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James Gifford 1373–1436 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1373

Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1436

Death Location: Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Edmund Sherifhall

Mother: Agnes Whyston

Spouse(s): Beatrice Gordon

Children(s): Elizabeth Gifford, John Gifford, William Gifford, James Gifford, Elisabeth Gifford, lady gifford

In 1373, James Gifford entered the world in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Edmund Gifford Of Sherifhall And Agnes Whyston. James Gifford married Beatrice Gordon, and had children including Elisabeth Gifford, Elizabeth Gifford, James Gifford, John Gifford, Lady Elizabeth Gifford, William Gifford. James Gifford passed away in 1436 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1373, James Gifford entered the world in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, born to Edmund Gifford Of Sherifhall And Agnes Whyston.
  • James Gifford married Beatrice Gordon, and had children including Elisabeth Gifford, Elizabeth Gifford, James Gifford, John Gifford, Lady Elizabeth Gifford, William Gifford.
  • James Gifford passed away in 1436 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Sherifhall
1335–1378
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland
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Agnes Whyston
1330–1387
Birth Location: Whiston, Lanarkshire Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Beatrice Gordon
1370–
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Gifford
1392–1456
Birth Location: Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland
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John Gifford
1390–
Birth Location: –
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William Gifford
1391–
Birth Location: –
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James Gifford
1394–
Birth Location: –
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Elisabeth Gifford
1402–1456
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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lady gifford
1402–1456
Birth Location: –
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James Gifford's Ancestors

Self
James Gifford
1373–1436
Birth Place: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Edmund Gifford of Sherifhall
1335–1378
Scotland, Scotland
Agnes Whyston
1330–1387
Whiston, Lanarkshire Scotland
Grandparents
John (Ii de Gifford of) Chillington
1292–1366
Chillington, Staffordshire, England
Catherine Stafford
1299–1361
Marston, Staffordshire, England
John Whyston
1309–
Whiston, Lanarkshire Scotland
Elizabeth (de) Weston
1313–1366
Whiston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Gifford's Descendants

