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John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar 1487–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1487

Birth Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: November 1555

Death Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Robert Erskine

Mother: Isabella Campbell

Spouse(s): Margaret Campbell

Children(s): Margaretha Erskine, Margaret Douglas

John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar was born in 1487 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine And Isabella Erskine Campbell. John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar married Margaret Campbell, and had children including John Lord, Margaret Douglas, Margaretha Erskine. John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar passed away in 1555 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar was born in 1487 in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine And Isabella Erskine Campbell.
  • John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar married Margaret Campbell, and had children including John Lord, Margaret Douglas, Margaretha Erskine.
  • John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar passed away in 1555 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Mar's Ancestors

Self
John Mar
1487–1555
Birth Place: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Isabella (Erskine) Campbell
1474–1519
New Byth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander (Lord Erskine Earl van) Mar
1435–1509
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Schotland
Christine Crichton
1420–1475
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfrieshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mar's Descendants

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John (I Lord Erskine Earl van) Mar (1487–November 1555) m. Margaret Campbell (1485–11 July 1555)
  1. 1. Margaretha Erskine 1515–1572 m. Robert (Douglas Laird van Lochleven) III 1510–1547 m. James (V Stuart Koning van) Schotland 1512–1542
    1. 1. Willem (Douglas Earl van) Morton 1540–1606 m. Agnes Leslie 1540–
      1. 1. Agnes Douglas 1574–1607 m. Archibald Campbell 1575–1638 m. Archibald (IV Campbell Earl van) Argyll 1575–1638
        1. 1. Archibald (Campbell 8 th Earl of) Argyll 1607–1661 m. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1610–1678 m. Marjory MACPHERSON 1616– m. Archibald Campbell 1607– m. Jean Campbell 1625–1642
        2. 2. Lady (Mary Anne) Campbell 1593–1638
        3. 3. Lady (Mary Anne) Campbell 1594–1594
        4. 4. Annabella Campbell 1596–1638
        5. 5. Archibald (V Campbell Markgraaf van) Argyll 1597–1661
        6. 6. Annabella 1594–1652
        7. 7. Anna Campbell 1594–1638
      2. 2. Elisabeth Douglas 1570–
      3. 3. Robert (Lord Douglas van) Lochleven 1562–1584
      4. 4. Maria Douglas 1565–
    2. 2. Robert (IV Douglas Laird van) Lochleven 1535–1580
    3. 3. James (II Stuart Earl van) Moray 1531–1569
  2. 2. Margaret Douglas 1515–1572

John Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1487
1487
Birth of John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Falkland, Fife, Scotland
1555
November 1555
Age 68
Death of John I Lord Erskine Earl van Mar in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1487
    Event Place: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: November 1555
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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