Brief Life History of William
When Sir William Maitland of Lethington, was born in 1525, in Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington and Thirlestane, was 29 and his mother, Mary Cranston of Roxburgh, was 25. He married Janet Menteith in 1553, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 29 May 1573, in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the age of 48, and was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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- Scottish Covenanters Index
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
- Picture of Sir William Maitland of Lethington
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Name Meaning
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): nickname for an ungracious individual, from Old French maltalant, mautalent ‘anger, vexation, spite’ (from Late Latin malum ‘bad’ + talentum ‘inclination, disposition’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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