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Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton 1540 – 1606 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: September 24 1606

Death Location: Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Robert Douglas

Mother: Margaret Erskine

Spouse(s): Agnes Leslie

Children(s): Robert Lochleven, Margaret Douglas, Elisabeth Douglas, Agnes Douglas

Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven was born in 1540 in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Douglas and Margaret Erskine. Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven married Agnes Leslie, and had children including Robert Lord Douglas van Lochleven, Margaret Douglas, Elisabeth Douglas, Agnes Douglas. Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven passed away in 1606 in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven was born in 1540 in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Douglas and Margaret Erskine.
  • Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven married Agnes Leslie, and had children including Robert Lord Douglas van Lochleven, Margaret Douglas, Elisabeth Douglas, Agnes Douglas.
  • Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven passed away in 1606 in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Willem Morton's Ancestors

Self
Willem Morton
1540 – 1606
Birth Place: Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Douglas
1510 – 1547
Kilmarnock (Renfrew) Scotland
Margaret Erskine
1515 – 1572
Edinburgh (Schotland) Gb
Grandparents
Thomas Douglas
Kilmarnock (Renfrew) Scotland
Elizabeth Boyd
Kilmarnock (Renfrew) Scotland
John Erskine
– 1555
Nisbet, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Moncrief Hay) Campbell
1500 – 1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Douglas
Margaret Balfour
Archibald Campbell
1460 – 1513
Elizabeth Lennox
1438 – 1529
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Coileáin Campbell
1433 – 1493
Isabel Campbell
1437 – 1510

Willem Morton's Descendants

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Willem (Douglas Earl Van) Morton (1540 – September 24 1606) m. Agnes Leslie (1540 – )
  1. 1. Robert (Lord Douglas van) Lochleven (1562 – 1584)
  2. 2. Margaret Douglas (1565 – abt 1624) m. Matthew (Montgomerie, of Craigstone, of) Broadstone (Abt 1590 – 1630)
    1. 1. Robert (Montgomerie, of Giffen of) Bogston (1622 – Bef. 22 May 1654) m. Mary Campbell (1625 – )
      1. 1. Robert (of Bogston) Montgomerie (1639 – 1706) m. Anna Harvie (1639 – Aug 1668)
        1. 1. Jean Montgomerie (15 May 1661 – ) m. James (Robison) (Robisone) (Abt. 1658 – )
  3. 3. Elisabeth Douglas (1570 – )
  4. 4. Agnes Douglas (1574 – 3 May 1607)

Willem Morton's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
1606
September 24 1606
Age 66
Death of Willem Douglas Earl Van Morton of Lochleven in Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: September 24 1606
    Event Place: Lochleven, Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 05; Page: 1270
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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