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William Somerville 1400 – 1456 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1400

Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Aug 1456

Death Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Somerville

Mother: Janet Stewart

Spouse(s): Catherine Mowat

Children(s): Lady Campbell, Elisabeth Somerville, John Somerville, Egidia Somerville, Janet DeSomerville, Janet Somerville, Margaret Somerville, Thomas Somerville, Thomas Somerville, William Somerville, Mary Somerville, Mary Somerville, Marie Somerville, Jean Somerville, Janet SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Thomas SOMERVILLE

The story of William Somerville began in 1400 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland. William Somerville married Catherine Janet Mowat, and had children including Lady Elizabeth De Campbell, Elisabeth Somerville, John Somerville, Egidia Somerville, Janet DeSomerville, Janet Somerville, Margaret Somerville, Thomas Somerville, Thomas Somerville, William Charles Somerville, Mary Somerville, Mary Somerville, Marie Mariota Somerville, Jean Somerville, Janet Heiress Kennox SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Thomas SOMERVILLE. William Somerville passed away in 1456 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of William Somerville began in 1400 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • William Somerville married Catherine Janet Mowat, and had children including Lady Elizabeth De Campbell, Elisabeth Somerville, John Somerville, Egidia Somerville, Janet DeSomerville, Janet Somerville, Margaret Somerville, Thomas Somerville, Thomas Somerville, William Charles Somerville, Mary Somerville, Mary Somerville, Marie Mariota Somerville, Jean Somerville, Janet Heiress Kennox SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Mary SOMERVILLE, Thomas SOMERVILLE.
  • William Somerville passed away in 1456 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Somerville
1370 – 1444
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet Stewart
1370 – 1407
Birth Location: Darnley, Renfrewshire (Scotland)
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Mowat
1398 – 1458
Birth Location: Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Campbell
1413 – 1447
Birth Location: Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Elisabeth Somerville
1415 – 1459
Birth Location: Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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John Somerville
1418 – 1491
Birth Location: Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Egidia Somerville
1422 – 1455
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Janet DeSomerville
1423 – 1492
Birth Location: Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Somerville
1423 – 1492
Birth Location: Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland
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Margaret Somerville
1426 – 1460
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-Shire, Scotland
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Thomas Somerville
1427 – 1482
Birth Location: Plean, Stirling, Scotland
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Thomas Somerville
1427 – 1482
Birth Location: Plean, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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William Somerville
1431 – 1476
Birth Location: Carnwarth, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Mary Somerville
1432 – 1474
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Mary Somerville
1432 – 1474
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Marie Somerville
1432 –
Birth Location: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Jean Somerville
1435 – 1495
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet SOMERVILLE
1442 – 1495
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Mary SOMERVILLE
Birth Location: –
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Mary SOMERVILLE
Birth Location: –
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Thomas SOMERVILLE
Birth Location: –
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William Somerville's Ancestors

Self
William Somerville
1400 – 1456
Birth Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Somerville
1370 – 1444
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Janet Stewart
1370 – 1407
Darnley, Renfrewshire (Scotland)
Grandparents
William Somerville
1340 – 1403
Linton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Katherine Halliday
1350 – 1428
Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Alexander Stewart
1342 – 1404
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Joanna Turnbull
1335 – 1381
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Somerville
1305 – 1364
Elizabeth Douglas
1305 – 1357
Alexander Stewart
1320 – 1374
Joanna Baird
1322 – 1391
John Turnbull
1315 – 1355
Mary DeVaux
1317 – 1347
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Somerville
1289 – 1330
Giles Herring
1280 – 1317
James Douglas
1286 – 1330
Joan Armstrong
1278 – 1337
Alan Stewart
1272 – 1333
Marion Cameron
1277 – 1372
William Turnbull
1289 – 1333
Margaret Douglas
1295 – 1321

