Ancestors of the Border Grahams

First Generation

1. Walter Graham, son of Richie Graham , was born in 1555 in Netherby, Cumberland, England.

General Notes: The whole Sept of the Grahams, under their chief Walter, the gude man of Netherby, was exported to Ireland. The reason stated was because they had been troublesome on the Scottish border. They were transported from the port at Workington, County Cumberland, England to Roscommon, Ireland, which is south of the three counties mentioned for the Nethery family. The Sept at this time consisted of 124 persons, nearly all bearing the surname of Graeme or Graham. The Anglo-Irish and other Genealogies page 231 states "In 1606 the descendants of Richard of Netherby were banished to Ireland. Their land was forfeited, and was sold in 1629 to Richard Graham, second son of Richard Graham, of Plomp, son of Matthew Graham of Springhill, beyond which it is impossible to trace the present family of Graham of Esk and Netherby." This gives you some indication of the difficult problems that we are up against.

Walter married ²Sibil Bell³.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Sir Richard Graham of Esk

         ii.   Arthur Graham

        iii.   Thomas Graham

Second Generation (Parents)

2. Richie Graham, son of Richard Graham and Unknown , was born in 1555 in Esk, Cumberland, England.

Richie married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

1         i.   Walter Graham

Third Generation (Grandparents)

4. Richard Graham, son of William "Lang Will" Graham of Stuble and Unknown , was born in 1500 in Netherby, Cumberland, England.

Richard married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

2         i.   Richie Graham

Fourth Generation (Great Grandparents)

8. William "Lang Will" Graham of Stuble, son of Sir John "With The Bright Sword" Graham of Kilbride and Margaret Mushet , was born in 1468 in Scotland.

General Notes: John Graham’s book ‘Conditions of the Border at the Union,’ printed 1905, gives us this description of Long Will starting on page 159. "1552 the clan numbered 500 warriors, sturdy defenders of the Border, inhabiting thirteen strong towers, eight of which lay between Esk and Leven rivers. The leader to whom their ancient fame as a fighting clan was largely due, was William Graham of Stuble (Lang Will,) a man of immense size and muscular strength, combined with a commanding personality. He seems to of (sic) had been one of those masterful spirits like Gilnockie (Johnnie Armstrong), thrown upon the surface in lawless times to control and direct the actions of the most untamable of men - an instrument capable of infinite mischief, but equally capable of great good if wisely enlisted on the side of law and order."

Lord Thomas Scrope of Bolton, the English Warden of the Western March identified Lang Will as a Graham, laird of Mosskeswra. (D&G Trans., 1959-60, p.105). Some time prior to May 1463, the lands of Mosskeswra, Nether Dryfe and Medokholm (sic Bedokholm) were granted or confirmed to William the Graham/Lang Will, by Herbert of Johnston. (D&W Trans., 1959-60,p. 89).

The career of William the Graham can be fitfully traced through the

records. Between the years of 1476 to 1492 he was in trouble for violently

possessing parts of the lands of his superior, the Earl of Morton, in

addition to this there was a dispute with Mr. Alexander Murray, minister of the Kirk of Hutton. Lang Will was ingathering and detaining the teinds

(tithe) of the church for more than a year (on the theory: "His land (his

money!") but the Lords of Council had no hesitation in ruling in favor of Mr. Murray.

Lang Will was banished, lost his lands. He had no goods to be escheated (forfeited), a fugitive at the horn, outlawed and banished from Scotland. Should he be assaulted, imprisoned or even slain there was no redress for him as he was outwith the law. He could not escape to foreign service as many did, without forsaking his young family of six sons, Richard being the oldest. There was one refuge for him close at hand: 20 miles from Hutton Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland was the Debateable Land fast filling up with broken men from both sides of the Border. There were already many Grahams on the Border " stark moss-trooping Scots" (Border Raiders) living there. Banishment was complete: if the outlaw merely stepped over the frontier into England.

(D&W Trans.., 1959-60, p.91, 104-105; C&W Trans., 1911, p.70).

