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William Hay 1420 – 1462 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 29 SEP 1462

Death Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Gilbert Hay

Mother: Alice Hay

Spouse(s): Beatrix Douglas

Children(s): Beatrice Hay, Gilbert Hay, Nicholas Hay, William Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, Mariota Hay, Agnes Hay, Isabel Hay

William Hay was born in 1420 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Gilbert de la Hay and Alice Hay. William Hay married Beatrix Douglas, and had children including Beatrice Hay, Gilbert Hay, Nicholas Hay, William Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, Mariota Hay, Agnes Hay, Isabel Hay. William Hay passed away in 1462 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Hay was born in 1420 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Gilbert de la Hay and Alice Hay.
  • William Hay married Beatrix Douglas, and had children including Beatrice Hay, Gilbert Hay, Nicholas Hay, William Hay, Elizabeth Hay, Margaret Hay, Mariota Hay, Agnes Hay, Isabel Hay.
  • William Hay passed away in 1462 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Hay
1394 – 1436
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alice Hay
1398 –
Birth Location: Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Beatrix Douglas
1424 – 1507
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Beatrice Hay
1439 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Gilbert Hay
1447 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Nicholas Hay
1448 – 1470
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Hay
1449 – 1507
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Hay
1450 – 1509
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Hay
1453 – 1500
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Mariota Hay
1455 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Agnes Hay
1457 –
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Isabel Hay
1458 – 1509
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Hay's Ancestors

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William Hay
1420 – 1462
Birth Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Gilbert de la Hay
1394 – 1436
Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alice Hay
1398 –
Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Hay
1366 – 1421
Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alicia Hay
1372 – 1447
Kinnoul, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Haya
1346 – 1406
Johanna Gifford
1328 – 1398
Thomas Hay
1342 –
Elizabeth Stewart
1349 – 1389
2nd-Great-Grandparents
David Hay
1318 – 1346
Margaret Keith
1320 –
Hugh Giffard
1325 – 1365
Joanna Douglas
1325 – 1398
William Haye
1323 – 1392
Jane Douglas
1328 – 1366
Robert Stewart
1316 – 1390
Elizabeth Mure
1320 – 1355

