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John Erskine 1487 – 1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Nisbet,,,Scotland

Death Date: 1555

Death Location: Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland

Father: Robert Erskine

Mother: Isabella Campbell

Spouse(s): Margaret Campbell

Children(s): Margaret Erskine

John Erskine was born in 1487 in Nisbet,,,Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine and Isabella Campbell. John Erskine married Margaret Campbell, and had children including Margaret Erskine. John Erskine passed away in 1555 in Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Erskine was born in 1487 in Nisbet,,,Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine and Isabella Campbell.
  • John Erskine married Margaret Campbell, and had children including Margaret Erskine.
  • John Erskine passed away in 1555 in Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Erskine
1458 – 1513
Birth Location: Mar,,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
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Isabella Campbell
1474 – 1519
Birth Location: Loudon,Nisbet,Ayrshire,Scotland
IC

Spouses(s)

Margaret Campbell
1485 – 1555
Birth Location: ,,Argyllshire,Scotland
MC

Children(s)

Margaret Erskine
1513 – 1572
Birth Location: Edinburgh,Mid,Lothian,Scotland
ME

John Erskine's Ancestors

Self
John Erskine
1487 – 1555
Birth Place: Nisbet,,,Scotland
Parents
Robert Erskine
1458 – 1513
Mar,,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
Isabella Campbell
1474 – 1519
Loudon,Nisbet,Ayrshire,Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Erskine
1436 – 1508
Erskine,,Renfrewshire,Scotland
Christian Crichton
1439 – 1478
Sanquhar,Dumf Barmuckity Elgin,,Scotland
George Campbell
1444 – 1492
Louden,Nisbet,Ayr,Scotland
Margaret Kennedy
1454 –
Loudon,Nisbet,Ayr,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Erskine
1418 – 1493
Janet Douglas
1429 – 1489
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
Elizabeth *
1413 – 1478
George Campbell
1420 – 1491
Elizabeth Stewart
1427 –
Gilbert Kennedy
1406 – 1479
Catherine Maxwell
1408 – 1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1368 – 1452
Elizabeth Lindsay
1391 – 1452
James Douglas
1426 – 1493
Joan Stewart
1428 – 1493
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1409
William Erskine
1395 – 1445
William Erskine
1396 –
George Campbell
1390 – 1485
Katherine Campbell
1400 –
Alan Stewart
1408 – 1439
Catherine Seton
1410 – 1478
James Kennedy
1376 – 1408
Mary Stewart
1380 – 1458
Herbert Maxwell
1388 – 1454
Janet Herries
1400 – 1439

John Erskine's Descendants

1.
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John Erskine (1487 – 1555) m. Margaret Campbell (1485 – 11 Jul 1555)
  1. 1. Margaret Erskine (1513 – 1572-05-05) m. James (V King Of) Scotland (1512-04-10 – 1542-12-14)
    1. 1. James Stewart (1531 – 1569-01-21) m. Agnes (Anna) Keith (1530-07-14 – 1588-07-16)
      1. 1. Margaret Stewart (1569-04-18 – 1586-08-03)
        1. 1. Georg Willheit (1580 – 19 Aug 1623) m. Anna Bickel (1587 – 10 Jul 1635)

John Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1487
1487
Birth of John Erskine in Nisbet,,,Scotland
Nisbet,,,Scotland
1555
1555
Age 68
Death of John Erskine in Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Nisbet,,,Scotland
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Dunbarton,,Dunbartonshire,Scotland
    Record Source: OneWorldTree
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