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John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar 1490–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1490-1500

Birth Location: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 11 Nov 1555

Death Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: Robert Erskine

Mother: Isabella Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Agyll, Margaret Argyll

Children(s): Sarah Emmerson, Lord Gogsr, John Erskine, Thomas Mar, Catharine Erskine, Margaret Erskine

The story of John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar began in 1490 in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom. John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar married Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Ellen Stewart Campbell Baroness Of Agyll, Margaret A Campbell Erskine Van Argyll Of Argyll, and had children including Bronwyn, Catharine Erskine, Elizabeth Erskine, Gregory, John Erskine, Lord Alexander Erskine Baron Of Gogsr, Margaret Erskine, Richard, Sarah Ann Emmerson, Sonny, Thomas Erskine Master Van Mar. John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar passed away in 1555 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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  • The story of John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar began in 1490 in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar married Lady Margaret Moncrief Hay Ellen Stewart Campbell Baroness Of Agyll, Margaret A Campbell Erskine Van Argyll Of Argyll, and had children including Bronwyn, Catharine Erskine, Elizabeth Erskine, Gregory, John Erskine, Lord Alexander Erskine Baron Of Gogsr, Margaret Erskine, Richard, Sarah Ann Emmerson, Sonny, Thomas Erskine Master Van Mar.
  • John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar passed away in 1555 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.

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John Mar's Ancestors

Self
John Mar
1490–1555
Birth Place: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabella (Elizabeth) Campbell
1462–1518
New Byth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mar's Descendants

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John (Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of) Mar (Abt 1490-1500–11 Nov 1555) m. Lady (Margaret Moncrief Hay Ellen Stewart Campbell Baroness of) Agyll (1500–Abt. 1555) m. Margaret (A Campbell-Erskine-van Argyll, of) Argyll (1485–11 Jul 1555)
  1. 1. Sarah (Ann) Emmerson 1530–1572 m. Joseph Wilson 1530–
    1. 1. Florence (Amelia) Wilson 1550–1620 m. William (James Henry) Sabin 1535–1630
      1. 1. Herbert (William) Sabin 1565–1640 m. Mary Wright 1567–1644 m. Dorothy (Tracy) Sabin 1575–1645
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Harriet) Sabin 1581–1608
        2. 2. Jannet Sabin 1595–1676
  2. 2. Lord (Alexander Erskine, Baron of) Gogsr 1549–1592
  3. 3. John Erskine –1572
  4. 4. Thomas (Erskine Master van) Mar 1520–1551
  5. 5. Catharine Erskine 1510–
  6. 6. Margaret Erskine 1513–1572

John Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1490
Abt 1490-1500
Birth of John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1555
11 Nov 1555
Age 65
Death of John Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Sir Lord Earl 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of Mar in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1490-1500
    Event Place: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1555
    Event Place: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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