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Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune 1495–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 29 May 1546

Death Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland (

Father: Sir Creich

Mother: Janet Sandfurd

Spouse(s): Lady Creich

Children(s): Elizabeth Bethune, Lady Bethune, Gisela "Creich", Robert Creich, Lady Bethune

Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune was born in 1495 in Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir David Bethune 1St Laird Of Creich And Janet Duddingston Of Sandfurd. Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune married Lady Jeanette Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, and had children including Christina Bethune Of Creich, David Bethune Beaton Of Creich, Elizabeth Bethune, Gisela Grissel Van Bethune Betoun Of Creich, Lady Gisela Grissel Murray Scott Beaton Of Creich Bethune, Lady Janet Bethune, Margaret Bethune, Robert Bethune 4Th Of Creich. Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune passed away in 1546 in Creich, Fife, Scotland (.

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Biography

  • Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune was born in 1495 in Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir David Bethune 1St Laird Of Creich And Janet Duddingston Of Sandfurd.
  • Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune married Lady Jeanette Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, and had children including Christina Bethune Of Creich, David Bethune Beaton Of Creich, Elizabeth Bethune, Gisela Grissel Van Bethune Betoun Of Creich, Lady Gisela Grissel Murray Scott Beaton Of Creich Bethune, Lady Janet Bethune, Margaret Bethune, Robert Bethune 4Th Of Creich.
  • Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune passed away in 1546 in Creich, Fife, Scotland (.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Creich
1460–1505
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland
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Janet Sandfurd
1467–1545
Birth Location: Sandford, Schotland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Lady Creich
1500–1564
Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Bethune
1518–1600
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Lady Bethune
1522–1579
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland
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Gisela "Creich"
1520–1579
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland
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Robert Creich
1518–1567
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Scotland
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Lady Bethune
1510–1569
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Lord Bethune's Ancestors

Self
Lord Bethune
1495–1546
Birth Place: Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir David Bethune, 1st Laird of Creich
1460–1505
Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland
Janet (Duddingston of) Sandfurd
1467–1545
Sandford, Schotland, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Bethune's Descendants

