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Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven 1500 – 1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 3 DEC 1552

Death Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Ruthven

Mother: Catherine Ruthven

Spouse(s): Janet Halyburton

Children(s): Mary Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven, Alexander Ruthven, Katherine Ruthven, Lilias Ruthven, James Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, William Ruthven, Catharina Ruthven, Christina Ruthven, Cecelia Ruthven, Margaret Ruthven, Barbara Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven

The story of Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven married Janet Halyburton, and had children including Mary Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven, Alexander Ruthven, Katherine Ruthven, Lilias Ruthven, James Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, William Ruthven, Catharina Ruthven, Christina Ruthven, Cecelia Ruthven, Margaret Ruthven, Barbara Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven. Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven began in 1500 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven married Janet Halyburton, and had children including Mary Ruthven, Patrick Ruthven, Alexander Ruthven, Katherine Ruthven, Lilias Ruthven, James Ruthven, Henry Ruthven, William Ruthven, Catharina Ruthven, Christina Ruthven, Cecelia Ruthven, Margaret Ruthven, Barbara Ruthven, Christian Ruthven, Jeanette Ruthven.
  • Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven passed away in 1552 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catherine Ruthven
1483 – 1547
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Janet Halyburton
1503 – 1543
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Mary Ruthven
1517 – 1570
Birth Location: Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Patrick Ruthven
1520 – 1566
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Alexander Ruthven
1522 – 1599
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
AR
Katherine Ruthven
1525 – 1584
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
KR
Lilias Ruthven
1526 – 1579
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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James Ruthven
1527 – 1553
Birth Location: Ruthven, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Henry Ruthven
1528 – 1540
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Ruthven
1530 – 1543
Birth Location: Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
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Catharina Ruthven
1530 –
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
CR
Christina Ruthven
1534 – 1575
Birth Location: Kinnaird, Perth, Scotland
CR
Cecelia Ruthven
1535 – 1589
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
CR
Margaret Ruthven
1536 –
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MR
Barbara Ruthven
1540 – 1594
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Christian Ruthven
1540 – 1597
Birth Location: Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
CR
Jeanette Ruthven
1542 – 1593
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JR

Lord Ruthven's Ancestors

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Lord Ruthven
1500 – 1552
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William de Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine (1 Buttergask Baroness) Ruthven
1483 – 1547
Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Ruthven
1440 – 1528
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Levingston
1430 – 1509
Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Preston Buttergask
1462 –
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Mrs (Preston) Gray
1465 –
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Ruthven
1431 – 1465
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Ruthven's Descendants

