The Seton's of Barnes and Hailes Descent

(revised June 2011 - major revisions-in-progress, please refrain from reference until completed, associations with the Seton-Wilmot and Seton-Bourchier's removed and noted to their proper place with the Seton of Lathrisk line)

  i. George Seton, 7th Lord Seton (b 1531, d 08.01.1585-6), and 5th to be called "of the name George".
  m. (mcrt 02.08.1550) Isabel Hamilton (b c1534, d 13.11.1604, dau of Sir William Hamilton of Sanquhar)
  c. Hon. Sir John Seton, 1st Baron of Barnes (d 05.1594).  Knight of the Order of St. James in Spain (St. Jago) and of the Kings personal bodyguard, a Gentleman of the BedChamber and Master of the Kings Household under King Philip II of Spain.  Recalled home to Scotland by King James VI, he was Master of the Kings Horse, Master of the Kings Household (1586) and an Extraordinary Lord in the College of Justice as Lord Barnes (1588) in place of his brother Alexander Seton (at that time Lord Urquhart, later Lord Fyvie and 1st Earl of Dunfermline) who was promoted to President of the College.
  m. (08.09.1588) Anna Forbes (b. 30.09.1564), dau of William Forbes, 7th Lord, she married 2nd John Hamilton (brother of Samuelston).
  (1) Sir John Seton, 2nd Baron of Barnes, Kt.  A Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and officer of the Court of King Charles I, he was a noted companion of the Marquis of Montrose in 1646.  He acquired land in Ireland from Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar, the estate of Monylagan (Mionylangain or Moneylagan), Clongish Parish, in Co. Longford, in 1628, and is occassionally referred to as Sir John Seaton of Mionylangain, Longford.  He was noted in the Funeral of Chancellor Seton in 1622, and he acquired the lands of Hailes from Francis Stewart (Earl of Bothwell and husband of Isobel Seton, daughter to Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton), and well as those of Crichton Castle.  He and his wife, "Lady Seaton", are noted in the paper of Sir Arthur Forbes, during the seige of Castle Forbes in Longford, Ireland in 1641-42.
  m1. Ogilvy (dau of Baron Ogilvy of Poury).
  (A) Alexander Seton of Monylagan (Moneylagan / Monylangain), Longford, Ireland (dspv), accused of assisting the Ferrells in Ireland, imprisoned in Dublin, later transferred and imprisoned in the Edinburgh Tolbooth in Scotland and died in 1642.  Noted in the book: Scots-Irish Links 1575-1725m Part Five, by David Dobson.
  m. Ms O'Ferrall (of the family of Buoy, Lords of Annaly in Longford, Ireland, also spelt Ophuall).
  (i)  
  (B) Isabel Seton
  m. the Laird of of Barfoord.
  (C) Margaret Seton "of Monylangain".
  m. James Sutherland of Kinminitie, Banff, known as the Tutor of Duffus in Morayshire, (d.circa 1679).
  (i) issue, Sutherland of Kinminitie
  (D) Lilias Seton
  m. James Ramsay of Benholm, Kincardineshire.
  m2. Ann Fleming (dau of John Fleming, 6th Lord Fleming).  She brought the dowry of Killsyth, however they had no children, dsp.
  m3. dau Home (dau of Sir John Home of North Berwick).
  (E) Sir George Seton of Hailes, 3rd Baron of Barnes.  Called "Sir George Seton of Haillis", and/or "Dr. Seaton", and was noted as a scholar at St. Andrews and Cambridge, and at Oxford.  He recieved his Grant of MA from St Andrews University as doctor of theology, was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.  He was served heir to his brother in 1642, and succeeded his father only a few years after. He sold Crichton Castle c1649, to the Hepburns of Humbie, and was forced to have "quitted" Hailes Castle during Cromwells sacking of Dunbar; and later re-imbursed by the Government to the sum of 4,700 "in English money for troops quartered on his tenants and for damage caused by them", in 1650.  Admitted a Burgess and Guild of Leith 12.05.1652, along with his younger son Robert.
  m. Anna Montgomerie
  (i) Sir John Seton 4th Baron of Barnes, and of Hailes (d. 03.1659).  He succeeded his father, but died shortly afterwards in Edinburgh and was buried at his request, "with decency, but without pomp or great show", and was interred in the place of his father's burial at Seton Collegiate Church.
