Catherine Dalgleish (abt. 1540 - 1621)

Born about 1540 in Dunnygask, Saline, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Cuthbert Wardlaw — married 28 May 1562 in Dunfermline,Fife,Scotland

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1621 at about age 81 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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Biography

Kate Dalgleish was born in Scotland.

Catherine Dalgleish is said to have been born around 1540 in Dunnygask (aka Tunnygask or Tinnygask), on the isle of Fife, in Scotland. Her father is said to have been Robert (James) Dalgleish of Dunnygask, b: ca. 1520 in Dunnygask, Fife, Scotland. Her mother's name is unknown.^{[1] [2]}

Catherine Dalgleish of Dunnygask, Fife, Scotland, married Cuthbert Wardlaw of Balmule^[1] around 1559, before their 1st son, Nicolas Wardlaw, was born in 1560. She was about 19 years old. Her husband, Cuthbert Waldlaw, a younger son of John Wardlaw, Laird of Torrie (1512-1557) and Elizabeth Beaton of Balfour, was born between 1532 and 1539, making him 20 to 27 in 1559.^[3] Cuthbert Wardlaw was called as a witness in the disputes over a lease by the Dalgleish family of Dunnygask on July 5, 1589, when he gave his age at that time as “fifty or thereby," indicating he was born around 1539 or slightly before.^[4]

The couple had six known children, five sons and a daughter, although sources reviewed list 11 children (six sons and five daughters):

1. Nicholas, b: 1560 in Fife, Scotland; d: 1631
2. John, b: 1561 in Fife, Scotland; d: 1613
3. Esther, b: 1562 in Fife, Scotland; c. 27 Dec 1562^[5][6] d: 1627
4. Henry, 1st Bt., b: 1565 in Fife, Scotland, c. 16 May 1565,^[7][8] d: April 1637
5. Robert, b: 1566 in Fife, Scotland;, c. 23 Mar 1566,^[9][10] d: 1618
6. Thomas, b: 1569 in Fife,Scotland, c. 25 Sep 1569,.^[11][12]; d: 1635
7. Katherine, b: 1572 in Fife, Scotland; c. 28 May 1572,^[13][14] d: 1637
8. Marjory, b: 1574 in Fife, Scotland, c. 12 Jan 1572^[15][16]
9. Janet, b: 1564 in Fife, Scotland; d: 1629
10. Isobel, b: 1567 in Fife, Scotland; d: 1636
11. George, b: 1585 in Fife, Scotland; d: 1638

Catherine's husband, Cuthbert Wardlaw of Balmule Mill, Fifeshire, Scotland, is assumed to have passed away around 1596 as no further mention of him was made in local records after the mid-1590s. His burial site is presumed to be in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. ^[17]

Cuthbert Wardlaw de Balmule on Fife seems to have been held in high esteem by the inhabitants of the West Neck of Fife. He was blessed with a wife [Katherine Dalgleish] whose biography … inscribed in the Death Register of Dunfermline two days after her death … is Biblical in its brevity but long in its significance: ^[18]

"18th February 1621, Katherine Dalgleish, wyff to unqle Cuthbert Wardlaw in Balmule, dept yis lyff being ane honest woman and of greit aige."

Catherine [Dalgleish] Wardlaw, widow, died on 18th February 1621 in Balmule, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. If born around 1540, she would have been 81 years old, truly a "greit aige" for that time and place.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Gibson, John C, "The Wardlaws in Scotland: A History of the Wardlaws of Wilton and Torrie and their Cadets", Edinburgh: William Brown, 1912, Hathitrust, p. 97
2. ↑ Massue, Melville Henry, "Dalgleish of TInnygask".Genealogical Magazine: A Journal of Family History, Heraldry, and Pedigrees, London: Elliot Stock, 1902, Vol. V, Google Books, p. 315
3. ↑ Gibson, John C, "The Wardlaws in Scotland: A History of the Wardlaws of Wilton and Torrie and their Cadets", Edinburgh: William Brown, 1912, Hathitrust, suggests that Cuthbert was the son of Nicholas, son of John VIII, Laird of Torrie.
4. ↑ [https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/moody/10338/ "Surname: Moody" on Genealogy.com Forum in 2009.
5. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG8-CP6 : 12 February 2020), Katherine Dagleich in entry for Ester Wardlaw, 1562.
6. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG8-CPD : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Ester Wardlaw, 27 Dec 1562; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
7. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGX-DZW : 12 February 2020), Katherine Dagleich in entry for Harry Wardlaw, 1565.
8. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGX-DZ7 : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Harry Wardlaw, 16 May 1565; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
9. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGX-Q8Y : 12 February 2020), Kaete Dagleich in entry for Robert Wardlaw, 1566.
10. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGX-Q8T : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Robert Wardlaw, 23 Mar 1566; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
11. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG6-K2L : 12 February 2020), Kaete Dagleich in entry for Thomas Wardlaw, 1569.
12. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG6-K22 : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Thomas Wardlaw, 25 Sep 1569; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
13. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGZ-F59 : 12 February 2020), Kaete Dagleich in entry for Katherine Wardlaw, 1572.
14. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYGZ-F5M : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Katherine Wardlaw, 28 May 1572; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
15. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG8-Q2V : 12 February 2020), Ketie Dagleich in entry for Marjory Wardlaw, 1574.
16. ↑ Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYG8-Q2J : 10 February 2018), Cuthbert Wardlaw in entry for Marjory Wardlaw, 12 Jan 1574; citing DUNFERMLINE,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 844,775.
17. ↑ See Note 1 - Wardlaws of Scotland, pages 125-132.
18. ↑ http://www.southern-style.com/bursonram/pafn32.htm#3162

See also:

• The Peerage: Catherine Dalgleish. N.B. Includes wrongful daughter "Nicol" born 1545.

• Robert James Dagleish of Dunnygask He is mentioned in a list of the "principal heritors" of the isle of Fife.

• The Wardlaws of Luscar