Walter Oliphant of Aberdalgie & Kellie

1st son

From an unidentified source: "Walter Oliphant of Aberdalgie and Kellie, son of the last, married Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Erskine of that Ilk, by whom he had John and Malcolm. In 1368 he was Keeper of Stirling Castle, and in 1378 he has a charter of Kelly and Pitkiery, on the resignation of his father. (1)"

From an unidentified source: "Sir Walter had from King Robert II. a charter of the barony of Kellie and Pitkerie on his father's resignation, 20 October 1378. He was alive in 1411. [3]"

From Stirnet's "Oliphant4" page (membership required to view without interruption): "ancestor of Oliphants of Kellie, Pittotter, Murdocairnie (later Hillcairnie) and Prinlaws"

citations

1. The East Neuk of Fife: its history and antiquities (Google eBook).  Walter Wood.  D. Douglas, 1887 - Fife (Scotland) - 586 pages.  Pp 258-259
2. Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 3 p. 533.
3. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, with Armorial Illustrations (1904-1914), Paul , Sir James Balfour, (9 volumes. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914), FHL book 941 D22p; FHL microfilms104,157-104,161., vol. 6 p. 537.

links

• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I48857&tree=...
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/oo/oliphant1.php#link2 (membership required to view without interruption)
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/zwrk/oliphant4.php#top (membership required to view without interruption)
• FamilySearch AFN: 9G47-H7