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MOWAT, Patrick of Balquholly
(About 1542-Before 1603)
OGILVY, Christine
(About 1543-)
GORDON, William 5th of Gight
(About 1540-1605)
OCHTERLONY, Isobel
(About 1547-1604)
MOWAT, James of Balquholly
(About 1564-1643)
GORDON, Lucy
(About 1564-)
MOWAT, Margaret
(About 1582-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SINCLAIR, William of Mey

MOWAT, Margaret 1 2

  • Born: About 1582
  • Partnership (1): SINCLAIR, William of Mey

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Margaret had a relationship with William SINCLAIR of Mey, son of George SINCLAIR 4th Earl of Caithness and Elizabeth GRAHAM. (William SINCLAIR of Mey was born about 1544 and died before 5 September 1582 (dvp) 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"12. Lucy (?) (Gordon) married James (?) Mowat of Balquholly (Balbithan MS.). Mr. Hay in his Sinclairs of Rosslyn says that 'Lucy Gordon, daughter of the laird of Gight,' married 'James Mowat of Balquholly,' and had a daughter Margaret Mowat, who had two illegitimate children (Patrick and John) to the Hon. William Sinclair, second son of the fourth Earl of Caithness. These boys were legitimated in 1607. The second of them Rev. John Sinclair, was the ancestor of Sir John Sinclair, the compiler of the Statistical Account of Scotland, and of the present baronet of Ulbster, and the Archdeacon of London."

from Gight




"William of Mey, who died v. p. without lawful issue, but leaving by Margaret Mowat, daughter of James Mowat of Balquholly, two natural sons, Patrick and John, who were legitimated in 1607."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)




"William Sinclair, second son of George, fourth Earl of Caithness, obtained a charter in March 1572 from his father, of the lands of Mey, and was thus the first laird of Mey. He died unmarried. (but see S.P. above)"

from The Sinclairs of Mey 1 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

2 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Gight.

3 Internet Site, http://fionamsinclair.co.uk/genealogy/Caithness/Mey.htm The Sinclairs of Mey.

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