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Margaret OGILVY, of Findlater

Margaret OGILVY, of Findlater

Female 1522 - Aft 1602  (81 years)

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  • Name Margaret OGILVY  [1
    Suffix of Findlater 
    Born 1522  Findlater, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LBFT-8MP 
    Died Aft 1602  [1
    Buried Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594772001  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2024 

    Father Alexander OGILVY, 4th of Deskford and Findlater, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford - 1st Earl of Findlater,   b. Mar 1494, Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1554, Cullen, Moray, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Lady Janet ABERNETHY, of Abernethy,   b. 1480, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1525, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Family ID F536730004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter BARCLAY, 18th of Gartley,   b. 1506, Gartly, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1542, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sir George BARCLAY,   b. 1534, Gartley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1602, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Jean BARCLAY,   b. Barclay, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1684, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Walter BARCLAY, Laird of Ballinagoak,   b. Abt 1521, Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1602, Kynnarroquhy, Aberdeen, Scotlandm United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     4. Elizabeth BARCLAY,   b. Abt 1525, Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Margaret BARCLAY,   b. Abt 1527, Gartly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536730002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • he daughter of Alexander Ogilvie 1st of Findlater married Walter Barclay of Gartly, who died in 1532. After his death, she then married James Gordon 1st of Lesmoir by 1546. Her second husband, James Gordon, did not die until June 1558.

      If William Macintosh's wife was named 'Margaret' and the daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of that Ilk, it's impossible to see how Margaret Ogilvy's marriage to William Macintosh could fit into this timeline, since, as stated above, she was still William's wife in 1549, just before his death.

      The problem may have arisen in a confusion of Christian names. 'Margaret', 'Mariot', 'Mary', 'Marion' and 'Marjory', for a variety of reasons linked to transcription where more than one language is in use (see Research Notes on Mariot le Chen), are often confused, especially within a family.

      An example from another Ogilvy family may help clarify the matter. Sir Walter Ogilvy of Boyne and Christian Keith had two daughters: 'Margaret', married twice, first to John Stewart then to George Barclay; and 'Marjory' married to James Dunbar of Tarbat. Yet we still find, in papers of the Ogilvy family, 'Marjory' also named as 'Margaret':

      "1555 October 24
      Contract between Walter Ogilvy of Boyne kt and Margaret Ogilvy his daughter on one part, and James Dunbar of Terbert and James Dunbar, his son and apparent heir, on other part, whereby said Margaret is to marry said James younger, before next Easter, etc. Traces of 2 applied seals." (GD248/82/4)

      It may be that the woman who married William Macintosh was the subject of a similar confusion



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 8 Apr 2024), entry for George Barclay, person ID LYCQ-7RX. (Reliability: 3).