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John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar 1500–1555 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jul 1500

Birth Location: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Nov 1555

Death Location: Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Robert Erskine

Mother: Isabella Campbell

Spouse(s): Lady Agyll

Children(s): William Erskine, Margaret Erskine, John Erskine

John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar was born in 1500 in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine And Isabella Elizabeth Campbell. John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar married Lady Margaret Baroness Of Agyll Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness Of Agyll, and had children including John Erskine, Margaret Erskine, William Erskine. John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar was born in 1500 in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Erskine And Isabella Elizabeth Campbell.
  • John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar married Lady Margaret Baroness Of Agyll Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness Of Agyll, and had children including John Erskine, Margaret Erskine, William Erskine.
  • John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar passed away in 1555 in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
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Isabella Campbell
1474–1518
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Agyll
1500–1555
Birth Location: Bridgend (Lochgilphead), Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Children(s)

William Erskine
1555–1639
Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Erskine
1513–1572
Birth Location: Edimburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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John Erskine
–1572
Birth Location: –
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John Mar's Ancestors

Self
John Mar
1500–1555
Birth Place: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Erskine
1458–1513
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
Isabella (Elizabeth) Campbell
1474–1518
Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mar's Descendants

1.
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John (Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of) Mar (7 Jul 1500–11 Nov 1555) m. Lady (Margaret, Baroness of Agyll Moncrief Hay Campbell Baroness of) Agyll (1500–11 July 1555)
  1. 1. William Erskine 1555–1639 m. Lady (Joana (Stuart) Campbell) Erskine 1550–1627
    1. 1. Lady (Janet Erskine, Lady of) Camposie 1572–1649 m. Sir (William McAllister Alexander 1st Earl of) Sterling 1567–1640
      1. 1. Sir (Anthony) Alexander 1594–1637
      2. 2. Henry (Alexander 3rd Earl of) Stirling 1595–1647
      3. 3. Lady (Jane) Alexander 1606–1670
      4. 4. Colonel (John) Alexander 1593–1696 m. Elizabeth (Catherine Graham) Alexander 1610–1659
        1. 1. John Alexander 1635–1675
        2. 2. Philip (Alexander) I 1650–1706
        3. 3. Sarah Alexander 1659–1707
        4. 4. Robert (Alexander) ll 1635–1704
        5. 5. Elizabeth Alexander 1630–1677
        6. 6. William Alexander 1625–1688
      5. 5. Ludovic ((Ladowie)) Alexander 1615–1634
      6. 6. Margaret Alexander 1603–1645
      7. 7. Sir (Robert (Howesonn) S Alexander of Bughall) Sterling 1610–1677
      8. 8. Sir. (William Guadling Alexander Lord of) Stirling 1604–1638
      9. 9. Jane Alexander 1602–1691
      10. 10. Charles Alexander 1611–1663
      11. 11. Lady (Mary) Alexander 1616–1684
      12. 12. Lady (Elizabeth) Alexander 1617–1642
      13. 13. William (Alexander ll, Father of the "Infamous) Nine" 1624–1715
      14. 14. Robert Alexander 1600–1638
      15. 15. John (Alexander of) Eredy 1590–1677 m. Elizabeth Graham 1597–1677
        1. 1. John Alexander 1622–1696
        2. 2. Archibald Alexander 1625–1689
        3. 3. Elizabeth Alexander 1632–1687
        4. 4. George Alexander 1620–1703
        5. 5. Martha Alexander 1626–1696
        6. 6. Thomas Alexander 1624–1675
        7. 7. William Alexander 1620–1665
      16. 16. Archibald Alexander 1610–1689
      17. 17. James (or John) Alexander 1590–1671
        1. 1. Archibald ((Hamilton) Alexander of) Ballybiglimore 1625–1689
    2. 2. Alexander Ruthven 1580–1600
  2. 2. Margaret Erskine 1513–1572
  3. 3. John Erskine –1572

John Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1500
7 Jul 1500
Birth of John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar in Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1555
11 Nov 1555
Age 55
Death of John Francis Erskine II Lord of Erskine, Lord of Mar in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jul 1500
    Event Place: Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [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] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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