William Hay's Descendants

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William Hay (1420 – 29 SEP 1462) m. Beatrix Douglas (1424 – 1507)
  1. 1. Beatrice Hay (ABT 1439 – ) m. Alexander Gordon (ABT 1436 – )
  2. 2. Gilbert Hay (1447 – )
  3. 3. Nicholas Hay (ABT 1448 – 1470) m. Elizabeth (Seton de) Gordon (1448 – 17 APR 1500)
  4. 4. William Hay (1449 – 14 JAN 1507) m. Isabel Gordon (1 JAN 1441 – 1485) m. Isabella Gordon (1459 – OCT 1485)
    1. 1. Thomas Hay (1474 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Margaret Logie (20 FEB 1487 – 1520)
      1. 1. George Hay (JAN 1508 – 28 JUN 1574) m. Margaret Robertson (BEF 1505 – 12 JUN 1561)
        1. 1. William Hay (1526 – 11 APR 1545) m. Elizabeth (Helen) Stewart (1520 – 25 NOV 1564)
        2. 2. John Hay (1528 – ) m. Elizabeth Marvin (ABT 1532 – AFT 30 JAN 1569/1570) m. Elisabeth Butter (1560 – 1590)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Hay (1531 – 9 FEB 1593) m. William Keith (1527 – 10 AUG 1580) m. William Keith (1527 – 10 AUG 1580) m. William Keith (1531 – 10 AUG 1581)
        4. 4. George Hay (1531 – MAY 1579) m. Marjory Keith (1535 – )
        5. 5. Thomas Hay (1532 – )
        6. 6. Laurence Hay (1533 – )
        7. 7. Marjorie Hay (1533 – ) m. Andrew Chalmer (1528 – 16 MAR 1575) m. John Hay (1534 – )
        8. 8. Margaret Hay (1535 – 9 FEB 1594) m. Laurence Oliphant (8 MAY 1535 – 16 JUN 1593)
        9. 9. Alexander Hay (1535 – )
        10. 10. Beatrix Hay (1537 – ) m. William Hay (ABT 1531 – )
        11. 11. Andrew Hay (1541 – 8 OCT 1585) m. Jean Hay (JAN 1540 – AUG 1570) m. Agnes Sinclair (1570 – 6 NOV 1619)
        12. 12. Beatrix Hay (1560 – ) m. Alexander Hellen (2 JAN 1560 – )
      2. 2. Beatrix Hay (ABT 1511 – ) m. Walter Bonar (ABT 1507 – )
    2. 2. William Hay (1480 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Christian Lyon (1482 – 30 APR 1529)
      1. 1. William Hay (ABT 1475 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Elizabeth Ruthven (1486 – 20 JUL 1529)
      2. 2. Isabel Hay (ABT 1495 – ) m. William Fraser m. William Forbes m. William Forbes (ABT 1495 – )
      3. 3. Marjorie Hay (ABT 1507 – ABT 1587) m. James Abercrombie (1502 – 1547)
    3. 3. Isabel (Hay Olihant of Aberdaigie, 1st) Lord (1441 – 1509) m. William Oliphant ( – SEP 1513) m. Lawrance (Oliphant 1st Lord Oliphant of) Aberdalgie (1439 – 8 APR 1500) m. Lawrence Oliphant m. Laurence Oliphant (ABT 1436 – 1500)
      1. 1. Christine Oliphant (1510 – ) m. Thomas Graham (1501 – ABT 1562) m. Alexander Livingston (1500 – )
      2. 2. John Oliphant (1460 – 18 NOV 1516) m. Isabel (Elizabeth M.) Campbell (1474 – 18 NOV 1516)
        1. 1. John Oliphant (ABT 1486 – BEF 1505) m. Margaret Swinton (ABT 1480 – )
        2. 2. Lawrence Oliphant (ABT 1486 – 9 SEP 1513)
        3. 3. Colin Oliphant (1487 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Elizabeth Keith (1490 – 24 NOV 1549)
        4. 4. William Oliphant ( – SEP 1513) m. Isabel (Hay Olihant of Aberdaigie, 1st) Lord (1441 – 1509)
