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William Hay 1380 – 1421 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1380

Birth Location: Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: Aug 1421

Death Location: Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Locherworth

Mother: Joanna Yester

Spouse(s): Alice Haye

Children(s): Jean Hay, Janet Hay, Sir Hay, Alicia Yester, Edmund Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, David Hay

In 1380, William Hay entered the world in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Thomas Hay of Locherworth and Joanna Gifford of Yester. William Hay married Alice (Alicia) de la Haye, and had children including Jean Hay, Janet (Jean) De Hay, Sir Thomas of Lochorwart and yester Hay, Alicia Hay of Yester, Edmund Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, David Hay. William Hay passed away in 1421 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1380, William Hay entered the world in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Thomas Hay of Locherworth and Joanna Gifford of Yester.
  • William Hay married Alice (Alicia) de la Haye, and had children including Jean Hay, Janet (Jean) De Hay, Sir Thomas of Lochorwart and yester Hay, Alicia Hay of Yester, Edmund Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, David Hay.
  • William Hay passed away in 1421 in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Locherworth
1354 – 1406
Birth Location: –
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Joanna Yester
1340 – 1398
Birth Location: Gifford, Garvald, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alice Haye
1382 – 1451
Birth Location: Kinnoul Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
AH

Children(s)

Jean Hay
1385 – 1440
Birth Location: Scotland
JH
Janet Hay
1394 –
Birth Location: Lochorwart Castle, Midlothian (Scotland)
JH
Sir Hay
1396 – 1434
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
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Alicia Yester
1397 – 1484
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland
AY
Edmund Hay
1402 – 1463
Birth Location: Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
EH
Elizabeth Hay
1402 –
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
EH
Margaret Hay
1404 – 1484
Birth Location: Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
MH
David Hay
1404 – 1478
Birth Location: Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
DH

William Hay's Ancestors

Self
William Hay
1380 – 1421
Birth Place: Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Hay of Locherworth
1354 – 1406
Joanna (Gifford of) Yester
1340 – 1398
Gifford, Garvald, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (de) Haya
1320 – 1392
Locherworth Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Jane (Douglas Countess of) Lochor
1317 – 1366
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hay
1292 – 1335
Lora Cuningesburgh
1301 – 1367
Joan Armstrong
1278 – 1337
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Haye
1250 – 1258
Margaret Fraser
1265 – 1342
William Cuningesburgh
1269 – 1304
William Cunningesburgh
1273 –
Alexander Armstrong
Unknown

