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Margaret de Borthwick 1430 – 1464 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1464

Death Location: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Borthwick

Mother: Catherine Sinclair

Spouse(s): Sir Maxwell

Children(s): George Maxwell, Robert Caerlaverok, Marion Maxwell, George Maxwell

Margaret de Borthwick was born in 1430 in Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Borthwick and Catherine Sinclair. Margaret de Borthwick married Sir John Maxwell, and had children including George Maxwell, Robert Maxwell Lord Caerlaverok, Marion Maxwell, George Maxwell. Margaret de Borthwick passed away in 1464 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret de Borthwick was born in 1430 in Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Borthwick and Catherine Sinclair.
  • Margaret de Borthwick married Sir John Maxwell, and had children including George Maxwell, Robert Maxwell Lord Caerlaverok, Marion Maxwell, George Maxwell.
  • Margaret de Borthwick passed away in 1464 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Borthwick's Ancestors

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Margaret Borthwick
1430 – 1464
Birth Place: Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Borthwick
1390 – 1458
Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Catherine Sinclair
1391 – 1462
Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Borthwick
1355 – 1429
Borthwick Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Beatrix Sinclair
1374 – 1428
Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Henry Sinclair
1345 – 1404
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jean Haliburton
1355 – 1400
Dirleton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Henry Sinclair
1345 – 1404
Jean Haliburton
1355 – 1400
William Sinclair
1325 – 1358
Isabel Strathearn
1338 – 1391
John Halyburton
1315 – 1402
Margaret Cameron
1315 – 1360
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1325 – 1358
Isabel Strathearn
1338 – 1391
John Halyburton
1315 – 1402
Margaret Cameron
1315 – 1360
William Sinclair
1298 – 1330
Rosabelle
1285 –

Margaret Borthwick's Descendants

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Margaret (de) Borthwick (1430 – 1464) m. Sir (John) Maxwell (ABT 1390 – 1476)
  1. 1. George Maxwell (ABT 1441 – ) m. Mrs Maxwell (1448 – )
  2. 2. Robert (Maxwell Lord) Caerlaverok (1450 – 1513)
  3. 3. Marion Maxwell (1455 – 1475)
    1. 1. Alexander Hamilton (1475 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Marion Cuningham (1488 – ABT 1508)
      1. 1. John Hamilton (1504 – 12 SEP 1547) m. Janet Somerville (1504 – 1576) m. Janet Stewart (1501 – 13 MAY 1566)
      2. 2. Robert Hamilton (ABT 1509 – BEF 1564)
      3. 3. Alexander Hamilton (ABT 1511 – )
      4. 4. William Hamilton (ABT 1512 – 8 JAN 1569) m. Katherine Kennedy (1498 – ) m. Catherine Kennedy (1510 – 14 MAR 1593)
        1. 1. Isabel Hamilton (1529 – 13 NOV 1604) m. George Seton (1531 – 8 JAN 1585)
        2. 2. Margaret Hamilton (1526 – )
        3. 3. William Hamilton (1530 – 31 MAR 1580)
        4. 4. Bernard Hamilton (1533 – 1553)
        5. 5. Betty Hamilton (1535 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth Hamilton (1536 – JUN 1611)
        7. 7. Agnes Hamilton (ABT 1545 – ) m. William Stoddard (27 JUL 1546 – 26 NOV 1603)
        8. 8. John Hamilton (1548 – 1619)
        9. 9. Margaret Hamilton (1550 – APR 1593) m. Hugh Cunninghame (ABT 1548 – ) m. Gilbert Kennedy (1544 – )
        10. 10. Margaret Hamilton (ABT 1557 – ABT 1603) m. John Cairnes (ABT 1557 – 1603)
      5. 5. Isabel Hamilton (1518 – 13 NOV 1604) m. Lord (Robert 3rd Lord Semple Semple or Sempill) (Sympill) (1505 – 17 JAN 1576)
      6. 6. William Hamilton (ABT 1520 – )
      7. 7. Agnes Hamilton (ABT 1520 – 22 MAY 1609) m. William Cunningham (14 DEC 1541 – 1583) m. William Cunynghame (ABT 1520 – )
      8. 8. Robert Hamilton
  4. 4. George Maxwell (1592 – ) m. Helene Maxwell (ABT 1586 – ) m. Marion Cunningham (1501 – )

Margaret Borthwick's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Margaret de Borthwick in Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1464
1464
Age 34
Death of Margaret de Borthwick in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Borthwick, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1464
    Event Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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