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SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE 1498–1534 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1534

Death Location: Creich, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Craigdarroch

Mother: Elisabeth Moneypenny

Spouse(s): Lady Creich, Lady Melgund

Children(s): Gisela Bethune, Elizabeth Bethune, Isabella Beaton, David Beaton, Robert Beaton, Janet Beaton, Elizabeth Bethune, Elizabeth "Bethune", John Bethune, Elizabeth Bethune, Margaret Bethune

The story of SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE began in 1498 in Creich, Fife, Scotland. SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE married Lady Jeanette Sefton Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Melgund, and had children including David Beaton, Elizabeth Beaton Bethune, Elizabeth Bethune, Gisela Van Bethune, Isabella Beaton, Janet Bethunes Picardy Beaton, John Vl Bethune, Margaret Bethune, Robert Beaton. SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE passed away in 1534 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

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  • The story of SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE began in 1498 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.
  • SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE married Lady Jeanette Sefton Hay Lady Bethune Of Creich, Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Melgund, and had children including David Beaton, Elizabeth Beaton Bethune, Elizabeth Bethune, Gisela Van Bethune, Isabella Beaton, Janet Bethunes Picardy Beaton, John Vl Bethune, Margaret Bethune, Robert Beaton.
  • SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE passed away in 1534 in Creich, Fife, Scotland.

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SIR BETHUNE's Ancestors

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SIR BETHUNE
1498–1534
Birth Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Fergusson, 5th Laird of Craigdarroch
1461–1532
Raith Park, Fife, Scotland
Elisabeth Moneypenny
1471–1541
Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
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SIR BETHUNE's Descendants

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SIR (LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH) BETHUNE (1498–1534) m. Lady (Jeanette Sefton \ Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich (01 Jan 1500–01 Jan 1564) m. Lady (Marion Mariota Ogilvy of) Melgund (1495–27 Jun 1575)
  1. 1. Gisela (van) Bethune 1520–1579 m. Sir (William "Whitecloak" Scott of Kirkurd, 4th Lord of) Buccleuch 1522–1593
    1. 1. Walter (Sir) Scott 1545–1574
    2. 2. Johanna Scott 1555–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Bethune 1518–1518
  3. 3. Isabella Beaton 1515–
  4. 4. David Beaton 1519–1539
  5. 5. Robert Beaton 1518–1567
  6. 6. Janet (Bethunes Picardy) Beaton 1519–1569
  7. 7. Elizabeth Bethune 1513–1563
  8. 8. Elizabeth (Beaton) "Bethune" 1518–1574
  9. 9. John (Vl) Bethune 1510–1546
  10. 10. Elizabeth Bethune 1518–1518
  11. 11. Margaret Bethune 1518–1579

SIR BETHUNE's Timeline

2 Records

1498
1498
Birth of SIR LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH BETHUNE in Creich, Fife, Scotland
Creich, Fife, Scotland
1534
1534
Age 36
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: 1498
    Event Place: Creich, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Kinross-shire, Scotland

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

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