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Henrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline
b. June 1652, d. between 30 November 1699 and 18 April 1700
Birth
Henrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline, was born in June 1652.
Parents
| Father | Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline (b. November 1615, d. 11 May 1672) |
Family life
Henrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline, and Captain William ("the Builder") Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown, 10th Lord Fleming, entered into a marriage contract on 8 September 1670 in Dalgety.1,2,3,4 William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford, and she were married after 1681.5
Children with Captain William ("the Builder") Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown, 10th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1642, d. 8 April 1681)
| Son | John ("the Pliant") Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown, 11th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1668, d. 10 February 1744) |
| Son | Charles ("The Last") Fleming, 7th Earl of Wigtown, 12th Lord Fleming (b. before 1669, d. 16 May 1747) |
| Daughter | Mary Fleming+ (b. circa 1674, d. March 1702) |
| Daughter | Unknown Fleming (b. before 24 March 1675, d. 24 March 1675) |
| Daughter | Henrietta Fleming (b. circa 1680) |
Partner with William Lindsay, 18th Earl of Crawford (b. April 1644, d. 6 March 1698)
Property
Henrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline, possessed was infeft in liferent in her jointure lands by precept of sasine under the Quarter Seal on a Great Seal charter on the resignation of her husband William, Earl of Wigtown on 1 December 1671.63
Death
Henrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline, died between 30 November 1699 and 18 April 1700.
Citations
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 558.
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 16 September 2025), GD 2488, 5/11/1736, Discharge by William Johnstone, writer in Edinburgh, factor for John Earl of Wigtoun, chamberlain of Fife, to David Anderson.
- [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 349.
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed 13 March 2025), Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline.
- [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 222.
| Context | Ch forebears |
| Last Edited | 16 September 2025 |