Margaret Mariot (Colquhoun) Boyd (abt. 1525 - 1601)

Born about 1525 in Glens, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock — married 1535 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1601 at about age 76 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Colquhoun) Boyd is a member of Clan Colquhoun.

Margaret Colquhoun was the only daughter of George Colquhoun of Glinnis and Margaret Boyd. She was the granddaughter of Robert Lord Boyd, Great Chamberlain of Scotland.^[1]

Origins

According to Sir James Balfour Paul in The Scots Peerage ..., and George E Cokayne in The Complete Peerage ..., Margaret was the daughter of George Colquhoun (not Sir John), 4th of Glens, by his wife Margaret, daughter of Alexander, 3rd Lord Boyd.^{[2] [3]}

Marriage and Children

Margaret married in 1535 (date of contract) to her "cousin-german," Lord Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd.^[2]

Mariota Colquhoun sponse Roberti domini Boyd, quinque mercat. terrarium de Law in vitali redditu, &c. dated 11 Feb 1548.^[1]

Children of Margaret and Robert:^[4]

1. Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd
2. Robert Boyd b 1551 of Badenheath or Badinhaith in Stirlingshire
3. Margaret Boyd, married to John Cuningham
4. Helen Boyd, never married
5. Eqidia/Egidia Boyd or Giles Boyd b c. 1563; married Hugh (Montgomerie), 4th Earl of Eglintoun
6. Agnes Boyd died at Edinburgh 18 July 1584; married to Sir John Colquhoun of Luss
7. Christian Boyd; married 1571 to Sir James Hamilton of Evandale and Libbertoun
8. Elisabeth/Elizabeth Boyd; married to Sir John Cunningham of Drumquhassill

Robert Boyd also had a natural son, Colonel David Boyd of Tourgill, who had letters of legitimation.^[4]

Death and Legacy

Margaret wrote her will on 13 May 1601 and died in August of that same year.^[4] She was buried in the Metropolitan Church of Glasgow.^[4] The church is also known as Saint Andrew's Metropolitan Cathedral. Her tomb is beside Saint Mungo's Well.

Lady Margaret Colquhoun Boyd is buried in Saint Andrew's Metroplitan Cathedral, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland (Plot Tomb beside Saint Mungo's Well).

Sources

• FindAGrave Memorial ID# 145940869

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Douglas, Sir Robert. The Baronage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of That Kingdom. 1798, p. 440. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition... Vol 5. 1908, pp. 155, 161-7) Edinburgh: D. Douglas.
3. ↑ Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. Vol. 2. 1912, pp. 261-62. London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Wikipedia contributors, Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd July 25, 2015, accessed July 2, 2015

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors, Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd 10 Jul 2015, accessed 2 Jul 2015.
• Keith, Robert; Lyon, Charles Jobson. Lawson, John Parker, ed. History of the affairs of church and state in Scotland: from the beginning of the reformation to the year 1568. 3. The Spottiswoode Society. 1850, pp. 304-5. https://archive.org/details/historyofaffairs00keit/page/304
• Hewitt, G R. "Boyd, Robert, fifth Lord Boyd (c.1517–1590)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. Oxford University Press.
• Rigg, James McMullen. "Boyd, Robert (d.1590)". In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography. 6. 1886, pp. 96-7. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #145940869