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William de Keith 1320–1413 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1320

Birth Location: Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Death Date: 2 Jun 1413

Death Location: Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland

Father: Edward KEITH

Mother: Margaret Clare

Spouse(s): Margaret Touchfraser

Children(s): Muriel Keith, Alexander Keith, Robert KEITH, Elisabeth Keith, Janet Keith, Margaret Keith, Alexander Keith, Christian Keith, John Keith, Margaret Keith, Christiana Keith, Robert Keith, Janet Keith

In 1320, William de Keith entered the world in Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, born to Edward Keith And Margaret De Clare. William de Keith married Margaret Fraser Heiress Of Touchfraser, and had children including Alexander Keith, Christian Keith, Christiana Keith, Christina Keith, Elisabeth De Keith, Janet Keith, John Keith, Margaret De Keith, Muriel Keith, Robert Marischal Of Scotland De Keith, Robert Keith. William de Keith passed away in 1413 in Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1320, William de Keith entered the world in Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland, born to Edward Keith And Margaret De Clare.
  • William de Keith married Margaret Fraser Heiress Of Touchfraser, and had children including Alexander Keith, Christian Keith, Christiana Keith, Christina Keith, Elisabeth De Keith, Janet Keith, John Keith, Margaret De Keith, Muriel Keith, Robert Marischal Of Scotland De Keith, Robert Keith.
  • William de Keith passed away in 1413 in Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward KEITH
1280–1346
Birth Location: Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
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Margaret Clare
1293–1342
Birth Location: Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
MC

Spouses(s)

Margaret Touchfraser
1333–1410
Birth Location: Touchfraser, Stirling, Scotland
MT

Children(s)

Muriel Keith
1349–1449
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardinshire, Scotland
MK
Alexander Keith
1340–1413
Birth Location: Grantown, Morayshire, Scotland
AK
Robert KEITH
1363–1430
Birth Location: Dunnottar, Kincardinshire, Scotland
RK
Elisabeth Keith
1360–1438
Birth Location: Aboyne, Aberdeen, Scotland
EK
Janet Keith
1335–1381
Birth Location: Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
JK
Margaret Keith
1341–1397
Birth Location: –
MK
Alexander Keith
1347–
Birth Location: of, Grantown, Morayshire, Scotland
AK
Christian Keith
1348–
Birth Location: , , , Scotland
CK
John Keith
1351–1375
Birth Location: , , Perthshire, Scotland
JK
Margaret Keith
1351–1397
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
MK
Christiana Keith
1356–1375
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
CK
Robert Keith
1363–1430
Birth Location: Dunnottar Castle Stonehaven , Kincardinshire, Scotland
RK
Janet Keith
1364–
Birth Location: –
JK

William Keith's Ancestors

Self
William Keith
1320–1413
Birth Place: Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Parents
Edward KEITH
1280–1346
Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Margaret (de) Clare
1293–1342
Clare, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William (de) Keith
1236–1293
Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland
Sir (Gilbert De) Clare
1243–1295
Christchurch, Hampshire, England
Joan
1272–1307
Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem
Great-Grandparents
John Keith
1212–1270
Margaret Comyn
1215–1274
Richard Clare
1222–1262
Maud Lacy
1223–1289
Edward
1239–1307
Eleanor Castile
1240–1290
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hervey Keith
1180–1250
Margaret Douglas
1177–1260
William Comyn
1163–1233
William Cummin
1169–
Gilbert Clare
1180–1230
Isabel Marshal
1200–1240
Gilbert Lacy
1206–1230
Isabel Bigod
1222–1250
Henry III
1207–1272
Eleanor Provence
1223–1291
Fernando III
1199–1252
Jeanne Dammartin
1220–1279

