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Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton 1555–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

Death Date: February 1637

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)

Father: #Sir *Story

Mother: Margaret Angus

Spouse(s): LORD MORTON

Children(s): Jonat Maxwell, Alexander Morton, Lady Winton, Stewart Maxwell, Herbert Maxwell, Lady Maxwell, James Conveener, Robert Maxwell, John II, Margaret (Wallace)

The story of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton began in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland). Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married Lord John Maxwell 7Th Baron Maxwell Earl Of Morton, and had children including Alexander Maxwell 9Th Earl Of Morton, Herbert Maxwell, James Patrick Maxwell Deacon Of Conveener, John Maxwell 9Th Lord Of Maxwell Ii, Jonat Janet Maxwell, Lady Elizabeth Maxwell Seton Of Winton, Lady Jane Ann Maxwell, Margaret Maxwell Wallace, Robert 9Th Lord Maxwell Of Caerlaverock Earl Of Nithsdale Earl Of Morton Maxwell, Stewart Maxwell. Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland).

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  • The story of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton began in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland).
  • Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married Lord John Maxwell 7Th Baron Maxwell Earl Of Morton, and had children including Alexander Maxwell 9Th Earl Of Morton, Herbert Maxwell, James Patrick Maxwell Deacon Of Conveener, John Maxwell 9Th Lord Of Maxwell Ii, Jonat Janet Maxwell, Lady Elizabeth Maxwell Seton Of Winton, Lady Jane Ann Maxwell, Margaret Maxwell Wallace, Robert 9Th Lord Maxwell Of Caerlaverock Earl Of Nithsdale Earl Of Morton Maxwell, Stewart Maxwell.
  • Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland).

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Lady Morton's Ancestors

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Lady Morton
1555–1637
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Parents
#Sir David DOUGLAS, Knight of Angus, 7th Earl of Angus ^1515 *Story
1515–1557
Pittendriech, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret ((Somerville\Johnstone) Hamilton of) Angus
1525–1596
Broomhill, Clydesdale or Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Douglas of) Pittendreich
1500–1556
Lasswade, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Morton's Descendants

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Lady (Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton (5 May 1555–February 1637) m. LORD (JOHN MAXWELL, 7th. BARON MAXWELL EARL OF) MORTON (24 Apr 1553–7 Dec 1593)
  1. 1. Jonat ((Janet)) Maxwell 1588–1640 m. Andro Walls\Wallace 1590–1650
    1. 1. Androw Wallace 1610–1667 m. ISSOBELL (MAXWELL of) PITCAIRNE 1610–1674
      1. 1. Robert Wallace 1625–1675 m. Margrat Meick 1626–1676
        1. 1. John Wallace 1650– m. Agnes (Cocheran) (8GG) 1655–1705
    2. 2. Jonet (Wallace Walls Leach Leitch) Leitche 1620–1667
  2. 2. Alexander (Maxwell, 9th Earl of) Morton 1587–
  3. 3. Lady (Elizabeth Maxwell Seton, of) Winton 1600–1664
  4. 4. Stewart Maxwell 1575–1660
  5. 5. Herbert Maxwell 1571–1637
  6. 6. Lady (Jane Ann) Maxwell 1568–1649
  7. 7. James (Patrick Maxwell *Deacon of) Conveener 1576–1623
  8. 8. Robert ((9th Lord Maxwell of Caerlaverock \ Earl of Nithsdale \ Earl of Morton)) Maxwell 1586–1646
  9. 9. John (Maxwell, 9th Lord of Maxwell,) II 1583–1613
  10. 10. Margaret (Maxwell) (Wallace) 1578–1597

Lady Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
1637
February 1637
Age 82
Death of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1637
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Gardenholm, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)

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