'Oliphant3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Oliphant of Condie, Oliphant of Gask, Oliphant of Newton, Oliphant of Rossie Hill

                               
William Oliphant of Newton (a 1587)
m. Margaret Oliphant (dau of Andrew Oliphant of Berridale)
1. Laurence Oliphant of Newton and Thrumster
  m. Mary Rollo (dau of Andrew Rollo of Duncrub)
A. Laurence Oliphant of Ross, 1st of Gask
  m. (1606) Lilias Graham (dau of Patrick Graham of Inchbraikie)
  i. Sir Laurence Oliphant of Gask (d 20.07.1679)
  m. (1634) Lilas Oliphant (d 01.1669, dau of Patrick Oliphant, 6th Lord)
  a. Patrick Oliphant of Williamstown (d 1694, disinherited by father)
  m. Margaret Murray (dau of Rev John Murray of Trinity Gask)
(1) James Oliphant of Gask
  m. (16.07.1689) Janet Murray (dau of Rev Anthony Murray of Woodend)
  (A) Laurence Oliphant of Gask (b 1691, d 1767)
  TSP ('Oliphant') identifies Laurence as probable 12th Lord Oliphant, being the successor of William, '11th Lord'.
  m. (mcrt 09.1719) Amelia Anne Sophia Murray (d 18.03.1774, dau of William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairn)
  (i) Laurence Oliphant of Gask (b 25.05.1724, d 01.01.1792)
  m. (1755) Margaret Robertson (d 18.03.1774, dau of Duncan Robertson of Drumachine)
  (a) Laurence Oliphant of Gask (b 06.1768, d 03.07.1819)
  m. (16.11.1795) Christian Blair (dau of Joseph Robertson Blair of Ardblair by Rachel Blair)
  ((1)) Laurence Oliphant of Gask (b 06.05.1798, d unm 31.12.1824)
((2)) James Oliphant of Gask and Ardblair (b 03.03.1804, dsp 07.12.1847)
  m. (20.10.1840) Henrietta Graham (dau of James Gillespie Graham of Orchill)
  ((3)) Rachel Oliphant of Ardblair (d unm 1864)
  ((4)) Margaret Oliphant (d 1839)
  m. (1830) Thomas Kington of Charlton House (d 1857)
  ((5))+ other issue - Christian, Harriet, Amelia, Caroline
  (b) Marjory Oliphant
  m. Alexander Stuart of Bouskeid (Bonskeid)
  (c) Amelia Oliphant
  m. Charles Stuart of Dalguise
(d) Caroline Oliphant (b 16.08.1766, d 27.10.1845)
  m. (06.1806) William Murray, 4th Lord Nairn (b 1757, d 09.07.1830)
  (e) Margaret Oliphant
  m. (04.1811) Alexander Keith of Ravelson
  (ii) Amelia (not Margaret) Oliphant
  m. (1748) Patrick Graeme, 8th of Inchbrakie (d 1796)
  (iii) Janet Oliphant
  m. William Drummond Macgregor of Balhady
  (B) Lilias Olpihant
  m. (1718) Laurence Oliphant of Condie @@ below
  (C) Katherine Olpihant
  m. (1736) Robert Graeme, 10th of Garvock
  (D)+ other issue - James, Thomas
(2) Lilias Oliphant
  m. (1694) David Shaw (minister at Aberdalgie)
  (3)+ other issue - Thomas, Laurence, Anna, Margaret
  b. Laurence Oliphant of Gask (dvp 1672)
  m. (1661) Anne Preston (dau of Sir George Preston of Valleyfield)
  (1) George Oliphant of Gask (dsp 1684)
  m1. (1681) Ann Malcolm (dau of Sir John Malcolm, Bart of Balbedie)
  m2. (1684) Jean Balfour (dau of James or John Balfour, 3rd Lord Burleigh)
  (2) William Oliphant of Gask (d unm 1704, 3rd son)
  (3) Katherine Oliphant
  m. Hugh Paterson
  (4)+ other issue - Laurence (dsp), Anne
  c. Lilias Oliphant
  m. (1668) James Graham of Orchill
  d. Ann Oliphant
  m. (1672) Colin Campbell of Mongie
  e. Elizabeth Oliphant
  m. Gavin Drummond of Belliclone
  f.+ other issue - Andrew, James, David, Archibald
  ii. Jean Oliphant
  m1. John Drummond of Pitkellony
  m2. Gavin Drummond
  iii. Margaret Oliphant
  m. Alexander Inglis
  iv.+ other issue - Patrick, James of Souterton, William
  B.+ other issue - Patrick (Captain), John, William
2. John Oliphant (dsp)
3. Alexander Oliphant (Albany Herald in 1588)
  A. Laurence Oliphant of Newton, 1st of Condie (a 1601)
  m. _ Murray (of Tullibardine family)
  i. Laurence Oliphant, 2nd of Condie