      3. 3. William (Olephant of) Berridale (1474 – 1509) m. Christian (Sutherland Lady) Oliphant (ABT 1468 – ) m. Christina Sutherland (ABT 1410 – )
      4. 4. Margaret Oliphant (JAN 1456 – 1518) m. William (Or Henry) Wardlaw (1417 – 1458)
      5. 5. George Oliphant (ABT 1450 – )
      6. 6. Margaret Oliphant (1456 – 1508) m. John (Elphinstone Liard van) Pittenreich (1450 – 19 OCT 1508) m. John Elphinstone (ABT 1455 – AFT JUL 1508)
      7. 7. John (C.) Oliphant (22 MAY 1464 – 21 FEB 1526) m. Elizabeth Campbell ( – 9 MAR 1538)
      8. 8. Margaret Oliphant (ABT 1474 – )
      9. 9. Isabella Oliphant (ABT 1480 – ) m. James Ogilvie (1465 – 9 SEP 1513)
      10. 10. Laurence Oliphant (ABT 1486 – 9 SEP 1513)
  5. 5. Elizabeth Hay (ABT 1450 – 27 JUN 1509) m. George Gordon (1440 – 8 JUN 1501) m. George Gordon (ABT 1438 – 8 JUN 1501) m. George Gordon (1441 – 1501)
    1. 1. Eleanor Gordon (ABT 1471 – ) m. Crichton (ABT 1468 – ) m. William Sinclair (ABT 1480 – ) m. David Hepburn (ABT 1480 – )
    2. 2. Catherine Gordon (1474 – OCT 1537) m. Perkin Warbeck (17 AUG 1473 – 23 NOV 1499) m. James Strangeways (<1474> – 1515) m. Matthew Cradock m. Christopher Ashton (JAN 1480 – 14 JAN 1548)
    3. 3. William Gordon (ABT 1480 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Jean Ogilvy (1457 – AFT 1511) m. Jane Baillie (1507 – )
    4. 4. Agnes Gordon m. James (of Deskford and Finlater) Ogilvy (ABT 1479 – 1 FEB 1505) m. James Ogilvie (ABT 1457 – ABT 1557)
      1. 1. Alexander Ogilvy (1500 – JUL 1545) m. Elizabeth Gordon (1505 – ) m. Janet Abernathy (ABT 1500 – 1530)
        1. 1. Alexander Ogilvy (1537 – 27 JUN 1562) m. Barbara Ogilvie (1539 – 1562)
        2. 2. Margaret Ogilvy (ABT 1538 – )
        3. 3. Margaret Ogilvie (1580 – 1645) m. Lachlan Mackintosh (1593 – 22 JUN 1622)
      2. 2. George Ogilvie (ABT 1500 – )
      3. 3. Christine Douglas (ABT 1533 – ) m. Alexander Irvine (1527 – 1603) m. Alexander Irvine (ABT 1510 – ) m. James Dunbar (ABT 1495 – ) m. Alexander Irvine (1500 – 9 SEP 1547) m. John Stracham (ABT 1517 – 1585)
    5. 5. Alexander (of) Huntley (ABT 1449 – 21 JAN 1524)
    6. 6. James Gordon (1456 – ) m. Janet Butter (EST 1460 – )
    7. 7. Janet Gordon (ABT 1462 – ABT FEB 1559) m. James Halkerston (ABT 1460 – ) m. Alexander Livingston (ABT 1460 – ABT 1489) m. Patrick Gray (ABT 1466 – APR 1541) m. Patrick Buttar (1470 – )
    8. 8. Adam Gordon (ABT 1467 – ) m. Elizabeth
    9. 9. James Gordon (ABT 1468 – )
    10. 10. Margaret Gordon (ABT 1469 – )
    11. 11. Sophia Gordon (ABT 1470 – ) m. Gilbert Hay (ABT 1469 – )
    12. 12. Agnes Gordon (1472 – 1494)
    13. 13. Margaret Gordon (1476 – )
    14. 14. Mary Gordon (1478 – )
    15. 15. Adam Gordon (1480 – ) m. Elizabeth Sutherland (1480 – SEP 1535)
      1. 1. Adam Gordon (1502 – )
      2. 2. John Gordon (1503 – )
      3. 3. Eleanor Gordon (1512 – unknown)
    16. 16. Anne Gordon ( – 1506)
    17. 17. Helen Gordon ( – 1527)
    18. 18. Elizabeth Gordon (1462 – 22 APR 1525) m. William Keith (1458 – 24 MAY 1521) m. William Keith (1451 – 2 MAY 1527) m. John Keith, (ABT 1355 – BEF 27 DEC 1375) m. William Douglas (1469 – 9 SEP 1513)