From the Northern Notes and Queries (Vol. I, No. 6, p. 116) we find the

Border Grahams of the sixteenth century both numerous and warlike. In 1528 they were amongst the most troublesome of the Liddisdale Borders.

William Graham/Lang Will, had taken up residence in Stuble, Armstrong

country. This led to constant strife between the two most notorious riding

families in the Western Marches, the Armstrongs and the Grahams. Richard Graham of Esk, eldest son of Lang Will, however married the daughter of the laird of Mangerton, an Armstrong. William Lord Dacre, the English Warden of the Western March, in 1528, made, as he thought, a secret raid to attack Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie's Hollows Tower in Eskdale. Though it was sacked by Lord Dacre, he and his troops fell into a trap and were badly mauled by Johnnie Armstrong’s people. While Lord Dacre was occupied with saving his skin, Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie slipped behind him and burnt the village of Netherby in England and a mill owned by Lord Dacre. Lord Dacre believed Johnnie Armstrong had news of his coming from Richard Graham, Richard being married to an Armstrong. Richard Graham was taken into custody by Lord Dacre, 23rd March 1528 and delivered to Carlisle Castle’s high tower with fetters upon his feet. Thus shackled, he was charged with treason and awaited his execution. On Sunday the 29th Richard was allowed to go loose and unshackled up and down the castle by order of the under-sheriff, Sir William Musgrave to eat in the dining hall and attend church services.

When the opportunity presented itself, as planned Richard leaped out by a privy postern which stood open to the fields where there was a man and a led horse ready for him. Richard galloped to Scotland taking shelter with the Scottish Warden, Lord Maxwell in Scotland. Later he was joined by his father, Lang Will (now of Stuble), his brothers and thirty family members. Richard succeeded in clearing himself of the charge of treason by proving that a member of the Storey family of Netherby and Mote had informed Johnnie Armstrong of Lord Dacre’s raid. The Storeys fearing Lord Dacre’s fury, fled into Northumberland. Their lands were occupied by the sons of Lang Will who promptly divided up the land amongst themselves.

The lands of Netherby went to Lang Will’s oldest son, Richard and the second son, Fergus Graham (note: not Fergus Graham of Plomp) received the lands of Mote. (C&W Trans., vol XXXII, p40, 1912 & GMF Steel Bonnets, p.64). Lord Hereis in his discourse on the Borders states the thieves of the March (Grahams) with English assistance had slain the Lord Carlyle, the lairds of Mouswauld, Kirkmichael, Kirkpatrick-Fleming and Logane and other landed men. He also asserted that the Grahams "gat of their ransoms and spuilzie gottin in Scotland, worth 100,000 merks," (obsolete silver Scottish coin worth 13 shillings and 4 pence, c.1710).

Then the Grahams built eight or nine towers impregnable to the power of the Scottish Warden. The present Netherby Hall was built around one of these ancient towers. Their neighbors were forced to take the Graham daughters in marriage without a tocher (dowry), which did not increase their popularity. In 1542 the Grahams were not more than 20-30 at most, by 1578 they were 16-18 score (320-360) well horsed.

(R.P.O., iii,, 78 in D&G Trans., p.105, 1959-60).

William married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

4         i.   Richard Graham

         ii.   Fergus Graham of Mote

Fifth Generation (Great Great Grandparents)

16. Sir John "With The Bright Sword" Graham of Kilbride, son of Malise Graham Earl of Menteith and Anne Vere , was born about 1427 in Kilbride (Near Doune), Scotland.

John married ²Margaret Mushet³.

Children from this marriage were:

8         i.   William "Lang Will" Graham of Stuble

         ii.   Graham of Gartmore

17. Margaret Mushet was born in 1427.

Margaret married ²Sir John "With The Bright Sword" Graham of Kilbride³.

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents)

32. Malise Graham Earl of Menteith, son of Patrick Graham of Kilpont and Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn , was born in 1407 in Elieston, Linlithgow, Scotland and died before 17 May 1491 in Scotland. Another name for Malise was 1st Earl Of Menteith.

