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Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour 1508–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1508

Birth Location: Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1546

Death Location: Ballargus, Angus

Father: John 1461

Mother: Lady Beaton

Spouse(s): Lord Claverhouse

Children(s): Alison Grahame, Sir Claverhouse, Sir Claverhouse, John Graham, Miss Grahame

Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour was born in 1508 in Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland, the child of John Bethune Beaton V 6Th Lord Balfour 1461 And Lady Elizabeth Isobel Monypenny Bethune Beaton. Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour married Lord John Grahame Lord Of Ballargus Ii Of Claverhouse I Sir 2Nd Laird Of Claverhouse, and had children including Alison Grahame, John Graham Of Claverhouse Graham, Miss Grahame, Sir John Grahame Lord Of Claverhouse, Sir William Grahame 3Rd Laird Of Claverhouse. Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour passed away in 1546 in Ballargus, Angus.

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  • Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour was born in 1508 in Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland, the child of John Bethune Beaton V 6Th Lord Balfour 1461 And Lady Elizabeth Isobel Monypenny Bethune Beaton.
  • Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour married Lord John Grahame Lord Of Ballargus Ii Of Claverhouse I Sir 2Nd Laird Of Claverhouse, and had children including Alison Grahame, John Graham Of Claverhouse Graham, Miss Grahame, Sir John Grahame Lord Of Claverhouse, Sir William Grahame 3Rd Laird Of Claverhouse.
  • Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour passed away in 1546 in Ballargus, Angus.

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Margaret Balfour's Ancestors

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Margaret Balfour
1508–1546
Birth Place: Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Bethune Beaton V 6th Lord Balfour 1461
1470–1524
Balfour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Isobel Monypenny Bethune) Beaton
1471–1541
Kingsbarns, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Balfour's Descendants

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Margaret (Beaton\Bethune of) Balfour (ABT 1508–1546) m. Lord (John Grahame, Lord of Ballargus II, of Claverhouse I Sir, 2nd Laird of) Claverhouse (1504–10 Sep 1547)
  1. 1. Alison Grahame 1525–1616 m. Doctor (Gilbert Primrose, Royal Physician and) Surgeon 1536–1616
    1. 1. Lady (Marion) Primrose 1566–1637 m. Sir (Alexander Clerk, Knight and Provost of) Edinburgh 1541–1638
      1. 1. Gilbert Clark 1611–1663 m. Agnes (Broun) Colstoun 1613–1679
        1. 1. James Clarke 1640–1730 m. Elizabeth Erskine 1642–1692 m. Agnes Davisone 1640–1724 m. Agnes Drybor 1661–1730
        2. 2. Gilbert (CLARK) (CLARKE) 1639–
        3. 3. Gilbert (CLARK) (CLARKE) 1639–
        4. 4. Alexander Clarke 1639–1694
        5. 5. James Clerk 1640–1730
        6. 6. Marione Clerk 1641–
        7. 7. Alisone Clark 1643–
        8. 8. Johne Clarke 1647–1665
        9. 9. David Clerk 1649–
  2. 2. Sir (John Grahame, Lord of) Claverhouse 1526–1580
  3. 3. Sir (William Grahame, 3rd. Laird of) Claverhouse 1531–1572
  4. 4. John (Graham of Claverhouse) Graham 1532–1580
  5. 5. Miss Grahame 1540–1616

Margaret Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1508
ABT 1508
Birth of Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour in Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland
Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland
1546
1546
Age 38
Death of Margaret Beaton\Bethune of Balfour in Ballargus, Angus
Ballargus, Angus

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1508
    Event Place: Of Kinkell, , Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Ballargus, Angus

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