      1. 1. David (Kennedy- Knight 1st Earl of) Cassilis (1462 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Agnes Borthwick (1465 – 1516)
        1. 1. Gilbert Kennedy (7 NOV 1485 – 22 DEC 1527) m. Isabel Campbell (1489 – 1529)
        2. 2. William Kennedy (1487 – 1 JAN 1547)
        3. 3. James. Kennedy (1488 – 1560)
        4. 4. Thomas Kennedy (1489 – 26 NOV 1555) m. Helen Campbell (1480 – )
        5. 5. Christian Kennedy (1493 – ) m. John Kennedy m. John Kennedy (ABT 1489 – )
        6. 6. Katherine Kennedy (1498 – ) m. William Hamilton (ABT 1512 – 8 JAN 1569)
        7. 7. John Kennedy (1500 – 26 NOV 1555) m. <Living> m. <Living>
      2. 2. Robert Keith (1483 – 24 AUG 1524)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Hay (1510 – 22 OCT 1562)
        2. 2. Alexander Keith (1646 – 1670) m. Elizabeth Douglas (1648 – )
      3. 3. Robert Keith (ABT 1483 – ABT 1526) m. Elizabeth (Beatrice) Douglas (ABT 1488 – 2 MAY 1527)
        1. 1. Robert (Keith) Herries (ABT 1506 – 1551)
        2. 2. William Keith (24 JUL 1506 – 7 OCT 1581) m. Margaret (Hume) Gray (1510 – 1556) m. Margaret Keith (1513 – 18 JUL 1556)
        3. 3. William Keith, (24 JUL 1506 – 7 OCT 1581) m. Margaret (Hume) Gray (1510 – 1556)
        4. 4. Christian Keith (1507 – 25 JUL 1557) m. Robert Arbuthnott (15 OCT 1508 – 15 OCT 1579) m. Walter Ogilvy (1504 – ABT 1566) m. Alexander Fraser (ABT 1507 – 1564) m. Christian Keith
        5. 5. Beatrice Keith (ABT 1509 – 24 NOV 1559) m. Alexander Fraser (1518 – 1564)
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Beatrice) Keith (1513 – 22 OCT 1562) m. George Gordon (1 JAN 1513 – 22 OCT 1562) m. George Gordon (ABT 1513 – 22 OCT 1591) m. Lord (George Gordon, 4th Earl of) Huntly (1 JAN 1513 – 22 OCT 1562) m. George Gordon (ABT 1510 – )
        7. 7. Lady (Janet Joan) Keith (1514 – 24 NOV 1559) m. John Lyon (1515 – 3 OCT 1592)
      4. 4. Janet Keith (1494 – ABT 25 AUG 1547) m. William Graham (1494 – 24 MAY 1571)
        1. 1. Nicholas Graham (1516 – ) m. Joan (Murray or) Moray (ABT 1512 – 1547) m. Robert Graham (ABT 1526 – )
        2. 2. Margaret Graham (ABT 1517 – ) m. Robert Erskine
        3. 3. Robert Graham (13 MAR 1521 – 10 SEP 1547) m. Margaret Fleming (1530 – 15 MAR 1586)
        4. 4. William Graham (1522 – 1597)
        5. 5. Janet Graham (ABT 1524 – ) m. Andrew Murray (ABT 1525 – AFT 30 APR 1572)
        6. 6. Christian Graham (ABT 1526 – ) m. Robert Graham (ABT 1526 – )
        7. 7. Alexander Graham (1527 – )
        8. 8. Agnes Graham (1528 – 1550) m. William Murray (ABT 1530 – 16 MAY 1583)
        9. 9. Elizabeth Graham (1528 – 4 APR 1576) m. George (4th Earl Of Caithness) Sinclair (14 JUL 1527 – 9 SEP 1582)
        10. 10. Mungo Graham (1528 – BEF 1592)
        11. 11. Catherine Graham (ABT 1532 – ) m. John Graham (1525 – 1569)
        12. 12. Christian Graham (1536 – )
      5. 5. William Keith (14 JUL 1506 – 7 OCT 1581) m. Catherine Campbell (1508 – 1 OCT 1578)
        1. 1. Dau Keith (ABT 1550 – )
        2. 2. William Keith (ABT 1554 – )
