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William OLIPHANT 1495–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1495

Birth Location: Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: Aft 1587

Death Location: Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: John Oliphant

Mother: Elizabeth Campbell

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

William OLIPHANT was born in 1495 in Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of John Oliphant 2Nd Lord Oliphant And Elizabeth Campbell. William OLIPHANT passed away in 1587 in Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William OLIPHANT was born in 1495 in Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of John Oliphant 2Nd Lord Oliphant And Elizabeth Campbell.
  • William OLIPHANT passed away in 1587 in Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Oliphant
1465–1516
Birth Location: Scotland
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Elizabeth Campbell
1462–1532
Birth Location: Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William OLIPHANT's Ancestors

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William OLIPHANT
1495–1587
Birth Place: Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
John Oliphant -2nd Lord Oliphant
1465–1516
Scotland
Elizabeth Campbell
1462–1532
Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Laurence (Oliphant of Aberdalgie 1st Lord Baron of Oliphant Ambassador to England and then France. Keeper of Edinburgh Castle.) 'norsct
1439–1500
Dupplin Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Isabel Hay
1441–1509
Errol, Perthshire, Scotland
Colin (Campbell 1st Earl of) Argyll
1433–1493
Castle Lochawe, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Elizabeth Stewart Baroness Cambell Countess Argyll) Campell
1437–1510
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Aberdalgie
1415–1444
Margaret Ogilvy
1420–1468
William Scotland
1423–1462
Beatrice Erroll
1429–1490
Archibald Campbell
1405–1440
Isobel Macdougal
1408–1466
John Lorne
1397–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Aberdalgie
1379–1445
Isabel Stewart
1378–1460
Sir Angus
1392–1429
Christian Keith
1396–1413
Gilbert Haye
1395–1436
Alicia Hay
1397–1484
James Avonmore
1382–1443
Beatrice Douglas
1398–1463
Duncan Lochow
1370–1453
Marjorie Stewart
1375–1421
John MacDougal
1388–1420
Joanna Stewart
1380–1420
Robert Lorn
1387–1449
Joan Albany
1379–1439

William OLIPHANT's Timeline

2 Records

1495
1495
Birth of William OLIPHANT in Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland
Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland
1587
Aft 1587
Age 92
Death of William OLIPHANT in Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland
Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1495
    Event Place: Grask, County Perth, or Newton, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for William OLIPHANT, person ID GJN3-LQS.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aft 1587
    Event Place: Newton House, Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for William OLIPHANT, person ID GJN3-LQS.
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