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David Erskine 1718–1810 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1718

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1810

Death Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Henry Erskine

Mother: Alison Turpie

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David Erskine was born in 1718 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Henry Ebenezer Minister Of Portmoak Erskine And Alison Turpie. David Erskine passed away in 1810 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • David Erskine was born in 1718 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Henry Ebenezer Minister Of Portmoak Erskine And Alison Turpie.
  • David Erskine passed away in 1810 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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David Erskine's Ancestors

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David Erskine
1718–1810
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Henry Ebenezer, Minister of Portmoak Erskine
1680–1756
Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Alison Turpie
1681–1720
Leven, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Henry, (Priest of Chirnside) Erskine
1624–1696
Dryburgh Abbey, Berwickshire, Scotland
Margaret Halcro
1647–1725
Island of Weir, Orkney, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Erskine
1560–1645
Janet Wilson
1592–1645
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander, Erskine
1536–1580
Elizabeth Haliburton
1540–1595

David Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1718
1718
Birth of David Erskine in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
1810
1810
Age 92
Death of David Erskine in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1718
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1810
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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