William Keith's Descendants

1.
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William (de) Keith (Abt 1320–2 Jun 1413) m. Margaret (Fraser 'Heiress of) Touchfraser (Abt 1333–3 Sep 1410)
  1. 1. Muriel Keith 1349–1449 m. Robert Stewart 1340–1420
    1. 1. John Stewart 1381–1424 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Douglas 1398–1460
    2. 2. Marjory (Marcelline) Stewart 1375–1421 m. Duncan Campbell 1370–1453
      1. 1. Colin Campbell 1400–1480 m. Margaret (Janet) Stewart 1432–1475 m. Margaret Robertson 1411–1467 m. Margaret Stirling 1432–1489
      2. 2. Lord (Archibald Gillespic) Campbell 1405–1440 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Somerville 1415–1459
        1. 1. Colin Campbell 1433–1493 m. Isabella (Elizabeth) Stewart 1427–1510
        2. 2. Elizabeth Campbell 1430–1485
        3. 3. Anne Campbell 1431–
        4. 4. Duncan Campbell 1431–
        5. 5. Catherine Campbell 1432–1482 m. Lachlan (Og) MacLean 1432–1484
        6. 6. Helen Campbell 1440–1527
        7. 7. Margaret Campbell 1440–1530
      3. 3. Janet Campbell 1397–1450 m. Walter Stewart 1395–1425
      4. 4. Katherine Campbell 1400–1460 m. George Campbell 1390–1485
      5. 5. Clemet (Devegge) Campbell 1405– m. Mary (Isabella) MacLeod 1415–
      6. 6. Celestine Campbell 1406–1453 m. Walter Stewart 1395–1425
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Durisdeer) Stewart 1384–1438 m. Malcolm Fleming 1386–1440
    4. 4. Robert Stewart 1388–1424
  2. 2. Alexander Keith 1340–1413 m. Marjory Stewart 1348–1417 m. Majorie Stewart 1360–
  3. 3. Robert ((Marischal of Scotland) DE) KEITH 1363–1430 m. Catharina Urquhart 1355–1413
    1. 1. William (de) Keith 1389–1444 m. Mary Hamilton 1395–1442 m. Marjorie Fraser 1395–1442
      1. 1. William Keith 1425–1482 m. Mariota Erskine 1428–1482
        1. 1. William Keith 1458–1527 m. Margerite (Elizabeth) Gray 1487–1529
        2. 2. Margaret (Mary) Keith 1451–1483 m. William Murray 1444–1525
        3. 3. Rose Keith 1452–1487 m. Thomas Thorne 1450–1519 m. Sir (Thomas) Thorne 1450–1519
        4. 4. Anthony Keith 1456–1526
        5. 5. Robert Keith 1457–
        6. 6. John Keith 1459–
        7. 7. Alexander Keith 1460–
        8. 8. Mary Keith –1524 m. William Murray 1444–1525
      2. 2. Robert Keith 1410–
      3. 3. Janet Keith 1416–1504
      4. 4. John (de) Keith 1423–1514
      5. 5. Alexander Keith 1427–1446
      6. 6. Margaret Keith 1430–1483
      7. 7. Ann Keith 1432–
      8. 8. Elizabeth Keith 1435–
      9. 9. Marion Keith 1438–
      10. 10. Lady (Egidia) Keith –1473 m. James Forbes 1424–1462 m. "2nd (Lord Forbes" James) Forbes 1424–1460
    2. 2. Elizabeth Keith 1380–1456
    3. 3. Margaret Keith 1384–1419 m. Hugh Arbuthnot 1373–1446
    4. 4. Marion Keith 1384–
    5. 5. Christiane Keith 1386–1489 m. Thomas Moneypenney 1357–1427
    6. 6. John Keith 1391–1463
    7. 7. Alexander Keith 1395–1419
  4. 4. Elisabeth (De) Keith 1360–1438 m. Adam (De) Gordon 1348–1402 m. Nicholas Erskine 1345–1406
    1. 1. Elizabeth Gordon 1385–1439 m. Alexander (de) Seton 1385–1441 m. Alexander Seton –1440
      1. 1. Alexander (Gordon) Seton 1410–1470 m. Egidia (Gille) Hay 1406–1439 m. Jean (Cumming of) Altyre 1420–1479 m. Elizabeth Crichton 1410–1479 m. Fair (Maid Moray Jean) Cumming 1434–
        1. 1. Alexander Seaton 1438–1504 m. (Janet) (Elizabeth) Douglass 1438–
        2. 2. Janet (Seton -) Gordon 1442–1473 m. James (Walter) Innes 1437–1499
