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James Erskine 1524 – 1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1524

Birth Location: Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland

Death Date: Nov 1555

Death Location: , , , Scotland

Father: John Erskine

Mother: Lady Campbell

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James Erskine was born in 1524 in Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland, the child of John Lord Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness Campbell. James Erskine passed away in 1555 in , , , Scotland.

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Biography

  • James Erskine was born in 1524 in Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland, the child of John Lord Erskine and Lady Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness Campbell.
  • James Erskine passed away in 1555 in , , , Scotland.

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James Erskine's Ancestors

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James Erskine
1524 – 1555
Birth Place: Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Parents
John Lord Erskine
1485 – 1552
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Lady (Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness) Campbell
1485 – 1555
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Lord Erskine Earl van) Mar
1458 – 1513
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elisabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1524
1524
Birth of James Erskine in Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
1555
Nov 1555
Age 31
Death of James Erskine in , , , Scotland
, , , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1524
    Event Place: Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Nov 1555
    Event Place: , , , Scotland

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