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Adam de Seton
- Preferred Name: Adam de Seton[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Gender: M
- Death: 1249 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland at LATI: N5.9623 LONG: E2.9393
- Birth: 1190 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.9623 LONG: E2.9393
- Burial: 1249 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland at LATI: N5.9167 LONG: E2.75
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Baron with note: All vital information and relationships match. ID numbers: GC9T-9CF and G4PT-T8F.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Knight with note: All vital information and relationships match. ID numbers: GC9T-9CF and G4PT-T8F.
- FSID: G6BW-36T
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Adam de Seton was a Master Clerk in the reign of King Alexander III and is listed on a Charter of Marriage from Roger de Quincy in 1246.
Adam de Seton MP
Gender: Male
Birth: circa 1190
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: 1249 (54-63)
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:
Son of Alexander II Setoun de Wintoun, Knight and Margaret de Wyntoun
Husband of Jonet Giffard of Yester
Father of John Setoun de Wintoun; Alexaander de Seton; Sir Christell de Seton and Barbara Seton
Brother of Alan de Wyntoun, of Soltre
Added by:
Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr. and 28 others
Curated by: Erica Howton
Abouthistory
Source= http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/directory/Descents/early_seton_...
*******Alan de Wyntoun (from Seton's of Winton, from Adam de Seton's second son).***********
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Adam de Seton (2nd son, succeeded his father, d early in reign of Alexander III - 1249-1292).
m. Jane Gifford (dau of Hugh Gifford of Yester)
(i) Sir Christopher (I) (or Chrystell) de Seton (d c.1269)
m. Maud de Percy (dau of Ingelram de Percy, Lord Topcliff in Yorkshire).
(a) Sir Christopher de Seton (2) (companion of Sir William Wallace, d Dillicarew 12.06.1298).
m. Agnes Dunbar, dau of Sir Patrick Dunbar, 'black beard', 8th Earl of Dunbar, 1st Earl of March.
((1)) Sir Christopher Seton (3) of Seton (the famed "Good Sir Christell", supporter and brother-in-law of King Robert I, The Bruce. He was awarded the "double-tressure" in addition to his paternal coat of arms as a result of his marriage into the Royal House. He was executed at Dumfries at the hands of the English.)
m. Christian Bruce (d 1357, dau of Sir Robert de Bruce, 6th of Annandale - sister of King Robert I)
((A)) Sir Alexander Seton (2), only son, continued below
((2)) Sir John de Seton (executed at Newcastle).
m. unknown.
((A)) issue
((3)) Sir Humphrey de Seton (executed at Newcastle).
m. unknown.
((A)) issue
(ii) Sir John de Seton (who held the manor of Seton in Whitby Strand, Yorkshire, and the estate of Winton). He, in a donation of Robert de Bruce, Lord of Annandale, to the priory of St. Andrews, 1294, is designed Dominus Joannes de Seton, miles. John (Johan) de Seton, swore featly to Edward I, 1296.
m. Erminia Lascelles.
(a) Alexander (?) de Seton (founded the Seton's of Winton, later the family of "Winton"). Among those who later swore fealty to Edward I of England, in 1296, were Alan (Aleyn) de Wynton, Thomas de Wynton and Gode de Wynton. Prynne III. 656,658,659,660.
(iii) Barbara de Seton
m. Sir William de Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland (d before 1293)
son of Alexander II de Seton (1164 - 1211) & Margaret de Barclay, of Gartley (1172 - d.)
married Janet Gifford of Yester
Links
http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/20/40132.htm
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg212...
sources
1Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-14.), 6:30, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.72 P324.
2Paul, J., Scots Peerage, 8:562-3.
3Seton, Robert, An Old Family; or, the Setons of Scotland and America (New York: Brentano's, 1899. FHL US/CAN Film #1,033,748 Item 4.), pp. 26-7, Family History Library.
Source: geni.com
=== Maitland (1561/1830) states that Adam s ===
Maitland (1561/1830) states that Adam setoun married in the reign of King Alexander II and died in the reign of Alexander III.
=== Name Suffix: Baron Seton ===
Name Suffix: Baron Seton
=== Line in Record @I40746@ (RIN 40739) from ===
Line in Record @I40746@ (RIN 40739) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID 4E3828CA9ECCD61193C3973FD6E9BB5ECD54 Line in Record @I40790@ (RIN 40746) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _UID B5FF322446A2D61193C3E88C9393015F2983 L.D.S. Pedigree Resource Disc 21 ..
=== 1190 ===
1190
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Alexander Seton, b. 1164 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1211 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Mother: Margaret Berkeley, b. 1172 in Gartley, Banffshire, Scotland d. 1190 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Family 1: Janet Margaret Giffard, b. 1192 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 1244 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
- m. BEF 1214 in Haddingtonshire, Scotland
- Barbara de Seton, b. 1236 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 1285 in Humbie, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: VI: 30, VIII:562-563 note 10
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135
- Title: Wiki Tree
Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seton-8;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune - Published information: birth:
Note: Published information: birth:
Published information: birth-name: Adam de Setoune
Published information: physical-description: Described as "ane maister clerk" and highly praised during a time of waring nobles as a scholar. ;
Published information: nobility-title: Knight;
Published information: nobility-title: Knight;
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2610881058
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Seton -
Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Lundun1
Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222799
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: The Setons of Scotland and America; Monsignor Seton {1899}, Page number: 26-27
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742743
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: The HIstory of the House of Seytoun to the Year MDLIX; Sir Richard Maitland {1829}, Page number: 18, 92
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742744
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune - death:
Author: IGI
Note: death:
birth: about 1190; Seton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2044620706
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Adam de Setoune -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
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