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ABERNETHY, James 3rd Lord Saltoun of Abernethy
(About 1435-1504)
WIFE, Unnamed
(About 1450-)
STEWART, James 'Hearty', Earl of Buchan (3rd creation) and Lord Auchterhouse, Sir
(About 1440-1499)
OGILVY, Margaret
(About 1443-)
ABERNETHY, Alexander 4th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy
(About 1468-1527)
STEWART, Daughter
(About 1468-)
ABERNETHY, John of Balcors
(About 1507-1581)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LYON, Elizabeth

ABERNETHY, John of Balcors 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1507
  • Marriage (1): LYON, Elizabeth 1 2
  • Died: 14 November 1581 2

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John married Elizabeth LYON, daughter of John LYON 6th Lord Glamis and Janet DOUGLAS.1 2 (Elizabeth LYON was born about 1520 and died before 24 September 1609 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"This lady (Elizabeth Lyon) was married .... fourthly, to Mr. John Abernethy, who was her husband in 1565."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"John (Abernethy), witness to a charter to his brother William 21 March 1542-43. He married Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John, Lord Glamis, who had been already thrice married, and died 14 November 1581, leaving a son and a daughter. He is sometimes styled of Balcors, from the lands which formed his wife's dower from her first husband."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) 1 2

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. 7 (1910).

3 e-books, The House of Gordon ed. John Malcolm Bulloch.

4 e-books, The Family of Burnett of Leys by George Burnett, ed. James Allardyce (1901).

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