David Boswell, of Glassmont, 2nd of Boswell

David, who married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Melville of Raith, by whom, besides six daughters, he had two sons, David, his heir, and Robert, parson of Auchterderran ...

David, the elder son, had a charter under the great seal from King James the Second, of his father’s lands of Glasmont, in Fife, dated 4th November 1458, after which he was designed of Glasmont as long as he lived. He was twice married. By his first wife, Grizel, daughter of Sir John Wemyss of that ilk, he had two sons and two daughters. David, the elder son, predeceased his father. Alexander, who was afterwards knighted, succeeded to the estate of Balmuto. By his second wife, Lady Margaret Sinclair, daughter of William, earl of Orkney and Caithness, whom he married in 1480, he had five sons, of whom Thomas, the eldest, was the progenitor of the Boswells of Auchinleck, in Ayrshire.

Sources

1. The Scottish Nation: Or the Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland, Volume 1 (Google eBook).  William Anderson.  Fullarton, 1867.  Page 344.  "Boswell"
2. Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss.  Edinburgh,  1888. By Sir William Fraser. Page 817.  Grisel, who married David Boswell of Glassmouth, and had issue.

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• David Boswell, 2nd Lord Balmuto1
• M, #31453, d. 1493
• Father David Boswell, 5th Laird Balmuto d. c 1490
• Mother Elizabeth Melville
• David Boswell, 2nd Lord Balmuto married Mary (Margaret) Sinclair, daughter of Sir William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Earl Caithness, Lord Sinclair and Marjory (Mary) Sutherland, circa 1480. David Boswell, 2nd Lord Balmuto died in 1493.
• Family Mary (Margaret) Sinclair
• Child
  • Margaret Boswell+
• Citations
• 1. [S9697] Unknown author, The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, by Gerald R. Paget, Vol. II, p. 483, 437.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1047.htm#... __________________________
• David Boswell, 2nd of Boswell1
• M, #643512
• Last Edited=24 Jul 2014
• David Boswell, 2nd of Boswell married Margaret Sinclair.1
• Child of David Boswell, 2nd of Boswell and Margaret Sinclair
  • Thomas Boswell, 1st of Auchinleck+1 b. c 1487, d. 9 Sep 1513
• Citations
• 1. [S6286] Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy, online http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info. Hereinafter cited as Clan MacFarlane.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p64352.htm#i643512 _________________________________

Links

• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sinclair,_1st_Earl_of_Caithness

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