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Margaret Crichton 1431–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1431

Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1495

Death Location: Dumfries, Midlothia, Scotland

Father: Robert Sanquhar

Mother: Elisabeth Erskine

Spouse(s): David Crichton

Children(s): Herbert Terregales, George Herries

Margaret Crichton was born in 1431 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Robert Crichton Laird Van Sanquhar And Elisabeth Erskine. Margaret Crichton married David Crichton, and had children including George Crichton, George Herries, Herbert Herries 6Th Lord Terregales. Margaret Crichton passed away in 1495 in Dumfries, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Crichton was born in 1431 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland, the child of Robert Crichton Laird Van Sanquhar And Elisabeth Erskine.
  • Margaret Crichton married David Crichton, and had children including George Crichton, George Herries, Herbert Herries 6Th Lord Terregales.
  • Margaret Crichton passed away in 1495 in Dumfries, Midlothia, Scotland.

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Margaret Crichton's Ancestors

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Margaret Crichton
1431–1495
Birth Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Crichton Laird van Sanquhar
1410–1445
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Elisabeth Erskine
1415–
Kinoull, Perthshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Crichton's Descendants

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Margaret Crichton (1431–1495) m. David Crichton (1425–4 Sept 1495)
  1. 1. Herbert (Herries 6th Lord) Terregales 1460–1505 m. Mariot Carlyle 1462–1493
    1. 1. Robert Herries 1483–1513
    2. 2. Roger Herries 1483–1536 m. Lady (Janet Herries of Kennox) Douglas 1485–1558
      1. 1. Lord (Archibald) Herries 1515–1536 m. Lady (Margaret Christian) Douglas 1515–1577
        1. 1. Robert (George Preston Herries) Sr 1540–1561 m. Janet (Elizabeth) Gordon 1551–1600
        2. 2. John Herries 1542–
    3. 3. Lord (William\Willem HERRIES van) Terregles 1501–1543 m. Catharina Kennedy 1494–1545
      1. 1. Catharina Herries 1533–1593
      2. 2. Agnes Herries 1530–1594
      3. 3. Isabella Hamilton 1540–1607
      4. 4. Robert Herries 1515–1560
      5. 5. Isabel (Hamilton) Herries 1535–1604
      6. 6. Jean Herries 1525–1593
      7. 7. Baroness (Agnes 'of Terregles' de) HERRIES 1534–1594
      8. 8. Katherine Herries 1533–1593
      9. 9. Janet ((Kennedy) de HERRIES -) STUART 1538–1612
      10. 10. Bernard Hamilton 1532–1552
      11. 11. William Hamilton 1528–
      12. 12. Nicola Herries 1536–
      13. 13. Elizabeth Kennedy 1533–1593
  2. 2. George Herries 1462–1505

Margaret Crichton's Timeline

3 Records

1431
1431
Birth of Margaret Crichton
None
1440
Abt 1440-3
Age 9
Birth of Margaret Crichton in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1495
1495
Age 64
Death of Margaret Crichton in Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1440-3
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1431

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Terregles, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dumfries, Midlothia, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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