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Margaretha Douglas 1515–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 October 1515

Birth Location: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 May 1579

Death Location: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): James Hamilton

Children(s): John Hamilton, John Letrick, Claud Hamilton, Johanna Hamilton, Anna Hamilton, James Libbertoun, Margaret Hamilton

Margaretha Douglas was born in 1515 in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James 3Rd Earl Of Morton Douglas And Lady Catherine Stewart. Margaretha Douglas married James Hamilton, and had children including Anna Hamilton, Claud Lord Paisley Hamilton, James Hamilton Of Evandale And Libbertoun, Johanna Hamilton, John 1St Marquess Of Hamilton Hamilton, John Hamilton Van Letrick, Margaret Hamilton. Margaretha Douglas passed away in 1579 in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Douglas was born in 1515 in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James 3Rd Earl Of Morton Douglas And Lady Catherine Stewart.
  • Margaretha Douglas married James Hamilton, and had children including Anna Hamilton, Claud Lord Paisley Hamilton, James Hamilton Of Evandale And Libbertoun, Johanna Hamilton, John 1St Marquess Of Hamilton Hamilton, John Hamilton Van Letrick, Margaret Hamilton.
  • Margaretha Douglas passed away in 1579 in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Douglas
1487–1548
Birth Location: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
JD
Lady Stewart
1490–1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

James Hamilton
1515–1575
Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
JH

Children(s)

John Hamilton
1540–1604
Birth Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland
JH
John Letrick
1561–1637
Birth Location: Arran, Bute, Scotland
JL
Claud Hamilton
1543–1622
Birth Location: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Schotland
CH
Johanna Hamilton
1535–1560
Birth Location: –
JH
Anna Hamilton
1542–1575
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
AH
James Libbertoun
1537–1609
Birth Location: Arran, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JL
Margaret Hamilton
1550–1611
Birth Location: Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
MH

Margaretha Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Margaretha Douglas
1515–1579
Birth Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James 3rd Earl of Morton Douglas
1487–1548
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Catherine) Stewart
1490–1554
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Grandparents
John Douglas
1466–1515
Lady (Jeanette Janet Countess Of Morton) Crichton
1461–1519
James (IV King Of Scots) Stewart
1473–1513
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Marion (mistress of James IV of Scotland) Boyd
1476–1559
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1426–1493
Joan Scotland
1428–1493
Sir Crichton
1435–1465
Archibald Nariston
1454–1507
Christian Mure
1456–1523
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James I
1394–1437
Joan Beaufort
1404–1445
Sir 1467
1425–1482
Mariota Maxwell
1430–1473
Archibald Mure
1385–
Isabella Montgomery
1395–

Margaretha Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Margaretha Douglas (8 October 1515–22 May 1579) m. James Hamilton (1515–1575)
  1. 1. John (1st Marquess of Hamilton) Hamilton 1540–1604 m. Margaret (Marchiones of Hamilton Lyon (Lady of Glamis),) Concubine 1547–1626
    1. 1. Thomas Kennedy 1559–1602
    2. 2. Gilbert (5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie) Kennedy 1569–1601 m. Janet Kennedy 1566–1605 m. Lady (Katherine Margaret MacDowall of) Garthland 1569–1659
      1. 1. Col (Gilbert) Kennedy 1588–1615
      2. 2. Sir (John Kennedy, 7th Lord Kennedy, 6th Earl of) Cassillis 1595–1668
    3. 3. Hew (Master of Cassillis) Kennedy 1576–1607
    4. 4. Hugh Kennedy 1567–1607
    5. 5. John (5th Earl of Cassillis 7th Lord Cassilis) Kennedy 1575–1615
    6. 6. Meg (Willisone) Kennedy 1568–
  2. 2. John (Hamilton van) Letrick 1561–1637 m. Lady (Jean Duchess of Atholl) Campbell 1577–1622
    1. 1. Mary (Jane) Hamilton 1597–1657 m. Alexander (E.) Clelland 1600–1634
      1. 1. Catherine (Bach) Cleland 1633–1716 m. Sir (John of Ilchester) Balch 1635–1690
        1. 1. Captain (Thomas) Balch 1660–1729 m. Agnes Somerville 1661–1730
    2. 2. John Hamilton 1604–1658
  3. 3. Claud (Lord Paisley) Hamilton 1543–1622 m. Margaret (Lady Paisley) Seton 1563–1616
    1. 1. Margaret Hamilton –1621 m. William (1st Marquess of Douglas 11th Earl of of Angus) Douglas 1589–1660
      1. 1. Archibald Douglas 1610–1659
  4. 4. Johanna Hamilton 1535–1560 m. Hugh (Montgomery of) Eglinton 1518–1585
  5. 5. Anna Hamilton 1542–1575
  6. 6. James (Hamilton of Evandale and) Libbertoun 1537–1609 m. Christian Boyd 1549–
  7. 7. Margaret Hamilton 1550–1611 m. Alexander Pethein 1560–1611
    1. 1. Esther (Hamilton) Peden 1600–1650
    2. 2. James (Seamus) Peithein 1585–
    3. 3. Andrew (Hugh Pethein OR) Peden 1590–1648
    4. 4. Alexander Pethein 1586–1614
    5. 5. Hamilton Pethein 1595–1639
    6. 6. Hugh (Pethin of) Sorn 1610–1660

Margaretha Douglas's Timeline

13 Records

1511
11 January 1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
11 January 1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
11 January 1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
11 January 1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
11 January 1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1511
1511
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1515
8 October 1515
Birth of Margaretha Douglas in Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1579
22 May 1579
Age 64
Death of Margaretha Douglas in Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 January 1511
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 October 1515
    Event Place: Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1579
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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