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Margaretha Hay 1535–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 February 1594

Death Location: Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Hay

Mother: Margaret Kerr

Spouse(s): Laurens Oliphant, James Livingstone, Sir Dunfermline

Children(s): Elizabeth Oliphant, John Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant

Margaretha Hay was born in 1535 in Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Hay And Margaret Kerr. Margaretha Hay married James Livingstone, Laurens Lord Oliphant, Sir Alexander Alasdair Seton 1St Earl Of Dunfermline, and had children including Elizabeth Oliphant, John Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant. Margaretha Hay passed away in 1594 in Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Hay was born in 1535 in Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of George Hay And Margaret Kerr.
  • Margaretha Hay married James Livingstone, Laurens Lord Oliphant, Sir Alexander Alasdair Seton 1St Earl Of Dunfermline, and had children including Elizabeth Oliphant, John Oliphant, Laurence Oliphant.
  • Margaretha Hay passed away in 1594 in Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaretha Hay's Ancestors

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Margaretha Hay
1535–1594
Birth Place: Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
George Hay
1508–1594
Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Kerr
1508–1601
Ferniehirst, Roxburghshire, St Boswelles, Midlothian, Scotla, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaretha Hay's Descendants

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Margaretha Hay (1535–9 February 1594) m. Laurens (Lord) Oliphant (8 May 1535–16 January 1592) m. James Livingstone (1529–25 March 1574) m. Sir (Alexander Alasdair Seton 1st Earl of) Dunfermline (January 1555–16 June 1622)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Oliphant 1558–1619 m. Sir (William Douglas of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton; Northumberland; Custodian of Queen Mary 1st of) Scotland 1554–1611
    1. 1. James, (1st Lord of Mordington, Douglas (Earl of Angus, Marquis of Douglas, as) well) 1589–1660 m. Anne (Oliphant of Gask) (Oliphant) 1604–1630
      1. 1. Ann Douglass 1630–1686
        1. 1. James (Douglas Semple) (Semphill) 1657–1730
      2. 2. Margaret ((Lady)) Douglas 1626–1670
      3. 3. William (Lord Mordington) Douglas 1626–1677
  2. 2. John Oliphant –1603
  3. 3. Laurence Oliphant 1552–1585

Margaretha Hay's Timeline

4 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Margaretha Hay in Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1551
11 May 1551
Age 16
Margaretha Hay was married in Berridale, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Berridale, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1580
1580
Age 45
Margaretha Hay was married in Pitmeddan, Midlothia, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pitmeddan, Midlothia, Scotland, United Kingdom
1594
9 February 1594
Age 59
Death of Margaretha Hay in Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Longforgan, Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 May 1551
    Event Place: Berridale, Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Pitmeddan, Midlothia, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 February 1594
    Event Place: Dalgety, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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