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SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE 1495–1534 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1534

Death Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Father: David Bethune\Beaton

Mother: Lady Scotland)

Spouse(s): Lady Creich, Margaret Erskine

Children(s): Lady Bethune, Elizabeth V, Christian (Bethune), Janet Creich), Robert Bethune\Beaton, LADY Branxholme, Cardinal *, John Bethune, Archibald Bethune, Margaret Douglas

In 1495, SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE entered the world in Creich, Fife, Scotland, born to David Bethune Beaton And Lady Janet Duddingston Bethume Beaton Of St Ford Fife Scotland. SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE married Lady Jeanette Sefton Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, Margaret Erskine, and had children including Archibald Bethune, Cardinal David John Beaton De Bethune, Christian Griselda Beaton Bethune, Elizabeth Beaton Bethune Mistress Of King James V, Janet Bethune Beaton 3Rd Laird Of Creich, John Bethune, Lady Gisela Grissel Murray Scott Beaton Of Creich Bethune, Lady Janet Betoun Beaton Of Branxholme, Margaret Douglas, Robert Bethune Beaton. SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE passed away in 1534 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

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  • In 1495, SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE entered the world in Creich, Fife, Scotland, born to David Bethune Beaton And Lady Janet Duddingston Bethume Beaton Of St Ford Fife Scotland.
  • SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE married Lady Jeanette Sefton Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, Margaret Erskine, and had children including Archibald Bethune, Cardinal David John Beaton De Bethune, Christian Griselda Beaton Bethune, Elizabeth Beaton Bethune Mistress Of King James V, Janet Bethune Beaton 3Rd Laird Of Creich, John Bethune, Lady Gisela Grissel Murray Scott Beaton Of Creich Bethune, Lady Janet Betoun Beaton Of Branxholme, Margaret Douglas, Robert Bethune Beaton.
  • SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE passed away in 1534 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Bethune\Beaton
1456–1505
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
DB
Lady Scotland)
1465–1545
Birth Location: St Ford, Fife, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

Lady Creich
1500–1564
Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland
LC
Margaret Erskine
1485–1555
Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
ME

Children(s)

Lady Bethune
1520–1579
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fife, Scotland
LB
Elizabeth V
1520–1581
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
EV
Christian (Bethune)
1520–1579
Birth Location: Creich,,Fife,Scotland
C(
Janet Creich)
1518–1567
Birth Location: Creich Paroch, Fife, Scotland
JC
Robert Bethune\Beaton
1518–1567
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Scotland
RB
LADY Branxholme
1521–1568
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
LB
Cardinal *
1532–1546
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fife Scotland
C*
John Bethune
1535–1575
Birth Location: Balfour, Orkney, Scotland
JB
Archibald Bethune
1530–1575
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Scotland
AB
Margaret Douglas
1515–1572
Birth Location: East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland
MD

SIR BETHUNE's Ancestors

Self
SIR BETHUNE
1495–1534
Birth Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Bethune\Beaton
1456–1505
Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Duddingston (Bethume\Beaton) (of St Ford, Fife,) Scotland)
1465–1545
St Ford, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Stephen Duddingston
1473–1504
Janet Stewart
1482–
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SIR BETHUNE's Descendants

