CANT, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married Thomas(1) HAMILTON of Orchardfield and Priestfield, Burgess of Edinburgh, son of Alexander HAMILTON 3rd of Innerwick and Isobel SCHAW.¹ (Thomas(1) HAMILTON of Orchardfield and Priestfield, Burgess of Edinburgh was born about 1475 and died by 1537 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Thomas (Hamilton), the fourth son, was a burgess of Edinburgh, and appears to have entered the legal profession. Before 1522 he acquired the lands of Orchardfield near Edinburgh, and on 29 June 1523 he had sasine of the lands of Priestfleld, which he purchased from Henry Cant of Over Liberton. He died on or before 1537, having married Margaret, sister of Adam Cant of Priestfield, the father of that Henry Cant from whom he acquired the property. They had two sons :

1. Thomas.

2. George, enrolled as a burgess of Edinburgh 29 April 1541."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ¹