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YOUNG, Peter of Seaton, Preceptor to King James VI and I, Sir
(1544-1628)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GIBB, Elizabeth

2. MURRAY, Janet 'of Polmaise'
3. NAIRNE, Marjory

YOUNG, Peter of Seaton, Preceptor to King James VI and I, Sir 1 2

  • Born: 15 August 1544, Dundee, Angus, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (1): GIBB, Elizabeth on 4 February 1577 1
  • Marriage (2): MURRAY, Janet 'of Polmaise' on 3 May 1596 in St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2
  • Marriage (3): NAIRNE, Marjory before 20 April 1601 1
  • Died: 7 January 1628, Easter Seaton, near Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland 1

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Peter married Elizabeth GIBB on 4 February 1577.1 (Elizabeth GIBB was born about 1550 and died on 10 May 1593 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"I married Elizabeth Gibb 4th February 1577"

from Life of Sir Peter Young 1

Peter next married Janet MURRAY 'of Polmaise' on 3 May 1596 in St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Janet MURRAY 'of Polmaise' was born about 1540 and died on 29 November 1596 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"6th May 1596 - I married, a second time, a noble matron, Dame Joanna Murray, widow of Torpichen, in the Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh."

from Life of Sir Peter Young




"The portrait of (James Sandilands) Lord Torphichen is at Calder House. His widow was married .... thirdly, 3 May 1596, to Sir Peter Young of Seaton, preceptor and almoner of King James VI. She died 29 November 1596."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2

Peter next married Marjory NAIRNE before 20 April 1601.1 (Marjory NAIRNE was born about 1565.)


  Marriage Notes:

"My third wife, Marjory, brought forth a daughter to me, named Euphemia, her first born, about six o'clock am., the day of the moon, 20th April 1601."

from Life of Sir Peter Young 1

Sources


1 e-books, Sir Peter Young, Knt. of Seaton by Hugh W. Young (1896).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

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