William SETON, 1st Lord Seton

1343 - 1424  (81 years)

• Name	William SETON  [1]
  Suffix	1st Lord Seton
  Birth	1343	Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title (Nobility)	[2]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Title (Nobility)	1371  [2]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Name	William de Wyntoun  [2]
  Name	William Gordon  [2]
  _FSFTID	GC4H-MF7
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GC4H-MF7
  _UID	A96E479DA4D44C5FA524C66E84C95C1ADE23
  Burial	1410	Scotland   [1]
  Death	17 Aug 1424	Killed in the Battle of Verneuil, Normandië, France   [1]
  Person ID	I594767818	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alan DE WYNTOUN,   b. 1291, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland d. 1347, Jerusalem, Israel (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Margaret SETON,   b. 1317, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland d. 1347, , , , Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F536730029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Janet FLEMING, Baroness Of Seton,   b. 1351, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1430, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1370	Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Janet SETON,   b. 1368, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1466, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 98 years)   2. William SEATON, of Seaton,   b. 1370, Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 1434, Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)   3. Alexander SETON,   b. Jan 1382, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Abt 31 Aug 1440, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 58 years)   4. Marion SETON,   b. Abt 1385, Scotland d. 1447, Scotland (Age ~ 62 years)   5. Margaret SETON, Countess of Moray,   b. 1405, Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland d. 7 Feb 1478, Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F536729014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  When Sir William De Seton was born in 1343, in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Alan De Wynton of Seton, was 52 and his mother, Margaret Seton Heiress Of Seton, was 26. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Lady Janet Fleming 'Baroness of Seton'. He died in 1410, in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, at the age of 67. [Above added 2021 by Robert P Campbell] William Seton (died 1410), born William de Wyntoun, was a 14th– 15th-century noble. William was the eldest son of Alan de Wyntoun and Margaret Seton, heiress of Seton. William adopted the name and arms of Seton, succeeding to the estates of his mother and was created the Lord Seton in 1371. He married Janet, the daughter of David Fleming of Biggar & Cumbernauld, they are known to have had the following issue: John Seton, 2nd Lord Seton, married Katherine, daughter of William St Clair of Hermandston, had issue. Alexander Seton, married Elizabeth Gordon, heiress of Adam de Gordon, Lord of Gordon, had issue. Margaret Marion Jean Catherine William Seton purchased the wardship of Elizabeth Gordon, Heiress of Gordon from Walter de Haliburton of Dirleton on 7 March 1408 for a liferent of 50 merks from the barony of Tranent. Originally Elizabeth had been betrothed to his eldest son John, however he declined, Elizabeth was then betrothed to William's younger son, Alexander who by this time had been released by the English, after being captured with Prince James of Scotland while traveling aboard Maryenknyght, while en route to France. --Wikipedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Margaret Seton, person ID L8S7-7LX. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for William SETON, person ID GC4H-MF7. (Reliability: 3).