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  • Alexander Burnet, 7th of Leys (1455 - 1529)
    From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Alexander Burnet of Leys: Burnet of Leys [1]*M, #189710*Last Edited=30 Apr 2006Alexander Burnet of Leys married Janet Gardine.[1]He is the son of Alexander Burnet of...
  • Alexander Burnet, 8th of Leys (c.1480 - 1526)
    alternate dates submitted: b. 1470, d. September 2, 1520Alexander 8th of Leys probably never held the title of laird as he died in 1525/6 and predeceased his father, Alexander 7th of Leys (who died in ...
  • Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of St Andrews (c.1613 - 1684)
    Biographical Summary ==" Alexander Burnet [or Burnett] , bapt. 6th Aug. 1615, son of James B., min. of Jedburgh; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (22nd June 1633); became chaplain to his kinsman, J...
  • Anne Burnet (deceased)
  • Ann Dawson (1690 - d.)

About the Burnet surname

From Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "This family was in England before the Conquest and so was probably of Saxon origin. It achieved some importance in Wiltsthire, Bedfordshire, etc.. The first known was ... <Burnard, who was alive in 1086.>"

Also from Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "The branch of this family that we focus on in this page <Burnard/Burnet/Burnett of Leys> was descended from a descendant of one of the above, possibly the last Roger <a second great grandson of the aforementioned Burnard>, who settled in Scotland in the 12th century. The first on record of this branch was ... <Alexander Burnard, who was alive in 1323.>"

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