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Robert Erskine 1458 – 1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1458

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Sep 1513

Death Location: Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Father: Alexander Erskine

Mother: Christian Crichton

Spouse(s): Isabella Campbell

Children(s): Robert Erskine, Elizabeth Erskine, Alexander Erskine, Christian Erskine, John Erskine, Mary Erskine, Margaret Erskine, William Erskine, James Erskine, Janet Erskine

In 1458, Robert Erskine entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Erskine and Christian Crichton. Robert Erskine married Isabella Campbell, and had children including Robert Erskine, Elizabeth Erskine, Alexander Erskine, Christian Erskine, John Erskine, Mary Erskine, Margaret Erskine, William Erskine, James Erskine, Janet Erskine. Robert Erskine passed away in 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1458, Robert Erskine entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to Alexander Erskine and Christian Crichton.
  • Robert Erskine married Isabella Campbell, and had children including Robert Erskine, Elizabeth Erskine, Alexander Erskine, Christian Erskine, John Erskine, Mary Erskine, Margaret Erskine, William Erskine, James Erskine, Janet Erskine.
  • Robert Erskine passed away in 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Erskine
1436 – 1508
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Christian Crichton
1431 – 1475
Birth Location: Sanquhar Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabella Campbell
1474 – 1518
Birth Location: Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Robert Erskine
1484 – 1511
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Erskine
1485 – 1540
Birth Location: Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
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Alexander Erskine
1485 – 1553
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Christian Erskine
1486 – 1564
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumf., & Barmuckity, Elgin, Scotland
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John Erskine
1487 – 1555
Birth Location: Falkland, Fife, Scotland
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Mary Erskine
1492 –
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Margaret Erskine
1496 – 1572
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
ME
William Erskine
1498 –
Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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James Erskine
1500 – 1592
Birth Location: Little Sauchie, Clackmanshire, Scotland
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Janet Erskine
1510 – 1550
Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
JE

Robert Erskine's Ancestors

Self
Robert Erskine
1458 – 1513
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Erskine
1436 – 1508
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Christian Crichton
1431 – 1475
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (De) Erskine
1410 – 1493
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Janet (Elizabeth) Douglas
1415 – 1490
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
Sanquhar Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Christiana (Elisabeth) Erskine
1406 – 1479
Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Erskine
1372 – 1452
Elizabeth Lindsay
1381 – 1452
James Douglas
1395 – 1457
Elizabeth Gifford
1402 – 1456
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1412
Nicholas Erskine
1338 – 1406
Jean Cameron
1356 – 1402
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Erskine
1346 – 1404
Janet Keith
1342 – 1413
David Lindsay
1360 – 1406
Elizabeth Stewart
1360 –
James Douglas
1356 – 1441
Elizabeth Stewart
1373 – 1411
James Gifford
1356 –
Beatrice Unknown
1327 –
Edward-Robert Crichton
1345 – 1412
Christian Erskine
1358 – 1387
Nicholas Erskine
1338 – 1406
Jean Cameron
1356 – 1402
Robert Erskine
1310 – 1385
Beatrice Lindsay
1291 – 1352
John Cameron
1310 – 1383
Elaine-Ellen Montealto-Mowat
1292 – 1338