  m1st. unknown
  (a) Sir George Seton, 5th and Last Baron of Barnes and of Hailes. Justice of the Peace in Haddingtonshire in 1663.  He pursued the Irish Estate of his father noted in legal proceedings records in Edinburgh, against Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard, in 1683, which suit cost him most of his estate's in Amisfield and Ireland as result. He succeeded his grandfather, and claimed the Lordship of Urquhart and the Honours of Dunfermline in 1694, including the Abbott's House in Elgin, and "Proclaimed" the Pretender at Kelso in 1715, but surrendered at Preston later that year.  He escaped insurrection after the rebellion and settled in Haddington (noted in 1732).  He sold the lands of Hailes to David Dalrymple in 1700, and the lands of Barnes to Colonel Charteris in 1715.  He was noted in a bond, dated 29th June, 1727, as "Lord Dunfermline", and was the male-representative of the Earls of Dunfermline.  He had 7 children: 2 sons and 5 daughters; he died at an advanced age, and was buried in Seton Collegiate Church.
  m. Anne Suttie (dau of Sir George Suttie of Balgonie)
  ((1)) Vice Admiral James Seton, Esq., (b. ?, d.1802) Previously Colonel, Governor of the Island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.  He presented a petition to King George III for the Title, Rank and privileges of the Earldom of Dunfermline in 1773, though it was not completed due to lack of funding.  He later resided at his Estate of Brookheath House, Hants and died in London at an advanced age.
  m. Susan Moray (dau of James Moray of Abercairney), she was noted as a "great beauty in her day".
((A)) Lieutenant-Colonel James Seton, Esq. of Ibsley House, (b. ?, d. 1831), he was involved with his father at St. Vincent in the Caribbean, and maintained a Regiment of Rangers in the Grenadines. He was also a Landowner in St. Vincent in 1789, by Royal Grant, along with his brother, William, and settled in Brookheath, Hants, where he later died and was buried.
m. Margaret Findlater (dau of Rev. John Findlater).
((i)) Captain James Alexander Seton of the 11th Dragoon Guards (Hussars), of London and of Brookheath House, Fordingbridge, Hants (b.18??, d.02.06.1845).  He was noted as the last man killed in a duel in England, and died as a result of injuries sustained from the gunshot wound that occurred 20.05.1845, and Alexander died at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and was buried in the tomb at St. Mary's, Fordingbridge.
m. (03.05.1838) Anne Susannah Wakefield, eldest daughter of John Wakefield, Esq. of Fordingbridge
((a)) Marion Frances Seton
m. unknown
(((1))) issue (?)
((ii)) Eglinton Seton.
m. Joah Bates Wakefield
((iii)) Frances Seton (b.17.11.1812, d.18??), born at Ibsley House.
m. unknown
((iv)) Catherine Seton (b. 23.05.1818, d.19.02.1901) - The Seton-Coventry line.
m. Rev'd John Coventry, Esq. of Burgate House, Hants.  He was Rector of Tywardteath and great-grandson of the Earl of Coventry.
((a)) John Seton-Coventry, Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hampshire.
m. Mary Emily Weld
(((1))) John Joseph Coventry (b.09.02.1882, d.20.12.1950). A Temporary Captain in the service of the Royal Amy Service Corps.
m. Margaret Camilla Macartney
(((A))) 5 dau's
(((2))) Bernard Seton Coventry (b.30.03.1887, d.07.09.1965). He usually went by his middle name as Bernard Seton.
m.Annie Cunningham
(((A))) Major Anthony James Seton Coventry (b.18.20.1913, d.15.08.1955). Served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
m. Mollie Rosina Grummett
(((i))) John James Seton Coventry (b. 3.02.1955). He was educated at Downside School, Bath, Somerset, England. He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (F.R.I.C.S.).
m.Naomi Elizabeth Margaret Jones
(((a))) Isobelle Florence Elisabeth Coventry (b.15.05.1997)
(((ii))) Margaret Elizabeth Coventry (b. 29.04.1946)
(((B))) Reverend John Joseph Seton-Coventry (b 21.01.1915, d.04.1998).  He was educated at Stoneyhurst College, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and graduated from Campion Hall, Oxford with a Master of Arts. He was ordained in September 1947 as a Jesuit priest, and was the Rector between 1956 and 1958 at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, Berkshire, was a Provincial Eng (Prov. of the Society of Jesuits) between 1958 and 1964, and a Master between 1976 and 1985 at St. Edmund's College, at  Cambridge University, and dsp.
