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     Lady Janet Stewart married James Gray
; her 5th husband.⁴ Lady Janet Stewart married Alexander Gordon Master of Sutherland, son of Adam Gordon Lord of Aboyne and Elizabeth (?) Countess of Sutherland, circa 16 June 1520
; her 1st husband.^1,2,5 Lady Janet Stewart married Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains circa June 1532
; her 2nd husband.^1,2 Lady Janet Stewart married Henry Stewart 1st Baron Methven, son of Andrew Stewart 2nd Lord Avondale and Margaret Kennedy, before 4 November 1544
; her 3rd husband.^1,2,6 Lady Janet Stewart married Patrick Ruthven PC, 3rd Lord Ruthven, 7th Lord Dirletoun, son of William Ruthven PC, 2nd Lord Ruthven and Janet Halyburton Lady Dirleton, on 9 April 1557
; her 4th husband.^7,2
      ; van de Pas cites: 1. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, Reference: vol VIII page 683
2. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: page 509
3. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, London, 1938, Reference: page 2366
4. Cahiers de Saint Louis , Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Reference: page 861.²

     Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains married Lady Janet Stewart, daughter of John Stewart 2nd Earl of Atholl and Janet Campbell, circa June 1532
; her 2nd husband.^1,2

     Colin Campbell of Lundie, Angus, Forfar married Maria Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell 6th of Glenorchy and Katherine Ruthven, circa 26 June 1599
; contract 26 June 1599.^1,2

     Maria Campbell married John Graham 6th Earl of Menteith, son of William Graham 5th Earl of Menteith and Margaret Douglas, circa October 1589
; contract 22 Oct 1589.^1,3 Maria Campbell married Colin Campbell of Lundie, Angus, Forfar, son of Sir Colin Campbell 6th Earl of Argyll and Lady Anne/Agnes Keith, circa 26 June 1599
; contract 26 June 1599.^1,3

     John Graham 6th Earl of Menteith married Maria Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell 6th of Glenorchy and Katherine Ruthven, circa October 1589
; contract 22 Oct 1589.^1,2

     Sir John Hamilton 4th of Cadzow married Jacoba/Janet Douglas, daughter of Sir James 'the Elder' Douglas of Dalkeith and Agnes de Dunbar, circa November 1388
; contract 1 Nov 1388.^1,3
      ; Sir JOHN HAMILTON, 4th of Cadzow; witnessed a charter 14 May 1392; m Jacoba/Janet, dau of Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith, and had, with possibly a dau (Elizabeth, m by 1400 Alexander Fraser 1st of Philorth; see SALTOUN, L), an est s.¹

     Jacoba/Janet Douglas married Sir John Hamilton 4th of Cadzow, son of Sir David Hamilton 3rd of Cadzow and Jonetta Keith Heiress of Dalserf and Galston, circa November 1388
; contract 1 Nov 1388.^1,3 Jacoba/Janet Douglas married Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig circa June 1410
; dispensation 12 June 1410.³
      ; Jacoba; m 1st (contract 1 Nov 1388) Sir John Hamilton of Cadzow (see ABERCORN, D) and had issue; m 2nd (dispensation 12 June 1410) Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig.³

     Janet Livingston married Sir James Hamilton 5th of Cadzow, son of Sir John Hamilton 4th of Cadzow and Jacoba/Janet Douglas, circa 20 October 1422.¹

     Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar married (?) Dundas, daughter of James Dundas 11th of that Ilk and Christian Stewart.³

      ; van de Pas cites: A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 327.³ Sir Alexander Livingston of Callendar was living in 1449.³

      ; had issue (see HAMILTON Bt, of Silvertonhill.)¹

     Richard Buffington married an unknown person BET. 1720 1721.²

Richard Buffington was buried at East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He was born between 1654 and 30 May 1655 at Great Marle-on-Thames, England.¹ He was born on 20 May 1655 at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England.² He married Frances Vane between March 1707/8 and 1720.¹

Richard Buffington died in January 1747/48 at East Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
Richard Buffington died on 8 January 1747/48 at Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
      ; [MargrafJM.FTW] Source: A Genealogy of the Beeson-Beason Family by Henry Hart Beeson,1968, p.7. 'John Grubb, together with William Penn, Richard Buffington, and others,on March 3, 1676, signed the Plan of Government for the Provence of NewJersey and came to America in 1677. His widow, Frances Vane Grubb, m.2nd. Richard Buffington, her deceased husband's friend.'

