Sir James Makgill "1st Viscount of Oxfuird"

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Sir James Makgill "1st Viscount of Oxfuird"

Sir James was born in 1586 in Cranston, Riddel, Midlothian, Scotland. Sir James' father was David Makgill and his mother was Mary (Marie) SaintClair Sinclair. His paternal grandparents were Sir James Makgill and Jane Elizabeth Adamson; his maternal grandfather is Not Filled and his maternal grandmother was Sibil Saint Clair Cockburn. He had five brothers and two sisters, named David of Cranston-Riddle, Patrick, Thomas, John, John, Elizabeth and Anna. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 77 in 1663 in Cranstoun Riddel, Midlothian, Scotland.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James Makgill
  - b.1492 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland d.1537 in Glenguiken, Kirkcudbrightshire, , Scotland
  
  Sir James Makgill
  - b.1513 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.15 Aug 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  
  Helen Wardlaw
  - b.1496 in Fife County, Scotland d.>07 Sep 1538 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  
  David Makgill
  - b.1558 in Cranstoun,Riddle,Midlothian,Scotland d.10 May 1607 in Cranstoun Riddel,,Midlothian,Scotland
  
  William Adamson, Burgess of Edinburgh
  - b.1470 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Fordel, Fife, Scotland
  
  Jane Elizabeth Adamson
  - b.1510 in Craigcrook, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.Oct 1579 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  
  Not Filled
  
  Sir James Makgill  "1st Viscount of Oxfuird"
  - b.1586 in Cranston, Riddel, Midlothian, Scotland d.1663 in Cranstoun Riddel, Midlothian, Scotland
  
  Not Filled
  
  Mary (Marie) SaintClair Sinclair
  - b.1562 in Herdsmanstoun, East Lothian, Scotland d.28 Jun 1609 in Cranstoun Riddell, Midlothian, Scotland
  
  John Cockburn
  - b.~  1502 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d.22 Nov 1583 in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland
  
  Sir William Cockburn 7th Laird of Ormiston, Lord High Sheriff of Berwick
  - b.1475 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d.22 Nov 1583 in Trabzon, Turkey
  
  Margaret Hepburn
  - b.~  1505 in East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom d.DECEASED
  
  Sir John II Cockburn, 8th Laird Ormiston, Lord High Sheriff of Berwick
  - b.~  1515 in Ormiston, Haddingtonshire, East Lothian, Scotland d.22 Nov 1583 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (had a stroke on High Street)
  
  Lady Janet Somerville Baroness Ormiston
  - b.1478 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.>  1515 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
  
  Sibil Saint Clair Cockburn
  - b.1544 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d.1620 in Herdsmanston, East Lothian, Scotland
  
  Alison of Calder Lady Cockburn of Ormiston Sandilands
  - b.1520 in Calder, Midlothian, Scotland d.18 Jun 1586 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland

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EVEN.TYPE	Heir of Title
EVEN.DATE	Apr 1635
EVEN	Sir Robert Richardson, Baronet [S 1630] of Pencaitland, 1st son and heir, born 24 January 1613, succeeded to the Baronetcy in April 1635, and was on 30 of that month served heir general of his father, and on 30 September following, heir special.

Sir James' first family with Christian Livingstone

‌Sir James and Christian were married in a religious ceremony on July 8th, 1646 in Scotland. They had a son and a daughter, named Robert and Christian.