William Hay's Descendants

1.
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William Hay (1380 – Aug 1421) m. Alice ((Alicia) de la) Haye (1382 – 1451)
  1. 1. Jean Hay (1385 – 1440) m. Sir (William) Muirhead (1380 – Abt 1450)
  2. 2. Janet ((Jean) De) Hay (1394 – ) m. Alexander Home (Abt 1380 – 17 Aug 1424)
    1. 1. Alexander Home (1407 – Feb 1489) m. Mariotta ((Marion)) Lauder (1405 – 14 Jul 1466)
      1. 1. Katherine Home (1426 – 1456) m. John Sinclair (1418 – 1444)
        1. 1. Mariota (St. Clair) [Sinclair] (2 Oct 1436 – 1496) m. George Home (1432 – 18 May 1497) m. George Ker (1457 – ) m. George (Home 4th Lord) Home (1503 – Apr 1549) m. George (of Samuelstown) Kerr (1457 – Unknown)
        2. 2. Margaret (St. Clair) [Sinclair] (2 Oct 1436 – 20 Sep 1474) m. Patrick Home (1434 – Nov 1503) m. Patrick Hume
      2. 2. Alexander Home (1428 – 1456) m. Mariota (de) Landells (1430 – )
      3. 3. John (Prior) Home (1431 – 22 Jun 1493)
      4. 4. George Home (1435 – 1490)
      5. 5. Elyne (Héléne) Home (1436 – Feb 1513) m. Adam Hepburn (1435 – 1479) m. Alexander Erskine (1436 – 10 May 1508)
        1. 1. Patrick Hepburn (10 Jul 1451 – 18 Oct 1508) m. Margaret (Gordon Of) Huntly (1462 – 1506) m. Janet Douglas (1461 – 1490)
        2. 2. George Hepburn (1454 – 9 Sep 1513)
        3. 3. Margaret Hepburn (1456 – 8 Nov 1542) m. Henry Sinclair (Dec 1459 – 9 Sep 1513)
        4. 4. Alan Hepburn (1457 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Obstoun
        5. 5. Adam Hepburn (1460 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Ogston (Abt 1463 – 8 Nov 1542)
        6. 6. Elizabeth HEPBURN (1461 – )
        7. 7. Helen Hepburn (1462 – 8 Nov 1542) m. James Lockhart (1445 – 1502)
        8. 8. John (Prior of St Andrews) Hepburn (1462 – 1522)
        9. 9. Agnes Hepburn (1463 – Feb 1510)
        10. 10. James (High Treasurer of Scotland) Hepburn (1464 – 1525)
      6. 6. Patrick HOME (1440 – 9 Sep 1506)
      7. 7. Janet ((Jonet)) Home m. Robert Lauder (Abt 1440 – 1495)
    2. 2. Thomas Home (1409 – 1443)
    3. 3. George Home (1410 – 1447)
    4. 4. Janet Home (1415 – 1464)
  3. 3. Sir (Thomas of Lochorwart and yester) Hay (1396 – Feb 1434)
  4. 4. Alicia (Hay of) Yester (1397 – 1484) m. Gilbert (de la) Haye (Abt 1396 – 7 Sep 1436)
  5. 5. Edmund Hay (1402 – 1463) m. Annabella Boyd (1421 – 1467) m. Margaret Kerr (Abt 1410 – 1450) m. Annabella Boyd
  6. 6. Elizabeth Hay (Abt 1402 – ) m. Duncan McDougall (Abt 1390 – )
  7. 7. Margaret Hay (1404 – 22 Apr 1484) m. William Douglas (24 Sep 1398 – 9 Oct 1437)
    1. 1. George Douglas (1417 – 14 Nov 1463) m. Lady (Isabel Sibbald of) Balgonie (1433 – 21 Feb 1497)
    2. 2. Hugh Douglas (1425 – 1466)
    3. 3. Helen Douglas (17 May 1425 – 20 Nov 1486) m. William Graham (1428 – 1472) m. James Ogilvy (16 Oct 1430 – 25 Sep 1504)
      1. 1. Isabella Graham (1444 – 26 Oct 1510) m. Walter Buchanan (Sep 1439 – Sep 1526)
        1. 1. Patrick Buchanan (1460 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Margaret Campbell (1472 – 11 Jul 1555)
        2. 2. Egidia (Giles) Buchanan (1464 – 1520) m. Duncan Lamont (Abt 1466 – 1579)
        3. 3. Patrick Buchanan (1466 – Bef 9 Mar 1503) m. Margaret Campbell (2 Feb 1456 – 1520)
        4. 4. Janet Buchanan (1469 – 14 Dec 1518)
        5. 5. Maurice Buchannan (Abt 1471 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth Buchanan (1472 – 1540) m. William Striveling (1450 – 25 Apr 1517)
        7. 7. Margaretha Buchanan (1475 – 1537) m. Alexander Graham (6 May 1472 – 27 Feb 1537)
        8. 8. John Buchanan (Abt 1479 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Dorothy Levingstoun (Abt 1500 – )
        9. 9. Walter Buchanan (Abt 1482 – )
        10. 10. George Buchanan (1495 – 15 Feb 1560) m. Martha (Ann) Edmonstone (1500 – 1530) m. Janet Cunningham (1501 – 1582) m. Margaret Edmonstone (1475 – 1530)
      2. 2. Margaret Graham (1450 – Deceased)
      3. 3. George Graham (Abt 1452 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Oliphant (1475 – 1525)
      4. 4. Patrick Graham (Abt 1454 – 1488)
      5. 5. Oliver Graham (1456 – 1481)
      6. 6. Jean Graham (1460 – 1530) m. John Ogilvy (1451 – 9 Jan 1506)
        1. 1. James Ogilvy (Aft 1473 – Bef 29 Nov 1524) m. Isobel Lindsay (1477 – Aft 1517)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Ogilvy (Abt 1481 – ) m. William Wood (Abt 1480 – )
        3. 3. Anthony Ogilvy (Abt 1482 – )
        4. 4. Margaret (Elizabeth) Ogilvy (24 Sep 1484 – )
        5. 5. Janet ((Jonete)) Ogilvy (1489 – ) m. Walter Leighton (Abt 1484 – )
      7. 7. Christian Graham (Abt 1460 – 1530) m. James Haldane (1458 – 1505)
        1. 1. Sir (John) Haldane (1476 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Marjorie (of Lumby) Lawson (1475 – Jul 1553)
      8. 8. Johanna Graham (1461 – 4 Feb 1522)
      9. 9. William Graham (1464 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Annabelle (Elizabeth) Drummond (1469 – 1492) m. Janet Edmonstone (1475 – 15 Apr 1506) m. Christine Wawane (1482 – Deceased)
      10. 10. Agnes Graham (1472 – 1557) m. Walter Forrester (Abt 1470 – 1522)
      11. 11. Katherine Graham (Abt 1472 – Deceased) m. Andrew Haliburton (Abt 1470 – 1547)
    4. 4. James Douglas (1426 – 9 Sep 1446)
    5. 5. William (Douglas Of) Cluny (1430 – 1475)
  8. 8. David Hay (Abt 1404 – 2 Sep 1478) m. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas (24 Feb 1398 – 1460)

William Hay's Timeline

3 Records

1380
1380
Birth of William Hay in Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
1421
Aug 1421
Age 41
Death of William Hay in Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
1421
Aug 1421
Age 41
Burial of William Hay in Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1380
    Event Place: Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1421
    Event Place: Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Aug 1421
    Event Place: Gifford, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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