     Sir Henry Vane "the Younger", of Raby Castle and Fairlawn, Kent was born in 1613 at Hadlow, co. Kent, England.^4,3 He was baptized on 26 May 1613.² He married Frances Wray, daughter of Sir Christopher Wray Baronet, of Glentworth and Ashby, Lincs, on 1 July 1640 at St. Mary's, Lambeth, co. Surrey, England.^1,2

Sir Henry Vane "the Younger", of Raby Castle and Fairlawn, Kent died on 14 July 1662 at Tower Hill, London, City of London, Greater London, England; beheaded.^1,2
      ; Sir HENRY VANE the Younger, of Raby Castle and Fairlawn, Kent; bapt 26 May 1613; educ Westminster and Magdalen Hall Oxford; attached to embassies at Vienna, Leiden and Geneva, ktd 23 June 1640, as an enthuisiastic Puritan emigrated to Massachusetts so he could practise his faith freely (Govr 1636-37), Jt-Treas Navy 1639, MP Hull Short and Long Parls also Whitchurch 1658, lighted on the crucial papers among his f's documents which brought about Strafford's downfall, led the impeachment of Archbp Laud, Parly Commr (twice), leading Parliamentarian in Civil War but never endorsed CHARLES I's execution, Memb Cncl of State 1649, Ch Commr Navy during Commonwealth and Protectorate and was chiefly responsible for streamlined administrative measures that led to the defeat of Van Tromp in the Dutch Wars, fell out with CROMWELL over proposals to widen the franchise (he being pro, but Cromwell favouring a more militaristic arrangement for ordering Parl), imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle Sept-31 Dec 1656 on suspicion of encouraging Anabaptists and other subversive movementsthroughout the Protectorate. At the Restoration Vane was arrested, but though CHARLES II pardoned him the ultra Parl of 1661 voted for his execution and he was beheaded on Tower Hill 14 June 1662; m 1 July 1640 Frances, dau of Sir Christopher Wray, Bt, of Glentworth and Ashby, Lincs, and had, with other issue: CHRISTOPHER VANE, 1st Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle.⁵

; Henry Vane advocated a level of religious tolerance, which made him unpopular with the theocratic leaders of Boston. His support of Anne Hutchinson stirred dissent making it impossible for him to govern effectively.

The Oxford-educated Vane arrived in Boston in October of 1635. Increased immigration had outstripped the Colony's ability to produce food and shelter. Just seven months after he arrived in Boston, Vane was elected Governor in May of 1636.

Governor Vane lost his office after a single term to John Winthrop. Winthrop would go on to prosecute and exile Hutchinson, making him the leading political figure in Massachusetts between 1630 and 1650.

Henry Vane served briefly as a legislator before returning to England, where in 1639, he became Joint Treasurer of the Navy and was knighted in 1640. Vane was a supporter of the parliamentary cause during England's Civil War and opposed the restoration. For this he was tried for high treason and executed in 1662.⁶

