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Sir David I Beaton 1466–1505 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1466

Birth Location: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1505

Death Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Beaton

Mother: Lady Lindsay

Spouse(s): Janet Duddington

Children(s): Lady (Bethune)

Sir David I Beaton was born in 1466 in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Beaton And Lady Baroness Mariot Lindsay. Sir David I Beaton married Janet Duddington, and had children including Lady Janet Of Creich Fife Scotland Beaton Bethune. Sir David I Beaton passed away in 1505 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir David I Beaton was born in 1466 in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Beaton And Lady Baroness Mariot Lindsay.
  • Sir David I Beaton married Janet Duddington, and had children including Lady Janet Of Creich Fife Scotland Beaton Bethune.
  • Sir David I Beaton passed away in 1505 in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Beaton's Ancestors

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Sir Beaton
1466–1505
Birth Place: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Beaton
1433–1502
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Lady (Baroness Mariot) Lindsay
1433–1468
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John (van Bethune Liard van) Balfour
1415–1495
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine or Catharina (Stirling),Of Balfour,) Beaton
1419–1526
Lecropt, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Archibald Balfour
1390–1499
Margaret Boiswald
1410–1526
Sir Hay
1400–1478
Lady Forbes
1398–1448
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Yester
1380–1421
Alicia Hay
1382–1451

Sir Beaton's Descendants

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Sir (David I) Beaton (1466–1505) m. Janet Duddington (1467–1541)
  1. 1. Lady (Janet of Creich, Fife Scotland Beaton) (Bethune) 1482–1522 m. Sir (Lord Admiral James Hamilton III "Knight, High Sheriff of Lanarkshire, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Lieutenant General of) Scotland" 1477–1529
    1. 1. Janet ("Jean" Hamilton, Lady of Arran, Countess of) Glencairn 1517–1579 m. William (Alexander "The Good Earl" Cunningham (Cuninghame), 5th Earl of) Glencairn 1510–1574
      1. 1. Sir (Lord William Cunningham, Knight of Glencairn, 6th Earl of) Glencairn 1524–1580 m. Lady (Janet (Jeanette) Gordon of) Lochinver 1528–1576
        1. 1. Elizabeth Cunningham 1583–1608 m. William (Thompson) I 1581–1623

Sir Beaton's Timeline

3 Records

1466
1466
Birth of Sir David I Beaton in Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland
1485
1485
Age 19
Sir David I Beaton was married in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland
1505
1505
Age 39
Death of Sir David I Beaton in Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1466
    Event Place: Holkettle, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1485
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1505
    Event Place: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland

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