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Margaret Colville 1457 – 1504 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1457

Birth Location: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: May 1504

Death Location: Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Colville

Mother: Margaret Logan

Spouse(s): John Sempill

Children(s): Jannet Semple, William Sempill, Margaret Semple, Isabel Semphill, Marion Semphill, Margaret Sempill

Margaret Colville was born in 1457 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Colville and Margaret Logan. Margaret Colville married John Sempill, and had children including Jannet Ailkan Semple, William Sempill, Margaret Isobel Semple, Isabel Semphill, Marion Semphill, Margaret Sempill. Margaret Colville passed away in 1504 in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Colville was born in 1457 in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Colville and Margaret Logan.
  • Margaret Colville married John Sempill, and had children including Jannet Ailkan Semple, William Sempill, Margaret Isobel Semple, Isabel Semphill, Marion Semphill, Margaret Sempill.
  • Margaret Colville passed away in 1504 in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Colville's Ancestors

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Margaret Colville
1457 – 1504
Birth Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Colville
1445 – 1513
Ochiltree Castle, Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Logan
1460 – 1521
Whitsome and Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Colville
1420 – 1495
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Christian Crichton
1431 – 1475
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Robert Logan
1445 – 1498
Restalrig, Midlothian, Scotland
Christine Livingston
1447 – 1489
Livingstone, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Colville
1369 – 1449
Margaret colvill
1370 – 1441
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
Christiana Erskine
1406 – 1479
John Logan
1412 – 1451
Geilles Somerville
1413 – 1446
Alexander Livingston
1407 – 1450
Agnes Hepburn
1412 – 1495
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1412
Nicholas Erskine
1338 – 1406
Jean Cameron
1356 – 1402
Robert Logan
1371 – 1439
Elizabeth Stewart
1366 – 1430
Alexander Livingston
1382 – 1451
Jeanette Dundas
1384 – 1459
Adam Hepburn
1382 – 1448

Margaret Colville's Descendants

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Margaret Colville (1457 – May 1504) m. John Sempill (Bef 1460 – 9 Sep 1513)
  1. 1. Jannet (Ailkan) Semple (1481 – 1579) m. William Knox (1486 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Uchtred Knox (1468 – 30 Jul 1553)
  2. 2. William Sempill (1485 – 13 Jun 1552) m. Elizabeth Arnot (Bef 1511 – Aft 18 Mar 1539) m. Marion Montgomerie (Aft 1513 – Aft 20 Dec 1556)
  3. 3. Margaret (Isobel) Semple (1485 – 1509) m. Robert Crawford (1482 – 9 Sep 1513)
  4. 4. Isabel Semphill (1487 – Aft 1514)
  5. 5. Marion Semphill m. George Preston (1505 – )
  6. 6. Margaret Sempill

Margaret Colville's Timeline

3 Records

1457
1457
Birth of Margaret Colville in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland
1504
May 1504
Age 47
Death of Margaret Colville in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1517
Apr 1517
Age 60
Burial of Margaret Colville in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1457
    Event Place: Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1504
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Apr 1517
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

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