        3. 3. Alexander deSeton 1430–1488
        4. 4. Alexander Gordon 1432–1503 m. Beatrice Hay 1451–1517 m. Janet Leith 1445–
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Seton Countess Errol) Gordon 1443–1506
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Seton Countess Errol) Gordon 1443–1506
        7. 7. Janet Gordon 1446–1473
        8. 8. Margaret Gordon 1463–1506 m. Hew Rose 1442–1517
      2. 2. Elizabeth Seton 1408–1479 m. John (de) Ross 1391–1447 m. Alexander (MacDonald of) Islay 1398–1449
      3. 3. Katharine (or Janet) Seton 1399–1445 m. James Dunbar 1399–1429
      4. 4. Janet (Countess) Seton 1401–1473
      5. 5. George Seton 1411–1452
      6. 6. Elizabeth Gordon 1413–
      7. 7. Henry Seton 1414–1452
      8. 8. William Seton 1414–1452 m. Elizabeth Meldrum 1385–1456
      9. 9. Margaret Gordon 1415–1506 m. Thomas Cuming 1439–1512
      10. 10. Elizabeth Seton 1416–1479
      11. 11. Katherince Seton 1418–1479
      12. 12. Roger Seton 1423–1457
    2. 2. John Gordon 1381–1407 m. Agnes Douglas 1373–1450
  5. 5. Janet Keith 1335–1381 m. David Hamilton 1334–1392 m. Sir (Alexander) Stewart 1342–1404
    1. 1. John (Hamilton) Knt. 1372–1402 m. Janet Douglas 1372–1410
      1. 1. Thomas Hamilton 1392–1473 m. Elizabeth Douglas 1396–1472 m. Helen Douglas 1396–1472
      2. 2. Mary Hamilton 1395–1442 m. William (de) Keith 1389–1444
      3. 3. Thomas Hamilton 1387–1420
      4. 4. Catherine Hamilton 1388–
      5. 5. David Hamilton 1390–1476 m. Mrs. (David) Hamilton 1410–1450
      6. 6. Lady (Agnes Hamilton Baroness) Cadzow 1392–1442
      7. 7. James Hamilton 1396–1441 m. Janet (Agnes) Livingston 1396–1439
      8. 8. Elizabeth Hamilton 1398– m. Alexander Fraser 1372–
      9. 9. Sir (William) Hamilton 1400–1433 m. Agnes (de) Airth 1400–1450
      10. 10. Margery (Catherine) Hamilton 1400–1470 m. William Baillie 1395–1466 m. William Baillie 1345–1432 m. William Baille 1390–1424
      11. 11. Agnes Hamilton 1400–
    2. 2. Andrew Hamilton 1364– m. Agnes Crawford 1545–1620
    3. 3. George Hamilton 1365–
    4. 4. William Hamilton 1367–1433
    5. 5. Elizabeth Hamilton 1371– m. Alexander Fraser 1339–1411
    6. 6. David Hamilton 1373–1436
    7. 7. John (the younger) Hamilton 1375–1400
    8. 8. Sir (James) Hamilton 1375–1441 m. Marion Johnstone 1375–
  6. 6. Margaret (De) Keith 1341–1397
  7. 7. Alexander Keith 1347–
  8. 8. Christian Keith 1348–
  9. 9. John Keith 1351–1375
  10. 10. Margaret (de) Keith 1351–1397 m. James (de) Lindsay 1350–1397
  11. 11. Christiana Keith 1356–1375 m. William Lindsay 1352–1414 m. Willem Lindsay 1352–1414
  12. 12. Robert Keith 1363–1430 m. Matilda (Urquhart Heiress Troup De) Troup 1363–1410
  13. 13. Janet Keith 1364– m. Phillip (Arbuthnott,) 8th 1360–1427

William Keith's Timeline

2 Records

1320
Abt 1320
Birth of William de Keith in Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
1413
2 Jun 1413
Age 93
Death of William de Keith in Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland
Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1320
    Event Place: Dunottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for William de Keith, person ID LDQR-9HM.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jun 1413
    Event Place: Dunottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for William de Keith, person ID LDQR-9HM.
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