Helen Douglas

Abt 1436 - Abt 1487  (~ 51 years)

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• Name	Helen Douglas
  Born	Abt 1436	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	9788
  Died	Abt 1487	Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I9788	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir William Douglas,   b. Abt 1398, Scotland ,   d. Oct 1437, Scotland  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Hay,   b. Abt 1400, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Married	6 Jan 1414/15	Yester Castle, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F3341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Graham,   b. Abt 1433, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1472, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Children	+ 1. Agnes Graham,   b. Abt 1468, Scotland  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F3340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1436 - Scotland Died - Abt 1487 - Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Douglas-742 Helen was born about 1435 daughter to William Douglas earl of Angus and his spouse Margaret Hay. She was sister to William Douglas of Cluny[1]. About 1454 Helen married as her first husband William Lord Graham of Kincardine. William Graham and Helen Douglas had issue: Marjory / Mariot mar. James Lord Ogilvy her step brother Christian mar. (1) James Haldane (2) Thomas Maule William heir to his father George d. 1513 at Flodden Patrick rector of Glasgow University Elizabeth mar. Andrew Moncur of that Ilk about 1481. Janet mar.Walter Forrester of the Torwood in 1488 Helen's husband died about 1472. The widow Lady Graham and her mother-in-law the Dowager Lady Graham had a serious dsipute whereby Helen, Lady Graham raised an action against Christian, Lady Graham, in 1474. the latter successfully pleaded the exception "again ye said Elene yt scho suld be under sentence of cursing". [2] Helen married secondly as second wife to Sir James Lord Ogilvy of Airlie about 1474. Helen retained the title of Lady Graham even after this marriage. Her younger children by William Graham appear to have accompanied her to be brought up in the Ogilvy household. Sir James Ogilvy and Helen Douglas had issue: Oliver mar. Felicia Fenton of Cookston Alexander who mar. Nicholas Straton Isabella mar. Alexander, son of James Stewart, Earl of Buchan & Auchterhouse. Malcolm mar. Magaret Ouchterlony Helen, Lady Graham, spouse of, and procurator for, Sir James Ogilvy of Airlie., appeared before David, Earl of Crawford at Dundee on 21 Nov 1486 , and produced letters of discharge under the seal and subscription of her husband asking to be freed from his service to the Earl for reasons contained in the letters; and she offered the Earl the letters of maintenance made by Sir James. The Earl of Crawford refused to accept all of these. [3] Andrew Moncur was principal witness to Helen Lady Graham's action and as his wife was Elizabeth Graham (born about 1460), it is most probable that he was son -in-law to Helen. At Arbroath on 8 May 1478 the Abbot and Convent of Arbroath granted a tack to Helen, Lady Graham, and Oliver, her eldest son by Sir James Ogilvy, of the lands of Balfour and Kirkton, with the mill and teind sheaves, for nineteen years from Whitsunday 1480. [4] Helen died about 1490 and her husband married Janet Lyle as his third wife.

  
  

• Sources

  [S784] The Genealogist, Journal of the American Society of Genealogists, (Name: American Society of Genealogists;), Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland", The Genealogist 27 (2013): 28-50, 162-181 and 28 (2014): 58-89. Also available on AmericanAncestors.org.