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SIR (LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH) BETHUNE (1495–1534) m. Lady (Jeanette Sefton \ Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich (01 Jan 1500–01 Jan 1564) m. Margaret Erskine (1485–11 July 1555)
  1. 1. Lady (Gisela "Grissel" ( Murray\Scott) Beaton of Creich) Bethune 1520–1579 m. Sir (William "Whitecloak" Scott of Kirkurd, 4th Lord of) Buccleuch 1522–1593
    1. 1. Janet (Scott *OF) BUCCLEUGH* 1550–1591 m. Sir (Thomas Kerr *OF FERNIEHURST* *FATHER OF KNIGHT ROBERT KERR - CLOSE RELATIONS WITH KING) JAMES* 1529–1586
      1. 1. Sir (Andrew Kerr, 1st Lord of) Jedburgh 1565–1631 m. Anne (STEWART\STUART, child of Lord Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree and Margaret) Stewart 1566–1670
        1. 1. Ker (or Kerr, Thomas Ker) Sir 1580–1680 m. Scot (Margaret, Maggie,) Ramsay\Ker 1584–
      2. 2. Robert Carr-of-Somerset 1587–1645
      3. 3. Andrew Kerr-of-Jedburgh 1570–1631 m. Margaret Ross 1584–1623 m. Anne (STEWART\STUART, child of Lord Andrew Stewart, Master of Ochiltree and Margaret) Stewart 1566–1670 m. KATHERINE HOUSTON 1568–1646
        1. 1. Jean Kerr 1588–1648
        2. 2. Mary Kerr –1648
        3. 3. Alison Kerr 1585–1648
        4. 4. Margaret Kerr 1597–1710
        5. 5. Margaret Kerr –1648
        6. 6. Andrew Kerr 1583–1628
        7. 7. Robert Ker 1610–
        8. 8. Alison (Rutherford) (Kerr) 1616–1648
        9. 9. Sir (Thome Thomas Ker \) Kerr 1590–1645
        10. 10. Andrew (Kerr,) Sr 1604–1628
        11. 11. Anne Kerr 1587–1648
        12. 12. Peter Kerr 1632–
        13. 13. Sir (James) Kerr 1598–1657
        14. 14. Alison Kerr 1616–1648
        15. 15. Libias Kerr 1615–1648
        16. 16. Christian (Kerr 'of) Ternaltie' 1618–1666
      4. 4. Ann Kerr 1608–1649
      5. 5. Sir (Robert James Kerr *BARON OF JEDBURGH* *VISCOUNT AND 1ST EARL OF SOMERSET* *CLOSE RELATIONS WITH KING JAMES VI* *ROBERT & WIFE WERE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND IMPRISONED IN LONDON TOWER-LATER) FREED 1577–1645 m. Catherine (Simsone Simpson) Kerr 1600– m. Lady (Frances Howard, Countess of Warwick and) Somerset 1590–1632 m. Mary Rutherfurd 1590–1645
        1. 1. James Kerr 1613–1645
        2. 2. George Carr\Kerr 1599–1682
        3. 3. Sir (Robert) Carr 1608–1692
        4. 4. Charles KERR 1616–1624
        5. 5. Anne (Carr Countess of) Bedford 1615–1684 m. William (1st Duke Of Bedford Russell Fifth Earl and First Duke of) Bedford 1616–1700
        6. 6. Elizabeth Carr 1615–1684
        7. 7. Robert (Kar Kerr *4TH LORD OF) JEDBURGH* 1629–1692
        8. 8. Mary (Anne) Carr 1615–1712
        9. 9. William Carr 1630–
      6. 6. Julian Kerr 1566–1637
      7. 7. Margaret Kerr 1560–1594
      8. 8. Mary Kerr 1568–1594
      9. 9. Sir (Thomas Kerr, of Oxnam and Over) Crailing 1572–1601 m. Helein ((Lelan)) Tait 1575– m. Dame (Lady Margaret) Ballendyne 1578–1609
        1. 1. Marion Kerr 1597–
        2. 2. William Kerr 1600–
        3. 3. George Kerr 1600–
        4. 4. Allison Kerr 1597–1672 m. John Bane 1601–1666
        5. 5. Janet (Kerr) ?? 1609–1675
      10. 10. William ((Kirkcaldy-10Th Baron)) Kerr 1562–1620
    2. 2. Thomas Scott 1540–1579
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Beaton Bethune,- Mistress of King James) V 1520–1581 m. John, (4th. Lord of Innermeath,) Stewart. 1518–1570 m. King (James V of Scotland) Stewart 1515–1542
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart 1533–1556
    2. 2. Janet Douglas 1536–1582
    3. 3. SIR (ROBERT STEWART, 1st EARL ORKNEY and LORD OF) SHETLAND 1532–1593
    4. 4. Mary (I Stuart\Stewart *Queen Of) Scots 1542–1587 m. King (Francois II of France & Scots,) Valois-D'Angoulême 1544–1560 m. James Hepburn 1535–1578 m. Henry Stuart 1545–1567
      1. 1. Henry (Stuart) Scotland 1566–1567
      2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1562–1629
      3. 3. James (VI) Stuart\Stewart 1566–1625 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1574–1619 m. Sofie (Von) Mecklenburg 1557–1631
        1. 1. Princess Mary 1605–1607
        2. 2. Princess Sophia 1606–1606
        3. 3. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662
        4. 4. Henry (Frederick) Stuart 1594–1612
        5. 5. Margaret Stuart 1598–1600
        6. 6. Robert (Bruce) Stuart 1602–1602
      4. 4. Jacobus (I van) Engeland 1566–1625
      5. 5. Jacques (I-Vi D'angleterre) D'écosse 1566–1625
      6. 6. King (James I of England Stuart Stewart, King James VI\Charles Stuart of Scotland, I Earl of Lennox, Defender of the) Faith 1564–1625
      7. 7. Charles (Stuart 1st Earl of Lennox (1555-1576)) Stewart 1555–1576
      8. 8. King (Charles I , of England, Scotland & Ireland) Stuart 1564–1660 m. Henrietta (Maria of) France 1609–1669
        1. 1. CharlesII (King of) England 1630–1685 m. Lucie Walter 1630–1660 m. Catherine (Of) Braganza 1638–1705 m. Barbara (van Villiers Hertogin van) Cleveland 1640–1709
      9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Stuart 1562–1629
      10. 10. Miscarried (Twins) Hepburn 1567–1568
      11. 11. Stillborn (Twin 2) Hepburn 1568–1568
      12. 12. Francis Valois 1559–1625
    5. 5. Adam Stuart 1535–1575
    6. 6. Robert Stuart 1537–1580
    7. 7. Archibald Stewart 1530–
    8. 8. JOHNNE McCEROW 1530–1608
    9. 9. Henry Stewart 1532–1570
    10. 10. Robert (Lord Stuart van Zetland Earl van) Orkney 1533–1592
    11. 11. Lord (James Stewart Stuart 1st Lord of Doune and Earl of) Moray 1531–1569
    12. 12. Jean Stewart 1537–1587
    13. 13. Lady (Eupheme Douglas, Baroness) Lindsay 1533–1580
  3. 3. Christian ((Griselda) BEATON) (Bethune) 1520–1579
  4. 4. Janet (Bethune\Beaton (3rd Laird of) Creich) 1518–1567
  5. 5. Robert Bethune\Beaton 1518–1567
  6. 6. LADY (JANET BETOUN \BEATON of) Branxholme 1521–1568
  7. 7. Cardinal (David John Beaton\ De Bethune) * 1532–1546
  8. 8. John Bethune 1535–1575
  9. 9. Archibald Bethune 1530–1575
  10. 10. Margaret Douglas 1515–1572

SIR BETHUNE's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland
1534
1534
Age 39
Death of SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Winwick, Lincolnshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland
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