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Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford 1530–1574 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 Nov 1574

Death Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Cardinal Beaton

Mother: Lady Airlie

Spouse(s): David Crawford

Children(s): Alexander Spynie, David Lindsay, Elizabeth Lindsay, Elizabeth Lindsay, James Lindsay, Lady Lindsay, Sir Lindsay

Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford was born in 1530 in Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Cardinal David John Beaton And Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Airlie. Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford married David Lindsay 10Th Earl Of Crawford, and had children including Alexander Lindsay 1St Lord Spynie, David Lindsay, Elizabeth Lindsay, James Lindsay, Lady Helen Drummond Lindsay, Sir Henry Lindsay. Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford passed away in 1574 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford was born in 1530 in Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Cardinal David John Beaton And Lady Marion Mariota Ogilvy Of Airlie.
  • Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford married David Lindsay 10Th Earl Of Crawford, and had children including Alexander Lindsay 1St Lord Spynie, David Lindsay, Elizabeth Lindsay, James Lindsay, Lady Helen Drummond Lindsay, Sir Henry Lindsay.
  • Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford passed away in 1574 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Lady Crawford's Ancestors

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Lady Crawford
1530–1574
Birth Place: Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Cardinal David John Beaton
1494–1546
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Marion Mariota Ogilvy of) Airlie
1495–1575
Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Elizabeth Moneypenny
1470–1541
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Crawford's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Beaton, Countess of) Crawford (1530–1 Nov 1574) m. David (Lindsay, 10th Earl of) Crawford (1527–1 November 1574)
  1. 1. Alexander (Lindsay, 1st Lord) Spynie 1554–1607 m. Jean Lyon 1566–1609
    1. 1. Alexander (Lindsay, 2nd Lord) Spynie 1597–1646 m. Margaret (Hay) \Lindsay 1600–1650
      1. 1. Margaret Lindsay 1623–1687 m. William (Robert) Fullerton 1637–
        1. 1. Major (Humphrey Hugh Fullerton) I 1657–1743
  2. 2. David Lindsay 1547–1607
  3. 3. Elizabeth Lindsay 1550–1597
  4. 4. Elizabeth Lindsay 1563–1589
  5. 5. James Lindsay 1561–1580
  6. 6. Lady (Helen Drummond) Lindsay 1558–1579
  7. 7. Sir (Henry) Lindsay 1548–1623

Lady Crawford's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford in Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland
1574
1 Nov 1574
Age 44
Death of Lady Margaret Beaton, Countess of Crawford in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Pitmilly, Kingsbarns, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Nov 1574
    Event Place: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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