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Margaretha Hamilton 1527–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 May 1596

Death Location: Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland

Father: Sir Hamilton

Mother: Jeanette Canmore

Spouse(s): David Douglas

Children(s): Lady Douglas

Margaretha Hamilton was born in 1527 in Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Hamilton And Jeanette Canmore. Margaretha Hamilton married David Of Colbrandspath Douglas, and had children including Lady Margaret Douglas. Margaretha Hamilton passed away in 1596 in Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Hamilton was born in 1527 in Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Hamilton And Jeanette Canmore.
  • Margaretha Hamilton married David Of Colbrandspath Douglas, and had children including Lady Margaret Douglas.
  • Margaretha Hamilton passed away in 1596 in Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland.

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Margaretha Hamilton's Ancestors

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Margaretha Hamilton
1527–1596
Birth Place: Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Hamilton
1496–1574
Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jeanette Canmore
1502–1596
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Hamilton's Descendants

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Margaretha Hamilton (1527–25 May 1596) m. David ('of Colbrandspath') Douglas (Abt 1515–Jun 1557)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1555–1640 m. Francis (Hepburn) Stewart 1562–1613
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart 1588–1622 m. James Cranstoun 1588–1634
      1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Cranston 1613–1663 m. Thomas Craig 1610–1704
        1. 1. Sir (Lewis) Craig 1640–1681 m. Margaret Dalgliesh 1645–1708

Margaretha Hamilton's Timeline

3 Records

1527
1527
Birth of Margaretha Hamilton in Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland
1552
08 May 1552
Age 25
Margaretha Hamilton was married in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
1596
25 May 1596
Age 69
Death of Margaretha Hamilton in Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland
Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Chatelherault, Isle of Arran, Firth Clyde, Buteshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 08 May 1552
    Event Place: Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1596
    Event Place: Lanark, West Lothian, Scotland

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