William Somerville's Descendants

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William Somerville (1400 – 20 Aug 1456) m. Catherine (Janet) Mowat (1398 – 1458)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth De) Campbell (23 Apr 1413 – 1447)
  2. 2. Elisabeth Somerville (1415 – 1 May 1459) m. Charles Forsyth (1405 – Abt 1452)
  3. 3. John Somerville (1418 – 11 Nov 1491) m. Helen Hepburn (1408 – Mar 1457) m. Marietta (or Marion) Baillie (1430 – 6 Jan 1506)
  4. 4. Egidia Somerville (1422 – Abt 1455) m. John Herries (1416 – 17 May 1483) m. John Herries (1416 – 1483)
    1. 1. Marietta Herries (1445 – 1470) m. David Bruce (1445 – 1500) m. David Bruce (1420 – 1488) m. David Bruce (1429 – 1473)
      1. 1. David Bruce (Abt 1460 – Bef 1492)
      2. 2. David Condie-Bruce (1465 – Aft 1550) m. Janet Blackadder (1472 – 1572)
        1. 1. William Bruce (1486 – )
        2. 2. David Bruce (1495 – 1568)
        3. 3. Mariotta ((Marian)) Bruce (Abt 1495 – 25 Nov 1549)
        4. 4. John Bruce (1497 – 1550) m. Margaret (Bruce) Murray (Abt 1510 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Bruce (1500 – )
        6. 6. Edward Bruce (1505 – 1565) m. Alison Reid (1507 – 1565)
        7. 7. Allison (Colville) Bruce (Abt 1512 – Abt 1531) m. James Colville (1490 – 4 Dec 1540)
        8. 8. Robert Condie (1515 – Bet 1568 and 1615) m. Allison (Cristina) Reid (1507 – 1575) m. Margaret (Moray) (Murray) (Abt 1549 – 3 Feb 1602) m. Janet Blackadder (1470 – ) m. Janet Livingston (Abt 1515 – ) m. Hall m. Chris Cumine (1515 – )
        9. 9. Agnes Bruce (Abt 1517 – )
        10. 10. Eleanor (Dundas) Bruce (1527 – 1595) m. Alexander Dundas (1498 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Alexander Dundas (Abt 1536 – ) m. John (( Robert)) Colless (1498 – ) m. Robert Collace (1514 – )
        11. 11. Patrick Bruce
      3. 3. Christian Bruce (1475 – 1550)
      4. 4. Janet (Bruce) Steward
      5. 5. Sir (Alexander Bruce of Airth and) Stenhouse (1420 – 1488) m. Lady (Margaret Forrester of) Torwoodhead
      6. 6. Sir (Robert of Cultmalindie) BRUCE (1446 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Janet Barbour (1460 – 1482) m. Margaret Forrester (Abt 1421 – Aft 1454) m. Rosyth (Marriot) Bruce (1435 – )
      7. 7. Ursilla (Katherine) Bruce (Abt 1447 – )
      8. 8. Lady (Matilda Maud) Bruce (1449 – 1472) m. John Marshall (1446 – 1540)
      9. 9. David Bruce ( – 1497) m. Janet Stirling (1449 – ) m. Janet Blackadder (1472 – 1572) m. Euphemia (Helen) Montgomery (1474 – Abt 1520)
        1. 1. Robert Bruce (1463 – 1490) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1467 – Deceased)
        2. 2. Christina Bruce (1465 – 1535) m. James (Cunningham) Shaw (1460 – 19 Jan 1528)
        3. 3. Edward Bruce (1505 – 1565) m. Alison (Cristian) Reid (Abt 1507 – 1565) m. Alison Reid (1507 – 1565)
      10. 10. Andrew Bruce
      11. 11. Helen Bruce
      12. 12. Isabella Bruce
  5. 5. Janet DeSomerville (1423 – Mar 1492) m. David Scott (1430 – 1479) m. George Scott (1438 – 21 May 1480)
    1. 1. David Scott (1444 – 1471)
    2. 2. Janet Scott (1445 – 1509) m. James Douglas (1462 – 1498)
      1. 1. Agnes (Janet) Douglas (1467 – 19 Jan 1518) m. Roger Grierson (Aft 1474 – 9 Sep 1513)
