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Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell 1518–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1518

Birth Location: Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1560

Death Location: Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland

Father: David DOUGLAS

Mother: Lady Hamilton

Spouse(s): Alan Cathcart

Children(s): Margaret Cathcart

Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell was born in 1518 in Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David 7Th Earl Of Angus Douglas And Lady Margaret Countess Of Angus Hamilton. Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell married Alan Cathcart, and had children including Margaret Mariotte Cathcart. Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell passed away in 1560 in Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell was born in 1518 in Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David 7Th Earl Of Angus Douglas And Lady Margaret Countess Of Angus Hamilton.
  • Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell married Alan Cathcart, and had children including Margaret Mariotte Cathcart.
  • Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell passed away in 1560 in Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David DOUGLAS
1488–
Birth Location: lochleven, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland
DD
Lady Hamilton
1518–1569
Birth Location: Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

Alan Cathcart
1501–1547
Birth Location: Cathcart House, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
AC

Children(s)

Margaret Cathcart
1515–1600
Birth Location: Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
MC

Margaret Boswell's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Boswell
1518–1560
Birth Place: Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
David 7th Earl of Angus DOUGLAS
1488–
lochleven, Kinross, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Countess of Angus) Hamilton
1518–1569
Cadzow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (of Clydesdale) Hamilton
1495–1558
Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Boswell's Descendants

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Margaret (DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of) Boswell (1518–1560) m. Alan Cathcart (1501–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. Margaret (Mariotte) Cathcart 1515–1600 m. John (5th Laird of Earnock) Roberton 1505–1570
    1. 1. SIR (JOHN \JAMES ROBERTON, of ALLERSTOCKS, of STAINHALL 6th LAIRD) EARNOCK 1530–1564 m. Janet Boswell 1535–1596
      1. 1. Lord (Archibald Roberson of) Stainhall 1561–1614 m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Baillie) Abramse 1565–1608
        1. 1. Christian (Margaret) Robertson 1587–1654 m. Rev. (David Dixon) (Dickson) 1583–1663

Margaret Boswell's Timeline

2 Records

1518
1518
Birth of Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell in Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland
1560
1560
Age 42
Death of Margaret DOUGLAS, Cathcart, Stewart, Countess of Boswell in Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland
Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1518
    Event Place: Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Grange, Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland
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