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Personal data Lady Janet Ruthven 

  • She was born in the year 1542 in Kinnard, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • She died on January 20, 1606 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, she was 64 years old.
  • She is buried on March 8, 1606 in Charterhouse Perth, Midlothia, Scotland.
  • A child of William Ruthven and Janet Halyburton
  • This information was last updated on October 19, 2023.

Household of Lady Janet Ruthven

(1) She is married to Laurence Mercer.

They got married in the year 1560 at Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, she was 18 years old.


(2) She is married to Adam Stewart.

They got married in the year 1560 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, she was 18 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Ruthven

William Ruthven
1478-1513
Jean Hepburn
1480-1570
Patrick Halyburton
1475-1525
Margaret-nic-James Douglas
± 1480-< 1505

Janet Ruthven
1542-1606

(1) 1560

Laurence Mercer
1540-1620

(2) 1560

Adam Stewart
± 1535-1575


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Historical events

Day of death January 20, 1606

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1606: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
    • January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
    • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
    • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
    • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
    • December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Day of burial March 8, 1606

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1606: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
    • February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
    • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
    • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
    • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
    • December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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