Margaret Robison

Not the same as Margaret Barclay

Inconsistencies

The Margaret Barclay who was daughter of John Barclay & Elspeth Balvaird was christened 20 Apr 1686 in Iversesk & Musselbrugh, Midlothian, Scotland.

A different Margaret Barclay was baptized 31 Oct 1685 in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. Her father was also a John Barclay, but the baptismal record says he was John Barclay in Gooslone. Gooslone was in the vicinity of Kilwinning & Dalry in Ayrshire. This is about 100 miles from where John Barclay & Elspeth Balvaird were in Midlothian, on opposite coasts.

The Margaret de Barclay who married a Hugh Ross lived in the 1300s, not the 1700s. There was also Margaret Graham who married first a John de Barclay and secondly a Hugh Ross.

There is no evidence that Hugh Ross of Balblair married a Margaret Barclay.

No known wife

From https://www.geni.com/discussions/264183?msg=1627391

There was no Hugh Ross born in Nairn who married a Margaret Barclay and died in North Carolina in the 1740s.

The Hugh Ross that often gets attached to this fictional Margaret Barclay as her husband is Hugh Ross, in Balblair, son of Captain David Ross of Balblair. There is only one mention of this Hugh Ross in any records, though. It is a disposition his father wrote in 1707 in which Hugh is listed as his 3rd lawful son. There is no evidence of him before or after that date. And no evidence that he married. Either way, that Hugh Ross lived at Balblair in the parish of Fearn. This was across the firth from Nairn in Nairnshire. Nairn is historically the home of Rose of Kilravock descendants, not Ross of Balnagown descendants. Balblair was also very far north of both Midlothian and Kilwinning. There don't seem to be any records that indicate that Hugh from Balblair would have any reason to be acquainted with Barclay families from either of these other areas.

Disambiguation

• Margaret de Barclay was married to Hugh Ross, 1st of Balnagown who died before 10 August 1374.
• He was the son of Aodh (Hugh) de Ross, 4th Earl of Ross & Margaret Graham
• This idea that Hugh Ross & Margaret Barclay lived in more recent times seems to be a theory that was proposed long ago & has just been repeated over the years.

Origins

• John Barclay is seen as son of Sir John Riddle Barclay, Sr. but locations suggest otherwise.
• Margaret Barclay was the last “of Balvaird”

References

• Margaret Barclay Christening: Oct 31 1685 Dalry, Ayr, Scotland Residence: Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland Father: John Barclay Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11587-2 System Origin: Scotland-VR GS Film number: 1041338 Reference ID: 2:15FFPDL
• https://www.scotweb.co.uk/info/barclay/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Barclay
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070708130749/http://www.clanbarclay.o... “ Major Historical Families: Barclays of the Bank Line, Barclays of Bury Hill Line, Collarnie Line, Gartley Line, Ladyland Line, Mathers Line, Towie Line, Urie Line”
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balvaird_Castle
• A history of the Barclay family, with full pedigree from 1066 to [1933], compiled by Charles W. Barclay ... Author Barclay, Charles Wright, 1853-1926. Page 208 Archive.Org “... Barclay of Balvaird ...”
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/G9D8-FJT
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3P2L-7FH
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barclay_(New_Jersey)_
• https://genealogical.com/2018/10/29/royal-lineage-research-by-the-l...
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/clanbarclayproject/about
• A History of the Barclay Family with full pedigree from 1067 to 1933. Pt. 3, The Barclays in Scotland & England from 1610 to 1933 / compiled by Lt.-Col. Hubert F. Barclay ; & Alice Wilson-Fox. (1934)
• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1YT-CMQ : 12 February 2020), Margaret Barclay, 1686.
• BARCLAY, MARGARET (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 10 8 Dalry) Page 8 of 241 31/10/1685
• Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and its descent form the ancient earls of Ross, together with the descent of the ancient and historic family of Read, from Rede of Trough-end, Reade of Barton Court, Berks, and Read of Delaware. Also some account of the related families by Read, Harmon Pumpelly, 1860- [from old catalog]; Reid, Francis Nevile, 1826-1892 Publication date 1908 page 45 no name given for the wife of Hugh Ross in Balbair