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Margaret Robertson 1505 – 1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 1505

Birth Location: Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 JUN 1561

Death Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Robertson

Mother: Elizabeth Stewart

Spouse(s): George Hay

Children(s): William Hay, John Hay, Elizabeth Hay, George Hay, Thomas Hay, Laurence Hay, Marjorie Hay, Margaret Hay, Alexander Hay, Beatrix Hay, Andrew Hay, Beatrix Hay

Margaret Robertson was born in 1505 in Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart. Margaret Robertson married George Hay, and had children including William Hay, John Hay, Elizabeth Hay, George Hay, Thomas Hay, Laurence Hay, Marjorie Hay, Margaret Hay, Alexander Hay, Beatrix Hay, Andrew Hay, Beatrix Hay. Margaret Robertson passed away in 1561 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Robertson was born in 1505 in Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Robertson and Elizabeth Stewart.
  • Margaret Robertson married George Hay, and had children including William Hay, John Hay, Elizabeth Hay, George Hay, Thomas Hay, Laurence Hay, Marjorie Hay, Margaret Hay, Alexander Hay, Beatrix Hay, Andrew Hay, Beatrix Hay.
  • Margaret Robertson passed away in 1561 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Robertson
1440 – 1507
Birth Location: Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Stewart
1483 – 1515
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

George Hay
1508 – 1574
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Hay
1526 – 1545
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Hay
1528 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Hay
1531 – 1593
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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George Hay
1531 – 1579
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Thomas Hay
1532 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Laurence Hay
1533 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Marjorie Hay
1533 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaret Hay
1535 – 1594
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Alexander Hay
1535 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Beatrix Hay
1537 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Andrew Hay
1541 – 1585
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Beatrix Hay
1560 –
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Robertson's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Robertson
1505 – 1561
Birth Place: Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Robertson
1440 – 1507
Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Stewart
1483 – 1515
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Stewart
1440 – 1512
Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland
Eleanor Sinclair
1457 – 1518
Ravenscraig, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1394 – 1437
Joan Beaufort
1404 – 1445
William Sinclair
1408 – 1482
Marjory Sutherland
1436 – 1488
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stewart
1337 – 1406
Annabella Drummond
1337 – 1406
John Beaufort
1372 – 1409
Margaret Holland
1385 – 1439
Henry Sinclair
1370 – 1420
Egidia Douglas
1370 – 1438
Alexander Sutherland
1395 – 1456
Muriel Chisholm
1410 – 1504