General Notes: !The earldom of Menteith, on the execution and forfeiture of Earl Murdoch, became vested in the Crown, and a moiety of it was conferred in 1427 upon Malise Graham, son of Sir Patrick Graham and Euphemia, granddaughter of Robert Stewart, as some compensation for the loss of the earldom palatine of Strathern, one of the oldest and most illustrious of Scottish dignities, which he had inherited from his mother, and which the King had appropriated on the plea that it was a male fief. The other portion was reserved to the Crown, and was afterwards known as the Stewartry of Menteith.

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The earldom of Strathearn was vested in the Crown by David II, who made his nephew Robert the Stewart Earl of Strathearn in 1357. After his accession to the throne as Robert II, Robert gave the earldom as a palatinate (an earldom in which the earl has sovereign power within that territory-basically a small kingdom) to his son David (along with the Earldom of Caithness, which had also belonged by inheritance to Malise, last Celtic earl of Strathearn). However, the old traditions of sovereignty within the earldom became such a political hot potato that it was eventually discontinued.

The earldom passed out of the Stewart family in the early fifteenth century, and devolved upon Malise Graham, grandson of David, Earl of Strathearn and Caithness by his daughter Euphemia, his only child. In 1427, however, while Malise Graham was still in his minority and a hostage in England as well, the acquisitive James I (himself recently returned from a long captivity in England) flagrantly deprived Malise of the earldom and gave it instead to his uncle, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl (during the same period the insecure and acquisitive Stewarts enhanced their direct power and control over Scotland by deviously obtaining control of all the most important Scottish earldoms). Subsequently (in 1437) James was murdered, hacked to death by disgruntled nobles-Stewarts among them-led by Sir Robert Graham, uncle of Malise. After 1437 the title remained in abeyance, and in 1484, Strathearn was made a "Stewartry" (a sheriffdom of lands held directly by the Crown) under the Murrays of Tullibardine in Strathearn, descendants of Malise, Steward of Strathearn through his daughter Ada about 1284. The office of Steward (or Stewart) was originally that of "first household officer," and as such, this Malise undoubtedly descended from a younger son of one of the earls of Strathearn the office passing with the lands of Tullibardine.

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In the early fifteenth century the then Graham chief's half-brother Patrick Graham married Robert II's granddaughter, who was the heiress of the new Stewart Earldom of Strathearn, and their son, Malise Graham, was thus heir of Strathearn. Patrick Graham was killed by the Drummonds in 1413, leaving the infant Malise in the guardianship of Patrick's younger brother Sir Robert Graham of Kinpoint. In 1427 James I seized the rich Earldom of Strathearn, giving Malise instead the almost empty title of Earl of Mentieth, and packing him off to England as a hostage-prisoner for almost 26 years. Sir Robert Graham, the boy's uncle and guardian protested in vain, and finally raided the King at Perth and killed the King himself, for which act he was later tortured to death. This line continued, however, and in 1631 the then Earl of Mentieth renewed his claim on Strathearn, but was in 1633 forced to accept the Earldom of Airth instead.

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The Royal Burgh of Linlithgow is dominated by the ruins of the ancient Palace and the Cross of the St Michael's Church. Linlithgow is roughly halfway between the two most important Scottish Royal castles situated at Edinburgh and Stirling so was a convenient and scneic location for the Kings of Scotland to retire to to enjoy country pursuits like hunting. Today it is located on the Union Canal and just off the M9 motorway which linking these two cities which is just to the north of Linlithgow Loch. The town is twinned with Guyancourt, France.

Malise married ²Anne Vere³.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Alexander Graham

         ii.   Euphemia Graham

        iii.   Walter Graham

16       iv.   Sir John "With The Bright Sword" Graham of Kilbride

Malise next married ²Marion Campbell³.

Malise next married ²Janet De Richford³ in 1432.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Alexander Graham

         ii.   Patrick Graham

33. Anne Vere was born in 1410.

Anne married ²Malise Graham Earl of Menteith³.

