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Willem Crichton 1551–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1551

Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland

Death Date: 31 Jul 1590

Death Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Father: Sir Sanqhar

Mother: Lady Atholl

Spouse(s): Catharina Carmichael

Children(s): Willem Dumfries

Willem Crichton was born in 1551 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Sir William Crichton 5Th Lord Sanqhar And Lady Elizabeth Fleming Countess Of Atholl. Willem Crichton married Catharina Carmichael, and had children including Willem I Crichton Earl Van Dumfries. Willem Crichton passed away in 1590 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Willem Crichton was born in 1551 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland, the child of Sir William Crichton 5Th Lord Sanqhar And Lady Elizabeth Fleming Countess Of Atholl.
  • Willem Crichton married Catharina Carmichael, and had children including Willem I Crichton Earl Van Dumfries.
  • Willem Crichton passed away in 1590 in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Sanqhar
1518–1550
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Lady Atholl
1517–1586
Birth Location: Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LA

Spouses(s)

Catharina Carmichael
1550–1600
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
CC

Children(s)

Willem Dumfries
1575–1642
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Willem Crichton's Ancestors

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Willem Crichton
1551–1590
Birth Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Parents
Sir William Crichton 5th Lord Sanqhar
1518–1550
Sanquhar, Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Fleming, Countess of) Atholl
1517–1586
Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Robert III Crichton of) Sanquhar
1495–1525
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Elisabeth Murray
1500–1527
Cockpool, , Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Sir (Malcolm IV Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming, Lord Chamberlain of) Scotland
1494–1547
Castle Cumbernauld, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jeanette Stuart
1510–1563
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert II
1472–1513
Hon. Caerlaverock
1485–1527
Sir Murray
1465–1527
Joanna Murray
1472–1545
Sir Scotland
1465–1524
Lady Drumond
1467–1502
James Schotland
1473–1513
Agnes Stewart
1475–1557
2nd-Great-Grandparents
*Lady Stewart
1480–1530
John Drummond
1445–1519
Elizabeth Lindsay
1440–1519

Willem Crichton's Descendants

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Willem Crichton (Mar 1551–31 Jul 1590) m. Catharina Carmichael (1550–16 Jun 1600)
  1. 1. Willem (I Crichton Earl van) Dumfries 1575–1642 m. Euphemia Seton 1580–1617
    1. 1. Willem (II Crichton Earl van) Dumfries 1600–1691 m. Penelope Swift 1605–1676
      1. 1. Elizabeth Crichton 1630–1690 m. William (Sinclair of) Dunbeath 1628–1690
        1. 1. David Sinclair 1646–1700 m. Isabel Lumsden 1652–1728

Willem Crichton's Timeline

2 Records

1551
Mar 1551
Birth of Willem Crichton in Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
1590
31 Jul 1590
Age 39
Death of Willem Crichton in Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1551
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Jul 1590
    Event Place: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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