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Margaret Sylvester 1576–1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1576

Birth Location: Cromarty, Ross, Scotland

Death Date: 1635

Death Location: Scotland

Father: John (Silvester)

Mother: Elizabeth Brogg

Spouse(s): Joshua Magoon

Children(s): Isaac Magoun, Mary (Magoon), Jonathan Magoon

Margaret Sylvester was born in 1576 in Cromarty, Ross, Scotland, the child of John Sylvester Silvester And Elizabeth Brogg. Margaret Sylvester married Joshua Sylvester Magoon, and had children including Elizabeth Maughan, Isaac Jonathan Magoun, Jonathan Nicholas Magoon, Mary Simons Magoon. Margaret Sylvester passed away in 1635 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Sylvester was born in 1576 in Cromarty, Ross, Scotland, the child of John Sylvester Silvester And Elizabeth Brogg.
  • Margaret Sylvester married Joshua Sylvester Magoon, and had children including Elizabeth Maughan, Isaac Jonathan Magoun, Jonathan Nicholas Magoon, Mary Simons Magoon.
  • Margaret Sylvester passed away in 1635 in Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaret Sylvester's Ancestors

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Margaret Sylvester
1576–1635
Birth Place: Cromarty, Ross, Scotland
Parents
John Sylvester (Silvester)
1555–1655
South Petherton, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Brogg
1560–1619
South Petherton, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Sylvester's Descendants

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Margaret Sylvester (1576–1635) m. Joshua ((Sylvester)) Magoon (1575–1650)
  1. 1. Isaac (Jonathan) Magoun 1599–1650 m. Mary (Simons) (Magoon) 1600–1650
    1. 1. Henry (Samuel) MAGOON* 1635–1684 m. Elizabeth (Lysson Lyston Lisson (McGowan) Macgoune) 1637–1675 m. Agnes (Moody) Magoon 1615–1684
      1. 1. Abigail Magoon 1670–1746 m. JOSEPH (WALLER b c 1669 WALLER gg7 (FatherJoseph Waller (1640-1672) MotherLydia Wheelr)(m ABIGAIL) MAGOON) 1669–1727
        1. 1. Samuel Waller 1702–1749 m. Joanna Curtis 1708–1768 m. Elizabeth Reed 1765–1795 m. Esther (1702-02 dy) Hurd 1709–1749 m. Joanna Curtis 1708–1768
        2. 2. Lydia Waller 1696–
        3. 3. Abigail Waller 1698–1699
        4. 4. Sarah Waller 1698–1699
        5. 5. Joseph Waller 1701–1788
        6. 6. Phineas Waller 1717–1787
        7. 7. Daniel ((2)) Waller 1714–1773
        8. 8. Bathsheba WALLER 1710–1711
        9. 9. Martha WALLER 1705–
        10. 10. Esther WALLER 1721–1749
        11. 11. Mary Waller 1708–1736
      2. 2. Elizabeth MAGOON 1667–1670
      3. 3. Alexander (Magoon) MacGowne 1661–1731
      4. 4. John Magoon 1658–1708
      5. 5. Mary MAGOON 1666–1692
      6. 6. Agnes (Magoon) Moody 1608–1665
      7. 7. Huburtus MAGOON 1652–1706
    2. 2. John Magoon 1625–1697
  2. 2. Mary (Simons) (Magoon) 1600–1650 m. Isaac (Jonathan) Magoun 1599–1650
  3. 3. Jonathan (Nicholas) Magoon 1605–1650

Margaret Sylvester's Timeline

3 Records

1576
1576
Birth of Margaret Sylvester in Cromarty, Ross, Scotland
Cromarty, Ross, Scotland
1597
1597
Age 21
Margaret Sylvester was married
None
1635
1635
Age 59
Death of Margaret Sylvester in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: Cromarty, Ross, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1597

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Scotland

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