (MAITLAND) Somerville in Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1497
    Event Place: Pittardie, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Aug 1559
    Event Place: Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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