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William Seton 1393 – 1424 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1393

Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Aug 1424

Death Location: Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

Father: John Seton

Mother: Katherine Clair

Spouse(s): Janet Dunbar, Janet Dunbar

Children(s): Anna Seton, Janet Seton, Margaret Seton, William Seton, Catherine Seton

The story of William Seton began in 1393 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. William Seton married Janet Dunbar, Janet de Dunbar, and had children including Anna de Seton, Janet de Seton, Margaret (Marion) Seton, William Alexsander De Seton, Catherine Seton. William Seton passed away in 1424 in Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

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Biography

  • The story of William Seton began in 1393 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.
  • William Seton married Janet Dunbar, Janet de Dunbar, and had children including Anna de Seton, Janet de Seton, Margaret (Marion) Seton, William Alexsander De Seton, Catherine Seton.
  • William Seton passed away in 1424 in Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Seton
1370 – 1434
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Katherine Clair
1375 – 1450
Birth Location: Herdmanstoun Haddington East Lothian Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Dunbar
1390 – 1434
Birth Location: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Janet Dunbar
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Anna Seton
1372 –
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Seton
1375 – 1466
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Margaret Seton
1385 – 1440
Birth Location: Scotland
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William Seton
1401 – 1424
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Catherine Seton
1410 – 1478
Birth Location: Stenton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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William Seton's Ancestors

Self
William Seton
1393 – 1424
Birth Place: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Parents
John De Seton
1370 – 1434
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Katherine (St.) Clair
1375 – 1450
Herdmanstoun Haddington East Lothian Scotland
Grandparents
William (de) Seton
1343 – 1424
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Janet (Fleming 'Baroness of) Seton'
1351 – 1430
Cumbernauld Lanarkshire Scotland
Sir (William) Sinclair
1327 – 1358
Roslin Midlothian Scotland
Isabella Graham
1320 – 1391
Strathearn Prethshire Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alan Wynton
1291 – 1347
Lady Seton
1325 – 1347
David Fleming
1343 – 1406
Jean Barclay
1329 – 1399
John II
1356 – 1429
Elizabeth Polwarth
1345 – 1449
Malise STRATHEARN
1327 – 1357
Marjory ROSS
1296 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alan
1274 – 1355
Margaret Bothwell
1275 – 1300
Alexander Seton
1266 – 1350
Christian Cheyne
1269 – 1350
Malcolm Fleming
1304 – 1382
Christian Keith
1310 – 1400
David Berkeley
1294 – 1350
Margaret Brechin
1300 – 1351
John Clair
1323 – 1377
Margaret Sinclair
1330 – 1418
Patrick Polwarth
1320 – 1377
Agnes Hume
1330 – 1356
Malise Strathearn
– 1346
Marjory ROSS
1296 –
Hugh-Aodh Ross
1275 – 1333
Maud Brus
1287 – 1323

