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Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton 1555 – 1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: February 1637

Death Location: Buccleuch, Scotland

Father: David Angus

Mother: Margaret Angus

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Helen Bothwell

In 1555, Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton entered the world in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland, born to David Adam Douglas of Cobrandspath Earl Van Angus 7th Earl of Angus and Margaret (Somerville\Johnstone) Hamilton of Angus. Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton had children including Helen Arbuthnet Stewart, of Bothwell. Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Buccleuch, Scotland.

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  • In 1555, Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton entered the world in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland, born to David Adam Douglas of Cobrandspath Earl Van Angus 7th Earl of Angus and Margaret (Somerville\Johnstone) Hamilton of Angus.
  • Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton had children including Helen Arbuthnet Stewart, of Bothwell.
  • Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Buccleuch, Scotland.

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Lady Morton's Ancestors

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Lady Morton
1555 – 1637
Birth Place: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
David Adam Douglas of Cobrandspath Earl Van Angus 7th Earl of Angus
1515 – 1557
Lasswade, Pittendreich, 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
Elizabeth (Douglas of) Morton
1500 – 1571
Pittendreich, Mid-Lothian, Schotland
John Hamilton
1515 – 1555
Arran Island, Firth of Clyde, Bute, Scotland
Lady (Janet of Hume Canmore, Countess Arran, Lady) Samuelston
1502 – 1573
Haddington, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Lady Lennox
1500 – 1564
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Morton's Descendants

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Lady (Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton (5 May 1555 – February 1637)
  1. 1. Helen (Arbuthnet Stewart, of) Bothwell (1576 – 06 Jun 1590) m. Malcom (3rd Baron of Gartartan) MacFarlane (1560 – 1636)
    1. 1. Walter (MacFarlane 16th Baron of Arrochar, 13th Clan) Chief (1589 – 11 Jun 1688) m. Margaret (Beltrees) Sempill (1600 – 15 May 1637)
      1. 1. John (Dow (17th Baron of Arrochar, 14th Clan Chief)) McFARLANE (1618 – 25 Feb 1679) m. Agnes Ker (1619 – )
        1. 1. Donald MacFarlane (1636 – )

Lady Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
1637
February 1637
Age 82
Death of Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Of Angus Dowglas, Baroness Maxwell of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Buccleuch, Scotland
Buccleuch, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1637
    Event Place: Buccleuch, Scotland

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