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Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham 1527 – 1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1527

Birth Location: Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 October 1591

Death Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: William, Cunningham

Mother: Catherine Borthwick

Spouse(s): Sir Rowallan

Children(s): Elizabeth Murry

Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham was born in 1527 in Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of William, knight of Glencairn, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Privy Councillor of Scotland, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Cunningham and Catherine Countess of Glencairn Borthwick. Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham married Sir John Muir of Rowallan, and had children including Elizabeth Gracy (Gyll Cyll) Mure Muir Murry. Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham passed away in 1591 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham was born in 1527 in Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of William, knight of Glencairn, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Privy Councillor of Scotland, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Cunningham and Catherine Countess of Glencairn Borthwick.
  • Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham married Sir John Muir of Rowallan, and had children including Elizabeth Gracy (Gyll Cyll) Mure Muir Murry.
  • Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham passed away in 1591 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Marion Cunningham's Ancestors

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Marion Cunningham
1527 – 1591
Birth Place: Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
William, knight of Glencairn, 4th Earl of Glencairn, Privy Councillor of Scotland, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, Cunningham
1493 – 1548
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Catherine (Countess of Glencairn) Borthwick
1493 – 1528
Borthwick, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Lord Robert Cuthbert "The Good Earl" Cunningham, 2nd Earl of Glencairn, 3rd Lord of) Kilmaurs
1476 – 1541
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Marjory Marion Mariota, Countess of Glencairn,) Douglas
1469 – 1542
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
William Borthwick
1459 – 1513
Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret (Dullievairdis) Hay
1463 – 1556
Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kilmaurs
1451 – 1490
Lady Lindsay
1435 – 1496
Archibald Douglas
1449 – 1513
Lady Angus
1452 – 1498
Willem Borthwick
1433 – 1503
Mariëtte *,
1425 – 1473
John Hay
Lady Arxton
1430 – 1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Glencairn
1425 – 1488
Baroness Hepburn
1456 – 1542
John Byres
1400 – 1482
George Angus
1417 – 1463
Isabel Sibbald
1418 – 1497
Robert Kilmarnock
1440 – 1513
Agnes Lyle
1450 – 1507
William Borthwick
1415 – 1458
Catherine Sinclair
1393 – 1462
Thomas Ilk
1410 – 1495
Margaret Turnbull
1400 – 1490
John Arxton
1412 – 1435
Mariot Lindsay
1415 – 1520

Marion Cunningham's Descendants

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Marion (Cuninghame or) Cunningham (1527 – 25 October 1591) m. Sir (John Muir of) Rowallan (1515 – 25 Oct 1591)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Gracy (Gyll Cyll) Mure Muir) Murry (1553 – 24 Jan 1632) m. Christopher (Gyll or) Gill (1560 – 1664)
    1. 1. Joane Gyll (3 Feb 1583 – 29 Oct 1637) m. Richard (John Gay) (Guye) (25 Dec 1580 – c. 1637)
      1. 1. John Gay (13 Jul 1615 – 4 Mar 1688) m. Joanna Borden (12 Apr 1612 – 14 Aug 1691)
        1. 1. Nathaniel Gay (11 Jan 1643 – 20 Feb 1712) m. Lydia Starr (1652 – 6 Aug 1744)

Marion Cunningham's Timeline

2 Records

1527
1527
Birth of Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham in Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
1591
25 October 1591
Age 64
Death of Marion Cuninghame or Cunningham in Ayrshire, Scotland
Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1527
    Event Place: Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Rowallane Kilmarnok, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 October 1591
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

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