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John Lord Erskine 1485 – 1552 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1485

Birth Location: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland

Death Date: 1552

Death Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Robert Mar

Mother: Elisabeth Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Campbell, Lady Campbell, Margaretha Campbell, Catherine Douglas

Children(s): Sonny Erskine, Thomas, Kellie, Katherine Erskine, John Erskine, Catharina Erskine, Janet Erskine, Thomas Mar, Margaret Douglas, Margaret Douglas, Margaretha Erskine, Thomas Mar, Christine Erskine, Gregory DeErskine, Richard Erskine, James Erskine, John Mar, Sarah Emmerson, Sir Erskine, Sir Erskine, John Erskine, Margaretha Erskine, Bronwyn None

John Lord Erskine , 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar was born in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland in 1485, to Robert Lord Erskine Earl van Mar and Elisabeth Campbell. Later in life, John Lord Erskine , 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar married Lady Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness Campbell, Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Campbell, Margaretha Campbell and Catherine Douglas; among their children were Sonny Erskine, Thomas, 1st Earl of Kellie, Kellie, Katherine Erskine, John Erskine, Catharina Erskine, Janet Erskine, Thomas Erskine Master Mar, Margaret Elizabeth Douglas, Margaret Elizabeth Douglas, Margaretha Erskine, Thomas Erskine Master van Mar, Christine Erskine, Gregory DeErskine, Richard Erskine, James Erskine, John II Lord Erskine Earl van Mar, Sarah Ann Emmerson, Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine, Sir William Erskine, John Erskine, Margaretha Erskine and Bronwyn. John Lord Erskine , 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar died in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, 1552.

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Parents

Robert Mar
1458 – 1513
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
RM
Elisabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
Birth Location: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
EC

Spouses(s)

Lady Campbell
1485 – 1555
Birth Location: Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
LC
Lady Campbell
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
LC
Margaretha Campbell
1490 – 1555
Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
MC
Catherine Douglas
1495 – 1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
CD

Children(s)

Sonny Erskine
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Cast, Finistere, Bretagne, France
SE
Thomas, Kellie
1506 – 1566
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
TK
Katherine Erskine
1506 – 1552
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
KE
John Erskine
1506 – 1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JE
Catharina Erskine
1510 – 1576
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
CE
Janet Erskine
1510 – 1550
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JE
Thomas Mar
1512 – 1551
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
TM
Margaret Douglas
1513 – 1562
Birth Location: Edimburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MD
Margaret Douglas
1513 – 1562
Birth Location: Inverugie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MD
Margaretha Erskine
1515 – 1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh
ME
Thomas Mar
1520 – 1551
Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
TM
Christine Erskine
1520 –
Birth Location: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
CE
Gregory DeErskine
1522 – 1547
Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, , Scotland
GD
Richard Erskine
1523 – 1570
Birth Location: Of, , , Scotland
RE
James Erskine
1524 – 1555
Birth Location: Little, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
JE
John Mar
1525 – 1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, , Scotland
JM
Sarah Emmerson
1530 – 1572
Birth Location: Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
SE
Sir Erskine
1549 – 1592
Birth Location: Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SE
Sir Erskine
1555 – 1639
Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SE
John Erskine
1506 – 1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JE
Margaretha Erskine
1515 – 1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh
ME
Bronwyn None
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1485
    Event Place: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: New England
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: New England; Page Number: 56

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mar
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1552
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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