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Lord (John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich) Bethune (1495–29 May 1546) m. Lady (Jeanette Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich (01 Jan 1500–01 Jan 1564)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Bethune 1518–1600
  2. 2. Lady (Gisela "Grissel" ( Murray\Scott) Beaton of Creich) Bethune 1522–1579 m. Lord (William Scott of Kirkurd, 4th Lord of) Buccleuch 1522–1593
    1. 1. Janet (Johanna Scott (Kerr of Kirkurd and) Buccleuch) 1546–1597 m. Sir (Thomas Ferniehurst (Kerr) Carr (Lady Elizabeth Heron's hero who saved her) castle) 1529–1586
      1. 1. Andrew Kerr 1562–1631 m. Anna Stuart 1566–1670
        1. 1. Isabelle Kerr 1585–1628 m. James Douglas 1591–1656 m. Thomas (Hamilton, Earl of) Haddington 1563–1637
        2. 2. Sir (Thome Thomas Ker \) Kerr 1580–1645
  3. 3. Gisela (Grissel van Bethune Betoun of) "Creich" 1520–1579 m. Andrew (Lord Murray van) Blackbarony 1512–1572
    1. 1. Janet (Murray of) Coig 1543–1612 m. James (Crawford Hamilton, of Finnart, 7th of Torrence, Provost of) Glasgow 1515–1585 m. Thomas (Hamilton 111. Laird of Priestfield Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, Earl of) Haddington 1538–1608 m. Thomas (Hamilton 111. Laird of Priestfield Lord Drumcairn, Earl of Melrose, Earl of) Haddington 1538–1608
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas of Haddington) Hamilton 1563–1637 m. Lady (Anne Cunningham, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Arran, 1st Countess of Queensberry, 1st Countess of Cambridge, 2nd Marchioness of) Hamilton 1570–1647 m. Lady (Margaret) Foulis 1567–1609 m. Julian_ Ker 1572–1637 m. Margaret Borthwick 1576–1609 m. Margaret Wemyss 1576–1609 m. Katherine Greenland 1535– m. Lady (Julian Kerr COUNTESS of) MELROSE 1572–1637
        1. 1. Thomas (Haddington-Sir 2nd Earl of Haddington) Hamilton 1600–1640 m. Lady (Catherine of Mar Erskine^) Orr 1603–1635
        2. 2. William Haddington 1600–
        3. 3. Robert Hamilton 1615–1640
        4. 4. Agnes (Christine Hamilton) Boyd 1595–1645
        5. 5. Lady (Martha Davies Haddington \ Hardinton (Russell) (Bradshaw)) (Hall) 1609–1694
        6. 6. Isabelle Hamilton 1595–1645
        7. 7. Sir (John Hamilton of) Trabroun 1604–1636
        8. 8. Margaret (Eliza) Hamilton 1598–1652
        9. 9. Rev. (James Hamilton,) Sir 1602–1666
        10. 10. Reverend (James) Hamilton 1602–1666
        11. 11. Patrick Hamilton 1609–
        12. 12. John Hamilton 1605–1662
        13. 13. Jean Hamilton 1607–1642
        14. 14. Helen Hamilton 1599–1619
        15. 15. Anne Hamilton 1608–1620
        16. 16. Thomas Hamilton 1600–1640
        17. 17. Martha Haddington 1610–1694
        18. 18. Margaret (Hamilton) "Carnegie" 1598–1652
        19. 19. Robert Hamilton 1615–1640
        20. 20. Lady (Martha Hamilton Russell) Bredsha 1609–1694
      2. 2. Thomas (Henderson. Lt. Col., A founder of) Jamestown 1563–1637
      3. 3. Margaret Thallane 1576–1617
      4. 4. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1558–1628
      5. 5. Christian Hamilton 1565–
      6. 6. Sir (John of Priestfield) Hamilton 1567–1632
      7. 7. Robert (Rich 1st earl of Warwick, 3rd Baron or) Leighs 1566–1619
      8. 8. David Hamilton 1568–1620
      9. 9. Bothwick Haddington 1571–1637
      10. 10. Sir (Lewis Craig, Lord Wrights) Lands 1569–1622
      11. 11. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1560–1634
      12. 12. Sir (Patrick of Priestfield) Hamilton 1561–1662
      13. 13. Christian Hamilton 1570–1653
      14. 14. James Hamilton 1560–
      15. 15. Sir (John of Priestfield) Hamilton 1560–1632
      16. 16. George Hamilton 1572–1662
      17. 17. Elizabeth Hamilton 1558–1634
      18. 18. Patrick Hamilton 1567–1662
      19. 19. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1565–1637
      20. 20. Sir (Patrick of Priestfield) Hamilton 1590–1662
      21. 21. General (Alexander of Priestfield) Hamilton 1559–1649
      22. 22. Col (James) Henderson 1570–1638
      23. 23. William Murray 1585–1622
      24. 24. Sarah (Langlands) Gourlay 1876–
      25. 25. Henry Gourlay 1880–
      26. 26. Charles (Aikman) Gourlay 1877–
      27. 27. Sir (Patrick of Priestfield) Hamilton 1590–1662
      28. 28. Sir (Lewis Craig, Lord Wrights) Lands 1569–1622
      29. 29. Sir (John of Priestfield) Hamilton 1567–1632
      30. 30. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1565–1637
      31. 31. Christian Hamilton 1570–1653
      32. 32. Robert (Rich 1st earl of Warwick, 3rd Baron or) Leighs 1566–1619
      33. 33. Sir (Thomas) Hamilton 1563–1637
      34. 34. Elizabeth Hamilton 1559–1606
      35. 35. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1558–1628
      36. 36. David Hamilton 1568–1620
      37. 37. George Hamilton 1572–1662
      38. 38. Sir (Patrick of Priestfield) Hamilton 1561–1662
      39. 39. Christian Hamilton 1565–
      40. 40. General (Alexander) Hamilton 1559–1649
      41. 41. David Hamilton 1568–1620
      42. 42. Thomas (Hamilton III Laird of) Priestfield 1563–1637
      43. 43. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1558–1634
      44. 44. General (Alexander of Priestfield) Hamilton 1559–1649
      45. 45. Bothwick Haddington 1571–1637
      46. 46. James Hamilton 1560–
      47. 47. Sir (Lewis Craig, Lord Wrights) Lands 1569–1622
      48. 48. Sir (Andrew) Hamilton 1560–1634
      49. 49. Elizabeth Hamilton 1559–1634
      50. 50. Sir (Patrick of Priestfield) Hamilton 1561–1662
      51. 51. James Hamilton 1560–
      52. 52. Sir (John of Priestfield) Hamilton 1560–1632
      53. 53. George Hamilton 1572–1662
      54. 54. Elizabeth Hamilton 1558–1634
      55. 55. Patrick Hamilton 1567–1662
      56. 56. David Hamilton 1568–1620
      57. 57. General (Alexander of Priestfield) Hamilton 1559–1649
      58. 58. Sir (Thomas Walter Murray) Sir 1562–1623 m. Lady (Janet) Forgy 1560–1598
        1. 1. Janet (Jean) MURRAY(Scobie) 1592–1650 m. John (of Comrie GF) Scobie 1585–1653
        2. 2. Antoun Morray 1585–
  4. 4. Robert (Bethune, 4th of) Creich 1518–1567
  5. 5. Lady (Janet) Bethune 1510–1569
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Marjory Wallet) Murray 1543–1590 m. David (Murray of) Carsehead 1527–
      1. 1. Thomas (Walter Murray) Sir 1562–1623 m. Janet Forgy 1560–1598
        1. 1. Janet Murray 1590–1650 m. John (Scobie of Comrie) II 1585–1653

Lord Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune in Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland
1546
29 May 1546
Age 51
Death of Lord John Bethune, 2nd Laird of Creich Bethune in Creich, Fife, Scotland (
Creich, Fife, Scotland (

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Creich Castle, Creich, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1546
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland (
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