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Lady Margaret Murray 1580–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 November 1580

Birth Location: Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Dec 1617

Death Location: of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Tullibardine

Mother: Catherine Drummond

Spouse(s): Bishop Galloway

Children(s): Margaretha Cooper, Bessie Couper, Cecil Cowper, Sir Couper), James Cowper), Andrew Couper, Sara Couper, John Couper, Lilas Couper, Agnes Cowper

Lady Margaret Murray was born in 1580 in Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Murray 1St Earl Tullibardine And Catherine Drummond. Lady Margaret Murray married Bishop Willem Couper Bishop Of Galloway, and had children including Agnes Cowper, Andrew Couper, Bessie Couper, Cecil Cowper, James Cooper Also Couper And Cowper, John Couper, Lilas Couper, Margaretha Cooper, Mary Cowper, Sara Couper, Sir Andrew Cooper Also Couper, William Cowper. Lady Margaret Murray passed away in 1617 in of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Murray was born in 1580 in Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John Murray 1St Earl Tullibardine And Catherine Drummond.
  • Lady Margaret Murray married Bishop Willem Couper Bishop Of Galloway, and had children including Agnes Cowper, Andrew Couper, Bessie Couper, Cecil Cowper, James Cooper Also Couper And Cowper, John Couper, Lilas Couper, Margaretha Cooper, Mary Cowper, Sara Couper, Sir Andrew Cooper Also Couper, William Cowper.
  • Lady Margaret Murray passed away in 1617 in of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Tullibardine
1550–1613
Birth Location: Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland
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Catherine Drummond
1555–1598
Birth Location: Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
CD

Spouses(s)

Bishop Galloway
1568–1619
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
BG

Children(s)

Margaretha Cooper
1595–1622
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland
MC
Bessie Couper
1594–
Birth Location: Scotland
BC
Cecil Cowper
1592–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
CC
Sir Couper)
1585–1609
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
SC
James Cowper)
1594–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JC
Andrew Couper
1613–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
AC
Sara Couper
1596–
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
SC
John Couper
1619–1650
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
JC
Lilas Couper
1614–1630
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LC
Agnes Cowper
1601–1666
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
AC

Lady Murray's Ancestors

Self
Lady Murray
1580–1617
Birth Place: Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Murray 1st Earl Tullibardine
1550–1613
Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland
Catherine Drummond
1555–1598
Drummond Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (William Murray, of Tullibardine, Governor To) Jam
1530–1582
Castle Balvaird, Tullibardine, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes, Countess of Montrose,) Graham
1528–1576
Montrose, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
David (Lord) Drummond
1515–1571
Drummond, Perthshire, Schotland
Lilian Ruthven
1525–1579
Kynnard, Perthshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Tullibardine
1495–1562
Lady Montrose
1498–1577
Willem Montrose
1490–1571
Johanna Keith
1500–1545
Walter Drummond
1492–1523
Elizabeth Graham
1495–1528
William Ruthven
1500–1552
Jeanette Dirleton
1510–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Willem Castleton
1485–1513
Margaretha Stewart
1490–
Sir Campbell*
1460–1513
Margaret Campbell
1475–1554

Lady Murray's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret) Murray (27 November 1580–Dec 1617) m. Bishop (Willem Couper Bishop of) Galloway (1568–15 Feb 1619)
  1. 1. Margaretha Cooper 1595–1622 m. John (McClellan, 2nd Lord of) Kirkcudbright 1594–1651 m. JOHN (ALEXANDER MacCULLOGH of) MYRETOUN 1580–1650
    1. 1. John (McClellan (Mclean), 3rd Lord of) Kirkcudbright) 1620–1665 m. Anne (Maxwell) McClellan 1620–1683
      1. 1. William (McClelland, 4th Lord of) Kirkcudbright 1643–1688 m. Agnes (Jonet) Groser 1637–1691 m. Katherine Kennedy 1644–1699
        1. 1. William McClelland 1664–1735 m. Agnes Wilson 1668–1762
        2. 2. James McCLELLAN 1661–1729
    2. 2. Margaret MacCulloch 1620–1674
    3. 3. Grizell (Mcculloch) (McClellan) 1621–1684
  2. 2. Bessie Couper 1594–
  3. 3. Cecil Cowper 1592–
  4. 4. Sir (Andrew Cooper (also) Couper) 1585–1609
  5. 5. James (Cooper (also Couper and) Cowper) 1594–
  6. 6. Andrew Couper 1613–
  7. 7. Sara Couper 1596–
  8. 8. John Couper 1619–1650
  9. 9. Lilas Couper 1614–1630
  10. 10. Agnes Cowper 1601–1666

Lady Murray's Timeline

2 Records

1580
27 November 1580
Birth of Lady Margaret Murray in Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1617
Dec 1617
Age 37
Death of Lady Margaret Murray in of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland
of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 November 1580
    Event Place: Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1617
    Event Place: of Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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