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Lady Margaret Adams 1525–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1525

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 August 1601

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: John Adams

Mother: Margery Sayre

Spouse(s): William II

Children(s): Margaret Thomesoune, Ruth Wilson

Lady Margaret Adams was born in 1525 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Adams And Margery Squier Lady Baroness Sayre. Lady Margaret Adams married William Henry Wilson Ii, and had children including Margaret Thomesoune, Ruth Louise Wilson. Lady Margaret Adams passed away in 1601 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Adams was born in 1525 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Adams And Margery Squier Lady Baroness Sayre.
  • Lady Margaret Adams married William Henry Wilson Ii, and had children including Margaret Thomesoune, Ruth Louise Wilson.
  • Lady Margaret Adams passed away in 1601 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Adams
1502–1542
Birth Location: Beverston, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
JA
Margery Sayre
1504–1572
Birth Location: Barton St David, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
MS

Spouses(s)

William II
1525–1587
Birth Location: Arshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
WI

Children(s)

Margaret Thomesoune
1540–1601
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
MT
Ruth Wilson
1560–1620
Birth Location: Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
RW

Lady Adams's Ancestors

Self
Lady Adams
1525–1601
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Adams
1502–1542
Beverston, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
Margery (Squier Lady Baroness) Sayre
1504–1572
Barton St David, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
Grandparents
John Adams
1472–1557
Somerset, England
Catherine Stebbing
1484–1512
Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Marguerite ((Chauvaux\Adams\Squire) Capet de Chauvaux (Adams) Capet de) Bourbon
1492–1567
Benwick, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Adams's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret) Adams (1525–11 August 1601) m. William (Henry Wilson) II (1525–Aug 27, 1587)
  1. 1. Margaret Thomesoune 1540–1601 m. John (A Aytoun Ayton Aiten Aiton) Aitoune 1544–1601
    1. 1. Robert Aytoun 1560–1601 m. Christine Ayrd 1561–1617
      1. 1. Issobell Aytoun 1585–1650 m. Archibald (Johne) Thomsone 1584–1680
        1. 1. Archibald Thomsone 1605–1671 m. Rosina Graham 1630–1680
  2. 2. Ruth (Louise) Wilson 1560–1620

Lady Adams's Timeline

3 Records

1525
1525
Birth of Lady Margaret Adams in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1559
1559
Age 34
Lady Margaret Adams was married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1601
11 August 1601
Age 76
Death of Lady Margaret Adams in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1525
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 August 1601
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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