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Margaret Bethune 1605–1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1605

Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 18 APR 1698

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,

Father: Sir Balfour)

Mother: Beatrix Leslie

Spouse(s): David **

Children(s): Eupham Moncur, Ann Moncrieff

Margaret Bethune was born in 1605 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir David I Bethune 12Th Lord Of Balfour And Beatrix Leslie. Margaret Bethune married David Moncrief, and had children including Ann Moncrieff, Eupham Moncur. Margaret Bethune passed away in 1698 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,.

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Biography

  • Margaret Bethune was born in 1605 in Creich, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir David I Bethune 12Th Lord Of Balfour And Beatrix Leslie.
  • Margaret Bethune married David Moncrief, and had children including Ann Moncrieff, Eupham Moncur.
  • Margaret Bethune passed away in 1698 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,.

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Margaret Bethune's Ancestors

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Margaret Bethune
1605–1698
Birth Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir David I Bethune (12th Lord of Balfour)
1565–1660
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Beatrix Leslie
1573–1611
Hadington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Beaton Bethune 5th Laird of) Creich
1560–1626
Creich Paroch, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Wemyss
1568–1636
Scotland
Andrew Leslie
1534–1611
Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Grizel, (Dame Lady of Rothes) Hamilton
1531–1575
Haddington, East Lothian, or Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George (R)
1476–1558
Agnes (R)
1500–1543
James Arran
1495–1540
Margaret Livingston
1500–1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Bethune's Descendants

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Margaret Bethune (1605–18 APR 1698) m. David (Moncrief) ** (1602–13 Dec 1659)
  1. 1. Eupham Moncur 1648– m. Patrick Elder 1646–
    1. 1. EUPHAM ELDER 1671– m. Wm. Moodie 1670–
      1. 1. MARGARET Mudie 1710– m. JAMES Thomson 1706–
        1. 1. Margaret Thomson 1734–1760 m. William Ditchburn 1725–1760
      2. 2. Janet Mudie 1696–
  2. 2. Ann Moncrieff 1630–1713

Margaret Bethune's Timeline

2 Records

1605
1605
Birth of Margaret Bethune in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland
1698
18 APR 1698
Age 93
Death of Margaret Bethune in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 APR 1698
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland,

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