BOYD, Margaret 'of Baddinhaith' ²

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Margaret married Robert BOYD of Baddinhaith, son of Robert BOYD 5th Lord Boyd and Margaret COLQUHOUN.¹ (Robert BOYD of Baddinhaith was born about 1541, died in July 1611 ¹ and was buried in 1611 in Lenzie parish church, Dunbartonshire, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Charter by Robert Boyd and Margaret Boyd, both of Baddinhaith, with consent of Robert, Lord Boyd, to William Stark in Duratour, of the 2 mark lands of Baddinhaith mentioned in GD8/180

Dated at Baddinhaith, 18 Nov 1563"

from GD8/181




"Robert (Boyd) of Badenheath or Badinhaith in Stirlingshire. He fought for his Queen at Langside 13 May 1568, for which he had pardon 8 September 1571. On 4 March 1572 he was appointed Keeper of the fortalice of Lochwood, with the pertinents and lands in barony of Glasgow, and had a pass 23 April 1585 from James VI. to go to France for three years, 'having certain lefull effaires to do within the realm of France, and specialie for visiting of our traist cousing Robert, Lord Boyd.' He was appointed tutor to his nephew Hugh, fifth Earl of Eglintoun, after the murder of his brother-in-law 18 April 1586. He was one of the lesser Barons summoned to the Convention of Estates at Edinburgh 7 June 1605. He died July 1611. His testament, which was made at his 'dwelling-house of Badenheath' 14 July 1611, was confirmed at Glasgow 4 May following. He directs his 'body to be buried in his predecessor's aisle, at the Kirk of Leinze.' He married Margaret, Lady Badenheath, daughter of William, and sister and heiress of Robert Boyd, both of Badenheath. She was alive April 1567 and dead by February 1572-73."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)

Note:

According to The Scots Peerage, volume 5, page 139, the ancestor of the Boyds of Badenheath, a property acquired before the reign of King Robert III., was William, second son of Sir Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock who had a grant from King David II. and fought with him at the battle of Neville's Cross, near Durham, 17 October 1346, where he was taken prisoner. According to the same passage, this Margaret Boyd was the last of this line. ^{1 2}