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Margaret Seton 1476 – 1533 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland

Death Date: 1533

Death Location: Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Seton

Mother: Margaret Campbell

Spouse(s): William Maitland

Children(s): Richard Maitland, Janet Maitland, Robert Maitland, William Maitland, Roger Maitland

Margaret Seton was born in 1476 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland, the child of Sir George De Seton and Margaret Campbell. Margaret Seton married William of Thirlestane & Lethington Maitland, and had children including Richard "The Blind" Maitland, Janet Maitland, Robert Maitland, William Maitland, Roger Maitland. Margaret Seton passed away in 1533 in Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Seton was born in 1476 in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland, the child of Sir George De Seton and Margaret Campbell.
  • Margaret Seton married William of Thirlestane & Lethington Maitland, and had children including Richard "The Blind" Maitland, Janet Maitland, Robert Maitland, William Maitland, Roger Maitland.
  • Margaret Seton passed away in 1533 in Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Margaret Seton's Ancestors

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Margaret Seton
1476 – 1533
Birth Place: Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland
Parents
Sir George De Seton
1449 – 1508
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Margaret Campbell
1467 –
Glenurchy, Argyll, Scotland
Grandparents
Colin Campbell
1431 – 1475
Ardkinglas House, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Duncan Campbell
1377 – 1453
Marjory Campbell
1360 – 1445
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Stewart
1340 – 1420

Margaret Seton's Descendants

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Margaret Seton (1476 – 1533) m. William (of Thirlestane & Lethington) Maitland (JAN 1455 – 9 SEP 1513)
  1. 1. Richard ("The Blind") Maitland (1495 – 20 MAR 1586) m. Mary (Margaret Mariotta) Cranston (1503 – 23 MAR 1585)
  2. 2. Janet Maitland (ABT 1497 – 19 AUG 1559) m. Hugh Somerville (1483 – 1549)
    1. 1. Somerville (ABT 1513 – ) m. James Lindsey (ABT 1500 – )
    2. 2. Catherine Somerville (1518 – ) m. James Denham (1514 – 1562) m. John Cockburn (ABT 1530 – )
    3. 3. Hugh Somerville (ABT 1518 – ) m. Eleanor Seton (1543 – 1603)
    4. 4. John Somerville (1520 – FEB 1594) m. Elizabeth (Katherine) Carmichael (1514 – 25 NOV 1564)
      1. 1. James Somerville (1538 – SEP 1623) m. Margaret Hamilton (1542 – )
        1. 1. (Sir) (John) Somerville (1568 – 1635) m. Mary Hamilton (ABT 1572 – ) m. Mary Hamilton (ABT 1577 – )
        2. 2. Mary Somerville (1569 – ) m. Lewis Craig (ABT 1586 – 6 JAN 1622) m. James Cleilland
        3. 3. James Somerville (1571 – MAR 1642) m. Elizabeth Hamilton (ABT 1595 – 1665) m. Catherine Somerville (ABT 1604 – )
    5. 5. Marjory Somerville (ABT 1522 – ) m. James Tweedie (ABT 1519 – )
    6. 6. Elizabeth Somerville (ABT 1523 – ) m. John (Carmichael) SR. (ABT 1519 – 1594)
    7. 7. Robert Somerville (ABT 1524 – BEF 5 MAR 1591)
    8. 8. Margaret (de) Somerville (1526 – 1574) m. Charles Murray (ABT 1534 – 1570)
    9. 9. Michael Somerville (ABT 1526 – )
    10. 10. William Somerville (ABT 1528 – )
    11. 11. John Somerville (ABT 1530 – 1583)
    12. 12. Agnes Somerville (ABT 1534 – ) m. John Tweedie
  3. 3. Robert Maitland (ABT 1502 – )
  4. 4. William Maitland (ABT 1504 – )
  5. 5. Roger Maitland (1506 – )

Margaret Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Margaret Seton in Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland
Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland
1533
1533
Age 57
Death of Margaret Seton in Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland
Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Berwick, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1533
    Event Place: Lethington, Midlothian, Scotland

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