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Sir John Hay 1484–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1484

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: aft 12 May 1543

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Lord Yester

Mother: Elisabeth Crichton

Spouse(s): Lady Douglas

Children(s): John Yester, Baroness Hay, Elizabeth Pollard

Sir John Hay was born in 1484 in Scotland, the child of Lord John Hay 2Nd Lord Of Yester And Elisabeth Crichton. Sir John Hay married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, and had children including Baroness Eliz Hay, Elizabeth Jane Medlen Pollard, John Ii Hay Liard Van Yester. Sir John Hay passed away in 1543 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John Hay was born in 1484 in Scotland, the child of Lord John Hay 2Nd Lord Of Yester And Elisabeth Crichton.
  • Sir John Hay married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, and had children including Baroness Eliz Hay, Elizabeth Jane Medlen Pollard, John Ii Hay Liard Van Yester.
  • Sir John Hay passed away in 1543 in Scotland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Hay's Ancestors

Self
Sir Hay
1484–1543
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Lord John Hay 2nd Lord of Yester
1470–1513
Yester Castle, Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Elisabeth Crichton
1465–1524
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Hay
1426–1508
Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Cunningham
1439–1529
Belton, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hay's Descendants

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Sir (John) Hay (Abt. 1484–aft 12 May 1543) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Douglas (Abt. 1489–)
  1. 1. John (II Hay Liard van) Yester 1450–1513 m. Elisabeth Crichton 1465–1525
    1. 1. Lady (Jeanette Sefton \ Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich 1500–1564 m. SIR (LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH) BETHUNE 1495–1534
      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
        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
        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
  2. 2. Baroness (Eliz) Hay 1510–1575
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Jane Medlen) Pollard 1834–

Sir Hay's Timeline

3 Records

1484
Abt. 1484
Birth of Sir John Hay in Scotland
Scotland
1543
aft 12 May 1543
Age 59
Death of Sir John Hay in Scotland
Scotland
1845
10 April 1845
Age 361
Sir John Hay was married in Loudoun, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Loudoun, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1484
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 10 April 1845
    Event Place: Loudoun, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: aft 12 May 1543
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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