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Margaretha Boyd 1490–1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 13 Mar 1595

Death Location: Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Alexander Boyd

Mother: Lady GGM

Spouse(s): Sir Luss

Children(s): Countess Colquhoun

In 1490, Margaretha Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Alexander Boyd And Lady Janet Johanna Colville Of Ochiltree 19Th Ggm. Margaretha Boyd married Sir George Humphrey Colquhoun Laird Of Luss, and had children including Countess Margaret Maud Colquhoun. Margaretha Boyd passed away in 1595 in Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1490, Margaretha Boyd entered the world in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Alexander Boyd And Lady Janet Johanna Colville Of Ochiltree 19Th Ggm.
  • Margaretha Boyd married Sir George Humphrey Colquhoun Laird Of Luss, and had children including Countess Margaret Maud Colquhoun.
  • Margaretha Boyd passed away in 1595 in Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Boyd
–1508
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB
Lady GGM
1457–1517
Birth Location: Ochiltree Castle, Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
LG

Spouses(s)

Sir Luss
1495–1537
Birth Location: Luss, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
SL

Children(s)

Countess Colquhoun
1518–1601
Birth Location: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
CC

Margaretha Boyd's Ancestors

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Margaretha Boyd
1490–1595
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Boyd
–1508
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Johanna Colville of Ochiltree 19th) GGM
1457–1517
Ochiltree Castle, Lugar Water, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Robert) Colville
1493–1513
Ochiltree, Ayr, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alison Bruce
1501–1560
Gight, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Colville
–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Boyd's Descendants

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Margaretha Boyd (1490–13 Mar 1595) m. Sir (George Humphrey COLQUHOUN - Laird of) Luss (10 Jan 1495–20 Jan 1537)
  1. 1. Countess (Margaret Maud) Colquhoun 1518–1601
    1. 1. Helen Boyd 1544–1588 m. Hugh ((Young Hugh)) Montgomerie 1539–1602
      1. 1. Robert Montgomerie 1561–1623 m. Martha (Margaret) Wallace 1574–1602
        1. 1. Margaret Montogomerie 1599–1747 m. James (Phillip) Snr 1592–1634

Margaretha Boyd's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Margaretha Boyd in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1595
13 Mar 1595
Age 105
Death of Margaretha Boyd in Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland
Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Mar 1595
    Event Place: Ayr, West Lothian, Scotland
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