Seventh Generation (4th Great Grandparents)

64. Patrick Graham of Kilpont, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine and Euphemia Stewart of Ralston , was born on 10 Nov 1382 in Kincardine, Montrose, Angus, Scotland and died on 10 Aug 1412 in Scotland, at age 29. The cause of his death was murdered by Sir John Drummond of Concraig.

Patrick married ²Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn³ on 24 Aug 1406 in Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Elizabeth Graham

         ii.   Euphemia Graham

32      iii.   Malise Graham Earl of Menteith

65. Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn, daughter of David Stewart Earl of Strathearn and Unknown , was born before 1375 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland and died in Oct 1415 in Caithness, Scotland.

Euphemia married ²Patrick Graham of Kilpont³ on 24 Aug 1406 in Scotland.

Euphemia next married ²Sir Patrick Dunbar³, son of ²Unknown³ and ²Unknown³.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Patrick Dunbar

         ii.   George Dunbar

Eighth Generation (5th Great Grandparents)

128. Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, son of Sir David Graham of Kincardine , was born about 1340 in Dundaff, Sterlingshire, Scotland and died about 1404, about age 64. Another name for Patrick was Lord Dundaff.

General Notes: Patrick was a Knight-Banneret. He was one of the hostages for the release of King David II. He was one of the commissioners who conducted negotiations with the English in 1394.

His two eldest sons by his second marriage met particularly violent ends. Sir Patrick Graham of Dundaff and Kilpont (see below) was murdered by his brother-in-law Sir John Drummond of Concraig in 1413. The next son, Sir Robert Graham of Kilpont, was one of the group which assassinated King James I at Perth on 21 February 1437, and he was executed at Stirling Castle later that year.

Common Ancestor For Esk & Claverhouse

Patrick married ²Matilda³.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Matilda Graham

         ii.   Sir William Graham Duke of Montrose

Patrick next married ²Euphemia Stewart of Ralston³.

Children from this marriage were:

64        i.   Patrick Graham of Kilpont

         ii.   Robert Graham

        iii.   David Graham

         iv.   Alexander Graham

          v.   Elizabeth Graham

129. Euphemia Stewart of Ralston, daughter of Sir John Stewart of Ralston and Alicia More , was born about 1354 in Ralston, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Euphemia married ²Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine³.

130. David Stewart Earl of Strathearn, son of Robert II Stewart King of Scotland and Euphemia Ross Countess of Moray , was born about 1356 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland and died before 1389 in Scotland.

David married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

65        i.   Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn

David married ²Eupheme Lindsay Countess of Strathearn³, daughter of ²Sir Alexander Lindsay³ and ²Katherine Stirling³, about 1376 in Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

65        i.   Euphemia Stewart Countess of Strathearn

Ninth Generation (6th Great Grandparents)

256. Sir David Graham of Kincardine, son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine and Annabella of Strathearn , was born about 1260 in Old Montrose, Angus, Scotland and died on 4 Apr 1373, about age 113.

General Notes: David was probably an only son. He was known for his patriotism and valour. He was one of the barons who negotiated the ransom of King David II after he was captured by the English at the Battle of Durham in 1346. He sat in Parliament in 1357 when the treaty for King David's release was approved. He took an oath of homage and fealty to King Robert II in 1371.

David married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   B Graham

         ii.   John Graham of Auchencloich

128     iii.   Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine

         iv.   Graham

258. Sir John Stewart of Ralston, son of Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland and Isabel Graham , was born about 1318 in Ralston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Another name for John was John (Sir) (Of Raiston) Stewart.

John married (name unknown).

John married ²Alicia More³ on 10 May 1341 in Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Marjory Stewart

129      ii.   Euphemia Stewart of Ralston

259. Alicia More .

Alicia married ²Sir John Stewart of Ralston³ on 10 May 1341 in Scotland.