Margaret Robertson's Descendants

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Margaret Robertson (BEF 1505 – 12 JUN 1561) m. George Hay (JAN 1508 – 28 JUN 1574)
  1. 1. William Hay (1526 – 11 APR 1545) m. Elizabeth (Helen) Stewart (1520 – 25 NOV 1564)
  2. 2. John Hay (1528 – ) m. Elizabeth Marvin (ABT 1532 – AFT 30 JAN 1569/1570) m. Elisabeth Butter (1560 – 1590)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Hay (1531 – 9 FEB 1593) m. William Keith (1527 – 10 AUG 1580) m. William Keith (1527 – 10 AUG 1580) m. William Keith (1531 – 10 AUG 1581)
    1. 1. Christian Keith (1505 – 1553) m. Walter Ogilvy (1504 – ABT 1566)
      1. 1. Margaret (Beatrix) Ogilivy (ABT 1528 – AFT 1549) m. George Berclay (ABT 1410 – AFT 1470) m. John (( Bourne)) Stewart (ABT 1500 – 10 SEP 1547) m. John Stewart (ABT 1551 – 19 SEP 1547)
      2. 2. Barbara Ogilvy (ABT 1530 – )
      3. 3. Barbara Ogilvy (1533 – ) m. Alexander Ogilvy (ABT 1533 – )
      4. 4. Walter Ogilvy (1535 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth Ogilvie (1538 – )
      6. 6. Barbara Ogilvie (1539 – 1562) m. Alexander Ogilvy (1537 – 27 JUN 1562)
        1. 1. Margaret Ogilvy (ABT 1552 – ) m. John Campbell (ABT 1550 – BEF 1603)
        2. 2. Marjory Ogilvy (1560 – 1632) m. James Abercrombie (1557 – 12 MAR 1593)
        3. 3. Walter Ogilvie (1560 – JUL 1624) m. Mary Douglas (1563 – 1600)
        4. 4. Alexander Ogilvy (ABT 1560 – )
        5. 5. Ogilvy (ABT 1561 – )
        6. 6. Marjory Ogilvy (ABT 1562 – AFT 1632) m. John Gordon (ABT 1531 – 22 JAN 1622)
      7. 7. George Ogilvie (1539 – 11 AUG 1621) m. Beatrix Seton (1545 – 1597)
    2. 2. George Keith (1553 – 2 APR 1623) m. Margaret Home (1560 – MAY 1638) m. Margaret Ogilvy (5 DEC 1575 – 1627)
      1. 1. Marion Keith (1572 – 1605) m. John Campbell (1573 – 6 JAN 1608) m. John Campbell (1501 – 6 JAN 1586)
      2. 2. William Keith (ABT 1585 – 28 OCT 1635)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Kennedy (ABT 1485 – AUG 1567) m. Alexander Abernethy (1450 – 1510) m. George Gordon (1440 – 8 JUN 1501) m. Alexander Abernathy (DEC 1525 – 1587) m. Christian Keith m. Alexander Salton m. Alexander Saltoun (ABT 1528 – ) m. Alexander Forbes (1500 – 1547) m. John Allardice (1530 – ) m. Alexander Keith (ABT 1620 – BEF 1654) m. Hew Kennedy (ABT 1515 – ) m. James Ogilvy (1430 – 15 OCT 1504) m. George Gordon (ABT 1440 – 2 APR 1623) m. George Gordon (ABT 1438 – 8 JUN 1501) m. Alexander Abernathy (DEC 1525 – APR 1587)
        2. 2. Hew Kennedy (ABT 1515 – ) m. Elizabeth Kennedy (ABT 1485 – AUG 1567)
        3. 3. Jean Keith (ABT 1604 – )
        4. 4. Jean Keith (ABT 1610 – ) m. James Gordon (ABT 1543 – ) m. Alexander Forbes (ABT 1601 – 26 OCT 1636)
        5. 5. William Keith (1612 – MAR 1671) m. Elizabeth Seton (24 DEC 1621 – 16 JUN 1650)
        6. 6. Mary Keith (ABT 1615 – )
        7. 7. Jean Keith (ABT 1619 – )
        8. 8. Mary (Flemming) Maitland (1620 – )
        9. 9. Robert Keith (1620 – )
        10. 10. Alexander Keith (ABT 1620 – )
        11. 11. Alexander Keith (ABT 1620 – BEF 1654) m. Elizabeth Kennedy (ABT 1485 – AUG 1567)
        12. 12. John Keith (ABT 1622 – ) m. Margaret Hamilton (<1641> – UNKNOWN) m. Margaret (17 JUL 1632 – )
        13. 13. Alexander Keith (ABT 1626 – 1652) m. Elizabeth Seton (24 DEC 1621 – 16 JUN 1650)
        14. 14. Keith (OCT 1627 – OCT 1627)
        15. 15. George (Earl of Marischal) Keith (ABT 1631 – )
        16. 16. William (Earl Marischal) Keith ( – ABT 1581)
        17. 17. John Keith
        18. 18. Elizabeth Keith
        19. 19. Keith
      3. 3. Anna Keith (1586 – 30 MAY 1648) m. William Douglas (1584 – 7 AUG 1648)
      4. 4. Mary Keith (ABT 1589 – )
      5. 5. Margaret Keith (1594 – 1615) m. John Gutherie (ABT 1580 – ) m. Robert Arbuthnott (1598 – 10 OCT 1655)
      6. 6. James Keith (1596 – 1650) m. Margaret Lindsay (1595 – ) m. Margaret Lindsay (1609 – ) m. Nancy Stewart