  m. Marriot Blackadder (dau of Sir John Blackader of Tullialan)
a. Laurence Oliphant, 3rd of Condie
  m. Helen Wemyss (sister of Sir James Wemyss, 1st Bart of Bogie)
  (1) Laurence Oliphant, 4th of Condie
  m. Jeanette Meldrum (dau of Patrick Meldrum of Lethers)
  (A) Laurence Oliphant, 5th of Condie
  m. (1717) Lilias Oliphant (dau of James Oliphant of Gask) @@ above
  (i) Laurence Oliphant, 6th of Condie
  m. Margaret Murray (dau of Anthony Murray of Dollerie)
(a) Ebenezer Oliphant, 7th of Condie (d 1807)
  m. (1790) Mary Stirling (d 1847, dau of Sir William Stirling, Bart of Ardoch)
  ((1)) Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie (b 22.06.1791, d 29.05.1862) had issue
  m1. (1814, sp) Eliza Ross (d 1820, dau of Hercules Ross of Rossie Castle)
  m2. (1825, sp) Margaret G. Barrett
  m3. (19.08.1841) Marianne Oliphant (b 1817, dau of James Stuart Oliphant, 5th of Rossie) @@ below
  ((2)) Sir Anthony Oliphant (b 17.11.1793, d 1859, 3rd son)
  m. Maria Campbell (dau of Gen. Ronald Campbell)
  ((A)) Laurence Oliphant
  ((3)) James Oliphant of Worlingham Hall (b 23.08.1796, d 1881) had issue
  m1. (1824) Lucy Maidman
  m2. Sophy Trewman
  ((4))+ other issue - William (d unm 1828), Thomas (b 1799, d 1872), Christian (b 13.04.1795, d 31.05.1809)
  (b) Margaret Oliphant (d 1839)
m. (1792) George Graeme, 9th of Inchbraikie (d 1840)
  (c)+ other issue - Grace, Helen
  (2) other children
  ii. Thomas Oliphant, 1st of Rossie Hill
  m. Marian Blackadder (sister of Sir John Blackadder, Bart of Tulliallan)
  a. Thomas Oliphant, 2nd of Rossie Hill
  m. Beatrix Colville (dau of Alexander Colville of Blair)
  (1) Robert Oliphant, 3rd of Rossie Hill
  m. Jean Colvill (dau of Robert Colvill of Blair)
  (A) Robert Oliphant, 4th of Rossie Hill (b 1717, d 1785)
  m. Marion Buchanan (dau of Neil Buchanan of Hillington)
(i) James Stuart Oliphant, 5th of Rossie Hill (b 1767, d 1847)
  m. (1809) Anna Reade (dau of William Truman Reade)
  (a) Robert Oliphant, 6th of Rossie Hill (b 1810, d 14.11.1872) had issue
  m. (1836) Susan Mary Elizabeth Tod (dau of Thomas Tod, Judge)
  (b) William Henry Oliphant (b 1814, dsp 1871)
  m. Charlotte Murray (d 05.11.1883, dau of Alexander Murray, 8th Lord Elibank)
  (c) Marianne Oliphant (b 1817)
  m. (19.08.1841) Laurence Oliphant, 8th of Condie (b 22.06.1791, d 29.05.1862) @@ above
  (d) Frances Isabella Oliphant (b 1818)
  m. Rev. Maxwell Nicholson
  (e)+ other issue (d unm) - John Hope (b 1815), James Stuart (b 1819), Henry Richard (b 1825), Anne (b 1811), Louisa Anna (b 1821, d 1884)
  (ii) John Hope Oliphant
  m. Jane Wedderburn (dau of Sir John Wedderburn of Ballindean)
  (a) Jane Oliphant (d 02.06.1842)
  m. (09.02.1828) Sir James Ramsay, Bart of Banff (b 26.09.1797, dsp 01.01.1859)
(iii) Anne Oliphant
  m. Francis Grant of Kilgraston
  (iv) Marianne Oliphant (dsp)
  m. Capt. Veitch
  (B) Katherine Oliphant (d 1810)
  m. (1753) Colin Drummond of Megginch (d 1776)
  (C) Jane Oliphant (d 16.03.1767)
  m. (30.10.1762) John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (b 07.09.1704, d 12.02.1781)
  b. son
  iii. William Oliphant
  m. Elspeth Stirling (dau of Sir Henry Stirling, Bart of Ardoch)
  iv. James Oliphant ancestor of Oliphants of Kinnedar
  v. Colin Oliphant
  B. Thomas Oliphant (Albany Herald in 1604)
2. Helen Oliphant probably of this generation
  m. John Halliday, 2nd of Tulliebole (d before 03.10.1620)

Main source(s): BLG1886 (Oliphant of Gask), BLG1952 (Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair), BLG1886 (Oliphant of Condie), BLG1886 (Oliphant of Rossie Hill), BLG1952 (Oliphant, formerly of Condie), Commoners (vol iv, Oliphant of Gask)
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