(((3))) Lieutenant William St. John Coventry (b.07.02.1893, d.22.10.1914). Served in the Bedfordshire Regiment, he was killed in action and dsp.
(((4))) Mary Flora Coventry b. 2 Nov 1877, d. 14 May 1970
(((5))) Constance Catherine Mary Coventry b. 7 Feb 1879, d. Mar 1961
(((6))) Philomena Barbara Mary Coventry b. 12 Sep 1880, d. 27 Oct 1966
(((7))) Annette Emily Mary Coventry b. 6 Jul 1884, d. 13 May 1963
(((8))) Dorothy Mary Coventry b. 28 Apr 1889, d. 17 Jan 1971
((b)) James Seton-Coventry (b.26.02.1849, d.12.04.1917). He was a noted and gifted amateur photographer, active in the 1890s and early 1900s, and a member of the Pontifical Zouaves. His works are preserved in the Hampshire Records Office, and he dsp.
((c)) Walter Bulkeley Coventry (b.26.02.1850, d.08.06.1939). He was registered as a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.), dsp.
((d)) Reverend Alexander Moray Coventry (b.07.07.1853, d.07.11.1925). He was a Roman Catholic priest. He died at age 72, dsp.
((e)) Bernard Coventry (b.10.12.1859, d.26.01.1929). He was Director of the Agricultural Research Institute between 1904 and 1916 at Principal Agricultural College, Pusa, Bengal, India. He was also invested as a Companion, Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.) in 1912, Agricultural Advisor to the Government of India between 1912 and 1916, and Agricultural Advisor to the Government of the Native States of Central India between 1916 and 1918.
m.Ella Gordon Dagleish
(((1))) Muriel Mary Coventry (b.26.11.1895)
(((2))) Catherine Mary Aline Coventry (b.15.03.1898)
(((3))) Bernadine Mary Joan Coventry (b.24.08.1903, d.15.07.1968)
(((4))) Isabelle Mary Coventry (b.05.10.1905)
((f)) Francis Martin Coventry (b.20.07.1863, d.07.07.1917)
m. Amy Maud Hill
(((1))) Henry Francis Coventry (b.13.05.1898), Indigo planter in the West Indies, dsp.
(((2))) Gerald Leslie Coventry (b.11,03.1900). He was a Lay Brother of the Redemptorist Order, dsp.
(((3))) Catharine Nora Coventry
(((4))) Cicily Maud Coventry
((g)) Margaret Elizabeth Coventry (d.30.10.1894)
((h)) Florence Catharine Coventry (d.08.02.1936)
((i)) Marion Coventry (d.02.03.1934)
((j)) Isabella Anne Coventry (d.02.03.1936)
((k)) Gertrude Mary Philomena Coventry (d.15.03.1955)
((B)) George Seton, Esq., (b.?, d.21.08.1795), noted as second son of Gov. Seton in St. Vincent in his death notice as posted in the Gentleman's Magazine. Landowner in St. Vincent in 1790, by Royal Grant, along with his brother, James.  He died on the Island of St. Vincent in the Caribbean in 1795, during the final Carib revolt. His will is listed on the Government Probate records in London, 1796 (Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury).
m. Bridget (unknown family name ?)
((i)) James Seton of St. Vincent, and later of Upper Harley Street, Edinburgh.
m. (1798) Mrs. MacKay of St. Vincent
((a)) issue
((C)) William Seton (Seaton), Landowner in St. Vincent in 1790, by Royal Grant, along with his brother, James.
m.unknown
((i))  Seton
m.
((a)) issue
((D)) John Seton
m.unknown
((i))  Seton
m.
((a)) issue
((i)) issue
((E)) dau Seton (?)
((F)) dau Seton (?)
  ((2)) George Seton, (b.17??, d.?17??)
  m. unknown
((A)) son Seton.
m.unknown
((i)) issue
((B)) son Seton
m. unknown
((i)) issue
((C)) dau Seton (?).
