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Margaretha Seton 1555 – 1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland

Death Date: 1615

Death Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: George Seton

Mother: Elizabeth Hamilton

Spouse(s): Claude Paisley

Children(s): Grizel Hamilton, James Abercorn, Marion Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Katherin Silvertonhill, Claud Hamilton, George Hamilton, Henry Hamilton, Margaretha Hamilton, James Ea, Isobel Hamilton, Frederick Sir, Mary Hamilton, Anthony Hamilton, Sir Hamilton

Margaretha Seton was born in 1555 in Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland, the child of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton. Margaretha Seton married Claude Hamilton Lord van Paisley, and had children including Grizel Hamilton, James Hamilton Earl Van Abercorn, Marion Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Katherin Hamilton of Silvertonhill, Claud Hamilton, George Hamilton, Henry Hamilton, Margaretha Hamilton, James Hamilton 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 4th Ea, Isobel Hamilton, Frederick Hamiltonm Sir, Mary Hamilton, Anthony Hamilton, Sir John Hamilton. Margaretha Seton passed away in 1615 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaretha Seton was born in 1555 in Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland, the child of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton.
  • Margaretha Seton married Claude Hamilton Lord van Paisley, and had children including Grizel Hamilton, James Hamilton Earl Van Abercorn, Marion Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Katherin Hamilton of Silvertonhill, Claud Hamilton, George Hamilton, Henry Hamilton, Margaretha Hamilton, James Hamilton 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 4th Ea, Isobel Hamilton, Frederick Hamiltonm Sir, Mary Hamilton, Anthony Hamilton, Sir John Hamilton.
  • Margaretha Seton passed away in 1615 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaretha Seton's Ancestors

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Margaretha Seton
1555 – 1615
Birth Place: Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
Parents
George Seton, 5th Lord Seton
1531 – 1585
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Isabel) Hamilton
1530 – 1604
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Baron (George IV de Seton Seton, 4th Laird of Seton, Baron of) Winton
1501 – 1549
Seton Castle, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Elisabeth Hay
1510 – 1538
Culross, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
William (Hamilton Liard van MacKneirstom en) Sanquhar
1500 –
Sanquhar, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Jean (Janet) Campbell
1512 – 1593
of Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Seton
1481 – 1513
Jane Seton
1485 – 1558
Christine Lyon
1480 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaretha Seton's Descendants

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Margaretha Seton (1555 – 1615) m. Claude (Hamilton Lord van) Paisley (9 June 1543 – 1620)
  1. 1. Grizel Hamilton (1562 – 1615)
  2. 2. James (Hamilton Earl Van) Abercorn (12 August 1575 – 23 March 1618) m. Countess (Lady Marion Mary Wallace Boyd, Countess of) Abercorn (1579 – 26 August 1632)
    1. 1. Lady (Issobell) Hamilton (1598 – 1696) m. Robert (Sir) Hamilton (1600 – 14 June 1649)
      1. 1. Annabel Hamilton (1615 – 8 February 1666) m. Rev (Andrew Dougald Campbell of) Letterkenny (1591 – 16 Oct 1671)
        1. 1. John (of Kildalloig) Campbell (1636 – 8 May 1706)
        2. 2. Alexander (of Donegal) Campbell (1638 – 1664)
        3. 3. George (Capt) Campbell (1640 – )
        4. 4. Duncan (Duncan Campbell of) Inverary (November 1645 – 5 January 1727) m. Mary (Margaret Anna Campbell) McCoy (1648 – 1689)
        5. 5. John (Duncan) Campbell (November 1645 – 1707)
        6. 6. John Campbell
      2. 2. Annabel Hamilton (1615 – 1645)
      3. 3. Marie (Ann) Hamilton (1621 – )
      4. 4. Agnes Hamilton
    2. 2. James (Hamilton Earl van) Abercorn (1605 – 1670)
    3. 3. William Hamelton (1605 – 25 June 1681)
    4. 4. George (Lord Hamilton van) Donalong (1606 – 1679)
    5. 5. Claude (Lord Hamilton van) Strabane (1610 – 14 June 1638)
    6. 6. Alexander (Sir Hamilton van) Holborn (1613 – 1665)
    7. 7. Lucy Hamilton (1615 – June 1696)
  3. 3. Marion Hamilton (1576 – 1628)
  4. 4. Margaret Hamilton (21 September 1577 – 23 December 1577)
  5. 5. Alexander Hamilton (1579 – 11 December 1587)
  6. 6. Katherin (Hamilton of) Silvertonhill (1580 – 1637)
  7. 7. Claud Hamilton (5 January 1580 – 7 January 1615)
  8. 8. George Hamilton (1582 – 1657)
  9. 9. Henry Hamilton (13 December 1584 – 15 March 1585)
  10. 10. Margaretha Hamilton (1585 – 11 September 1623)
  11. 11. James (Hamilton 2nd Marquess of Hamilton 4th) Ea (1587 – 1625)
  12. 12. Isobel Hamilton (1588 – 1609)
  13. 13. Frederick (Hamiltonm) Sir (17 May 1590 – 25 December 1647)
  14. 14. Mary Hamilton (1592 – 22 December 1592)
  15. 15. Anthony Hamilton (1596 – )
  16. 16. Sir (John) Hamilton ( – 1604)

Margaretha Seton's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Margaretha Seton in Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
1615
1615
Age 60
Death of Margaretha Seton in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1615
    Event Place: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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