; VANE, Sir Henry, governor of Massachusetts, born in Hadlow, Kent, England, in 1612; died in London, 14 June, 1662. He was the son of Sir Henry Vane, comptroller of the household of Charles I., and was educated at Westminster school and Oxford. Through his father's influence he early entered the diplomatic service and visited Vienna, in 1631, with the English ambassador. It is supposed that he spent a short time in Geneva, for he returned to England a thorough Puritan, and, refusing the career that was open to him as the son of a courtier, sailed in 1635 for New England. An impressive bearing and great abilities, joined to the fact of his high birth, led to his taking an active part in the affairs of the colony of Massachusetts. Within a month after his arrival he was admitted to membership in the church of Boston, and before three months had expired, with Hugh Peters, he procured a meeting in Boston of the principal magistrates and ministers of the colony, with a view to healing some distractions in the commonwealth and "effecting a more firm and friendly uniting of minds." At this meeting Vane declared in favor of a more rigorous administration of government than had thus far been pursued. In May, '1636, notwithstanding his youth, Vane was chosen governor of the colony. According to John Winthrop, "the ships congratulated his election with a volley of shot." It was expedient before all things that the colonists should be united, but Vane had a horror of all forms of bigotry, and he had no sympathy with the attacks of the clergy on Anne Huttchinson, with many of whose opinions he agreed. A strong opposition was organized against him, and he was defeated at the annual election in 1637. But he had gained the affection of the people of Boston, and was at once chosen by them one of their representatives to the general court. The majority of that body declared the election of Vane and his associates void, whereupon the inhabitants returned them a second time on the next day. In order to put down the Hutchinson heresy, a law was passed by the general court that no strangers should be received within the jurisdiction of the colony except such as should be allowed by some of the magistrates. This created such public discontent that Governor Winthrop put forward a " Defence," to which Vane immediately replied with " A Brief Answer to a certain Declaration made of the Intent and Equity of the Order of Court that none should be received to inhabit within this Jurisdiction but such as should be allowed by some of the Magistrates." Vane returned to England in August, 1637, and thereafter it is recorded by Winthrop that " he showed himself in later years a true friend to New England, and a man of a noble and generous mind." He was elected to parliament in 1640, was made treasurer of the navy with Sir William Russell, and during the same" year he was knighted. In November, 1640, he was chosen to the long parliament, and before the assembly met he found among his father's papers (so it has been asserted) notes that subsequently formed the chief evidence in causing the impeachment and execution of the Earl of Stratford. The use of this information brought about a collision between father and son, and it was several years before they were reconciled. He became a zealous opponent of the royalist party and turned the fees of his office--£30,000 a year--over to parliament, deeming such a revenue too great for a subject. In July, 1643, he was sent to Scotland as one of the commissioners to negotiate an alliance, and by his persuasion the " Solemn league and covenant " was adopted. During the progress of the war he was placed on all commissions that were empowered to treat with the king, and was also one of the parliament's committee that occasionally accompanied the army. When the house of commons discussed the terms of settlement that were offered by the king, he led the minority that favored their rejection, but yielded to the majority, and retired. In 1649 he returned to public life as a member of the council of state, mid had almost exclusive direction of the navy and the conduct of foreign wars. The forcible dissolution of the parliament by Oliver Cromwell in 1653 brought him into open enmity with that leader. He then went to Raby castle and devoted himself to writing theological works. Certain of his publications being regarded as seditious, he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke castle, but was soon released. After the death of Oliver Cromwell he returned to parliament, when he became the leader of the Republican party. On the restoration of the monarchy he was imprisoned, and after a trial for treason was beheaded. Sir Henry Vane's labors in behalf of New England were arduous and important. The charter for the colony of Rhode Island was procured in great measure through his influence, and Roger Williams declared that his name ought ever to be held in honored remembrance by her people. See his biography by George Sikes, a contemporary; "Life of Sir Henry Vane," by Charles W. Upham, in Sparks's "American Biography " (Boston, 1835) : "Statesmen of the Commonwealth," by John Forster (London, 1840); and "The Life of Young Sir Henry Vane, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and Leader of the Long Parliament," by James K. Hosmer (Boston, 1888).³

; 1613-62, English statesman; son of Sir Henry Vane (1589-1655). Early converted to Puritanism, he went to New England in 1635 and became governor of Massachusetts in 1636. His religious tenets and his support of Anne Hutchinson embroiled him in political quarrels, especially with John Winthrop (1588-1649), and he returned to England in 1637. His governorship was notable chiefly for the founding of Harvard College and the start of the Pequot War. He was made (1639) joint treasurer of the navy, sat in the Short Parliament (1640), and was knighted (1640). Vane allowed a paper of his father's to be copied by John Pym , who later used it in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford , and in the Long Parliament he was a leading advocate of the abolition of episcopacy. As a result Charles I dismissed him (1641) from his treasurership of the navy, but Parliament reappointed him as sole treasurer in 1642. During the English civil war, Vane was a consistent moderate and proved himself a very able administrator. Although he was largely responsible for securing (1643) the Solemn League and Covenant with Scotland, he opposed an established Presbyterian church. An advocate of religious toleration and a constitutional monarchy, he was one of the committee that negotiated vainly (1648) with Charles I, and he refused to take part in the king's execution (1649). Nonetheless, he became (1649) a member of the council of state of the Commonwealth and remained very influential until he clashed with Oliver Cromwell over the latter's dissolution (1653) of the Rump Parliament. In 1656 he was imprisoned briefly for writing the pamphlet A Healing Question, in which he attacked arbitrary government. Vane sat in Parliament under Richard Cromwell but, at the fall of Richard's government, argued for the restoration of the Long Parliament. Suspected, probably without reason, of conspiring with Gen. John Lambert to establish a dictatorship, he became generally unpopular. In 1662 he was convicted of treason by the Restoration government and executed. His numerous writings on religion and government include The Retired Man's Meditations (1655) and the pamphlets on The Trial of Sir Henry Vane, Kt. (1662).

