Sir
John
"of Aberdalgy"
Oliphant
Knt.
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Walter Oliphant Knt.
and Mary (Erskine) Oliphant
Brother of
Malcolm Oliphant [half]
Husband of
Unknown (Borthwick) Oliphant
— married
about 1383 [location unknown]
Husband of
Female (Home) Oliphant
— married
about 1400 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Oliphant and Marion (Oliphant) Graham
Died
at about age 60
in Scotland
Profile last modified
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| John Oliphant Knt. was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
In 1388/9 Sir John Oliphant obtained from King Robert II confirmation of a charter of all the properties and grants pertaining to his predecessors under The Great Seal of Scotland. There is a marriage contract of 1399 of Marion, daughter to Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, to Robert, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, (indicating she must have been born, say, 1383-8). Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, son to Sir Walter, gave a feu charter in 1412 to Malcolm Oliphant, his brother, of the lands of Hazelhead and Mekilkeyhede in the Lordship of Giffan, Sheriffdom of Ayr, witnessed by several important personages, including Phillip and George Oliphant, whose relationships are not given. It was ratified by Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, the Superior of the said lands.[1]
He married firstly a daughter of Sir William Borthwick.[2] They had the following children:
Research Notes
- Scots Peerage names only one daughter for Sir John Oliphant..Marion
- The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Marion Oliphant, Vol VI, pps 537-8
- The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Robert Graham, Vol VI, pps 214-5
- The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.William Graham, Vol VI, pps 215-6
Sources
- ↑ Mentioned by Macfarlane in his "Genealogy of the Oliphants" (pps:97-124) as living during 1377-1412. Genealogical Collections concerning families in Scotland by Walter Macfarlane 1750-51, edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900, vol.ii, p.102.
- ↑ Sir Robert Douglas, Bt., The Peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation, Edinburgh, pubs. R Fleming, 1764, pps:76 & 526, digital images, https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/76
See also:
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edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
our Stoddard YDNA brings up Mostly Oliphant matches , and no Stoddard as yet, whether Graves had something to do with the Olphant lines , whos knows? , Graves is apparently our closest YDNA match so far.