      2. 2. William Douglas (10 Mar 1481 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Gordon (1485 – 1512)
        1. 1. Janet (Douglas of) Drumlanrig (1495 – 1551) m. Robert Maxwell (1493 – 9 Jul 1546)
        2. 2. Agnes Douglas (Abt 1496 – ) m. Andrew Cunningham (Abt 1501 – )
        3. 3. James (William) Douglas (1498 – 27 Dec 1578) m. Margaret Douglas (1515 – 19 Mar 1576) m. Christian Montgomerie (1515 – 9 Aug 1575) m. Marion
        4. 4. Jacobus Douglas (1500 – 8 Jan 1540)
        5. 5. John Douglas (Abt 1500 – Aft 2 May 1540) m. Margaret Douglas
        6. 6. Archibald Douglas (1502 – 1570) m. Jonet Napier (Abt 1504 – 15 Feb 1555) m.
        7. 7. Archibald Douglas (1503 – 29 Sep 1570)
        8. 8. Robert Douglas (Abt 1505 – )
        9. 9. Christian Douglas (Abt 1506 – Bef Oct 1576)
        10. 10. Giles Douglas (Abt 1510 – 1546)
      3. 3. William Douglas (10 Mar 1481 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Elizabeth Gordon (1485 – 1512)
      4. 4. Margaret Douglas (1578 – 1638) m. James McMath (1575 – Jan 1624)
      5. 5. William Douglas (1582 – 19 Feb 1660)
      6. 6. Janet Douglas (1583 – 27 Jun 1659)
      7. 7. Janet Douglas (Abt 1583 – ) m. William Livingston (Abt 1566 – )
      8. 8. Willem (Douglas Earl van) Morton (1584 – 7 Aug 1648)
      9. 9. George Douglas (1585 – 9 Sep 1610)
      10. 10. James (Douglas) Kilgour (1585 – 18 Feb 1617) m. Janet Thyne (1589 – 1655)
      11. 11. David Douglas (1585 – 1617)
      12. 12. James Douglas (1585 – 1627) m. Helena Grierson (1594 – 1617)
      13. 13. Janet Drumlanrig (1585 – )
      14. 14. Robert Douglas (1588 – 1627)
      15. 15. Helen Douglas (1590 – 1663) m. John Menzies
      16. 16. Lord (David DOUGLAS Of) Airdoch (1592 – )
      17. 17. Christian Douglas m. Robert Dalzell (1584 – Jun 1654)
      18. 18. Jean Douglas
    3. 3. Margaret Scott (1447 – ) m. James Haig (1443 – 1490)
    4. 4. Isabella Scott (1452 – )
  6. 6. Janet Somerville (1423 – Mar 1492) m. David Scott (1430 – 1479) m. George Scott (1438 – 21 May 1480) m. Sir (William) Kneland (1437 – 1487)
  7. 7. Margaret Somerville (1426 – 4 Mar 1460)
  8. 8. Thomas Somerville (1427 – 1482)
  9. 9. Thomas Somerville (1427 – 1482)
  10. 10. William (Charles) Somerville (1431 – 1476)
  11. 11. Mary Somerville (1432 – 1474)
  12. 12. Mary Somerville (1432 – 1474)
  13. 13. Marie (Mariota) Somerville (1432 – )
  14. 14. Jean Somerville (1435 – 1495)
  15. 15. Janet (Heiress Kennox) SOMERVILLE (1442 – 1495) m. Angus (Vic Ian Dhu) MacAlister (1475 – 1516)
  16. 16. Mary SOMERVILLE
  17. 17. Mary SOMERVILLE ( – Deceased)
  18. 18. Thomas SOMERVILLE

William Somerville's Timeline

2 Records

1400
1400
Birth of William Somerville in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1456
20 Aug 1456
Age 56
Death of William Somerville in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1400
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Aug 1456
    Event Place: Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Collegiate Church At Carnwath, Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
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