ROSS, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married Sir George STIRLING of Keir in December 1630.¹ (Sir George STIRLING of Keir was born about 1613 and died in June 1667 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir George Stirling first married, in his eighteenth year, his cousin, the Honourable Margaret Ross, daughter of James, Lord Ross. She was born 19th December 1615, and was married in her fifteenth year, as the marriage contract is dated December 1630. Her tocher was 20,000 merks. The arrangements for this marriage appear to have been made on behalf of the young couple by Jane Hamilton, Dowager Lady Ross, and her daughter-in-law Margaret Scott, Lady Ross, the mother of the bride."

"Margaret Ross died 10th March 1633, in her seventeenth year. She left one daughter, Margaret Stirling, who died two months after her mother on 11th May 1633 - a child of a year old."

from The Stirlings of Keir ¹