Sir Alexander Seton, V

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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

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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Origins

About 1311 Sir Alexander married Christian, daughter of Cheyne of Straloch in Aberdeenshire.

By her he had four sons:

• 1. Thomas hanged by the English at Berwick in July 1333.
• 2. William drowned at Berwick while trying to set fire to English ships. Wyntoun says of him "Than Williame off Setoun faucht sa fast among "the schippys, quhill at last his fadyv into the "Se saw him drown"
• 3. Sir Alexander quintus "the son". He was so called to distinguish him from his father. It was apparently he who was sent on a mission to Newcastle in 1323, and was styled by Robert I his "bachelor" . He was killed, opposing the landing of Edward Balliol, at Kinghorn on 6th August 1332. Sir Alexander married Jean, daughter of Sir Thomas Haliburton of Dirleton, and by her probably had a daughter Margaret, who carried on the succession.
• 4. Sir John of whom nothing is known. Maitland says he married Elizabeth heiress of Sir Cecil Ramsay of Parbroath, and founded the cadet branch of Seton of Parbroath. [This marriage is disputed by The Scots Peerage]

Source: "The House of Seton" Vol 1, page 95. https://digital.nls.uk/95447891