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SETON, Ninian 3rd of Touch, Sir
(About 1485-1546)
CHISHOLM, Janet
(About 1490-)
ERSKINE, John 5th Lord Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar, Sir
(About 1487-1555)
CAMPBELL, Margaret
(About 1487-)
SETON, Walter 4th of Touch, Sheriff of Stirling, Sir
(1519-1568)
ERSKINE, Elizabeth
(About 1526-)
SETON, Janet
(About 1544-1616)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BELLENDEN, John of Auchnoull, Sir

2. FORBES, John 8th Lord Forbes

SETON, Janet 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1544
  • Marriage (1): BELLENDEN, John of Auchnoull, Sir 11 January 1564(1565) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): FORBES, John 8th Lord Forbes Before 17 March 1579(1580) 2
  • Died: 2 February 1616, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 3
  • Buried: 1616, Aberdeen, Scotland 1

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Janet married Sir John BELLENDEN of Auchnoull 11 January 1564(1565).1 2 (Sir John BELLENDEN of Auchnoull was born about 1538 and died on 1 October 1576 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir John (Bellenden) married, thirdly, on Sunday, 11 January 1564-65, Janet Seton, daughter, apparently, of Walter Seton of Touch. Queen Mary was a party to the marriage-contract, and promised him 1000 merks of tocher, mentioned in his testament as still unpaid at his death. By her, who survived him, and married, secondly, before 17 March 1579-80, as his second wife, John, Master of Forbes, afterwards eighth Lord Forbes, he had (issue)"

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)




"Jonet, daughter of Walter Seton of Touch, widow of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2

Janet next married John FORBES 8th Lord Forbes, son of William FORBES 7th Lord Forbes and Elizabeth KEITH co-heiress of Inverugie, Before 17 March 1579(1580).2 (John FORBES 8th Lord Forbes was born on 3 July 1542,1 died on 29 June 1606 in Putachie, Keig parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 and was buried in 1606 in Keirn, Druminnor, Rhynie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Lord Forbes married, secondly, in 1580, Jonet, daughter of Walter Seton of Touch, widow of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull, who survived him, and died, 2 February 1616, at Aberdeen, where she was buried. They had two sons and one daughter"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

3 Internet Site, http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/directory/Descents/touch_descent.htm The Setons of Touch Descent.

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