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Sir John OLIPHANT

Sir John OLIPHANT

Male Bef 1360 - 1420  (~ 60 years)

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  • Name John OLIPHANT 
    Prefix Sir 
    Born Bef 1360  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID G4LF-XR4 
    Name John of Aberdalgy  [1
    Name John Oliphant  [1
    _UID A18B2301B60D402B8DD1999918E1221F485E 
    Died 1420  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I28952  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 

    Father Sir Walter OLIPHANT,   b. 1324, Aberdalgie, Gask, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1378  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Mary ERSKINE,   b. Abt 1326, Aberdalgie, Gask, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F12685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Filia BORTHWICK,   b. 1351, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1400, Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sir William Of Gallery OLIPHANT,   b. 1379, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 3 Dec 1425, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     2. Marion OLIPHANT,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F12683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • In 1388/9 Sir John Oliphant obtained from King Robert II confirmation of a charter of all the properties and grants pertaining to his predecessors under The Great Seal of Scotland. There is a marriage contract of 1399 of Marion, daughter to Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, to Robert, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, (indicating she must have been born, say, 1383-8). Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgy, son to Sir Walter, gave a feu charter in 1412 to Malcolm Oliphant, his brother, of the lands of Hazelhead and Mekilkeyhede in the Lordship of Giffan, Sheriffdom of Ayr, witnessed by several important personages, including Phillip and George Oliphant, whose relationships are not given. It was ratified by Sir John Montgomerie of Ardrossan, the Superior of the said lands.[1]

      He married firstly a daughter of Sir William Borthwick.[2] They had the following children:

      William Oliphant
      Mariota Oliphant
      Research Notes
      Scots Peerage names only one daughter for Sir John Oliphant..Marion
      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 : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Marion Oliphant, Vol VI, pps 537-8
      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 : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.Robert Graham, Vol VI, pps 214-5
      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 : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.William Graham, Vol VI, pps 215-6
      Sources
      ? Mentioned by Macfarlane in his "Genealogy of the Oliphants" (pps:97-124) as living during 1377-1412. Genealogical Collections concerning families in Scotland by Walter Macfarlane 1750-51, edited by James T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates' Library, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1900, vol.ii, p.102.
      ? Sir Robert Douglas, Bt., The Peerage of Scotland : containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation, Edinburgh, pubs. R Fleming, 1764, pps:76 & 526, digital images, https://archive.org/details/peerageofscotlan00doug/page/76
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Apr 2024), entry for John OLIPHANT, person ID G4LF-XR4. (Reliability: 3).