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Margaret Crichton 1510–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Ruthven.,Angusshire

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Perthshire, Scotland

Father: James Crichton

Mother: Janet Craggis

Spouse(s): Peter Megginch

Children(s): Catherine Hay, Jane Hay, Mary Hay, Edmund Hay, Helen Hay, James Comptroller, Agnes Hay, George Ross, Elisabeth Hay, George Ross, Katherine Hay, George Hay, Patrick Pitfour, Peter Megginch

Margaret Crichton was born in 1510 in Ruthven.,Angusshire, the child of James Lord Ruthven Crichton And Janet Ogston Of Craggis. Margaret Crichton married Peter Hay Iii Lord Megginch, and had children including Agnes Hay, Catherine Hay, Edmund Hay, Elisabeth Hay, Elizabeth Hay, George Hay, George Hay 1St Of Ross, George Hay Of Ross, Helen Hay, James Hay Of Kingask Comptroller, Jane Hay, Katherine Hay, Mary Hay, Patrick Hay 5Th Of Megginch 1St Of Pitfour, Peter Hay Iv Of Megginch. Margaret Crichton passed away in 1570 in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Crichton was born in 1510 in Ruthven.,Angusshire, the child of James Lord Ruthven Crichton And Janet Ogston Of Craggis.
  • Margaret Crichton married Peter Hay Iii Lord Megginch, and had children including Agnes Hay, Catherine Hay, Edmund Hay, Elisabeth Hay, Elizabeth Hay, George Hay, George Hay 1St Of Ross, George Hay Of Ross, Helen Hay, James Hay Of Kingask Comptroller, Jane Hay, Katherine Hay, Mary Hay, Patrick Hay 5Th Of Megginch 1St Of Pitfour, Peter Hay Iv Of Megginch.
  • Margaret Crichton passed away in 1570 in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Margaret Crichton's Ancestors

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Margaret Crichton
1510–1570
Birth Place: Ruthven.,Angusshire
Parents
James Lord Ruthven Crichton
1486–1513
Huntingtower Castle, Ruthven, Timbermore, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland
Janet (Ogston of) Craggis
1483–1533
Angus,Scotland
Grandparents
Adam Crichton
1455–1513
Scotland
Elizabeth Stirling
1460–1503
Keir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Walter Ogiston
1455–1489
Scotland
Jane Scrymgeour
1455–1489
Drum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Edinburgh
1412–1495
Agnes Hepburn
1412–1495
William Keir
1450–1505
Mariotta Fleming
1443–1518
John Ogiston
1430–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Erskine
1334–1433
Catherine Cairns
1351–
Adam Hepburn
1382–1448
Margaret Borthwick
1388–1464
William Keir
1390–1471
Margaret Cunningham
1403–1430
Robert Fleming
1410–1491
Janet Douglas
1420–1489

Margaret Crichton's Descendants

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Margaret Crichton (1510–1570) m. Peter (Hay III Lord) Megginch (1501–1565)
  1. 1. Catherine Hay 1534–
  2. 2. Jane Hay 1551–
  3. 3. Mary Hay 1545–1631
  4. 4. Edmund Hay –1610
  5. 5. Helen Hay 1535– m. William (Bruce of Fingask and) Rait 1535–1590
  6. 6. James (Hay of Kingask) Comptroller 1545–1610 m. Margaret Murray 1550–1615
  7. 7. Agnes Hay 1520– m. David (Murray 4th of) Ochtertyre 1496–1547
  8. 8. George (Hay 1st of) Ross 1545–1622 m. Margaret Kinnaird 1545–1592
  9. 9. Elisabeth Hay 1542–1597 m. Gilbert (Gray of) Bandirrane 1540–1592 m. William (Rollo of) Balbegie –1612
  10. 10. George (Hay of) Ross 1545– m. Marion Henderson 1548–
  11. 11. Katherine Hay 1530–1590 m. George (Drummond 1st of Newton of) Blair 1522–1594
  12. 12. George Hay 1570–1635 m. Margaret Halyburton 1560–1633
  13. 13. Patrick (Hay 5th of Megginch 1st of) Pitfour –1603 m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Cheyne 1572–1634 m. Beatrix Graham 1555–1634 m. Isabel Bryson 1570–1610
  14. 14. Peter (Hay IV of) Megginch 1530–1596 m. Margaret Ogilvy 1532–1555
    1. 1. William Hay 1560–
    2. 2. Francis (Hay Earl of) Erroll 1564–1631
    3. 3. Katherine Hay 1568– m. William Kynman 1564–
    4. 4. Janet Hay 1554–
    5. 5. William Hay 1565–1596 m. Mary Maxwell 1554–1592
    6. 6. Margaret Hay 1559– m. John Drummond –1628
    7. 7. Peter (Hay of Rattray later of Kirkland of) Errol 1557–1629 m. Agnes Barclay 1568–1659 m. Margaret Purdie 1585–
    8. 8. Marjorie Hay 1568– m. Patrick (Buttar of) Gormock 1565–1635
    9. 9. Francis Hay 1555–1598 m. Mary Murray 1560–1647
      1. 1. Susan Hay –1639 m. John Longbotham 1567–1632
        1. 1. Mary Longbotham 1600–1687 m. Henry Butterworth 1601–1636

Margaret Crichton's Timeline

2 Records

1510
1510
Birth of Margaret Crichton in Ruthven.,Angusshire
Ruthven.,Angusshire
1570
1570
Age 60
Death of Margaret Crichton in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Ruthven.,Angusshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland

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