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Margaretha Hamilton 1535–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1596

Death Location: Edinburgh

Father: Sir Samuelston

Mother: Lady ♥

Spouse(s): David Angus

Children(s): Lady Douglas

Margaretha Hamilton was born in 1535 in Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John Hamilton Samuelston And Lady Janet Of Hume Canmore Countess Arran Lady Samuelston. Margaretha Hamilton married David Douglas Earl Van Angus, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Christine Douglas. Margaretha Hamilton passed away in 1596 in Edinburgh.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Hamilton was born in 1535 in Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland, the child of Sir John Hamilton Samuelston And Lady Janet Of Hume Canmore Countess Arran Lady Samuelston.
  • Margaretha Hamilton married David Douglas Earl Van Angus, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Christine Douglas.
  • Margaretha Hamilton passed away in 1596 in Edinburgh.

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Spouses(s)

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Margaretha Hamilton's Ancestors

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Margaretha Hamilton
1535–1596
Birth Place: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Parents
Sir John Hamilton Samuelston
1496–1574
Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet of Hume Canmore, Countess Arran, Lady Samuelston) ♥
1504–1573
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (James Hamilton (1st Earl of Arran) (2nd Lord of Hamilton) (Duke of Chatellerault)) II
1500–1529
Firth Clyde, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Janet Beaton Bethune, Lady of Creich & Hamilton, Baroness of Torrance, 5th Baroness of Hamilton, 6th Baroness of Raploch, 4th Countess of Arran, Countess of Abercrom, 1st Countess of Beaton, Duchess of) Beaton
1500–1529
Balfour, Fifeshire, Scotland
Alexander Home
1478–1516
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
*Lady (Agnes “Isobel” Stewart (Countess of Bothwell, (Mistress King James IV) Scotland)
1480–1557
Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Arran
1500–1529
Jean Cadzow
1474–1531
John Bethune
1470–1524
Lady Bethune
1471–1541
James Stewart
1442–1497
Lady Buchan
1446–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Hamilton
1423–1479
Mary Stewart
1452–1488

Margaretha Hamilton's Descendants

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Margaretha Hamilton (1535–1596) m. David (Douglas Earl van) Angus (1515–June 1557)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Christine) Douglas 1555–1637 m. Sir (John Phillip Scott 2nd Laird of) Dryhope 1550–1631 m. Frans (Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van) Enzie 1562–1613 m. Walter (Sir) Scott 1545–1574
    1. 1. Mary (Marion Dryhope) Scott 1575–1598 m. Walter (Auld Wat of Harden) Scott 1540–1631
      1. 1. William (3rd of Harden Sheriff of Selkirk Sir) Scott 1592–1656 m. Lady (Agnes "Muckled Mou'd Meg" Scott \ Murray, of) Elibank 1601–1665
        1. 1. Sir (Walter ''Watty Wudspurs'' Scott, 1st Earl of) Harden 1624–1688 m. Anne (Isabel) MacDougall\Makdougal 1630–1688
        2. 2. Sir (Gideon Higchester) Scott 1622–1671
        3. 3. Sir (William ("Little")) Scott 1616–1699
        4. 4. William (Little Sir) Scott 1612–
      2. 2. Hugh (Gala) Scott 1571–1640
      3. 3. Walter Scott 1570–1640
      4. 4. Sir (William Harden) Scott 1569–1655
    2. 2. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch 1570–1611

Margaretha Hamilton's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Margaretha Hamilton in Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
1596
1596
Age 61
Death of Margaretha Hamilton in Edinburgh
Edinburgh

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1596
    Event Place: Edinburgh
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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