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James Gifford (1373–1436) m. Beatrice Gordon (1370–)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Gifford 1392–1456 m. James Douglas 1395–1457
    1. 1. James (Douglas, Lord of Dalkeith, 1st Earl Morton, 9th Earl) Douglas 1426–1498 m. Joan Stewart 1428–1498
      1. 1. John (Douglas 2nd Earl of) Morton 1459–1513 m. Jane (Crichton -Countess of) Morton 1461–1516
        1. 1. James (Douglas 3rd Earl of) Morton 1487–1548 m. Catherine (Stewart Countess of) Morton 1495–1554 m. Lady (Katherine) Stewart 1489–1554
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Beatrice Douglas -Baroness) Keith 1485–1527 m. Robert (Keith 3rd Lord Keith and master of) Marischal 1483–1513
        3. 3. Agnes Morton 1485– m. Alexander (Livingstone 2nd of Dunipace and of) Phildes 1483–1560
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Beatrice Graham Or Douglas Keith, Baroness Morton and) Glamis 1488–1527 m. Lord (Robert Keith (Baron of Keith) (Master of) Marischal) 1483–1513 m. James (Inverugie Morton) douglas 1487–1548
        5. 5. Richard Douglas 1489–1526
        6. 6. Agnes Douglas 1495–1599 m. Alexander (Livingston 5th Lord Livingston of Callandar) PC 1500–1551
        7. 7. Richard Douglas 1491–1564 m. Richard Douglas 1491–
      2. 2. Sybilla Douglas 1451–1531
      3. 3. Sir (John de Gordon, Lord of Lochinvar) II 1459–1513
      4. 4. Janet Douglas 1461–1490 m. Patrick (Hepburn 1st Earl of) Bothwell 1451–1508 m. John Hay 1470–
        1. 1. Lady (Jane Janet) Hepburn 1485–1560 m. George (Seton) III 1480–1513 m. George Seton 1481–1513 m. George (3rd Lord Seton) Seton 1371–
        2. 2. John (Hay -III Lord) Yester 1485–1543 m. Elizabeth (Douglas of) Angus 1487–1576 m. Janet (Scott of) Howpasly 1500–
        3. 3. Janet Hepburn 1482–1558 m. George (Seton) III 1480–1513 m. George Seton 1481–1513 m. William Livingston 1471–1518 m. John Seton 1470–
        4. 4. Adam (Hepburn -2nd Earl of) Bothwell 1482–1513 m. Agnes (Stewart -Dowager Countess Of) Bothwell 1487–1557
        5. 5. Marjory Hay 1510–1575 m. John (Hopton Bethune of) Balfour 1485–1546 m. David (Strachan of) Carmylie 1498–1548
      5. 5. Douglas 1463–
      6. 6. James Douglas 1466–1513
      7. 7. Elizabeth Douglas 1467–1490 m. John Drummond 1452–1532 m. John (Fergusson fifth Laird of) Craigdarroch 1459–1514 m. John Ferguson 1459–
      8. 8. James Douglas 1457– m. Margaret Balfour 1456–1482
    2. 2. Janet (Elisabeth) Douglas 1415–1490 m. Thomas (Erskine 2nd Lord of) Erskine 1410–1493 m. Sir (Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord) Erskine 1410–1491 m. Sir (Thomas Orr) Erskine 1418–1493
      1. 1. Jean 1454–1510 m. Humphrey Colquhoun 1440–1493 m. Patrick (Colquhoun 2nd Of) Glens 1460–1489
        1. 1. John Colquhoun 1475–1536 m. Margaret Cunningham 1500–1571 m. Katherine Kennedy 1475– m. Elizabeth Stewart 1478–1536
        2. 2. Agnes Colquhoun 1475–1528 m. James Galbraith 1455–1512 m. John (Somerville 3rd Lord of) Somerville 1478–1522 m. John (Somerville 4th Lord) Somerville 1484–1522
        3. 3. Humphrey Colquhoun 1476– m. Elizabeth Napier 1456–
        4. 4. Walter Colquhoun 1482–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Colquhoun 1486–1557 m. James Cunningham 1496–
        6. 6. Giles Colquhoun 1488–1536 m. Patrick Dennistoun 1476–
        7. 7. Archibald Colquhoun 1488– m. Jane McFarlane 1500–
      2. 2. Deborah Erskine 1440–1478 m. Patrick Crichton 1435–1467 m. David (Crichton of) Cranstoun-Riddle 1435–1465
        1. 1. Jane (Crichton -Countess of) Morton 1461–1516 m. John (Douglas 2nd Earl of) Morton 1459–1513
        2. 2. Patrick Chrichton 1460–1510 m. Elizabeth Murray 1445–1478
        3. 3. Peter (Crichton of) Naughton 1463–1517 m. Janet Hay 1460–
        4. 4. David (Crichton of) Cranstonriddell 1465–
      3. 3. Muriella (Mariota Erskine Countess) Marischal 1435–1482 m. William (Keith 1st Earl) Marischal 1425–1483
        1. 1. William (Keith 2nd Lord Keith, 3rd Earl of Marischal, William of the Tower Born at Dunottar) Castle 1451–1527 m. Lady (Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of) Marischal 1462–1525 m. Janet (Dunbar Lady of) Inverugie 1462–1520
        2. 2. Lady (Mary Keith, Countess) Tullibardine 1446–1483 m. William (Murray, Eighth Laird of) Tullibardine 1441–1525
        3. 3. Janet (Keith Countess) Tullibardine 1449–1483 m. John (III) Rishworth 1450–1533
        4. 4. Anthony Keith 1456–1526
        5. 5. Robert Keith 1457–1596
        6. 6. Janet (de) Keith 1460–1508 m. Thomas Stewart 1461–1513
        7. 7. Alexander (Keith of) Aquhorsk 1460–
        8. 8. John Keith 1462–1513
        9. 9. Jeanette Keith 1465–1540 m. Thomas Stewart 1461–1513
        10. 10. Janet (Keith of) Ladquharn 1455–1495 m. William Calder 1438–1503 m. Alexander (Irvine 6th of) Drum 1447–1527 m. Allan (de Kinnaird of Kinnaird and) Culbin 1420–1489
        11. 11. Mary Keith 1459–1524
        12. 12. Margaret (or Mary) Keith 1461–1549
      4. 4. Elizabeth Erskine 1430–1490 m. Alexander Gordon 1427–
      5. 5. Alexander (Erskine 3rd Lord) Erskine 1435–1509 m. Christian Crichton 1439–1477
        1. 1. Robert (Erskine - 4th Lord) Erskine 1458–1513 m. Isabel Campbell 1458–1518 m. Isabell Campbell 1548–1618
        2. 2. Agnes Erskine 1460– m. William (Menteith of Kerse and) Alva 1450–1488
        3. 3. Christian Erskine 1464– m. David (Stewart, 6th of) Rosyth 1465–1520
        4. 4. Walter Erskine 1468–
      6. 6. Margaret Erskine 1437–1474 m. James (Rutherford 9th of that) Ilk 1424–1498 m. James Rutherford 1423–1493
      7. 7. Isobel Erskine 1444–1500 m. Patrick Graham 1450–1482
    3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1443–1512
    4. 4. James Douglas 1426–1493 m. Joan Stewart 1428–1498
  2. 2. John Gifford 1390–
  3. 3. William Gifford 1391–
  4. 4. James Gifford 1394–
  5. 5. Elisabeth Gifford 1402–1456
  6. 6. lady (elizabeth) gifford 1402–1456

James Gifford's Timeline

2 Records

1373
1373
Birth of James Gifford in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
1436
1436
Age 63
Death of James Gifford in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1373
    Event Place: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for James Gifford, person ID MBTC-K18.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1436
    Event Place: Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for James Gifford, person ID MBTC-K18.
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