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Sir William II Houston 1590 – 1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland

Death Date: 1631

Death Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland

Father: William Houston

Mother: Catherine Vaus

Spouse(s): Marianne Adair

Children(s): Sir Houston

In 1590, Sir William II Houston entered the world in Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland, born to William Houston and Catherine Vaus. Sir William II Houston married Marianne Adair, and had children including Sir William Houston. Sir William II Houston passed away in 1631 in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1590, Sir William II Houston entered the world in Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland, born to William Houston and Catherine Vaus.
  • Sir William II Houston married Marianne Adair, and had children including Sir William Houston.
  • Sir William II Houston passed away in 1631 in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Houston
1550 – 1613
Birth Location: Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Catherine Vaus
1557 – 1614
Birth Location: Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Marianne Adair
1593 – 1630
Birth Location: KLeinster, Meath, Leinster, Ireland
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Children(s)

Sir Houston
1608 – 1685
Birth Location: Castle Craig, Atrium, Ireland
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Sir Houston's Ancestors

Self
Sir Houston
1590 – 1631
Birth Place: Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland
Parents
William Houston
1550 – 1613
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Catherine Vaus
1557 – 1614
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Margaret Sterline
1550 – 1634
Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Patrick (Vans) (Vaux,Vaus)
1529 – 1597
Barnbarroch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Catherine "Kate") Kennedy
1537 – 1593
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Vaux(Vaus)(Vans)
1515 – 1547
Janet McCulloch
1507 – 1561
Gilbert Cassilis
1515 – 1558
Margery Kennedy
1517 – 1596
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Cassilis
Isabel Campbell
Alexander Barqany
1490 – 1550
Mariot Dunbar
1495 –

Sir Houston's Descendants

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Sir (William II) Houston (1590 – 1631) m. Marianne Adair (1593 – 1630)
  1. 1. Sir (William) Houston (1608 – 1685) m. Lady (Sarah Jane Todd Houston of) Primrose (1599 – 1700)
    1. 1. Sir (John Hugh) Houston (1625 – 1702) m. Lady (Margaret Baroness of Houston) Shaw (1625 – 1730)
      1. 1. Sir (Francis Hugh) Houston (1647 – 1750) m. Eliza (Jane) Wilkinson m. Margaret (Mary) Cunningham (1651 – 1750)
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Anne "Annie" Hill Young) Houston (1675 – 13 May 1770)
        2. 2. John Houston (1689 – 1754)
        3. 3. James Houston (18 April 1715 – 18 April 1820)
        4. 4. James Houston (1718 – 1735)
        5. 5. Robert (Cunningham) Houston (1720 – 1753)
        6. 6. Isabella Houston (1722 – 19 October 1781)
        7. 7. Esther Houston (1724 – 1790)
        8. 8. Mary Houston (1724 – )
        9. 9. John (Ll) Houston (1726 – 1798)
        10. 10. John Houston (1726 – August 1798)
        11. 11. Samuel (Cunningham) Houston (1728 – 1797)
        12. 12. Matthew Houston (1730 – 1803)
        13. 13. Tamar Houston (1732 – 1764)
        14. 14. Isabella Houston (1739 – 1821)
        15. 15. James Houston (1739 – 1818)
        16. 16. Mary Houston (1739 – 1821)
        17. 17. Matthew Houston (1739 – 1818)
        18. 18. Samuel Houston (1739 – 1818)
    2. 2. James Houston (1632 – )
    3. 3. William Houston (1665 – 1724)

Sir Houston's Timeline

2 Records

1590
1590
Birth of Sir William II Houston in Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland
Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland
1631
1631
Age 41
Death of Sir William II Houston in Antrim, Northern Ireland
Antrim, Northern Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Wardlaw, Linlithgow, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1631
    Event Place: Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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