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Margaret Knight 1558 – 1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1558

Birth Location: Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1551

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Herries

Mother: Catherine Hamilton

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Margaret Knight m1579 was born in 1558 in Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Herries and Catherine Hamilton. Margaret Knight m1579 passed away in 1551 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Knight m1579 was born in 1558 in Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Herries and Catherine Hamilton.
  • Margaret Knight m1579 passed away in 1551 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Knight's Ancestors

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Margaret Knight
1558 – 1551
Birth Place: Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Herries
1501 – 1543
Terreglestown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Hamilton
1510 – 1593
Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (Andrew Herries, 2nd Lord of) Terregales
1475 – 1513
Terregles, Dumfries-Shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Nicole) Home
1485 – 1537
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Gilbert (Kennedy Earl van) Cassillis
1485 – 1527
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Isabelle Campbell
1483 – 1529
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Scot earl
1462 – 1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Knight's Timeline

2 Records

1551
1551
Death of Margaret Knight m1579 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
1558
1558
Birth of Margaret Knight m1579 in Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom
Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Eddleston, Peebles, Scot, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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