Margaret Borthwick

MARGARET BORTHWICK

The Scots Peerage

Margaret Borthwick is the daughter of Sir William Borthwick, 1st of Borthwick.

Family

Margaret Borthwick married, firstly, Sir William Abernethy, 7th of Saltoun[1], son of Sir William Abernathy, 6th of Saltoun and Lady Mary Stewart. Her married name became Abernethy in 1413.[1]

They had the following children:

1. William Abernethy d. 1428
2. Laurence Abernethy, 1st Lord Saltoun of Abernethy b. c 1400, d. b 13 Mar 1460/61

Secondly, she and William Douglas obtained a marriage license on 9 December 1420. From 9 December 1420, her married name became Douglas. No children are known for that marriage.

Sources

• Robert Douglas, The peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation, (Edinburgh: R Fleming, 1764), p. 76, digital images, https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/76
• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00046213&tree=LEO
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Borthwick-7