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LYONS, Thomas 1
General Notes: Thomas was the first child of this name in the family. Thomas married Margaret McCREATH, daughter of John McCREATH and Unknown, before Mar 1460.2 (Margaret McCREATH was born about 1829 in Kilmarnock Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 4 and died 11 December 1901 at 3.30 pm in 7 Richardland Road, Kilmarnock, Scotland 5 6.). The cause of her death was chronic nephritis. Marriage Notes: "He (John Stewart) married, first, Margaret Douglas, the Fair Maid of Galloway, only daughter and ultimate heiress of Archibald, fifth Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine. She married, first, in 1444, William, eighth Earl of Douglas, and on his death his brother James, ninth Earl. After the latter's rebellion in 1455 she remained with him in England for a time, but about 1459 she is said to have repaired to King James II. entreating mercy, saying that she was forced to these ungodly nuptials against her will. The marriage being dissolved she was married to Atholl, as her third husband, before March 1460." |
1 LDS, IGI.
2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).
3 Roman Catholic Church, Kilmarnock St Joseph's 1849 Marriages.
4 GRO Scotland, Birth certificate Kilmarnock 597 No 427 1855-daughter Margaret.
5 Roman Catholic Church, 1853 St Joseph's Kilmarnock Baptisms.
6 GRO Scotland, Death certificate RDS 597 No 595 Kilmarnock 1901.
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