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Sir John OLIPHANT

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Name John OLIPHANT Prefix Sir Birth Bef 1360 Scotland [1]
Gender Male FamilySearch ID G4LF-XR4 Name John of Aberdalgy [1] Name John Oliphant [1] _UID A18B2301B60D402B8DD1999918E1221F485E Death 1420 Scotland [1]
Person ID I28952 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 16 Apr 2024
Father Sir Walter OLIPHANT, b. 1324, Aberdalgie, Gask, Perthshire, Scotland d. Aft 1378 (Age 55 years)
Mother Mary ERSKINE, b. Abt 1326, Aberdalgie, Gask, Perthshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F12685 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lady Filia BORTHWICK, b. 1351, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1400, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland
(Age 49 years)
Children 1. Marion OLIPHANT d. Yes, date unknown 2. Sir William OLIPHANT, of Gallery, b. 1379, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. Aft 3 Dec 1425, London, England
(Age 46 years)
Family ID F12683 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - In 1388/9 Sir John Oliphant obtained from King Robert II confirmation of a charter of all the properties and grants pertaining to his predecessors under The Great Seal of Scotland. There is a marriage contract of 1399 of Marion, daughter to Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, to Robert, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, (indicating she must have been born, say, 1383-8). Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, son to Sir Walter, gave a feu charter in 1412 to Malcolm Oliphant, his brother, of the lands of Hazelhead and Mekilkeyhede in the Lordship of Giffan, Sheriffdom of Ayr, witnessed by several important personages, including Phillip and George Oliphant, whose relationships are not given. It was ratified by Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, the Superior of the said lands.[1]
He married firstly a daughter of Sir William Borthwick.[2] They had the following children:
William Oliphant
Mariota Oliphant
Research Notes
Scots Peerage names only one daughter for Sir John Oliphant..Marion
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Marion Oliphant, Vol VI, pps 537-8
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Robert Graham, Vol VI, pps 214-5
The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.William Graham, Vol VI, pps 215-6
Sources
? Mentioned by Macfarlane in his "Genealogy of the Oliphants" (pps:97-124) as living during 1377-1412. Genealogical Collections concerning families in Scotland by Walter Macfarlane 1750-51, edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900, vol.ii, p.102.
? Sir Robert Douglas, Bt., The Peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation, Edinburgh, pubs. R Fleming, 1764, pps:76 & 526, digital images, https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/76
See also:
- In 1388/9 Sir John Oliphant obtained from King Robert II confirmation of a charter of all the properties and grants pertaining to his predecessors under The Great Seal of Scotland. There is a marriage contract of 1399 of Marion, daughter to Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, to Robert, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, (indicating she must have been born, say, 1383-8). Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, son to Sir Walter, gave a feu charter in 1412 to Malcolm Oliphant, his brother, of the lands of Hazelhead and Mekilkeyhede in the Lordship of Giffan, Sheriffdom of Ayr, witnessed by several important personages, including Phillip and George Oliphant, whose relationships are not given. It was ratified by Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, the Superior of the said lands.[1]
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for John OLIPHANT, person ID G4LF-XR4. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for John OLIPHANT, person ID G4LF-XR4. (Reliability: 3).