260. Robert II Stewart King of Scotland, son of Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce , was born on 2 Mar 1315-1316 in Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland, died on 19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Strathclyde, Scotland, at age 75, and was buried in 1390 in Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

General Notes: Robert II, 1316-90, king of Scotland (1371-90), nephew and successor of David II . He was the first sovereign of the house of Stuart, or Stewart, which eventually succeeded to the English as well as the Scottish throne. The son of Walter the Steward and Marjorie, daughter of Robert I, he was regent three times (1333-35, 1338-41, and 1346-58) for David II during the latter's exile and captivity. He thus led the resistance to Edward de Baliol and Edward III of England. Robert rebelled against his uncle in 1363 when David recognized Edward III as his successor. On David's death (1371), however, he succeeded peacefully to the throne, in accordance with the succession law adopted in 1318. Robert's first marriage took place after the birth of several of his sons, but their succession to the throne was legitimized by an act of Parliament in 1373. Through most of his reign the government was dominated by two of these sons-John, Earl of Carrick (later Robert III) and Robert Stuart, later 1st duke of Albany. The Scots in alliance with France fought off several English invasions; they invaded England without assistance in 1388 and won a great victory at Otterburn. Robert was succeeded by Robert III.

Noted events in his life were:

• Crowned: 26 Mar 1371, Scone Abbey.

Robert married ²Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan³, daughter of ²Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan³ and ²Joan Cunningham³, in 1336.

Marriage Notes: Married Again November 22 1347 Or 1349

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   John Robert Stewart Duke of Albany

         ii.   Alexander Stewart 1st Earl Of Buchan

        iii.   Elizabeth Stewert

         iv.   Isabel Stewart

          v.   Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart Earl of Buchan

         vi.   Jean Stewart

        vii.   Margaret Stewart

       viii.   Marjory Stewart Princess of Scotland

         ix.   Robert Stewart 1st Duke Of Albany

          x.   Walter Stewart Earl Of Fife

Robert next married ²Euphemia Ross Countess of Moray³ about 2 May 1355.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Edigia Stewart

130      ii.   David Stewart Earl of Strathearn

        iii.   Egidia (Jill) Stewart

         iv.   Katherine Stewart

          v.   Katherine (Jean or Elizabeth) Stewart

         vi.   Walter Stewart Earl Of Atholl And Caithness

Robert next married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Sir John Stewart of Bute

         ii.   Alexander Stewart Canon of Glasgow

        iii.   Thomas Stewart Archdeacon of St Andrews & Dean Of Dunkeld

Robert had a relationship with ²Moira Leitch Concubine 1³.

Their children were:

          i.   Sir John Stewart of Bute

         ii.   Sir John of Dundonald

Robert next had a relationship with ²Marion Carney Concubine 2³.

Their children were:

          i.   Walter Stewart

Robert next had a relationship with ²Concubine³.

261. Euphemia Ross Countess of Moray, daughter of Hugh de Ross Earl of Ross and Margaret Graham of Kincardine , was born about 1280 in Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, died in 1387, about age 107, and was buried in Paisley Chaple, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Euphemia married ²Robert II Stewart King of Scotland³ about 2 May 1355.

Euphemia next married ²John Randolph Earl of Moray³.

Euphemia next married (name unknown).

Tenth Generation (7th Great Grandparents)

512. Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, son of Sir David Graham of Dundaff and Annabella of Strathearn , was born about 1250 in Dundaff, Sterlingshire, Scotland and died on 28 Apr 1296 in Dunbar, Scotland, about age 46. He was slain in Battle of Dunbar.

General Notes: Killed in the Battle of Dunbar. Patrick was sent to negotiatethe marriage of Prince Alexander of Scotland and Margaret of Flanders in 1281. He sat in Parliment in 1284 and acknowledged Margaret, Maid of Norway as heiress to the throne. He swore fealty to Edward 1st of England in 1292, and was summoned to attend Edward into France in 1294. He was killed fighting against the English.

Patrick married ²Annabella of Strathearn³ about 1260 in Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Sir John Graham of Abercorn

256      ii.   Sir David Graham of Kincardine

512b. Sir John Graham of Dundaff, son of Sir David Graham of Dundaff and Annabella of Strathearn , died on 22 Jul 1298 in Falkirk, Scotland, and was buried about 1298 in Kirk Of Falkirk. The cause of his death was killed fightining the English alongside William "Braveheart" Wallace.

