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Margaret Lindsay, second daughter of Colin, third Earl of Balcarres

b. 1680, d. 8 February 1711

Birth

Margaret Lindsay, second daughter of Colin, third Earl of Balcarres, was born in 1680.

Family life

John ("the Pliant") Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown, 11th Lord Fleming, and Margaret Lindsay, second daughter of Colin, third Earl of Balcarres, were married on 14 March 1698 in Edinburgh.1 John ("the Pliant") Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown, 11th Lord Fleming, and she were divorced on 7 December 1708.1,2,2

Child with John ("the Pliant") Fleming, 6th Earl of Wigtown, 11th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1668, d. 10 February 1744)

DaughterMargaret Fleming (b. after 1698, d. before 1724)

Death

Margaret Lindsay, second daughter of Colin, third Earl of Balcarres, died on 8 February 1711 at age ~31.3

Citations

  1. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
  2. [S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Edinburgh: George Stewart, 1716), p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown.
  3. [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 19 November 2023), Margaret (Lindsay) Wigton (abt. 1680 - 1711) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lindsay-1694.
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Last Edited 5 May 2025