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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: John Hamilton

Mother: Janet Hamilton

Spouse(s): David Angus

Children(s): Lady Douglas

Margaretha Hamilton was born in 1535 in Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland, the child of John Hamilton and Janet (Home) Hamilton. Margaretha Hamilton married David Douglas Earl van Angus, and had children including Lady Margaretha Elizabeth 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 John Hamilton and Janet (Home) Hamilton.
  • Margaretha Hamilton married David Douglas Earl van Angus, and had children including Lady Margaretha Elizabeth Douglas.
  • Margaretha Hamilton passed away in 1596 in Edinburgh.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaretha Hamilton's Ancestors

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Margaretha Hamilton
1535 – 1596
Birth Place: Broomhill, Lanarkshire, Schotland
Parents
John Hamilton
1496 – 1558
Samuelston, Firth Clyde, Isle Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet ((Home)) Hamilton
1502 – 1573
Haddington, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander Home
1485 – 1516
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes (“Isabel”) Stewart
1480 – 1557
Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Buchan)
1442 – 1499
Margaret Murray
1446 – 1512
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Hamilton's Descendants

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Margaretha Hamilton (1535 – 1596) m. David (Douglas Earl van) Angus (1515 – June 1557)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaretha Elizabeth) Douglas (5 May 1555 – Feb 1637) m. John ((7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton)) Maxwell (24 Apr 1553 – 7 December 1593) m. Frans (Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van) Enzie (1 December 1562 – 4 November 1613)
    1. 1. Janet Maxwell (1568 – 1625) m. John (Corsane, 13th Provost of) Dumfries (1553 – 1629)
      1. 1. Marion Corsane (1585 – 23 October 1638) m. Stephen Laurie (1580 – 14 December 1637)
        1. 1. Janet Lawrie (1601 – 24 January 1685) m. John Irving (1595 – 1648)
    2. 2. Margaret Wallace (1 August 1580 – 1 March 1630)
    3. 3. Alexander Maxwell (1587 – )
    4. 4. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch (1570 – 15 December 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:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1596
    Event Place: Edinburgh
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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