Bibliography: See biography by J. H. Adamson and H. F. Folland (1973).⁷

     Frances Wray was born between 1604 and 1629.¹ She married Sir Henry Vane "the Younger", of Raby Castle and Fairlawn, Kent, son of Sir Henry Vane Knt. and Frances Darcy, on 1 July 1640 at St. Mary's, Lambeth, co. Surrey, England.^1,2

Frances Wray died in 1679.¹

     Christopher Vane 1st Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle was born before May 1653.² He was baptized on 21 May 1653.² He married Lady Elizabeth Holles, daughter of Gilbert Holles 3rd Earl of Clare and Grace Pierrepont, circa May 1676
; licence 9 May 1676.²
Christopher Vane 1st Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle died on 28 October 1723 at age 70.²
      ; CHRISTOPHER VANE, 1st Baron Barnard of Barnard's Castle in the Bishopric of Durham (E), so cr 25 July 1698, PC (1688); bapt 21 May 1653; MP (Whig) Co Durham 1675-79; m (licence 9 May 1676) Elizabeth Holles (d 9 Nov 1725), est dau of 3rd Earl of Clare of the 1624 cr, and sis of 1st Duke of Newcastle of the 1694 cr, and d 28 Oct 1723, having had, with other issue:

1a Henry; b and d 1676

2a GILBERT, 2nd Baron

3a WILLIAM VANE, 1st VISCOUNT VANE, so cr 13 Sept 1720, as also BARON VANE OF DUNGANNON, Co Tyrone (both I); b c 1680; MP: (Whig) Co Durham 1708-10, Kent 1715-22 and 1734, Steyning 1727-34; m (settlement 15 Nov 1703) Lucy (d 27 March 1742), 2nd dau of William Jolliffe, of Caverswell Castle, Staffs, by Lady Mary Hastings, dau of 6th Earl of Huntingdon (qv), and d 20 May 1734.²

     John Hamilton died before 23 October 1455.¹
      ; John; had a charter of Whitecamp and Kirkhope 14 June 1449 and d by 23 Oct 1455, leaving:

1b William

2b Robert.¹

     Sir Henry Vane Knt. was buried at Shipbourne Church, co. Kent, England.¹ He was born on 18 February 1589 at Halde, co. Kent, England.^1,2 He married Frances Darcy, daughter of Thomas Darcy and Camilla Guicciardini, in 1612 at co. Durham, England.^3,2

Sir Henry Vane Knt. died in 1655 at Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.¹
      ; [MargrafJM.FTW] Sir Henry Vane Knight: Source: 'A Geneology of The Beeson-Beason Familyin America' by Mickey Elliot.

; Sir HENRY FANE later VANE, the Elder, PC (1630); b 18 Feb 1589; educ Brasenose Coll Oxford and Gray's Inn; adopted the alternative version of the family name, sold Hadlow and bought Fairlawn, Kent, where he and his descendants principally lived for the next century, also Raby Castle, Co Durham (see ABERGAVENNY, M), ktd 1611, MP Lostwithiel 1614, Carlisle 1621-26, Retford 1628, Wilton 1640 (Short and Long Parls) and Kent 1653; Amb to GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS KING OF SWEDEN 1631, Commr Admlty 1632 and Colonies 1636, Comptroller 1629 and Treasurer 1639 Household, Sec of State 1640-41 (dismissed all his roy posts 1641, whereupon he threw in his lot with Parl), took an active part in the prosecution of the Earl of Strafford, against whom he was allegedly biased because the latter was cr Baron Raby of Raby Castle, a title Sir Henry coveted himself as Raby's owner; m 1612 Frances (d 2 Aug 1663), dau and coheir of Thomas D'Arcy, of Tolleshunt Darcy, Essex (descended from Guicciardini, the noble Florentine historian), and d 1654.² He was MP Lostwithiel in 1614.² He was MP Carlisle between 1621 and 1626.² He was MP Retford in 1628.

     Frances Darcy was buried at Shipbourne Church, co. Kent, England.¹ She was born in 1591 at Tolleshunt, co. Essex, England.^1,3 She married Sir Henry Vane Knt., son of Henry Vane and Margaret Twysden, in 1612 at co. Durham, England.^3,2

Frances Darcy died on 2 August 1663 at co. Kent, England.^1,3,2
      ; [MargrafJM.FTW] Frances is the 5th daughter of Thomas and Camilla. Source: 'A Geneologyof The Beeson-Beason Family in America', by Mickey Elliott. Frances Darcy was also known as Frances d'Arcy.²