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Janet Elizabeth Gordon 1544 – 1600 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

Birth Location: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland

Death Date: 1600

Death Location: Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: George Gordon

Mother: Katherine Forbes

Spouse(s): Robert Herries

Children(s): Archibald Herries, William Herries, Margaret Herries, Eupheme Herries, Charles Herries, Robert Herries

According to available records, Janet Elizabeth Gordon was born in 1544 in Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland, the child of George 2nd Laird Gordon and Katherine Campbell Forbes. Following those early years, Janet Elizabeth Gordon married Robert George Preston Herries, and their family grew to include Archibald Herries, William Herries, Margaret Herries, Eupheme Herries, Charles Herries and Robert George Herries. In the later years of life, Janet Elizabeth Gordon died in 1600 in Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Parents

George Gordon
1510 – 1591
Birth Location: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
GG
Katherine Forbes
1510 – 1570
Birth Location: Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
KF

Spouses(s)

Robert Herries
1540 – 1637
Birth Location: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland, United Kingdom
RH

Children(s)

Archibald Herries
1570 – 1624
Birth Location: Maidens Carrick, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
AH
William Herries
1574 – 1724
Birth Location: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland, United Kingdom
WH
Margaret Herries
1576 – 1663
Birth Location: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland, United Kingdom
MH
Eupheme Herries
1580 – 1614
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
EH
Charles Herries
1600 – 1637
Birth Location: Borgue, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
CH
Robert Herries
Birth Location: –
RH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1544
    Event Place: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1564

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1567
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Dec 5 1567
    Event Place: , , , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: ABT 1570
    Event Place: Maidenpape, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1574
    Event Place: , , , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1579
    Event Place: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Abt. 1579
    Event Place: Maidenpape, Roxbury, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1600
    Event Place: Brin, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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