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Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh 1538–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1538

Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 Jul 1584

Death Location: Fernie, Fife, Scotland

Father: Michael Burleigh

Mother: Lady Sefton

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Barbara +

Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh was born in 1538 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Michael Burleigh Balfour 4Th Laird Of Burleigh And Lady Gisela Grissel Janet Murray Scott Beaton Bethune Sefton. Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh had children including Barbara Balfour. Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh passed away in 1584 in Fernie, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh was born in 1538 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Michael Burleigh Balfour 4Th Laird Of Burleigh And Lady Gisela Grissel Janet Murray Scott Beaton Bethune Sefton.
  • Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh had children including Barbara Balfour.
  • Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh passed away in 1584 in Fernie, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Michael Burleigh
1515–1577
Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB
Lady Sefton
1520–1579
Birth Location: Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LS

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Barbara +
1560–1607
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
B+

Lady Burleigh's Ancestors

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Lady Burleigh
1538–1584
Birth Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Parents
Michael Burleigh Balfour 4th Laird of Burleigh
1515–1577
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Gisela "Grissel" Janet ( Murray\Scott) Beaton\Bethune \) Sefton
1520–1579
Creich Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
SIr (David of Weymss Balfour Lord) Burleigh
1484–1531
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
SIR (LORD JOHN 2ND LAIRD OF CREICH BETHUNE CREICH) BETHUNE
1498–1534
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Jeanette Sefton \ Hay, Lady Bethune of) Creich
1500–1564
Creich, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Yester
1450–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Burleigh's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Balfour Heiress of) Burleigh (1538–24 Jul 1584)
  1. 1. Barbara (Balfour) + 1560–1607 m. James (Patersoun) + 1560–1613
    1. 1. Janet Patersoun 1606–1669 m. James Baptie 1609–1667
      1. 1. Williame Baptie 1635–1748 m. Isobel (Wilkie) * 1634–
        1. 1. Agnes Baptie 1655– m. Thomas Aitkine 1685–

Lady Burleigh's Timeline

2 Records

1538
1538
Birth of Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
1584
24 Jul 1584
Age 46
Death of Lady Margaret Balfour Heiress of Burleigh in Fernie, Fife, Scotland
Fernie, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1584
    Event Place: Fernie, Fife, Scotland
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