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Robert Bruce 1558–1642 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1558

Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1642

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Robert Bruce

Mother: Margaret Tennand

Spouse(s): Janet Carden, Helen Durie

Children(s): Robert Bruce, Helen 1605, Janet Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Agnes Bruce, Henry Bruce, David Bruce, Marioun Bruce, Annabell Bruce, Katherine Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, Henrie Bruce

Robert Bruce was born in 1558 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Bruce And Margaret Tennand. Robert Bruce married Elisabeth Clough, Helen Durie, Janet Elder Wardlaw Bruce Of Carden, and had children including Agnes Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Andrew Bruce, Annabell Bruce, David Bruce, George Bruce, Helen Helene Bruce 1605, Henrie Bruce, Henry Bruce, Janet Bruce, John Bruce, Katherine Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Marioun Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, Robert Bruce, William Bruce. Robert Bruce passed away in 1642 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Bruce was born in 1558 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, the child of Robert Bruce And Margaret Tennand.
  • Robert Bruce married Elisabeth Clough, Helen Durie, Janet Elder Wardlaw Bruce Of Carden, and had children including Agnes Bruce, Alexander Bruce, Andrew Bruce, Annabell Bruce, David Bruce, George Bruce, Helen Helene Bruce 1605, Henrie Bruce, Henry Bruce, Janet Bruce, John Bruce, Katherine Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Marioun Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, Robert Bruce, William Bruce.
  • Robert Bruce passed away in 1642 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Bruce's Ancestors

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Robert Bruce
1558–1642
Birth Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Bruce
1532–1617
Blairhall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Tennand
1539–1602
Tullibardine, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Bruce
1495–1551
Blair Hall, Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Menteith
1510–1572
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Bruce
1469–1506
Jean Blackadder
1472–1537
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Bruce's Descendants

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Robert Bruce (1558–1642) m. Janet (Elder Wardlaw - Bruce of) Carden (Abt. 1560–2 Jan 1598) m. Helen Durie (ABT 1580–1664)
  1. 1. Robert Bruce 1580–1663 m. Elizabeth Halyburton 1585–1650
    1. 1. Sir (Baron Henry) Bruce 1622–1674 m. Mary (Shaw) m1650 1625–1668
      1. 1. Mary Washer 1655–1690 m. Thomas Washer 1650–1725
        1. 1. Margaret (Mary “Polly”) Washer 1678–1714 m. Richard Henderson 1676–1748
  2. 2. Helen (Helene Bruce.) 1605 1590–1650 m. Sir (Alexander Dell Schaw 8th Laird of) Sauchie 1595–1682
    1. 1. Mary (Shaw) m1650 1625–1668 m. Sir (Baron Henry) Bruce 1622–1674
  3. 3. Janet Bruce 1582–
  4. 4. Alexander Bruce 1580–1662
  5. 5. Agnes Bruce 1578–
  6. 6. Henry Bruce –1655
  7. 7. David Bruce –1643
  8. 8. Marioun Bruce 1601–
  9. 9. Annabell Bruce 1580–
  10. 10. Katherine Bruce 1600–
  11. 11. Marjorie Bruce 1586–1629
  12. 12. Henrie Bruce 1609–

Robert Bruce's Timeline

5 Records

1558
1558
Birth of Robert Bruce in Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1558
1558
Birth of Robert Bruce in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1620
18 Jun 1620
Age 62
Robert Bruce was married
None
1642
1642
Age 84
Death of Robert Bruce in Scotland
Scotland
1778
14 Jan 1778
Age 220
Robert Bruce was baptized in Middlesex, England
Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Clackmannanshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1558
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 Jan 1778
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P93PAU3004

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 18 Jun 1620

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Chapelhill Perth, Perth, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1642
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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