Sir John Seton, 1st Baronet explained

Sir John Seton of Garleton (29 September 1639 – 1686) was a younger son of George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton (died 1650), by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terrigles.

He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by King Charles II in 1664, and married Isabel or Christian Home, daughter of John Home of Renton, by whom he had several children, including his successor Sir George Seton, 2nd Baronet, of Garleton, and Athelstanford, East Lothian.^[1]

His home was Garleton Castle.

This family became Jacobites and engaged in the 1715 Jacobite rising.

He died in 1686 and was buried at Athelstanford.^[2]

Family

The children of John Seton of Garleton and Christian Home included:

• George Seton of Garleton
• Margaret Seton, educated in a French nunnery, who died in Paris.^[3]

References

• The Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, London, 1841, p. 635.

Notes and References

1. Richard Maitland & Viscount Kingston, The History of the House of Seytoun (Edinburgh, 1829), pp. 86–7.
2. Richard Maitland & Viscount Kingston, The History of the House of Seytoun (Edinburgh, 1829), p. 87.
3. Richard Maitland & Viscount Kingston, The History of the House of Seytoun (Edinburgh, 1829), p. 87.