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Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton 1500–1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1546

Death Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Wade

Mother: Elizabeth Somerville

Spouse(s): Sir Rothes

Children(s): Lady Leslie

The story of Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton began in 1500 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton married Sir George 4Th Earl Of Rothes Sheriff Of Fife Leslie Earl Of Rothes, and had children including Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie. Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton passed away in 1546 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton began in 1500 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton married Sir George 4Th Earl Of Rothes Sheriff Of Fife Leslie Earl Of Rothes, and had children including Lady Dame Helena Elizabeth Leslie.
  • Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton passed away in 1546 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Wade
1453–1638
Birth Location: Cherry Burton, Yorks, Eng., England, United Kingdom
JW
Elizabeth Somerville
1473–
Birth Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
ES

Spouses(s)

Sir Rothes
1500–1558
Birth Location: Rothes/Morayshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SR

Children(s)

Lady Leslie
1526–1596
Birth Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
LL

Margaret Crichton's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Crichton
1500–1546
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Wade
1453–1638
Cherry Burton, Yorks, Eng., England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Somerville
1473–
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Crichton's Descendants

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Margaret (Wood (Countess of Rothes)) Crichton (1500–1546) m. Sir (George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife, Leslie Earl of) Rothes (2 Aug 1500–28 November 1558)
  1. 1. Lady (Dame Helena Elizabeth) Leslie 1526–1596 m. Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll 1516–1584
    1. 1. Mark (1st Earl of Lothian Kerr) * 1558–1609 m. Lady (Margaretha "Margaret" Fergusson - Maxwell -) Kerr 1548–1617
      1. 1. Lady (Isabel Kerr -) Douglas 1585–1628 m. Sir (Willem (William) Douglas (9th Lord of Drumlanrig & Knight of The Garter & 1st Earl of Queensburry & Earl of Morton & Earl of) Doug 1585–1640
        1. 1. Col (Hon Sir William Douglas of) Kelhead 1618–1673 m. Agnes Home 1618–1652 m. Lady (Jean Stuart of) Schelinlaw 1620–1662

Margaret Crichton's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1546
1546
Age 46
Death of Margaret Wood (Countess of Rothes) Crichton in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1546
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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