      6. 6. Agnes Keith (1507 – Unk) m. Archibald* Douglas (7 SEP 1513 – 29 SEP 1570)
        1. 1. Margaret Douglas (1530 – )
        2. 2. William (Doulgas 9th Earl of) Agnus (1533 – 1 JUL 1591) m. Egidia ((Giles)) Graham (1536 – 1606)
        3. 3. Christian Douglas (1533 – )
        4. 4. Marjory Douglas (1533 – ) m. John Erskine (1538 – )
        5. 5. Agnes Douglas (ABT 1533 – )
        6. 6. Joan Douglas (ABT 1535 – ) m. Lord (Herris) William (1523 – )
        7. 7. John (Keith) Douglas (1539 – )
        8. 8. Joan Douglas (ABT 1541 – )
        9. 9. Alice Douglas (ABT 1542 – )
        10. 10. Agnes Douglas (ABT 1544 – )
        11. 11. Alice Douglas (ABT 1545 – )
        12. 12. Marion Douglas (1546 – )
      7. 7. Janet Douglas (1495 – 24 NOV 1559) m. Robert Maxwell (1493 – 9 JUL 1546) m. Robert Maxwell (1490 – 1532) m. Alexander ((Sir) 3rd Laird of Stichill de) Gordon (1465 – 9 SEP 1513)
      8. 8. James Douglas, (1498 – 27 DEC 1578) m. Christian Montgomerie (1515 – 9 AUG 1575)
        1. 1. Douglas (ABT 1519 – )
        2. 2. Katherine Douglas (1525 – )
        3. 3. Margaret Douglas (ABT 1528 – ) m. William Maxwell (ABT 1523 – ) m. Edward Crichton (1527 – 23 MAY 1569) m. William Graham (30 NOV 1550 – SEP 1578)
        4. 4. Helen Douglas (1530 – 1578) m. Roger Grierson (1530 – AUG 1593)
        5. 5. Janet Douglas (ABT 1531 – )
        6. 6. William Douglas (1541 – 25 SEP 1572) m. Margaret Gordon (1539 – 1603)
        7. 7. Janet Douglas (ABT 1549 – ABT 1611) m. William Douglas (ABT 1511 – ) m. John Charteris (1535 – 5 MAR 1577) m. James Charteris (ABT 1514 – ) m. James Tweedie (1547 – ) m. William Kerr (1544 – FEB 1599)
        8. 8. Christian Douglas (1550 – 9 DEC 1598) m. Alexander (6th Laird of Garlies ( Sir)) Stewart (1551 – 19 JUL 1598) m. Laurence Oliphant (8 MAY 1535 – 16 JUN 1593)
      9. 9. Margaret Douglas (1499 – ) m. Andrew Johnstone (ABT 1470 – )
      10. 10. John Douglas (ABT 1500 – AFT 2 MAY 1540) m. Margaret Douglas
      11. 11. Archibald Douglas (1502 – 1570) m. Jonet Napier (ABT 1503 – )
      12. 12. Margaret Douglas (ABT 1502 – )
      13. 13. Robert (Provost of) Douglas (ABT 1505 – )
      14. 14. Christian Douglas (ABT 1506 – BEF OCT 1576)
      15. 15. Agnes Douglas (ABT 1508 – ) m. Andrew Cunningham (ABT 1501 – )
      16. 16. Giles Douglas (ABT 1510 – 1546)
    19. 19. Agnes Gordon (ABT 1471 – )
    20. 20. James Gordon (ABT 1482 – )
  6. 6. Margaret Hay (1453 – 1500) m. Alexander Fraser (1431 – ABT 1486) m. Robert Douglas (1445 – 1526) m. Gilbert Keith (ABT 1425 – 1494)
  7. 7. Mariota Hay (ABT 1455 – ) m. David Ogilvy (ABT 1455 – JAN 1506)
  8. 8. Agnes Hay (1457 – ) m. Alexander Chalmer (1447 – )
  9. 9. Isabel Hay (1458 – 1509) m. Laurence Smith (1439 – 1500)

William Hay's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of William Hay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1462
29 SEP 1462
Age 42
Death of William Hay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 SEP 1462
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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