William Seton's Descendants

1.
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William Seton (1393 – 17 Aug 1424) m. Janet Dunbar (1390 – 1434) m. Janet (de) Dunbar
  1. 1. Anna (de) Seton (Abt 1372 – ) m. John Hamilton (Abt 1372 – 14 Sep 1402)
  2. 2. Janet (de) Seton (1375 – 1466) m. George Dunbar (1336 – 1423) m. George Dunbar (Abt 1364 – Deceased) m. John (Lord) Lyall
  3. 3. Margaret ((Marion)) Seton (Abt 1385 – Abt 1440) m. Thomas Dunbar (Abt 1371 – Aug 1422) m. John Ogilvy (1402 – Jun 1489)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Ogilvy (Abt 1425 – ) m. William DeKeith (1392 – 1460) m. Patrick Keith (1380 – )
    2. 2. James Ogilvy (16 Oct 1430 – 25 Sep 1504) m. Elizabeth Kennedy (1422 – 24 Sep 1475) m. Helen Douglas (17 May 1425 – 20 Nov 1486) m. Jonet Lyle (Abt 1464 – 1525)
      1. 1. James Ogilvy (1444 – 9 Jan 1506) m. James Ogilvy (1448 – ) m. Mariot Graham (Abt 1455 – Aft 1481)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Ogilvy (1445 – )
      3. 3. John Ogilvy (1451 – 9 Jan 1506) m. Jean Graham (1460 – 1530)
        1. 1. James Ogilvy (Aft 1473 – Bef 29 Nov 1524) m. Isobel Lindsay (1477 – Aft 1517)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Ogilvy (Abt 1481 – ) m. William Wood (Abt 1480 – )
        3. 3. Anthony Ogilvy (Abt 1482 – )
        4. 4. Margaret (Elizabeth) Ogilvy (24 Sep 1484 – )
        5. 5. Janet ((Jonete)) Ogilvy (1489 – ) m. Walter Leighton (Abt 1484 – )
      4. 4. Archibald Ogilvy (1453 – 1494)
      5. 5. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1455 – 1499)
      6. 6. Walter Ogilvy (Abt 1459 – )
      7. 7. Isabel Ogilvie (1468 – 1499) m. Alexander Stewart (Aft 1459 – 1505)
      8. 8. Marion Ogilvy (Abt 1495 – 16 Nov 1573) m. David Beaton (Abt 1494 – 29 May 1546)
        1. 1. Archibald Bethune (1524 – ) m. Bethune (1540 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Bethune (Abt 1525 – 4 Feb 1577) m. David Lindsay (Abt 1527 – )
        3. 3. Elisabeth Beaton (Abt 1529 – 1574) m. Alexander Lindsay
        4. 4. Alexander Bethune (Abt 1532 – Bef Oct 1605) m. Margaret Allardyce (Abt 1560 – Bef Aug 1610)
        5. 5. George Beaton (Abt 1532 – )
        6. 6. David Beaton (Abt 1534 – )
        7. 7. John Beaton (Abt 1539 – )
        8. 8. Mary Bethune (Abt 1540 – ) m. Alexander Gordon (Abt 1540 – 1580) m. Patrick Gordon (Abt 1538 – 3 Oct 1594)
        9. 9. Alexander Beaton (1550 – )
        10. 10. James Beaton m. Margaret Lindsay
    3. 3. Marion Ogilvy (Abt 1435 – 1492) m. Henry Stewart (Abt 1418 – 1480)
    4. 4. Christian Ogilvy (Abt 1452 – ) m. Alexander Forbes (Abt 1453 – )
    5. 5. David Ogilvy (Abt 1468 – ) m. Margaret Campbell (1525 – Apr 1600)
    6. 6. Margaret ((Mariote) (Marjory)) Ogilvy m. Gilbert Ramsay (Abt 1442 – )
    7. 7. Thomas Ogilvy
  4. 4. William (Alexsander De) Seton (Abt 1401 – 17 Aug 1424) m. Lady (Janet Baroness) Dunbar (1390 – 1435)
  5. 5. Catherine Seton (Abt 1410 – 7 Feb 1478) m. Alan Stewart (1406 – 20 Sep 1439)
    1. 1. John Stewart (1425 – 8 Jul 1495) m. Margaret (Christian) Montgomerie (1425 – 30 May 1493)
      1. 1. William Stewart (1446 – 1504)
      2. 2. John Stewart (Abt 1448 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Marion Semple (1468 – 1512)
      3. 3. Alexander Stewart (Bet 10 Jan 1450 and 9 Jan 1451 – 1509)
      4. 4. Janet Stewart (1453 – )
      5. 5. Matthew Stewart (5 May 1456 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Hamilton (1473 – 18 Apr 1531)
      6. 6. Marion Stewart (1457 – 9 Dec 1529) m. Robert Crichton (1457 – 11 Feb 1492)
      7. 7. Barbara Stewart (1460 – 9 Dec 1529) m. Andrew ("The Wizard") MacFarlane (1450 – 1493)
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Isabel) Stewart (9 Apr 1465 – 8 Dec 1529) m. Archibald (Gillispie) Campbell (6 May 1465 – 9 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Janet (Mary) Campbell (1468 – 2 Feb 1546) m. John Stewart (1475 – 9 Sep 1513)
        2. 2. Margaret Campbell (1484 – 11 Jul 1555) m. John Erskine (1487 – Nov 1555)
        3. 3. Colin Campbell (13 Jul 1486 – 9 Oct 1529) m. Janet Gordon (11 Aug 1480 – 9 May 1530)
        4. 4. Isabel Campbell (9 Aug 1489 – 9 Feb 1529) m. Gilbert Kennedy (7 Nov 1485 – 22 Dec 1527)
        5. 5. John (Mure) Campbell (1490 – 1 May 1546) m. Muriel Calder (13 Feb 1498 – 22 May 1561) m. Muriel Calder (1494 – ) m. Muriel Calder (13 Feb 1498 – 1570)
        6. 6. Donald (Allen) Campbell (1492 – 16 Dec 1562) m. Margaret Gordon (1495 – )
        7. 7. Archibald Campbell (1494 – 18 Jul 1537) m. Jonet Douglas (1495 – 17 Jul 1537)
        8. 8. Marion Campbell (Abt 1497 – 1533) m. Robert Menzies (1475 – 1557)
        9. 9. Ellen Campbell (1498 – 23 Jan 1528) m. Gavin Kennedy (Abt 1492 – )
        10. 10. Catherine Campbell (1506 – ) m. David Lindsay (Bef 1513 – 20 Sep 1558) m. Archibald Campbell (1480 – 29 Apr 1542)
        11. 11. Dougald Campbell (1512 – Feb 1588) m. Fynewald MacDonald (1528 – 1565) m. Fynewald Macdonald (Abt 1510 – )
      9. 9. Robert Stewart (1470 – 1544)
      10. 10. Elizabeth Stewart (Abt 1477 – 1536) m. Sir (John Colquhoun of) Luss (Bet 1475 and 1536 – 1536)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Stewart (26 Oct 1427 – 9 Mar 1491) m. George Campbell (1420 – 9 Mar 1491)
      1. 1. Jean Campbell (1443 – 1533) m. Robert Montgomerie (1448 – 4 May 1468)
      2. 2. George (Campbell of Loudon Sheriff of) Ayr (Bef 1444 – Abt 1492) m. Catherine (Agnes "Kate") Kennedy (1445 – 1533)
        1. 1. Elisabeth Campbell (1465 – 1518)
        2. 2. Isabella Campbell (1474 – 14 Dec 1518) m. Robert Erskine (Mar 1458 – 9 Sep 1513) m. John Oliphant (22 May 1464 – 21 Feb 1526)
        3. 3. Hugh Campbell (1476 – 4 Aug 1508) m. Isabel Wallace (1472 – 1530)
        4. 4. George Campbell (Abt 1478 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Agnes Kennedy (1445 – 1533) m. Janet Montgomerie (1476 – )
        5. 5. Margaret Campbell (Abt 1479 – ) m. Alan Lockhart (Abt 1480 – )
      3. 3. John Campbell (1447 – 15 Jul 1510) m. Margaret Kennedy (1437 – 1490)
      4. 4. Thomas Campbell (1449 – )
      5. 5. Robert Campbell (1451 – )
    3. 3. Alexander Stewart (1439 – 13 Mar 1450)

William Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1393
1393
Birth of William Seton in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
1424
17 Aug 1424
Age 31
Death of William Seton in Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1393
    Event Place: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1424
    Event Place: Verneuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
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