      7. 7. Gilbert Keith (18 JUN 1602 – ) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living> m. <Living>
      8. 8. George Keith (15 JAN 1605 – )
      9. 9. Alexander Keith (10 OCT 1611 – 10 OCT 1611)
      10. 10. John Keith (10 OCT 1611 – ) m. Anna Douglas (1618 – )
      11. 11. Robert (Alexander) Keith (1612 – 1648) m. Christine Kempt (1620 – 1645) m. Mary Macy (1616 – EST 1685)
      12. 12. Mary Keith (1613 – 14 OCT 1620)
      13. 13. Robert Keith (4 APR 1619 – )
      14. 14. Mary Keith (14 OCT 1620 – )
      15. 15. Jean Keith (15 JUN 1622 – ) m. Alexr. Murray
      16. 16. Jane Keith (1580 – 1622)
      17. 17. Alexander Keith (1584 – )
      18. 18. George (Keyth or) Keith (1585 – 1637) m. Martha (Bessie) Tame (1587 – )
      19. 19. James (Keith) Benholm (1585 – 1638)
      20. 20. George Keith (<1588> – )
      21. 21. Mary Keith (1589 – )
      22. 22. Johne Keith (1605 – ) m. John Keith (1614 – )
      23. 23. Elizabeth Keith (1608 – )
  4. 4. George Hay (1531 – MAY 1579) m. Marjory Keith (1535 – )
  5. 5. Thomas Hay (1532 – )
  6. 6. Laurence Hay (1533 – )
  7. 7. Marjorie Hay (1533 – ) m. Andrew Chalmer (1528 – 16 MAR 1575) m. John Hay (1534 – )
  8. 8. Margaret Hay (1535 – 9 FEB 1594) m. Laurence Oliphant (8 MAY 1535 – 16 JUN 1593)
    1. 1. Katherine Oliphant (1551 – ) m. James Weymss (1549 – )
    2. 2. John Oliphant (1552 – 1603) m. Jean Chisholm (13 JUL 1555 – 26 NOV 1603)
    3. 3. William Oliphant (1552 – ) m. Katherine Brown (ABT 1563 – ) m. Lillias Graham
    4. 4. Laurence Oliphant (1552 – MAR 1585) m. Christian Douglas (1568 – 9 DEC 1598) m. Christian Douglas (ABT 1567 – )
    5. 5. John Oliphant (ABT 1553 – 1 FEB 1603) m. Lillias Grey (1542 – MAR 1614)
    6. 6. Jean Oliphant (1555 – 5 DEC 1624) m. Alexander Bruce (1560 – 23 OCT 1624)
    7. 7. Elizabeth Oliphant (1558 – 20 JUN 1618) m. William Douglas (15 MAR 1554 – 3 MAR 1611)
      1. 1. Mary (Eishine) Douglas (1586 – 11 JUN 1648) m. Alexander Livingston (1576 – 11 JUN 1648) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. Robert Livingston (1596 – 21 APR 1725)
      2. 2. William Douglas (1589 – 19 FEB 1660) m. Margaret Hamilton (1585 – 11 SEP 1623)
        1. 1. Jean Douglas (1602 – 1669) m. John Hamilton (1604 – APR 1658)
        2. 2. Archibald Douglas (1609 – 16 APR 1655) m. Anne Stuart (23 NOV 1614 – 16 AUG 1646)
        3. 3. Margaret Douglas (1611 – 1 JAN 1659)
        4. 4. James Douglas (1618 – 21 OCT 1645) m. Mary Hamilton (1620 – )
        5. 5. William (Douglas) Hamilton (ABT 1630 – ) m. Anne ([possibly Scott] Hamblin or) Hamlin (ABT 1610 – 1690) m. Ann Hamilton (ABT 1636 – ) m. Anne Hamilton (6 JAN 1632 – 17 OCT 1716) m. Mary Erskine (21 NOV 1639 – ) m. Ann (ABT 1608/1610 – ABT 1690) m. Anna Shawe (1632 – 9 DEC 1663) m. William Douglas (ABT 1615 – )
      3. 3. James Douglas (1591 – 11 FEB 1656) m. Anne Oliphant (1604 – OCT 1630)
      4. 4. Francis Douglas (1593 – 1650) m. Lillias Fleming (1595 – )
      5. 5. Catherine Douglas (1598 – 1608)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Douglas (1599 – )
    8. 8. James Oliphant m. Janet Riddoch
  9. 9. Alexander Hay (1535 – )
  10. 10. Beatrix Hay (1537 – ) m. William Hay (ABT 1531 – )
  11. 11. Andrew Hay (1541 – 8 OCT 1585) m. Jean Hay (JAN 1540 – AUG 1570) m. Agnes Sinclair (1570 – 6 NOV 1619)
  12. 12. Beatrix Hay (1560 – ) m. Alexander Hellen (2 JAN 1560 – )

Margaret Robertson's Timeline

2 Records

1505
BEF 1505
Birth of Margaret Robertson in Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1561
12 JUN 1561
Age 56
Death of Margaret Robertson in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 1505
    Event Place: Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 JUN 1561
    Event Place: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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