GRAHAM, Elizabeth 1
- Born: About 1458
- Marriage (1): LIVINGSTON, William 3rd of Kilsyth 19 December 1480(agreement) 1
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Elizabeth married William LIVINGSTON 3rd of Kilsyth, son of Edward LIVINGSTON 2nd of Kilsyth and Unnamed WIFE, 19 December 1480(agreement).1 (William LIVINGSTON 3rd of Kilsyth was born about 1453 and died on 9 September 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"There is great diversity of statement as to the wife of this William Livingston the elder. Crawfurd, who makes him the grandson of Edward, and says his father William married a daughter of Thomas, Lord Erskine, gives his wife as Janet, daughter of ... Bruce of Airth. Douglas makes her Mary, daughter of Thomas, Lord Erskine, while the manuscript pedigree in the Lyon Office has Margaret Graham of the House of Montrose.
Two entries in the Stirling MS. Protocols seem to settle the question. The first is the record of an agreement between Thomas, Lord Erskine, and Christina, Lady Graham, on the one hand, and Edward Livingston of Balcastell, on the other, for the marriage of William Livingston, son and heir-apparent of the said Edward, and Elizabeth Graham, daughter of the said Christina, dated 19 December 1480.
That this contemplated marriage took place, and that the relationship between Lord Erskine and Lady Graham was that of brother and sister, is proved by a later deed, 1 October 1482, which bears that in prosecuting a brief of inquest purchased by William Livingston, son and heir of the late Edward Livingston of Balcastell, anent the lands of Castletown, etc., the procurator of the said William alleged that Lord Erskine (who was Sheriff of Stirlingshire) should not be a judge in serving of the said brief, because he was suspect, the said William having espoused the daughter of his sister. This Laird of Kilsyth had three sons: -
1. William, who succeeded.
2. John.
3. William (secundus)."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
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