SETON, John of Parbroath ¹

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  General Notes:

There is considerable doubt about the parentage of this John Seton. The chronology appears not to allow him to be the son of Sir Alexander de Seton, governor of Berwick. However he may have been a grandson, or linked to the family in question. If he was an illegitimate son it would explain why there is some confusion regarding his parentage.

John married Elizabeth RAMSAY heiress of Parbroath.¹ (Elizabeth RAMSAY heiress of Parbroath was born about 1345.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Seton, first of Parbroath, who married, as already stated, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Ramsay of Parbroath, and ward of King David II. The Ramsays of Parbroath are believed to have been a branch of the House of Dalhousie, and among other Fifeshire cadets of that family, towards the end of the fourteenth century, we find the Ramsays of Northbarnes, the Ramsays of Balbarton, and the Ramsays of Lumquhat."

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