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From: Marlyn Lewis <>
Subject: Re: Maitland of Lemington, Scotland
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 19:33:22 -0800


William Addams Reitwiesner wrote:
>
> In article <>,
> Marlyn Lewis <> writes:
>
> >I'm looking for the ancestry of William Maitland of Lemington,
> >Scotland. He married Margaret Seton, daughter of George Seton, 2nd Lord
> >Seton. Their daughter, Janet, married Hugh Somerville, 4th Lord
> >Somerville in July of 1517. This is supposed to be a very long lineage
> >that goes back to the time of Alexander III, King of Scotland.
>
> He was of Lethington, not Lemington. His parentage is unknown, but see
> *Scots Peerage*, ed. James Balfour Paul, vol. V, pp. 289-290, for
> speculation on who his grandparents were.
>
> William Addams Reitwiesner
>

Thanks, I'll take a peek there.

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