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William Douglas 1582–1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1582

Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 1648

Death Location: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Father: Lord Morton

Mother: Maria Fleming

Spouse(s): Anne Keith, Anne Douglas

Children(s): Issobel Douglas, Robert Morton, Mary Seton, Margaret Campbell, Isabel Graham, James Morton

William Douglas was born in 1582 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Douglas Of Lochleven 8Th Earl Of Morton And Maria Le Fleming. William Douglas married Anne Agnes Keith, Anne Douglas, and had children including Isabel Graham, Issobel Douglas, James Douglas Earl Van Morton, Margaret Campbell, Mary Seton, Robert Douglas 8Th Earl Of Morton. William Douglas passed away in 1648 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William Douglas was born in 1582 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Lord Robert Douglas Of Lochleven 8Th Earl Of Morton And Maria Le Fleming.
  • William Douglas married Anne Agnes Keith, Anne Douglas, and had children including Isabel Graham, Issobel Douglas, James Douglas Earl Van Morton, Margaret Campbell, Mary Seton, Robert Douglas 8Th Earl Of Morton.
  • William Douglas passed away in 1648 in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Douglas's Ancestors

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William Douglas
1582–1648
Birth Place: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Lord Robert Douglas of Lochleven, 8th Earl of Morton
1562–1584
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland
Maria (Le) Fleming
1569–1637
Glamis, Angusshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (9th Earl of Morton Douglas, 9th Earl of) Morton
1644–1681
Kirkwall Estate, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes Leslie Countess) Morton
1539–1606
Bute Island, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Thomas Lyon Master of Glamis, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland
1545–1578
Glamis, Angushire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Baroness of Glamis) Abernathy
1540–1581
Abernethy, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James Scotland
1512–1542
(Knight) Buchan
1515–1547
Sir Rothes
1500–1558
Agnes Somerville
1500–1543
John Glamis
1513–1592
Janet Keith
1514–1559
Lord Saltoun
1505–1543
Lady Erroll
1500–1574
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Birchard\Burkitt
1500–1556
Elizabeth Wulsey
1500–1520
Lady Lochleven
1502–1517
William Rothes
1455–1513
Margaret Balfour
1485–1520
Lord Bag
1463–1513
Elizabeth Carmichael
1473–1559
John Earl
1491–1528
Alexander Abernethy
1485–1527
Margaret Stewart
1482–1530
Sir Erroll
1475–1513
Christine Errol)
1480–1529

William Douglas's Descendants

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William Douglas (1582–1648) m. Anne (Agnes) Keith (1586–1648) m. Anne Douglas (1586–30 May 1648)
  1. 1. Issobel Douglas 1630–1672 m. Alexander Patersone 1620–1676
    1. 1. William Paterson 1644–1692 m. Jonet (Fareis Huttoun) Paterson 1635–1700
    2. 2. James Graham 1657–1684
    3. 3. Grizel Cochrane 1661–1726
  2. 2. Robert (Douglas, 8th Earl Of) Morton 1605–1649 m. Anne Villiers 1588–
    1. 1. Lady (Mary) Douglas 1608–1659
    2. 2. William (9th Earl of Morton Douglas, 9th Earl of) Morton 1644–1681 m. Lady (Agnes Leslie Countess) Morton 1539–1606
      1. 1. Lord (Robert Douglas of Lochleven, 8th Earl of) Morton 1562–1584 m. Maria (Le) Fleming 1569–1637
    3. 3. Robert Douglas 1646–1661
    4. 4. William Douglas 1635–1681 m. Gisela Middleton 1640–1666
  3. 3. Mary Seton 1607–1659
  4. 4. Margaret Campbell 1610–1678
  5. 5. Isabel Graham 1630–1672
  6. 6. James (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1632–1686

William Douglas's Timeline

4 Records

1582
1582
Birth of William Douglas in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1582
1582
Birth of William Douglas in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
1648
7 August 1648
Age 66
Death of William Douglas in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
1648
1648
Age 66
Death of William Douglas in Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Mainland Island, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Mainland Island, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1582
    Event Place: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1582
    Event Place: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 August 1648
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1648
    Event Place: Kirkwall Castle, Kirkwall, Mainland Island, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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