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Margaret Sandilands 1507–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1507

Birth Location: Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1566

Death Location: Scotland

Father: James Sandilands

Mother: Catherine Scott

Spouse(s): Laurence Oliphant

Children(s): Jean Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant, Catherine Oliphant, Lilias Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant

Margaret Sandilands was born in 1507 in Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Sandilands And Catherine Scott. Margaret Sandilands married Laurence Oliphant, and had children including Catherine Oliphant, Jean Oliphant, Laurence 4Th Lord Oliphant, Lilias Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, William Oliphant. Margaret Sandilands passed away in 1566 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Sandilands was born in 1507 in Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Sandilands And Catherine Scott.
  • Margaret Sandilands married Laurence Oliphant, and had children including Catherine Oliphant, Jean Oliphant, Laurence 4Th Lord Oliphant, Lilias Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant, Peter Oliphant, William Oliphant.
  • Margaret Sandilands passed away in 1566 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Sandilands
1476–1534
Birth Location: Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JS
Catherine Scott
1478–1540
Birth Location: Smeeth, Kent, England
CS

Spouses(s)

Laurence Oliphant
1506–1566
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LO

Children(s)

Jean Oliphant
1530–1624
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JO
Laurence Oliphant
1529–1593
Birth Location: 1684470, Caithness, Scotland
LO
Catherine Oliphant
1534–1612
Birth Location: Kelly, Scotland
CO
Lilias Oliphant
1540–1588
Birth Location: –
LO
Peter Oliphant
1542–1594
Birth Location: –
PO
Margaret Oliphant
–1580
Birth Location: –
MO

Margaret Sandilands's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Sandilands
1507–1566
Birth Place: Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
James Sandilands
1476–1534
Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Catherine Scott
1478–1540
Smeeth, Kent, England
Grandparents
William (Scott) Sir
1459–1524
Scotts Hall, Kent, England
Sybilla (Lewknor) Dame
1452–1528
Goring, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Scott
1423–1485
Agnes Beaufit
1431–1487
John Lewknor
1455–1471
Johanna Halsham
1422–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Scott
1390–1434
Isabel Herbert
1411–1454

Margaret Sandilands's Descendants

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Margaret Sandilands (1507–1566) m. Laurence Oliphant (29 Mar 1506–26 Mar 1566)
  1. 1. Jean Oliphant 1530–1624 m. Alexander Bruce 1560–1624
    1. 1. Robert BRUCE 1590–1636 m. MARJORIE BRUCE 1592–1631
      1. 1. WILLIAM (3rd of Sumburgh & Symbister) BRUCE 1620–1675 m. Margaret Sinclair 1628–1660 m. Elizabeth Sinclair 1620–1647
        1. 1. Robert Bruce 1654–1687 m. Barbara Stewart 1646–1688
        2. 2. Barbara Bruce 1667–
        3. 3. Dorothea Bruce 1663–
        4. 4. Margaret Bruce 1665–
      2. 2. Laurence Bruce 1628–1683
    2. 2. Jean Bruce 1593–1644 m. Hugh (of Brugh) Sinclair 1546–1605 m. Thomas Black 1600–
      1. 1. Christina Sinclair 1590– m. James (of Goat) Sinclair 1590–1628
        1. 1. GRIZEL SINCLAIR 1606–1637 m. JOHN (of Bigtown) STEWART 1591–1659
        2. 2. Laurence Sinclair 1615–1675
      2. 2. Margaret (of Brugh) Sinclair 1599–1619
      3. 3. Agnes Black 1625–
    3. 3. Laurence Bruce 1586–
    4. 4. Alexander Bruce 1588–
    5. 5. William Bruce 1589–
    6. 6. George Bruce 1590–1667
    7. 7. James Bruce 1590–
    8. 8. Helen Bruce 1591–
    9. 9. Barbara Bruce 1592–
    10. 10. Marjory Bruce 1594–1645
    11. 11. Margaret Bruce 1595–
  2. 2. Laurence (4th Lord) Oliphant 1529–1593
  3. 3. Catherine Oliphant 1534–1612
  4. 4. Lilias Oliphant 1540–1588
  5. 5. Peter Oliphant 1542–1594
  6. 6. Margaret Oliphant –1580

Margaret Sandilands's Timeline

2 Records

1507
1507
Birth of Margaret Sandilands in Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1566
1566
Age 59
Death of Margaret Sandilands in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1507
    Event Place: Calder, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Scotland
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