  ((3)) Anne Seton
  m. (01.06.1734) John Don of Edinburgh, Merchant
((A)) General Sir George Don, and famed longest-serving Governor of Gibraltar (d.c.1831 and buried at Gibraltar).
  ((4)) Martha Seton (Matty), She died at Edinburgh the 6th, December, 1750.and was buried in the chapel of Seton House the 8th December 1750.  Her epitaph was printed in the Scots Mag. December 1750, p. 586 ; and reprinted in Hamilton's Poems, 1760, p. 90, where six lines are omitted.
  ((5)) dau Seton
  m. unknown
  ((6)) dau Seton
  m. unknown
  ((7)) dau Seton
  m. unknown
  m2nd. Lady Margaret Hay, dau of 9th Earl of Erroll and sister to Lady Ann Hay who married George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton (d.a 07.1686).
  (b) John Seton (Seaton, younger of Barnes, settled in Ireland.
  m. Anna Lothian (married by the Dean, Mr. William Annand on 30th May, 1684).
  ((1)) son Seton (Seaton/Seeton), settled in Ireland
  m. unknown
((A)) Thomas Seton (Seaton/Seeton), in Ireland
m. unknown
((i)) Thomas Seton (Seaton/Seeton), in Ireland
((ii)) James Seton (Seaton/Seeton), in Ireland and later of Nova Scotia.
m. Martha Crawford of County Tyrone
The Seeton's of Nova Scotia line.
((iii)) Mary Seton (Seaton/Seeton), in Ireland
  ((2)) son Seton
  ((3)) dau Seton
  ((4)) other issue unknown
  (c) Hannibal Seton of Barnes, Burgess of Haddington, and of Moneylagan in Ireland (listed on the Longford Census in Ireland, 1659).
  m. Sibilla Pringle (Pringill), noted in a Bond and Assignment, 10 June, 1673.
  ((1)) Charles Seton (Seaton/Seeton), (b.1657, d.17??) b. in Haddington Parish.
  m. unknown
  ((2)) Captain-Lieutenant Francis Seton (Seaton), recieved his Commission in 1688, Commander of the Grenadiers of the Garrison of Fort St. George, Madras, India from 1692 to 1704.  Left India in 1710 and returned to Britain.
  m1st. Anne (?) (d.16.05.1691)
((A)) Francis Seton (Seaton) (d.01.05.1692 at Madras)
m. unknown
((B)) Elihu Seton (Seaton) (d.03.05.1691 at Madras)
m. unknown
((C)) dau Seton
m. John Hunter, Deputy Governor of Fort Malborough, Bencoolen, India (1712).
((D)) Ann Seton
m. (1706) Anthony Etthrick at Fort St. George, Madras
  m2nd. (Feb 1693 at Fort St. George, Madras) Hannah MacKrith (d.03.02.1710)
((E)) George Hannibal Seton (Seaton) (b.05.06.1698, d.25.04.1711, sp).  His memorial is at Wormley Church, Hertfordshire, above the pulpit.
((F)) son Seton (Seaton)
m. unknown
((G)) Hannah Seton (Seaton) (b.07.1695, d.27.07.1717)
m. John Legg, Esq,, one of the Council and Mayor of Madras.
  ((3)) dau Seton (Seaton)
  m. unknown
  ((4)) Mary Seton (Seaton), (b.?. d.24.01.1723), younger daughter.
  m. unknown
  (d) Esther Seton, Lady Bearford, listed on the Cess Book of 1667 in Morham Parish.
  m. James Hepburn of Bearford
  ((1)) issue - The Hepburns of Bearford
  (ii) George Seton of Leith (b.?, d. 16??)
  m. unknown
  (iii) Robert Seton (b.?, d. 1655), younger "of Hailes", Burgess and Guild of Leith 12.05.1652, admitted along with his father.  Was also Skipper of a vessel and fined 100 marks for bringing salt into Edinburgh without making "Entry" in 1647.  He died in 1655 leaving an only child and heir, his son, Robert Seton.
