Janet Adamson of Craigcrook

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Janet Adamson of Craigcrook (Napier of Merchistoun)

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Birthplace: Mechiston, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: circa 1515 (22-40)
Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Napier, 3rd Laird of Merchiston and Elizabeth Menteith
Wife of William Adamson, of Bonally
Sister of Archibald Napier, 4th of Merchiston; John Napier; George Napier and Margaret Napier

Managed by: Gerene May Jensen Mason
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About Janet Adamson of Craigcrook

https://archive.org/stream/memorialsofbrown00stod#page/n57/mode/2up...

She was the daughter of John Napier of Merchistoun and Elizabeth Menteith of Ruskie, who was the co-heir of the Earldom of L'ennox.



The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom; Page 408 (http://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun06pauluoft)

Janet, married to William Adamson of Bonally, co. Edinburgh, to whom there are various charters in which they are jointly named between the years 1538 and 1543. He is stated to have been slain at Pinkie 1547.

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Janet Adamson of Craigcrook's Timeline

1484
1484
Mechiston, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1515
1515
Age 31
Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)