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

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 16 February 1645

Death Location: Dunfermline, Scotland

Father: Alexander 1535

Mother: Elizabeth Erskine

Spouse(s): Isabella Cairncross

Children(s): Bethia Erskine

Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar was born in 1560 in Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Erskine Laird Of Shielfield 1535 And Elizabeth Halyburton Haliburton Daughter Of Walter Married Alexander Erskine. Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar married Isabella Cairncross, and had children including Bethia Erskine. Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar was born in 1560 in Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Erskine Laird Of Shielfield 1535 And Elizabeth Halyburton Haliburton Daughter Of Walter Married Alexander Erskine.
  • Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar married Isabella Cairncross, and had children including Bethia Erskine.
  • Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar passed away in 1645 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

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Ralph Mar's Ancestors

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Ralph Mar
1560–1645
Birth Place: Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Erskine, Laird of Shielfield 1535
1540–1580
Shielfield, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Halyburton Haliburton, daughter of Walter, married Alexander) Erskine
1540–1589
Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Erskine
1500–1596
Erskine, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Walter (Halyburton Van) Shielfield
1503–1543
Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Stewart
1525–1560
Morayshire, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Christian Wawane
1500–1579
King Stewart
1500–1544
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ralph Mar's Descendants

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Ralph (Erskine, 7th Earl of) Mar (1560–16 February 1645) m. Isabella Cairncross (1565–MAY 1600)
  1. 1. Bethia Erskine 1580–1632 m. Roberti Yates 1580–1650
    1. 1. Anna Yeats 1604–1643 m. John Wilson 1598–1670
      1. 1. Elias (Sr. (Immigrant)) Wilson 1631–1699 m. Susannah Jacobus 1632–1725
        1. 1. Bridgett Wilson 1656–1704 m. Thomas Newman 1659–1704

Ralph Mar's Timeline

4 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar in Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
Shielfield, Dryburgh, Berwickshire, Scotland
1611
1611
Age 51
Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar was married
None
1615
29 Nov 1615
Age 55
Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar was married in Scheilfield, Midlothian, Scotland
Scheilfield, Midlothian, Scotland
1645
16 February 1645
Age 85
Death of Ralph Erskine, 7th Earl of Mar in Dunfermline, Scotland
Dunfermline, Scotland

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Unknown
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Register of Apprentices, 1583-1666

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Unknown
    Event Place: Unknown

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1611

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 Nov 1615
    Event Place: Scheilfield, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 February 1645
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Scotland

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