William (Scott) Scott XIth of Balwearie (abt. 1536 - 1568)

Born about 1536 in Balwearie Castle, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1568 at about age 32 in Balwearie Castle, Fife, Scotland [uncertain]

Biography

William (Scott) Scott XIth of Balwearie is a member of Clan Scott.

William, 11th of Balwearie, was the son of William Scott.^[1]>^[2][3]

He married Janet Lindsay, daughter of John Lindsay, 6th of Dowhill^[1] and Marjory Stewart. They had issue:

1. Sir James of Balwearie,^[1][2][4] d. 1606
2. Robert^[1]
3. Barbara, d. 17 Feb 1606^{[citation needed]}
4. Margaret^[5]

William died after 1568

Research Notes

• MacGregor has Janet Lindsay as his mother rather than wife.^[6]

• Clan MacFarlane: William Scott

• The Peerage: William Scott

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Douglas, Robert, "The Baronage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom. Collected from the Public Records and Chartularies of this Country, the Records and Private Writings of Families and the Works of Our Best Historians", Edinburgh: 1798, Google Books, p. 305
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Lee, Henry James, "History of the Scott Family", New York: R. L. Polk and Company, Inc.,1919, Archive, p. 31
3. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. VIII, p. 795
4. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", New York: MacMaillan Co., 1897, Vol. LI, Archive.org, p. 27
5. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 103
6. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. VIII, p. 795