1.
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Lord (William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire,) Ruthven (1500 – 3 DEC 1552) m. Janet Halyburton (19 APR 1503 – 23 MAR 1543)
  1. 1. Mary Ruthven (1517 – 1570) m. John Campbell (1515 – 15 MAY 1568)
  2. 2. Patrick Ruthven (1520 – 13 JUN 1566) m. Janet (Douglas ( Lady Ruthven) Lady Countess) Direleton (1530 – ) m. Janet Douglas (ABT 1519 – ABT 1556)
  3. 3. Alexander Ruthven (1522 – 9 OCT 1599) m. Elisabeth Moncreiff (1520 – 4 DEC 1592) m. Isabel Fotheringham (ABT 1549 – )
  4. 4. Katherine Ruthven (1525 – 3 APR 1584) m. Colin Campbell (7 JUL 1512 – 11 APR 1583)
    1. 1. Duncan Campbell (7 AUG 1551 – 23 JUN 1631) m. Lady (Janet "Lady Jean Stewart") Fleming (1557 – 15 SEP 1593)
      1. 1. Archibald Campbell (ABT 1568 – 10 NOV 1640) m. Catherine Graham (ABT 1569 – 1607) m. Christain Robertson (ABT 1589 – 1640)
      2. 2. Robert Campbell (1575 – 17 NOV 1657) m. Isabel MacKintosh (1583 – 24 DEC 1667)
      3. 3. Catherine Campbell (1576 – )
      4. 4. Jean Campbell (1576 – 9 AUG 1622) m. John Campbell (ABT 1540 – FEB 1591)
        1. 1. Janet Campbell (ABT 1510 – AFT 1533)
        2. 2. John Campbell (ABT 1513 – AFT 1525/1526)
        3. 3. Duncan Campbell (ABT 1515 – 8 JUN 1554)
        4. 4. Edward Campbell (ABT 1517 – )
        5. 5. Walter Campbell (ABT 1519 – AFT 1525)
        6. 6. Annas Cambell (ABT 1528 – BEF 1568)
        7. 7. Marie Campbell (ABT 1529 – ) m. <Living> (ABT 1525 – )
        8. 8. Elizabeth Campbell (ABT 1542 – )
        9. 9. Marion (( Mary)) Campbell (ABT 1544 – )
        10. 10. Janet Campbell (ABT 1546 – )
        11. 11. Duncan (" More") Campbell (ABT 1571 – )
        12. 12. Jean Campbell (ABT 1573 – ) m. Dallas (ABT 1569 – )
        13. 13. Euphame Campbell (ABT 1574 – ) m. James Campbell (ABT 1570 – )
        14. 14. Duncan Cambell (ABT 1575 – AFT 26 JUL 1605) m. Agnes (Mary) Ramsay (13 DEC 1585 – 1635)
        15. 15. John Campbell (ABT 1575 – ) m. Eupham Eddislaw (ABT 1579 – )
        16. 16. Archibald Cambell (ABT 1577 – )
        17. 17. Alexander Campbell (ABT 1579 – )
        18. 18. John (Dou) Campbell (1582 – 1618) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1590 – 1640) m. Finvola (Florentine) Macdougall (ABT 1588 – ) m. Elizabeth Douglas (ABT 1555 – ABT 1611) m. Mistress m. Elizabeth Douglas (ABT 1590 – 1640)
        19. 19. Colin Campbell (ABT 1587 – 1640) m. Egidia (or Juliana) Campbell (ABT 1573 – 1648) m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Brodie (1582 – 1650)
      5. 5. Colin Campbell (1577 – 6 SEP 1640) m. Elspeth Campbell (BEF 1580 – ) m. Egidia (or Juliana) Campbell (ABT 1573 – 1648)
      6. 6. Tuliaus Campbell (1578 – )
      7. 7. Duncan (" Aminich") Campbell (1579 – 1618) m. Elizabeth Sinclair (1578 – 1664) m. Campbell (ABT 1633 – ) m. Elizabeth Campbell (ABT 1597 – ) m. Duncan Campbell (ABT 1587 – ) m. Duncan (McPhail or) Campbell (ABT 1580 – )
      8. 8. Ann Campbell (1585 – 1647)
      9. 9. Alexander Campbell (ABT 1585 – )
      10. 10. Anna (Agnes) Campbell (1586 – 1610) m. John Miller (ABT 1584 – )
      11. 11. Anna (Agnes) Campbell (1586 – 23 APR 1611) m. John Millair (2 OCT 1580 – 23 APR 1611) m. Johne Miller (7 MAR 1580 – 23 APR 1611) m. Patrick Ogilvy (1581 – 30 MAR 1651) m. John Miller (1588 – 1646) m. Patrick Ogilvy (ABT 1563 – 30 MAR 1651) m. John Cameron (ABT 1555 – BEF 1600)
      12. 12. Alexander Campbell (1589 – 1600)
      13. 13. Margaret Campbell (ABT 1590 – ) m. Robert Irvine (ABT 1576 – ) m. Robert Stewart (ABT 1575 – )
      14. 14. Margaret Campbell (ABT 1591 – ) m. Hugh MacCorquodale (ABT 1602 – )
      15. 15. Patrick (Dubh Beg) Campbell (1592 – 28 MAR 1678) m. Bethia Murray (1601 – ) m. Annabel Campbell (ABT 1597 – 1634)
      16. 16. Elizabeth Campbell (1593 – 1595)
    2. 2. Katherine Campbell (1553 – 1553)
    3. 3. Margaret Campbell (6 DEC 1556 – 10 JAN 1609) m. James Cunningham (1550 – MAR 1630)
    4. 4. Archibald Campbell (1558 – )
    5. 5. Patrick Campbell (1560 – )
    6. 6. Colin Campbell (22 FEB 1562 – 16 JAN 1610)
    7. 7. Maria Campbell (1563 – 14 DEC 1618) m. John Graham (1574 – DEC 1598) m. Colin Campbell (1547 – ABT 1597)
    8. 8. Ann Campbell (1569 – OCT 1589) m. Ian Campbell (1569 – BEF 1616)
  5. 5. Lilias Ruthven (27 JAN 1526 – 7 JUL 1579) m. David Drummond (15 FEB 1522 – 7 DEC 1571)
    1. 1. Sibylla Drummond (ABT 1540 – ) m. Gilbert Ogilvie (1541 – )
