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Margaret 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: Sir Crichton

Mother: Margaret Stewart

Spouse(s): Sir Leslie

Children(s): Lady Leslie

The story of Margaret Crichton began in 1500 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Margaret Crichton married Sir George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife, Leslie, and had children including Lady Dame Helena E Leslie. Margaret Crichton passed away in 1546 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

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

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Crichton
1472 – 1513
Birth Location: Castle Sanquhar, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Stewart
1450 – 1512
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Sir Leslie
1500 – 1558
Birth Location: Rothes,Elginshire,,Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Leslie
1526 – 1596
Birth Location: Rothes, Morayshire, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Margaret Crichton's Ancestors

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Margaret Crichton
1500 – 1546
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir William 2nd Lord Sanquhar Crichton
1472 – 1513
Castle Sanquhar, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Margaret (( Cecilia) Princess) Stewart
1450 – 1512
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Crichton's Descendants

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Margaret Crichton (1500 – 1546) m. Sir (George 4th Earl of Rothes, Sheriff of Fife,) Leslie (2 Aug 1500 – 28 November 1558)
  1. 1. Lady (Dame Helena E) Leslie (1526 – 18 Aug 1596) m. Mark (Commendator (Abbott) of Newbattle Ker) Kerr\Carr\Carroll (1520 – 18-29 August 1584/86)
    1. 1. Mark (Kerr, Lord) Newbattle, (20 Feb 1558 – 8 Apr 1609) m. Lady (Margaret) Maxwell (8 Jan 1548 – 8 January 1617)
      1. 1. Lady (Janet Alisoun Andrew) Kerr (1580 – 17 August 1632) m. Lord (William 8th Earl of Glencairn) Cunninghame (1585 – October 1630)
        1. 1. Alisone Cuningham (1600 – ) m. Edwarde (George (Knight)) Wilson (1590 – 11 Sep 1634)

Margaret Crichton's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Margaret Crichton in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1546
1546
Age 46
Death of Margaret 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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