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Ralph Erskine 1591 – 1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1591

Birth Location: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 February 1645

Death Location: Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Erskine

Mother: Margaret Home

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Ralph Erskine was born in 1591 in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Erskine and Margaret Home. Ralph Erskine passed away in 1645 in Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Ralph Erskine was born in 1591 in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Alexander Erskine and Margaret Home.
  • Ralph Erskine passed away in 1645 in Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Ralph Erskine's Ancestors

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Ralph Erskine
1591 – 1645
Birth Place: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Erskine
1549 – 1573
Gogar, , , Scotland
Margaret Home
1540 – 1650
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James Douglas
1487 – 1548
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Janet Douglas, Baroness of) Glamis
1495 – 1537
Angus, Scotland
Willem (Lord) Ruthven
1500 – 1552
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Dyet
1505 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland., Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1458 – 1513
Elizabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
William Ruthven
1478 – 1513
Catherine Gray
1483 – 1547
Patrick Dirleton
1475 – 1505
Lady Dirleton
1482 – 1505
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Mar
1436 – 1508
Christian Crichton
1439 – 1513
Lord Ruthven
1478 – 1513

Ralph Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1591
1591
Birth of Ralph Erskine in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
1645
16 February 1645
Age 54
Death of Ralph Erskine in Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1591
    Event Place: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 February 1645
    Event Place: Dumfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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