Janet
Leslie
Born about in Scotland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of George (Leslie) Leslie Fourth Earl of Rothes
and Margaret Crichton
Sister of
Alexander (Leslie) Leslie IIIrd of Wardis [half], Janet (Leslie) Gordon [half], Margaret Leslie, Norman (Leslie) Leslie Master of Rothes, Helen Leslie [half], Katherine Leslie [half], James Leslie [half], Andrew (Leslie) Leslie Fifth Earl of Rothes [half], Euphemia (Leslie) Cunningham [half], Peter Leslie [half], Beatrice (Leslie) Leslie Lady Creich [half], Agnes (Leslie) Leslie Countess Morton [half] and Christine (Leslie) Kincaid [half]
Wife of
David (Crichton) Crichton of Naughton
— married
before 11 Mar 1541 in Scotland
Wife of
John (Grant) Grant IVth of Freuchie
— married
before 15 May 1557 in Scotland
Wife of
Robert (Sempill) Sempill Third Lord Sempill
— married
after 3 Mar 1564 in Scotland
Wife of
James Elphinstone
— married
before 6 Aug 1587 in Scotland
Mother of
Helen Sempill
Died
at about age 71
in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
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Biography
Janet Leslie was born in Scotland.
Janet Leslie]] is the daughter of George Leslie and Margaret (Crichton) Leslie[1][2][3] and therefore born before or about the time of their divorce in Dec 1520.
She married firstly, David Crichton of Naughton before 11 Mar 1541. David died circa 1554.
She married secondly, John Grant of Freuchie before 15 May 1557. John died in 1585.
She married thirdly, Lord Elphinstone.
| 4. Janet, styled sister of David Pantar, Bishop of Ross, and therefore the daughter of Margaret Crichton. She was married to David Crichton of Naughton, before 11 March 1540-41, (Reg. of Deeds, ii.159 where a progress of writs is given.) when Sir Peter Crichton, of Naughton, David, his grandson, and Janet Leslie, David's wife, had a tack in feufarm of the lands of Bogy and others. David Crichton died about 1553 and on 6 January 1553-54 the nonentry duties were gifted to David, Bishop of Ross, who, on 25 January, regranted them to his 'lovit sister,' Janet Leslie, relict of David Crichton. (Acts and Decreets, xxvi. ff. 243, 244.) She was married, secondly, before 15 May 1557,(Reg. of Deeds, ii. f. 157.) to John Grant of Freuchie, who died in 1585, and whom she survived, marrying as her third husband, before 6 August 1587, James Elphinstone, brother of Robert, third Lord Elphinstone. She died at Kirkcaldy 17 December 1591.(Chiefs of Grant, i. 152,153; Edib, Tests., 28 June 1593.)[3] |
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 284
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 286
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 289
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q75263660
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