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Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland

Male 1555 - 1622  (67 years)


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  1. 1.  Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland was born in 1555 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland; died on 16 Sep 1622 in Musselburgh, East Lothian (Haddington), Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F033E811D9854435B3B93D1808810B377F6F

    Family/Spouse: Lilias Drummond. Lilias was born in 1580 in Crawford, Crawford and Leadhills Parish, Lanark, Scotland; died on 8 May 1601 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret Seton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Aug 1599 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 20 Feb 1629/30 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
    2. 3. Sophia Seton  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret Seton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) was born on 8 Aug 1599 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 20 Feb 1629/30 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F0D2F1116C5244549D979C9ED0E6D176855C

    Margaret married Colin the Red MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth on 5 Jun 1614 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Colin died in 1633. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Lady Ann MacKenzie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1621; died in 1706.

  2. 3.  Sophia Seton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5237C8D070124985A8E58AA370AFB5D2D15D

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Sophia married David Lindsay, Knight, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres on 16 Feb 1611/12. David (son of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, of Balcarres and Marion Guthrie) was born in 1587 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was christened on 17 Mar 1586/87; died in Mar 1642. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Baron Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, 2nd Baron Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Aug 1659 in Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
    2. 6. Sophia Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lady Ann MacKenzie Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1621; died in 1706.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E777265B9A454695A1C6D34BD775FEF860CE

    Notes:

    (Research):Dictionary of National Biography: Anne McKenzie, images saved

    Source Citation
    London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 03; Page: 763

    Description
    Volume: Brown - Chaloner (Vol 03)

    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data:Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922. Volumes 1? 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921? 1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922, Oxford University Press, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll. Archibald died in 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Ann married Baron Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, 2nd Baron Balcarres on 25 Apr 1640 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland. Alexander (son of David Lindsay, Knight, 1st Lord Lindsay of Balcarres and Sophia Seton) was born on 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Aug 1659 in Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. David Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; and died.
    2. 8. Charles Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1651; was christened on 7 Feb 1650/51 in Dundee, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; and died.
    3. 9. Colin Lindsay, 3nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1652; was christened on 23 Aug 1652 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died about Nov 1722 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland.
    4. 10. Ann Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 11. Sophia Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 12. Harriet Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 5.  Baron Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, 2nd Baron Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (3.Sophia2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Aug 1659 in Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: study of alchemy and kindred sciences; translatiions of works of Rosicrucians
    • _UID: C9FEC4EA319347F78F68CF5D08ED405827D8

    Alexander married Lady Ann MacKenzie on 25 Apr 1640 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland. Ann (daughter of Colin the Red MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth and Margaret Seton) was born in 1621; died in 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. David Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; and died.
    2. 8. Charles Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1651; was christened on 7 Feb 1650/51 in Dundee, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; and died.
    3. 9. Colin Lindsay, 3nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1652; was christened on 23 Aug 1652 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died about Nov 1722 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland.
    4. 10. Ann Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 11. Sophia Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 12. Harriet Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  3. 6.  Sophia Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (3.Sophia2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: B77DC3A34CE2403598DF7C5F8BAAD4E77FAC

    Family/Spouse: Robert Moray. Robert and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 7.  David Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5B9A1603DAE64E3F91E3F7930DDF590FAD66


  2. 8.  Charles Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1651; was christened on 7 Feb 1650/51 in Dundee, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 85B7D3F817184BA686CB2FDA1918632E43C4


  3. 9.  Colin Lindsay, 3nd Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1652; was christened on 23 Aug 1652 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died about Nov 1722 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: privy councillor van koning Jacobus II x Queen Anne van Engeland
    • _UID: 2F31C0FAF1DD4A8FB2122C65851AF677228B

    Notes:

    (Research):Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 , Colin Lindsay
    London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 777

    Description
    Volume: Supplement (Vol 22)

    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data:Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922. Volumes 1? 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921? 1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922, Oxford University Press, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Campbell. Margaret (daughter of James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun and Lady Margaret Montgomerie) died in May 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Alexander Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Balarres, Kilconquhar, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jul 1736.
    2. 14. Eleanor Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Aug 1735.
    3. 15. James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, Chief of Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1691; died on 20 Feb 1768.

    Family/Spouse: Jean Ker. Jean (daughter of William Drummond Kerr and Lady Jean Maule) was born about 1655 in Enterkinfoot, Dumfries, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Lady Margaret Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1677 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1710/11.

    Family/Spouse: Jean Carnegie. Jean and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Ann Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1674 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1741/42 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

  4. 10.  Ann Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: became a nun
    • _UID: 81B024F94C15492B98A02AE938B2680FCF4F


  5. 11.  Sophia Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: CD1E635DBDE24C0D8B89DE3EA0BA9DD7A1F4

    Family/Spouse: Hon. Charles Campbell. Charles and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 12.  Harriet Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ann3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 08E9B95CA9B342EC98D86A1263F9F302CD4B

    Family/Spouse: Sir Duncan Campbell, Baronet of Auchinbreck. Duncan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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