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Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar 1560–1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Feb 1645

Death Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Father: Alexander Sheilfield

Mother: Lady Haliburton

Spouse(s): Isabella Mar

Children(s): Bethia Erskine

The story of Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar began in 1560 in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland. Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar married Isabella Cairncross Countess Mar, and had children including Bethia Erskine. Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar began in 1560 in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland.
  • Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar married Isabella Cairncross Countess Mar, and had children including Bethia Erskine.
  • Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Sheilfield
1535–1580
Birth Location: Shielfield Scotland
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Lady Haliburton
1540–1589
Birth Location: Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

Isabella Mar
1565–1600
Birth Location: Berwickshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Bethia Erskine
1580–1632
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
BE

Ralph Mar's Ancestors

Self
Ralph Mar
1560–1645
Birth Place: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Erskine Laird of Sheilfield
1535–1580
Shielfield Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Haliburton
1540–1589
Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Walter (Halyburton Van) Shielfield
1503–1543
Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland
Agnes Stewart
1525–1560
Morayshire, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ralph Mar's Descendants

1.
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Ralph (Erskine 7th Earl of) Mar (1560–13 Feb 1645) m. Isabella (Cairncross Countess) Mar (1565–May 1600)
  1. 1. Bethia Erskine 1580–1632 m. Robert (Geats or) Yates 1580–1650
    1. 1. Anne Yeats 1604–1643 m. John Wilson 1598–1670
      1. 1. Elias Wilson 1631–1699 m. Susannah Jacobus 1630–1699
        1. 1. Nicholas Wilson 1660–1696 m. Margaret Sampson 1660–1699

Ralph Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar in Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
1645
13 Feb 1645
Age 85
Death of Ralph Erskine 7th Earl of Mar in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland

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