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Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw 1625 – 1730 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1625

Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1730

Death Location: Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA

Father: Sir Schaw

Mother: Lady Nicolson

Spouse(s): Sir Houston

Children(s): Sir Houston

Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw was born in 1625 in Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John 2nd Baronet Greenock Shaw Schaw and Lady Eleanora Nicolson. Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw married Sir John Hugh Houston, and had children including Sir Francis Hugh Houston. Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw passed away in 1730 in Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw was born in 1625 in Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir John 2nd Baronet Greenock Shaw Schaw and Lady Eleanora Nicolson.
  • Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw married Sir John Hugh Houston, and had children including Sir Francis Hugh Houston.
  • Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw passed away in 1730 in Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Shaw's Ancestors

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Lady Shaw
1625 – 1730
Birth Place: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John 2nd Baronet Greenock Shaw Schaw
1602 – 1694
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Eleanora) Nicolson
1605 – 1693
Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Shawe
1578 – 1632
Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Shaw
1578 – 1632
Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Thomas Nicholson 2nd Baron) Carnock,
1585 – 1665
Carnock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margret Hunt
1587 – 1654
Dysart Landward, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Shaw
Margareta Shawe
1555 – 1651
Thomas Nicholson
Isabel
James Scott
Elizabeth Scott
1562 – 1606
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Shaw's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Baroness of Houston) Shaw (1625 – 1730) m. Sir (John Hugh) Houston (1625 – 1702)
  1. 1. Sir (Francis Hugh) Houston (1647 – 1750) m. Eliza (Jane) Wilkinson m. Margaret (Mary) Cunningham (1651 – 1750)
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Anne "Annie" Hill Young) Houston (1675 – 13 May 1770)
      1. 1. Rebecca Young (1715 – 1780) m. Andrew McCOMBE (1704 – 14 April 1788)
        1. 1. Andrew McComb (1732 – 14 April 1788) m. Jean Corkran
    2. 2. John Houston (1689 – 1754)
    3. 3. James Houston (18 April 1715 – 18 April 1820)
    4. 4. James Houston (1718 – 1735)
    5. 5. Robert (Cunningham) Houston (1720 – 1753)
    6. 6. Isabella Houston (1722 – 19 October 1781)
    7. 7. Esther Houston (1724 – 1790)
    8. 8. Mary Houston (1724 – )
    9. 9. John (Ll) Houston (1726 – 1798)
    10. 10. John Houston (1726 – August 1798)
    11. 11. Samuel (Cunningham) Houston (1728 – 1797)
    12. 12. Matthew Houston (1730 – 1803)
    13. 13. Tamar Houston (1732 – 1764)
    14. 14. Isabella Houston (1739 – 1821)
    15. 15. James Houston (1739 – 1818)
    16. 16. Mary Houston (1739 – 1821)
    17. 17. Matthew Houston (1739 – 1818)
    18. 18. Samuel Houston (1739 – 1818)

Lady Shaw's Timeline

3 Records

1625
1625
Birth of Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw in Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1730
1730
Age 105
Death of Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw in Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA
Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA
1783
14 Dec 1783
Age 158
Lady Margaret Baroness of Houston Shaw was baptized in Christ Church, Macclesfield, Chesshire, England
Christ Church, Macclesfield, Chesshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 Dec 1783
    Event Place: Christ Church, Macclesfield, Chesshire, England
    Record Source: Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Augusta, Virginia Territory, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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