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Alexander ERSKINE 1540–1592 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1540

Birth Location: Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: BEF SEP 1592

Death Location: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Lady Campbell

Spouse(s): Margaret Home

Children(s): Lady Erskine, George ERSKINE, James ERSKINE, Thomas ERSKINE, Mary Erskine

In 1540, Alexander ERSKINE entered the world in Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John 17Th Earl Of Mar Erskine And Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell. Alexander ERSKINE married Margaret Lady Of Aberdeenshire Home, and had children including George Erskine, James Erskine, Lady Christian Erskine, Mary Erskine, Thomas Erskine. Alexander ERSKINE passed away in 1592 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1540, Alexander ERSKINE entered the world in Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John 17Th Earl Of Mar Erskine And Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell.
  • Alexander ERSKINE married Margaret Lady Of Aberdeenshire Home, and had children including George Erskine, James Erskine, Lady Christian Erskine, Mary Erskine, Thomas Erskine.
  • Alexander ERSKINE passed away in 1592 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Alexander ERSKINE's Ancestors

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Alexander ERSKINE
1540–1592
Birth Place: Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John 17th Earl of Mar Erskine
1487–1555
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret Moncrief Hay) Campbell
1500–1555
Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Archibald Gillispe Campbell Argyll Lord) High
1455–1513
Skipness, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Lennox Stewart Countess) Argyll
1465–1529
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander ERSKINE's Descendants

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Alexander ERSKINE (ABT 1540–BEF SEP 1592) m. Margaret (Lady of Aberdeenshire) Home (1540–1650)
  1. 1. Lady (Christian) Erskine 1564–1614 m. Alexander (Home) (Hume) 1552–1609
    1. 1. George (Hume 3rd Earl of) Dunbar –1638 m. Helena (Catharina) Arnot 1568–1633
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Home \) Hume 1587–1673 m. John (Stewart, 1st Baron of) Coldingham 1594–1659
        1. 1. Capt. (Harry) Stewart 1645– m. Margaret (Stuart) Richie 1644–1669
        2. 2. Margaret Stewart 1620–1671
        3. 3. Margaret Stewart 1626–1673
        4. 4. Sir (George Home) Hume 1615–1650
        5. 5. David Hume 1615–1650
        6. 6. George (William) Hume 1606–1650
        7. 7. George Hume 1619–1716
        8. 8. Isabel Hume 1611–1676
  2. 2. George ERSKINE –1646
  3. 3. James ERSKINE –1643
  4. 4. Thomas ERSKINE 1566–1639
  5. 5. Mary Erskine 1575–1614

Alexander ERSKINE's Timeline

3 Records

1540
ABT 1540
Birth of Alexander ERSKINE in Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1564
20 March 1564
Age 24
Alexander ERSKINE was married in Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1592
BEF SEP 1592
Age 52
Death of Alexander ERSKINE in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1540
    Event Place: Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 20 March 1564
    Event Place: Argyll, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BEF SEP 1592
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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