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Ralph Erskine 1591 – 1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1591

Birth Location: shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Feb 1645

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Erskine

Mother: Lady Home

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Ralph Erskine was born in 1591 in shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine and Lady Margaret Home. Ralph Erskine passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Ralph Erskine was born in 1591 in shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine and Lady Margaret Home.
  • Ralph Erskine passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Ralph Erskine's Ancestors

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Ralph Erskine
1591 – 1645
Birth Place: shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine
1549 – 1592
Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Home
1540 – 1650
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Lord) Erskine
1485 – 1552
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Lady (Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness) Campbell
1485 – 1555
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Sir (William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of) Session
1500 – 1552
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Janet Dyet
1505 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland., Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Mar
1458 – 1513
Elisabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
William Ruthven
1460 – 1528
♡Catherine Douglas
1483 – 1509
Patrick Dirleton
1475 – 1505
Lady Dirleton
1482 – 1505
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ralph Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1591
1591
Birth of Ralph Erskine in shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
1645
13 Feb 1645
Age 54
Death of Ralph Erskine in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1591
    Event Place: shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1645
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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