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Margaret Borthwick 1430–1500 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1500

Death Location: Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: William Lord

Mother: Beatrice Lady

Spouse(s): John Laird

Children(s): John Maxwell

Margaret Borthwick was born in 1430 in Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of William Borthwick Ii Lord And Beatrice Sinclair Lady. Margaret Borthwick married John Maxwell Laird, and had children including John Maxwell. Margaret Borthwick passed away in 1500 in Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Borthwick was born in 1430 in Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of William Borthwick Ii Lord And Beatrice Sinclair Lady.
  • Margaret Borthwick married John Maxwell Laird, and had children including John Maxwell.
  • Margaret Borthwick passed away in 1500 in Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Margaret Borthwick's Ancestors

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Margaret Borthwick
1430–1500
Birth Place: Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
William Borthwick II Lord
1410–1483
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Beatrice (Sinclair) Lady
1410–1463
Roslin Castle, Caithness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Borthwick) Lord
1390–1458
Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Henry Sinclair
1389–1420
Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Egidia (Jill) Douglas
1387–1438
Nithsdale, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Borthwick
1360–1449
Henry Sinclair
1355–1404
Jean Halyburton
1350–1410
William Border
1370–1392
Egidia Stewart
1362–1391
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Scots
1316–1390
Euphemia Ross
1320–1386

Margaret Borthwick's Descendants

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Margaret Borthwick (1430–1500) m. John (Maxwell) Laird (1403–22 Jul 1484)
  1. 1. John Maxwell 1450–1484 m. Marion Boyd 1425–1520
    1. 1. Gavin Maxwell 1445–1489 m. Agnes Dundas 1446–1500
      1. 1. Robert Maxwell 1471–1520 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Carmichael 1475–1530
        1. 1. Isabella Maxwell 1491–1548 m. George Walker 1490–1539

Margaret Borthwick's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Margaret Borthwick in Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
1500
1500
Age 70
Death of Margaret Borthwick in Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Lochorwart Castle, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Newark Castle Port Glascow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

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