William Abernethy, 1st of Saltoun

William DE ABERNETHY

• Birth: 1223 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland
• Death: 1290 in Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland
• Father: Sir Laurence DE ABERNETHY b: 1175 in Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland
• Mother: DEVORGUILLA

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In 1288 Sir William de Abernethy, the first of the family styled of Saltoun, and Sir Patrick de Abernathy, lay in wait for Duncan earl of Fife, one of the regents of the kingdom during the minority of Margaret of Norway, at Potpollock, and murdered him. William was seized by Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell and condemned to perpetual imprisonment, and Patrick fled into France and died there. (Fordun.)

Family

Marriage

1. 1 MARGARET b: 1231 in Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland Married: 1251 in Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland d. Aft 1274

Children

1. William Abernethy, 2nd of Saltoun, b: 1252 in Saltoun, East Lothian, Scotland d. Abt 1320. Signed the Declaration of Arbroath 1320.
2. Laurence Abernethy, of Lamberton, d. Abt 1338

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• "The Scottish Nation - Abernathy"
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=blodgback...
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg1702.htm#29174 cites:
  • The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Publication date 1904-1914. Vol. 7. Page 403. < Archive.Org >
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe..., identifies the wife of William Abernethy, 1st of Saltoun as Margaret de Lindsay (d. aft 1274), daughter of Walter de Lindsay, Lord of Lamberton and Molesworth & Christian, and widow of Sir David de Lindsay, of Luffness, Regent, High Chamberlain (d. 1268). Cites:
  • 1. [S474] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans.