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William (Clan Chief) Elliot 1525–1585 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1525

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1585

Death Location: Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland

Father: Robert Redheugh)

Mother: Agnes Scott

Spouse(s): Mary Scott

Children(s): Lady Elliot

In 1525, William (Clan Chief) Elliot entered the world in Scotland, born to Robert Elliot Clan Laird Of Redheugh And Agnes Scott. William (Clan Chief) Elliot married Mary Roosevelt Scott, and had children including Lady Jean Elliot. William (Clan Chief) Elliot passed away in 1585 in Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1525, William (Clan Chief) Elliot entered the world in Scotland, born to Robert Elliot Clan Laird Of Redheugh And Agnes Scott.
  • William (Clan Chief) Elliot married Mary Roosevelt Scott, and had children including Lady Jean Elliot.
  • William (Clan Chief) Elliot passed away in 1585 in Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Redheugh)
1506–1563
Birth Location: Redheugh, Roxburgh, Scotland
RR
Agnes Scott
1511–1573
Birth Location: England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Scott
1558–1585
Birth Location: Buchanan Castle, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Lady Elliot
1560–1607
Birth Location: Elliot of Stobs, Roxburghshire, Scotland
LE

William Elliot's Ancestors

Self
William Elliot
1525–1585
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
Robert Elliot (Clan Laird of Redheugh)
1506–1563
Redheugh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Agnes Scott
1511–1573
England
Grandparents
Sir (Edward Elliot) Lord
1457–1521
Cornwall, England
Alice (Elliot \) Guy
1445–1520
Knightsbridge, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Elliot's Descendants

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William ((Clan Chief)) Elliot (Abt. 1525–1585) m. Mary (Roosevelt) Scott (Abt. 1558–Abt. 1585)
  1. 1. Lady (Jean) Elliot 1560–1607 m. Thomas (Rutherfurd The Black) Laird 1550–1615 m. Richard (Rutherford of) Edgerston 1520–1604
    1. 1. Lord (Robert) Rutherfurd 1590–1659 m. Marion (Margaret Douglas) Riddell 1592–1647 m. Elizabeth Turnbull 1606–
      1. 1. John Rutherfurd 1585–1645 m. Marion Riddell 1629–1697 m. Marion Riddell 1592–1659
        1. 1. Barbara Rutherfurd 1672–1705 m. Archibald Bennet 1666–1712
        2. 2. Elizabeth Rutherford 1650–1747
        3. 3. Janet (Bridgett) Rutherford 1650–1637
        4. 4. Robert Rutherfurd 1660–1728
        5. 5. Lord (John) Rutherfurd 1622–1682
        6. 6. Janet Rutherford 1615–1635
      2. 2. Janet (Rutherfurd of) Castlewood 1576–1640
      3. 3. George Rutherford 1615–1635
      4. 4. Thomas Rutherford –1666
      5. 5. Elizabeth Rutherfurd 1634–1680
    2. 2. Margaret Rutherfurd 1578–1640
    3. 3. Jean Rutherfurd 1594–
    4. 4. William (Nether Nisbit) Rutherford 1592–
    5. 5. Richard Rutherfurd 1590–1603
    6. 6. Andrew Rutherfurd –1610

William Elliot's Timeline

2 Records

1525
Abt. 1525
Birth of William (Clan Chief) Elliot in Scotland
Scotland
1585
1585
Age 60
Death of William (Clan Chief) Elliot in Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland
Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1525
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Stobs, Roxburgh, Scotland
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