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William SETON, 1st Lord Seton

William SETON, 1st Lord Seton

Male 1343 - 1424  (81 years)


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  • Name William SETON  [1
    Suffix 1st Lord Seton 
    Birth 1343  Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 17 Aug 1424  Killed in the Battle of Verneuil, Normandië, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594767818  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2024 

    Father Alan DE WYNTOUN,   b. 1291, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1347, Jerusalem, Israel Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Margaret SETON,   b. 1317, Seton, , East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1347, , , , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Family ID F536730029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Janet FLEMING, Baroness Of Seton,   b. 1351, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1430, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 1370  Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Janet SETON,   b. 1368, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1466, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
     2. William SEATON, of Seaton,   b. 1370, Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1434, Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     3. Alexander SETON,   b. Jan 1382, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 31 Aug 1440, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years)
     4. Marion SETON,   b. Abt 1385, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1447, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
     5. Margaret SETON, Countess of Moray,   b. 1405, Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1478, Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [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).

    2. [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).