Margaret Elizabeth Hay (Douglas) 1400–1484
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Biography
In 1400, Margaret Elizabeth Hay (Douglas) entered the world in Yester Castle, Gifford, East-Lothian-shire, Scotland, born to william hay and alicia hay. Margaret Elizabeth Hay (Douglas) married sir william the red 2nd baron of drumlanrig 2nd earl of angus douglas, and had children including anna douglas, archibald douglas, george the red douglas 4th earl of angus lord gouglas abernethy and jedburgh forest, helen elene douglas graham ogilvy spouse 2 baroness ogilvy of airlie lst countess graham 2nd william, hugh douglas rector of st andrews, james angus douglas, james douglas, john lord merchiston napier, lady catherine douglas, lady helen elene douglas, margaret margery lady cessford lady douglas, robert douglas, sir james iv douglas 3rd earl of angus ist earl of morton iv, william 1st earl of erroll hay, william cluny douglas. Margaret Elizabeth Hay (Douglas) passed away in 1484 in Peterhead, Scotland.
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1Burial Records Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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2Record Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
Life Timeline
Oldest Ancestor Line from Margaret (Douglas)
This ancestor line traces from Lockerworth, Mar, Scotland (1380) to Yester Castle, Gifford, East-Lothian-shire, Scotland (1400) across 2 generations.
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- Margaret (Douglas) (1400–1484) was born in Yester Castle, Gifford, East-Lothian-shire, Scotland and died in Peterhead, Scotland. 4 researchers on YourRoots have this ancestor in their family trees, each with their own records. This page combines what they've independently documented and assigns a Reliability Score (B) based on cross-tree validation.
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