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Margaret Sandilands 1507–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1507

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1566

Death Location: Berridale, Caithness, Scotland

Father: James Sandilands

Mother: Catherine Scott

Spouse(s): Laurence Smith, Robert Bruce

Children(s): Walter Smith, Margaret Oliphant, Laurence Smith, Jean Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, Jean Oliphant, Laurence hant, Catherine Oliphant, Lillias Oliphant

Margaret Sandilands was born in 1507 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James Sandilands And Catherine Scott. Margaret Sandilands married Laurence Oliphant Smith, Robert Bruce, and had children including Catherine Oliphant, Jean Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant Hant, Laurence Oliphant Smith, Lillias Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, Walter Smith, William Oliphant. Margaret Sandilands passed away in 1566 in Berridale, Caithness, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Sandilands was born in 1507 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of James Sandilands And Catherine Scott.
  • Margaret Sandilands married Laurence Oliphant Smith, Robert Bruce, and had children including Catherine Oliphant, Jean Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant Hant, Laurence Oliphant Smith, Lillias Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, Walter Smith, William Oliphant.
  • Margaret Sandilands passed away in 1566 in Berridale, Caithness, Scotland.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Sandilands's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Sandilands
1507–1566
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
James Sandilands
1476–1534
Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Catherine Scott
1478–1540
Smeeth, Kent, England
Grandparents
James Sandilands
1433–1505
Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Kerr
1450–1549
St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland
William Scott
1459–1524
Scotts Hall, Kent, England
Sybilla Lewknor
1459–1527
Goring, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sandilands
1411–1482
Christian Dundas
1413–1459
Andrew Kerr
1420–1481
Margery Douglas
1430–1484
John Scott
1423–1485
Agnes Beaufitz
1431–1487
John Lewknor
1418–1471
Johanna Halsham
1432–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Sandilands
1346–1405
Jean Stewart
1350–1382
James Dundas
1375–1451
Christian Stewart
1377–
Ralph Ker
1392–1444
Mary Towers
1377–
Thomas Kerr
1397–1499
Catherine Colville
1415–
William Scott
1390–1434
Isabel Herbert
1401–1457
William Beaufitz
1397–1460
Elizabeth
1400–1465
Roger Lewknor
1390–
Elinor Audley
1390–1472
Richard Halsham
1390–1441
Thorlegh
1395–1501

Margaret Sandilands's Descendants

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Margaret Sandilands (1507–1566) m. Laurence (Oliphant) Smith (29 Mar 1506–29 Mar 1566) m. Robert Bruce (1503–)
  1. 1. Walter Smith 1523–1567
    1. 1. Alice Smith 1553–1625 m. John Bliss 1562–1617
      1. 1. Thomas Bliss 1589–1650 m. Margaret Hulins 1595–1684 m. Dorothy Wheatley 1591–1626
        1. 1. Ann Bliss 1620–1685 m. Robert Chapman 1616–1687
        2. 2. John Bliss 1640–1702
        3. 3. Martha Bliss 1611–1616
        4. 4. Elizabeth Bliss 1615–1676
        5. 5. Amity Bliss 1632–1638
        6. 6. Samuel Bliss 1642–1720
        7. 7. Sarah Bliss 1635–1705
        8. 8. Hester Bliss 1627–1683
        9. 9. Mary Bliss 1628–1712 m. Joseph (Clark) Parsons 1620–1683
        10. 10. Hannah Bliss 1639–1662
        11. 11. Elizabeth Bliss 1637–1683
        12. 12. Samuel Bliss 1624–1719
      2. 2. Polly Bliss 1582–1667
      3. 3. Jonathan Bliss 1583–1636
      4. 4. Mary Bliss 1593–1667
      5. 5. Joan Bliss 1612–
      6. 6. Elizabeth Bliss 1560–
      7. 7. George Bliss 1591–1667 m. Ann Shaw 1615–1635
        1. 1. John Bliss 1645–1717 m. Demaris Arnold 1648–1720
      8. 8. Agnes Bliss 1581–
      9. 9. Constance Bliss 1584–1693
  2. 2. Margaret Oliphant –1580
  3. 3. Laurence (Oliphant) Smith 1529–1593
  4. 4. Jean Oliphant 1568–
  5. 5. Peter Oliphant 1542–1594
  6. 6. Jean Oliphant 1530–1624
  7. 7. Laurence (Oliphant) hant 1545–1593
  8. 8. Catherine Oliphant 1534–1612
  9. 9. Lillias Oliphant 1540–1588

Margaret Sandilands's Timeline

2 Records

1507
1507
Birth of Margaret Sandilands in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1566
1566
Age 59
Death of Margaret Sandilands in Berridale, Caithness, Scotland
Berridale, Caithness, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1507
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Berridale, Caithness, Scotland

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