General Notes: Sir John was a son of Sir David Graeme of Dundaff, lands which lie on the banks of Carron Valley Reservoir. The remains of an ancient earthwork there are known as "de Graeme's Castle". Sir John was the second of his family to die as a result of the English invasion of Scotland, his elder brother Sir Patrick Graeme having been killed at the Battle of Dunbar in 1296.

Sir John is closely associated with William Wallace, Blind Harry portrays him as Wallace's closest lieutenant. Harry also tells of Wallace searching the battlefield for the body of his friend and carrying it to Falkirk churchyard for burial, weeping over the grave. An ornamental fountain in Victoria Park marks the spot where Sir John is reputed to have fallen, victim of an English knight who stabbed him through a gap in his armour.

Sir David's surviving son, also David, was a signatory of the Declaration of Arbroath and was the first Graeme to be associated with the lands of Montrose.

Sir John's grave has been a place of pilgrimage for many years. Robert Burns made a point of visiting the grave to say a prayer on the occasion of his visit to Falkirk in 1787.

513. Annabella of Strathearn, daughter of Robert 4th Earl of Strathearn and Unknown , was born about 1238 in France and died after 1296.

Annabella married ²Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine³ about 1260 in Scotland.

516. Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland, son of James Stewart High Stewart Of and Egidia (Giles) De Burgh , was born in 1293 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 9 Apr 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West-Lothian, Scotland, at age 33, and was buried in Paisley, Scotland.

Walter married ²Marjorie Bruce³ in 1315 in Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

260       i.   Robert II Stewart King of Scotland

Walter next married ²Isabel Graham³.

Children from this marriage were:

258       i.   Sir John Stewart of Ralston

         ii.   Andrew Stewart

        iii.   Lady Egidia Stewart

Walter next married ²Alice Erskine³, daughter of ²Unknown³ and ²Unknown³.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Jean Stewart

517. Isabel Graham, daughter of Nicholas Graham of Dalkeith and Abercorn and Maria of Strathearn , was born about 1298 in Abercorn, West-Lothian, Scotland.

Isabel married ²Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland³.

520. Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland, son of James Stewart High Stewart Of and Egidia (Giles) De Burgh , was born in 1293 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 9 Apr 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West-Lothian, Scotland, at age 33, and was buried in Paisley, Scotland.

Walter married ²Marjorie Bruce³ in 1315 in Scotland.

Walter next married ²Isabel Graham³.

Walter next married ²Alice Erskine³, daughter of ²Unknown³ and ²Unknown³.

521. Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I Bruce King of Scotland and Isabell [Matilda] Mar Queen of Scotland , was born about 1297 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 2 Mar 1315-1316 in Scotland, about age 18, and was buried in Paisley Abbey. The cause of her death was fell from horse.

Marjorie married ²Walter Stewart High Stewart of Scotland³ in 1315 in Scotland.

522. Hugh de Ross Earl of Ross, son of William Third Earl of Ross and Euphemia de Baliol , was born about 1275 in Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, died on 19 Jul 1333 in Battleof Halidon, Berwick-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England, about age 58, and was buried in Abbey, Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Hugh married ²Maud (Matilda) (Mary) Bruce³, daughter of ²Robert de Bruce Earl of Carrick³ and ²Margaret Carrick Countess of Car³, in 1308 in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

          i.   Marjory (Maud) Ross

         ii.   William Ross Earl of Ross

Hugh next married ²Margaret Graham of Kincardine³ in Old Montrose, Angusshire, Scotland.

Children from this marriage were:

261       i.   Euphemia Ross Countess of Moray

         ii.   Hugh Ross

523. Margaret Graham of Kincardine, daughter of Sir David Graham of Dundaff and Unknown , was born about 1310 in Old Montrose, Angusshire, Scotland. Another name for Margaret was Countess Of Ross.

Margaret married ²Hugh Ross Earl³ on 29 Nov 1329.

Margaret next married ²Hugh de Ross Earl of Ross³ in Old Montrose, Angusshire, Scotland.

Margaret next married ²John de Berkeley Laird of Gartley³ on 13 Apr 1341 in Montrose, Ajgusshire, Scotland.