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MURRAY, Elizabeth 'of Blackbarony'
(About 1538-1612)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BORTHWICK, James of Newbyres
2. HAMILTON, Thomas Lord Priestfield, Senator of the Court of Justice

MURRAY, Elizabeth 'of Blackbarony' 1

  • Born: About 1538
  • Marriage (1): BORTHWICK, James of Newbyres 1
  • Marriage (2): HAMILTON, Thomas Lord Priestfield, Senator of the Court of Justice 1
  • Died: 1612
  • Buried: 23 November 1612, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2

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Elizabeth married James BORTHWICK of Newbyres.1 (James BORTHWICK of Newbyres was born about 1525 and died by 1558 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Thomas Hamilton) married .... secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Andrew Murray of Blackbarony, and widow of James Borthwick of Newbyres.

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
1

Elizabeth next married Thomas HAMILTON Lord Priestfield, Senator of the Court of Justice, son of Thomas(2) HAMILTON Merchant and Burgess of Edinburgh and Elizabeth LESLIE 'of Innerpeffer'.1 (Thomas HAMILTON Lord Priestfield, Senator of the Court of Justice was born about 1536 and died before 1612 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Thomas Hamilton) married, first, in 1558, Elizabeth, daughter of James Heriot of Trabroun, who apparently did not survive long ; and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Andrew Murray of Blackbarony, and widow of James Borthwick of Newbyres. By his first wife he had :

1. Thomas, first Earl of Haddington.

And by his second :

2. Andrew [....]

3. Sir John of Magdalens, co. Linlithgow. [....]

4. Sir Patrick of Little Preston. [....]

5. Alexander. [....]

6. Christian, married, as his second wife (contract 12 and 13 April 1592), to Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick.

7. Elizabeth, married to Sir William Scott of Ardross, Clerk of Chancery, with issue.

8. Margaret, married (contract 1 June 1598 4 ) to William Kirkcaldy of Grange, with issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)


"p. 309, after 1. 25, insert
'6. Marion, eldest daughter, married, in 1582, to James Ross,
merchant, Edinburgh (Protocol Book of A. Lawson, i. 81).' "
(and adjust numbering accordingly)

from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) 1 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 (1914) Addenda et Corrigenda page 100.

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 (1914) Addenda et Corrigenda page 101.

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