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Margaret Drummond 1425–1482 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1425

Birth Location: Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Death Date: Aft 26 Mar 1482

Death Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Walter Stobhill

Mother: Margaretha Balerno

Spouse(s): Andrew Meikleour

Children(s): Lawerance Aldie, Robert Mercer, Christian Mercer

Margaret Drummond was born in 1425 in Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, the child of Walter Drummond 13Th Lord Of Cargill And Stobhill And Margaretha Ruthven Of Balerno. Margaret Drummond married Andrew Mercer 2Nd Baron Meikleour, and had children including Christian Mercer, Lawerance Mercer Baron Of Meikleour Lord Of Aldie, Robert Of Ballief Mercer. Margaret Drummond passed away in 1482 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Drummond was born in 1425 in Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, the child of Walter Drummond 13Th Lord Of Cargill And Stobhill And Margaretha Ruthven Of Balerno.
  • Margaret Drummond married Andrew Mercer 2Nd Baron Meikleour, and had children including Christian Mercer, Lawerance Mercer Baron Of Meikleour Lord Of Aldie, Robert Of Ballief Mercer.
  • Margaret Drummond passed away in 1482 in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Drummond's Ancestors

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Margaret Drummond
1425–1482
Birth Place: Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Parents
Walter Drummond -13th Lord of Cargill and Stobhill
1380–1455
Stobhill, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaretha (Ruthven -of) Balerno
1390–1475
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Drummond of Cargill and Stobhall 12th thane of) Lennox
1357–1428
Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Sinclair Countess of Stobhall and) Cargill
1363–1460
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
William Ruthven
1370–1400
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabelle Larington
1378–1439
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Lennox
1318–1360
John Lennox
1326–1373
Henry Orkney
1347–1404
Jean Haliburton
1346–1400
William Ruthven
1343–1408
Margaret Logie
1357–1376
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Malcolm Lennox
1296–1346
Annabella Graham
1299–1358
William Rosslyn
1325–1358
Isabella Caithness
–1410
William Dirleton
1330–1392
Margaret Baledgarno
1338–1360
William Ruthven
1280–1346
Johanna Ruthven
1322–1363
John Ilk
1324–1363
Margaret Scotland
1325–1375

Margaret Drummond's Descendants

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Margaret Drummond (Abt 1425–Aft 26 Mar 1482) m. Andrew (Mercer 2nd Baron) Meikleour (1404–27 Apr 1473)
  1. 1. Lawerance (Mercer, Baron Of Meikleour, Lord Of) Aldie 1455–1501 m. Isobel (Elizabeth) Wardlaw 1460–1511 m. Isobel Wardlaw 1460–1504
    1. 1. Isobel Mercer 1495–1540 m. Robert (Maule of Panmure) Kt 1493–1560
      1. 1. Margaret Maule 1518– m. Andrew (Haliburton of) Pitcur 1520–1547
        1. 1. George (Haliburton of) Pitcur 1535–1597 m. Elizabeth Learmonth 1535–
        2. 2. Andrew Haliburton 1542–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Maule 1519– m. William (Haliburton Heir of) Pitcur, 1519–
      3. 3. Thomas Maule 1521–1600 m. Margaret Haliburton 1525–1602 m. Margaret Halyburton 1526–1602 m. Margaret Haliburton 1526–1602
      4. 4. Janet Maule 1520– m. James (Strachan of) Balvousie 1519–
      5. 5. John (Maule of) Oamistoun 1521–1560
      6. 6. Robert Maule 1522–1600
      7. 7. Agnes Maule 1524– m. Strachan (of) Oarmylie 1521–
      8. 8. Isobel Maule 1525–
      9. 9. Geils Maule 1526–
      10. 10. Jean Maule 1527–1591 m. John Fullerton 1528–1583
      11. 11. Catherine Maule 1528–
    2. 2. Henry (Mercer of) Meikleour 1476–1513 m. Lady (Margaret Addison Douglas) Mercer 1470–1513 m. Margaret (Douglas of) Lochleven 1472–1527
    3. 3. Robert Mercer 1476–1547 m. Helen Chisholm 1490– m. Helen Chisholme 1497–
    4. 4. Marjory Mercer 1484–1540 m. Guilielm (Belfrage Of) Pennington 1484–1530
    5. 5. Egidia (Giles) Mercer 1484–1585 m. Gilbert (Gray 3rd Laird of) Buttergask 1487–1541 m. Gilbert (Gray 3rd Lord) Gray 1490–1541
    6. 6. Laurence Mercer 1488–
    7. 7. Lawrence Mercer 1497–
    8. 8. Egidia Mercer 1493–1526
  2. 2. Robert (of Ballief) Mercer 1430–1505
  3. 3. Christian Mercer 1449–1490 m. Duncan (Forbes of) Corsindae 1444–1510 m. Gilbert (de Skene 8th Laird of) Skene 1445–1484

Margaret Drummond's Timeline

2 Records

1425
Abt 1425
Birth of Margaret Drummond in Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
1482
Aft 26 Mar 1482
Age 57
Death of Margaret Drummond in Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1425
    Event Place: Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Margaret Drummond, person ID L1KF-8DY.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 26 Mar 1482
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Margaret Drummond, person ID L1KF-8DY.

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