  m. Lady Anne Montgomerie (d.08.1687), dau of Hugh Seton Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton. They were married in Morham Church by the Rev'd Thomas Turnbull, A.M..  She later married m2. (c1658) James Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Findlater (d 1711)
  (a) Captain Robert Seton/Seaton, of Westminster, Judge-Advocate-General for North Britain (b. 1651, d.1732) only son and heir of his father.  He was Captain of the company which Richard Brewer formerly commanded in the regiment of foot, and noted as having received a commission by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton "to his nephew Captain Robert Seton, his nephew, 1700".  Half-brother to Ogilvy, Earl of Findlater and nephew of the Earl of Eglinton, he later settled in London in Pall Mall c1693 and noted in the "Seafield Correspondence from 1685 to 1708", by James Ogilvy, Earl Of Findlater.  On his death in 1732, he was styled Captain Robert Seton of Westminster, judge-advocate-general for North Britain.
  m. Mary Long, daughter of Richard Long of Brinsley, Somerset, England.
  ((1)) descent - grandson - Andrew Seton (Seaton), Esq. (d.1794).  Merchant in London, he emigrated to Brookhaven, Long Island, New York in 1773, before settling in Brooklyn in 1776. His home and estate there was ravaged as a Loyalist and after the American War of Independence, he and his family settled in Fernandina, Amelia Island, Florida, where he later died.
  m. (1760) Margaret Seton (dau of John Seton "of  Parbroath" of London).  (b. 1738, d.1818).
((A)) William Seton
((B)) Lieutenant Peter Seton, U.S.N., he died at the Cape of Good Hope, sp.
((C)) Captain William Dalrymple Seton (b. 1774, d.1804), a Captain of the Merchant Marine, he d. aboard the ship Marion when it floundered traveling to Leghorn, sp.
((D)) Charles Seton, Esq. (b. 1776, d.14.08.1836), Mayor of Fernandina, Florida, known also as "Don Carlos Seton" in Spanish-Florida.  He was born in Brooklyn, New York and traveled Europe, including Spain, and settled into Spanish Florida and was later tried for treason against Spain for his allegiance to America in Florida and his lands and property there sold.  He was an active Mason, and keeper of Masonic Honours.  He engaged in the Lumber business in Florida, later wounded in an attack on the town of Fernandina, Florida and died as a result of that wound years after.
m. (1812) Matilda Sibbald (d.17.09.1856) (dau of George Sibbald of Philadelphia of the Sibbald's of Balgonie, Fife).
((i)) Captain George Sibbald Seton, Esq. (b.02.12.1817, d.?), at one time resident of New Orleans, after the US Civil War, he settled with his family in Sharptown, Wicomico County, Maryland.
m. Caroline Sibbald.
((a)) Charles Fraser Seton (b.1861, d.?), he put forth a claim to be the rightful heir to the Earldom of Dunfermline, claim not accepted.
((b)) Mary Isabel Seton (called May).
((ii)) son Seton, dsp.
((iii)) Margaret Seton
m. Colonel Lewis (Louis) Fleming of Hibernia, Florida (as his 2nd wife, he married 1st Augustina Cortez of Cuba).
((a)) Francis Philip Fleming of Florida, U.S.A.
((b)) Captain Charles Seton Fleming of Florida, U.S.A. (killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864).
((c)) Frederick A. Fleming of Florida, U.S.A.
((iv)) Matilda Seton, dsp.
((v)) dau Seton, dsp.
((vi)) dau Seton, dsp.
((E)) Mary Seton
m. John Wilkes, of New York.
((F)) Isabella Seton
m. Robert Henry, of Albany, New York, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States.
((G)) Charlotte Seton
m. John Vernor Henry of Albany, New York.
  ((2)) son Seton,
  m. unknown
  (iii) Mary Seaton/Seton (m.11.07.1657, d.08.1659), of Hailes (Hails). She was given the lands of Gilmerton from her father, and sold them to the Hon Francis Kinloch, 1st Baronet, merchant in Edinburgh and also Rochelle in France and Lord Provost of Edinburgh; in 1655.
  m. Sir George Stirling, 1st Bart of Glorat
  (F) Charles Seton, he died young, sp., shortly after his father.
  (G) Jane (or Jean) Seton.
  m. John Hay of Aberlady.
  (2) 2nd son Seton, died a young man, sp.
  (3) Mosea Seton.
    m. Andrew Hume of Rhodes, North Berwick
                issue, Hume of Rhodes; and of Tipperary, Ireland