John (Bethune) Bethune IVth of Balfour (abt. 1415 - abt. 1480)

Born about 1415 in Balfour Scotland

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Died about 1480 at about age 65 in Balfour Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

John Bethune, 4th of Balfour is the son of Archibald Bethune, 3rd of Balfour.^[1]

He married Margaret Stirling, "Daughter to the Laird of Keir", presumably Sir William Stirling, 1st of Keir. ^[1][2][3][4]

John died about 1479/80.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. I, p. 700
2. ↑ Martine, George, "Account of the Family of Balfour Bethune as I got it from the present Laird of Balfour", Genealogical Collections concerning Families in Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane 1750-1751, Edited by James Toshach Clark, Edinburgh: University Press, 1900, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 5; The origin for this statement seems to be Martine of Clermont's seventeenth-century genealogy of the family and, barring the discovery contemporary evidence, it must be regarded as uncertain at best. N.B. some genealogists mistakenly name 'Margaret' as 'Catherine' repeating an error first made by Fraser.
3. ↑ Fraser, William N., The Stirlings of Keir and their Family Papers, Edinburgh: private, 1858, Archive.org, pp. 21-22;Fraser was citing the same Martine of Clermont manuscript pedigree; either he or his source must have inaccurately transcribed Margaret's given name.
4. ↑ Woodrow, Walter, "The East Neuk of Fife, its History and Antiquities", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887, Ed. 2, Archive.org, p. 371