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BOSWELL, David 1st of Balmuto
(About 1415-About 1490)
MELVILLE, Elizabeth
(About 1420-)
WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Sir
(About 1425-1502)
LIVINGSTONE, Margaret
(About 1425-About 1494)
BOSWELL, David 2nd of Balmuto
(About 1440-)
WEMYSS, Grisell
(About 1450-)
BOSWELL, Alexander 3rd of Balmuto
(About 1470-1513)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. RAMSAY, Elizabeth

2. SANDILANDS, Alison

BOSWELL, Alexander 3rd of Balmuto 2

  • Born: About 1470
  • Marriage (1): RAMSAY, Elizabeth 1
  • Marriage (2): SANDILANDS, Alison by 28 April 1508(charter) 2
  • Died: 9 September 1513, Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England 2

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Alexander married Elizabeth RAMSAY, daughter of Sir Alexander RAMSAY of Dalhousie and Isabella DOUGLAS.1 (Elizabeth RAMSAY was born about 1472.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth Ramsay is the daughter of Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie and Isabella Douglas. She married Sir Alexander Boswell, 3rd of Balmuto."

from thepeerage.com 1

Alexander next married Alison SANDILANDS, daughter of Sir John SANDILANDS 6th of Calder and Elizabeth SCRIMGEOUR, by 28 April 1508(charter).2 (Alison SANDILANDS was born about 1482 and died after 1531 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alison (Sandilands), married to Sir Alexander Boswell of Balmuto. They jointly had a charter of the lands of Balglelly, 28 April 1508, and he fell at Flodden 9 September 1513. She was living in 1531, when she was still his widow."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 2

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.thepeerage.com/p24002.htm#i240017 Elizabeth Ramsay.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

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