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Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk 1657–1685 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 January 1657

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1685

Death Location: Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Clerk

Mother: Margaret Aikin

Spouse(s): John Tulliallan

Children(s): Thomas Tulliallan, Mary Tulliallan, Alexander Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Elizabethe Bruce, James Bruce, John Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce

Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk was born in 1657 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Clerk And Margaret Aikin. Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk married John Bruce Of Tulliallan, and had children including Alexander Bruce, Elizabethe Bessie Bruce, James Bruce, John Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Mary Bruce Of Tulliallan, Robert Bruce, Thomas Bruce Of Tulliallan. Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk passed away in 1685 in Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk was born in 1657 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of John Clerk And Margaret Aikin.
  • Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk married John Bruce Of Tulliallan, and had children including Alexander Bruce, Elizabethe Bessie Bruce, James Bruce, John Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Mary Bruce Of Tulliallan, Robert Bruce, Thomas Bruce Of Tulliallan.
  • Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk passed away in 1685 in Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Clerk
1616–1690
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
JC
Margaret Aikin
1618–1682
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MA

Spouses(s)

John Tulliallan
1641–1699
Birth Location: Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JT

Children(s)

Thomas Tulliallan
1681–1722
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
TT
Mary Tulliallan
1679–1755
Birth Location: Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
MT
Alexander Bruce
1687–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB
Alexander Bruce
1681–
Birth Location: Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB
Elizabethe Bruce
1683–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
EB
James Bruce
1694–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JB
John Bruce
1692–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JB
Margaret Bruce
1680–1739
Birth Location: Glamis, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
MB
Robert Bruce
1685–1722
Birth Location: Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
RB

Elizabeth Clerk's Ancestors

Self
Elizabeth Clerk
1657–1685
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Clerk
1616–1690
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Aikin
1618–1682
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Clerk
1589–1640
of Canongate Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1576
Catherine (Baid \ Davidson \ Clerk \ Clark) Miss
1585–1629
Monifieth, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
ALEXANDER (AIKEN) *
1598–
Fife, Scotland
MARGARET (LINDSAY) *
1589–
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir CLARKE
1563–1640
ELIZABETH CLERK
1550–1610
David Baid
1545–1585
Janat Miss
1550–1585
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Edinburgh
1541–1638
Marion lady
1546–1638
JAMES (Brante)
1525–1585
EVELYN Brand
1530–1600
David (BAIRD)
1520–1570
ISABELLA *
1522–1575

Elizabeth Clerk's Descendants

1.
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Elizabeth ((Bessie)) Clerk (13 January 1657–1685) m. John (Bruce of) Tulliallan (17 May 1641–1699)
  1. 1. Thomas (Bruce of) Tulliallan 1681–1722 m. Magdalane Forgan 1682–
    1. 1. Margaret Bruce 1719– m. James Peebles 1710–1768
      1. 1. Helen Peebles 1751– m. John Dowie 1751–1831
        1. 1. Thomas Dowie 1778–1857 m. Christina Baines\\Bain\\Bayne 1778–1837
      2. 2. Alexander Peebles 1754–1831
      3. 3. James Peebles 1749–1829
      4. 4. Thomas Peebles 1756–1826
  2. 2. Mary (Bruce of) Tulliallan 1679–1755
  3. 3. Alexander Bruce 1687–
  4. 4. Alexander Bruce 1681–
  5. 5. Elizabethe (Bessie) Bruce 1683–
  6. 6. James Bruce 1694–
  7. 7. John Bruce 1692–
  8. 8. Margaret Bruce 1680–1739
  9. 9. Robert Bruce 1685–1722

Elizabeth Clerk's Timeline

3 Records

1657
13 January 1657
Birth of Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1677
28 December 1677
Age 20
Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk was married in Culross, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Culross, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
1685
1685
Age 28
Death of Elizabeth (Bessie) Clerk in Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 January 1657
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 December 1677
    Event Place: Culross, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Tulliallan, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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