    2. 2. David Drummond (1545 – ) m. Mrs. (David) Drummond (1553 – )
    3. 3. Jean Drummond, (1548 – MAR 1568) m. John Graham, (1548 – 9 NOV 1608)
    4. 4. Joan Drummond (4 SEP 1550 – 19 MAY 1612) m. James Robeson (30 JUL 1546 – 3 NOV 1614)
    5. 5. Patrick Drummond (1551 – 18 DEC 1611) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1550 – 13 AUG 1589)
    6. 6. James Drummond (1551 – SEP 1623) m. Jean Chisholm (13 JUL 1555 – 26 NOV 1603) m. Margaret Hamilton (1578 – 6 JUN 1606)
    7. 7. Catherine Drummond (1552 – 1592) m. John (Murray sir; 1st earl of) Tullibardine (1550 – 3 AUG 1613)
      1. 1. William Murray (1574 – 30 JAN 1628) m. Euphame Littlejohn (ABT 1574 – ) m. Cecilia Wemyss (1583 – 1604) m. Dorothea (Stewart Countess) Tullibardine (1581 – BEF 6 AUG 1628)
      2. 2. Anne Lyon (AFT 1575 – )
      3. 3. Lilias Grant (AFT 1575 – )
      4. 4. Robert Murray (1576 – ABT 1618)
      5. 5. Margaret Murray (1577 – DEC 1617) m. James Haldane (ABT 1568 – ABT 1625)
      6. 6. Gregor Murray (1578 – 1644)
      7. 7. Lilias Murray (1579 – 30 DEC 1643) m. John Grant (1573 – 2 SEP 1622)
        1. 1. Duncan Grant (1591 – ) m. Muriel Ross (BEF 1581 – )
        2. 2. Anne Grant (SEP 1594 – AFT 1633) m. Lachlan Mackintosh (1593 – 22 JUN 1622) m. Robert MacKay (ABT 1601 – )
        3. 3. Katherine Grant (1596 – ) m. Alexander (Kempcairn) Ogilvy (ABT 1587 – )
        4. 4. John Grant (17 AUG 1596 – 1 APR 1637) m. Mary Ogilvy (ABT 1590 – 1646)
        5. 5. Jean Grant (1597 – ABT OCT 1626) m. William Sutherland (1586 – OCT 1626) m. Thomas MacKenzie (ABT 1605 – )
        6. 6. Lilias Grant (1599 – ) m. Sir. (Walter) Innes (ABT 1595 – )
      8. 8. Patrick Murray (16 APR 1579 – 5 SEP 1644) m. Prudence (ABT 1583 – BEF DEC 1609) m. Elizabeth Dent (1591 – 1655) m. Patrick Murray (1580 – )
      9. 9. Mungo Murray (ABT 1580 – 11 MAR 1641) m. Anna Wemyss (1610 – 20 SEP 1643)
      10. 10. John Murray (1581 – 7 FEB 1607) m. Jean Cockburn (1576 – 1607)
      11. 11. Elizabeth Murray (1582 – 1620) m. Robert Ker (9 DEC 1578 – 24 DEC 1654)
      12. 12. Annabella Murray (1583 – 27 FEB 1618) m. Patrick Lyon (1575 – 19 DEC 1615)
      13. 13. Catherine Murray (1585 – ) m. David Ross (1582 – 20 NOV 1632)
      14. 14. Patrick Murray (AFT 1586 – )
      15. 15. Jean Murray (1587 – JUN 1612) m. Patrick Hepburn (1585 – )
      16. 16. Margaret Murray (1588 – DEC 1617)
      17. 17. Annabella Ross
      18. 18. John Murray
      19. 19. Margaret Haldane
    8. 8. James Drummond (1552 – JUL 1623)
    9. 9. Lilias Drummond (1553 – 23 JAN 1636) m. David Lindsay (1552 – 22 NOV 1607)
    10. 10. Mary Drummond (1554 – BEF 1589) m. Archibald Stirling (1546 – 17 MAY 1630)
    11. 11. Anne Drummond (1555 – 1592)
    12. 12. Lilias Drummond (1555 – 8 MAY 1601)
    13. 13. Mary Drummond (1556 – 1607)
    14. 14. Lilias Drummond (1557 – SEP 1623)
    15. 15. Jean Drummond (ABT 1561 – )
  6. 6. James Ruthven (1527 – AFT 9 JAN 1553)
  7. 7. Henry Ruthven (1528 – 10 JAN 1540)
  8. 8. William Ruthven (1530 – BEF 8 MAY 1543) m. Mary Gray (1540 – 1600)
  9. 9. Catharina Ruthven (1530 – )
  10. 10. Christina Ruthven (1534 – 1575)
  11. 11. Cecelia Ruthven (1535 – 8 JUL 1589) m. David Wemyss (1535 – 22 FEB 1596) m. David Wemyss (ABT 1517 – 1544) m. David Wemyss (ABT 1316 – 1374) m. James Wemyss (ABT 1542 – )
  12. 12. Margaret Ruthven (ABT 1536 – ) m. James Johnstone (ABT 1531 – )
  13. 13. Barbara Ruthven (1540 – 21 JUL 1594) m. Andrew (Patrick) Grey (1538 – 10 MAR 1608)
  14. 14. Christian Ruthven (1540 – 15 OCT 1597) m. William Lundie (1530 – 13 APR 1600) m. Laird (of Conland) Lundy (1550 – )
  15. 15. Jeanette Ruthven (1542 – 9 DEC 1593) m. (Lord) (John) Crichton (ABT 1523 – ) m. Laurence Mercer (BEF <1530> – )

Lord Ruthven's Timeline

4 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 DEC 1552
Age 52
Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven was christened
None
1552
3 DEC 1552
Age 52
Death of Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1552
3 DEC 1552
Age 52
Burial of Lord William, Hereditary Sheriff of Perthshire, Ruthven in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1552

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1552
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 3 DEC 1552
    Event Place: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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