Alexander Seton

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He was afterwards one of the Scotch com∣missioners appointed to treat about king Da∣vid's liberty,* and is then designed dominus A∣lexander de Seaton, miles, anno 1348. He married Margaret, sister of William Murray,* captain of the castle of Edinburgh, by whom he had a son,

By his wife, Christian, daughter of Cheyne of Straloch, he [this Alexandar's father] had three sons and a daughter, namely, Alexander, killed in opposing the landing of Edward Baliol near Kinghorn, 6th August 1332 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wester_Kinghorn; Thomas, already mentioned; and William, drowned in an attack on the English fleet at Berwick, in sight of his father, in July 1333. The daughter, Margaret, became heiress of Seton. She married Alan de Wyntoun, supposed to have been a cadet of the Seton family.

Source of above: Electricscotland.com - Google (17 July 2010)

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Source: IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0

 British Isles 

Alexander Seton Pedigree Male Family

Event(s):

Birth:  About 1290   Of, Seton, East Lothian, Scotland 

Parents: Father: Alexander Seton; Mother: Christian Cheyne

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IX. Sir ALEXANDER SEATON of Seaton, who was one of the Scotch nobles that met the English commissioners about obtaining the liberty of John earl of Murray,* in the year 1340.

He was afterwards one of the Scotch com∣missioners appointed to treat about king Da∣vid's liberty,* and is then designed dominus A∣lexander de Seaton, miles, anno 1348.

He married Margaret, sister of William Murray,* captain of the castle of Edinburgh, by whom he had a son,

Sir William,—and a daughter,

Christian, married to George earl of March.

He was succeeded by his son,

X. Sir WILLIAM SEATON of Seaton,*

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