Arthur LINTON (1475–1538)

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Arthur LINTON (1475–1538) Baron & Christine STEWART Lady Traquair (1475-1557)

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Arthur LINTON (1475–1538) Baron & Christine STEWART Lady Traquair (1475-1557)

Arthur LINTON (1475–1538) Baron of Castle Linton Upon Tweed & Christine STEWART (1475-1557) Lady Traquair were the 10^th great-grandparents of Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) and the 11^th great-grandparents of Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987)

Arthur LINTON (1475-1538) was the son of Richard LINTON (1445-1484) Baron (2) & Isabella HAY (1447–1508) Lady Tweeddale. Richard was Killed July 22, 1484, at the Battle of Lochmaben Fair, Lochmaben, Scotland. [i]

Arthur was born in 1475 in Castle Linton Upon Tweed, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland and died in 1538 in Traquair, Parish Peebles, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 63. [ii]

In the Spring of 1492 Castle Linton upon Tyne was razed to the ground by Sir Thomas Howard (1443– 1524) Earl of Surrey and 2^nd Duke of Norfolk. The Earl was sent north by King Henry VII as the King’s Lieutenant administering law and order, collecting taxes and dealing with dissent, including riots. Thomas was styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, he was an English nobleman, soldier and statesman who served four monarchs. [iii]

Arthur moved to Traquair and married Christine STEWART (1475-1557) Lady Traquair, circa 1495 in Traquair, Parish Peebles, Edinburgh, Scotland. Christine was the daughter of James STEWART Liard van Traquair & Catharina KERR, Christine was born in 1475 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland and died in 1557 in Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 82. [iv]

Arthur & Christine had five known children:

i. Catharina LINTON was born in 1496 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
ii. Isabella LINTON was born in 1498 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
iii. Christina LINTON was born in 1501 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
iv. Arthur LINTON (1505-1585) Laird Traquair was born in 1505 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland and died in 1585 in Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 80. Arthur married Agnes GRAHAM (1507-1587) Lady Traquair, (2) the daughter of George GRAHAM (1470-1513) Lord Callendar & Elizabeth OLIPHANT (1480-1525), circa 1530 in Traquair, Parish Peebles, Edinburgh, Scotland. Agnes was born in 1507 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland and died in 1587 in Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 80.
v. Richard LINTON was born in 1507 in Traquair, Peeblesshire, Scotland and died in 1570 in Eslington, Northumberland, England, at age 63.

Sources:

[i] Fraprie, Frank Roy, The Castles and Keeps of Scotland (Barnes & Noble, Inc; 1993 Barnes & Noble Books), page 375.

[ii] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place: Provo, UT, USA). .... UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place: Provo, UT, USA).

[iii] Fraprie, Frank Roy, The Castles and Keeps of Scotland (Barnes & Noble, Inc; 1993 Barnes & Noble Books), page 376.

[iv] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place: Provo, UT, USA). .... UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place: Provo, UT, USA).

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Arthur LINTON (1475–1538) Baron of Castle Linton Upon Tweed

Direct ancestral linkage

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Direct ancestral linkage:

Arthur LINTON (1475–1538) Baron of Castle Linton Upon Tweed & Christine STEWART Lady Traquair (1475-1557)

Arthur LINTON (1505-1586) Laird Traquair & Agnes GRAHAM (1507-1587) Lady Traquair

Walter LINTON (1533-1633) Earl of Traquair, Lord under Commissioner of the Treasury &

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John LINTON (1706-1761) & Elizabeth HAYHURST (1709-1795)

Isaiah LINTON (1739-1775) Master millwright & Sarah HIRST (1742-1823)

James LINTON (1769-1854) & Ann CROASDALE (1776-1852)

Doctor Lewis Colbert LINTON (1803-1876) & Sarah KOCHER (1810-1870)

John Edward LINTON (1838-1901) & Sallie Fenmor STONESTREET (1861-1928)

Charles Edward LINTON (1890-1958) & Annie Lucretia CRONK (1888-1956)

Kirk Louis LINTON (1914-1987) & Evelyn Virginia BIRD (1922-2012)

Kenneth "Ken" Edward LINTON (1945) & Terry Louis LINTON (1949)

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