Robert Erskine's Descendants

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Robert Erskine (Mar 1458 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Isabella Campbell (1474 – 14 Dec 1518)
  1. 1. Robert Erskine (1484 – Abt 1511)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Erskine (1485 – 1540) m. James Forrester (17 Sep 1489 – 10 Sep 1547)
  3. 3. Alexander Erskine (1485 – 1553) m. Catherine (Dowyll) MacGregor (1486 – 30 Apr 1554)
  4. 4. Christian Erskine (Abt 1486 – 1564) m. John Colquhoun (1523 – 15 Jan 1574)
  5. 5. John Erskine (1487 – Nov 1555) m. Margaret Campbell (1484 – 11 Jul 1555)
    1. 1. Janet Erskine (1510 – Feb 1550) m. John Murray (1513 – Feb 1550)
    2. 2. Catherine Erskine (8 Oct 1510 – 5 May 1572) m. Alexander Elphinstone (22 May 1510 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Alexander Edmonstone (22 May 1510 – 10 Sep 1547)
    3. 3. Arthur Erskine (Aft 1513 – 7 Jan 1561) m. Margaret Livingston (Abt 1520 – )
    4. 4. Margaret Erskine (8 Oct 1515 – 5 May 1572) m. Robert (Douglas of) Lochleven (1510 – 10 Sep 1547) m. James (V) Stewart (10 Apr 1512 – 14 Dec 1542)
    5. 5. Alexander Erskine (1520 – 3 Sep 1592) m. Margaret Home (1538 – 1650)
      1. 1. Christiana Erskine (1564 – 16 Dec 1614) m. Alexander Home (12 Dec 1552 – 3 Mar 1609)
        1. 1. Alexander Home (1581 – )
        2. 2. Barbara Home (1582 – ) m. Thomas Turnbull (1582 – 1626)
        3. 3. George Hume ( – 1638) m. Isabel Hume (1583 – Bef 3 Aug 1610) m. Helene Arnot ( – Bef 20 Oct 1654)
      2. 2. Thomas Erskine (1566 – 12 Jun 1639) m. Anne Ogilvy (1566 – ) m. Elizabeth Pierrepont (Abt 1568 – ) m. Dorothy Smith ( – Bef 1639)
      3. 3. Thomas Erskine (1566 – 12 Jun 1639) m. Anne Ogilvy (1566 – ) m. Dorothy Smith (1565 – 19 Sep 1639)
      4. 4. Alexander Erskine (1568 – Apr 1578)
      5. 5. Archibald Erskine (1568 – 1592)
      6. 6. Margaret Erskine (1570 – ) m. Adam Crichton (1568 – ) m. James Reid (1566 – )
      7. 7. Mary Erskine (Abt 1570 – 16 Dec 1614) m. Dugald Campbell (Bet 1561 and 1566 – Abt 1641)
      8. 8. James Erskine (1572 – 8 Jul 1643) m. Mary Erskine (1576 – )
      9. 9. Mary Erskine (1575 – Bef 1613) m. Dugald Campbell (1570 – 1642)
      10. 10. Johanna ((Jean)) Erskine (1578 – 16 Dec 1614) m. John Leslie (Abt 1540 – Jun 1622) m. George Auchinleck (Abt 1574 – )
      11. 11. George Erskine (1579 – 2 Jun 1646) m. Dame (Isabel) Brown (1590 – 11 Mar 1648) m. Isobel Brown (Abt 1598 – Abt 1670)
    6. 6. John Erskine (1521 – 28 Oct 1572) m. Lady (Annabella Murray Of) Tullibardine (15 Mar 1535 – 3 Feb 1602)
    7. 7. Robert Erskine (1522 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Margaret Graham (1524 – 4 Apr 1626) m. Margaret Blackadder (1535 – )
    8. 8. Elizabeth Eskine (1522 – ) m. Walter (Seaton 4th of) Touch (1515 – 1568)
    9. 9. David ERSKINE (Abt 1532 – )
    10. 10. Thomas Campbell m. Margaret Fleming (Abt 1536 – 15 Mar 1586)
  6. 6. Mary Erskine (1492 – Deceased) m. Andrew (or Alexander) Cunninghame (Abt 1490 – )
  7. 7. Margaret Erskine (1496 – 5 May 1572) m. James Haldane (1494 – Dec 1563) m. John Haldane (1509 – )
    1. 1. Mary Haldane (Abt 1520 – 17 Dec 1578) m. Henry Foulis (1513 – 14 Jan 1575)
    2. 2. George Haldane (1522 – 18 Oct 1574)
    3. 3. John Haldane (1524 – Dec 1563) m. Elizabeth Lundin (17 Aug 1530 – 27 Aug 1584)
      1. 1. Isobel Haldane (1545 – 17 Aug 1597)
      2. 2. George Haldane (1546 – 1580)
      3. 3. Margaret Haldane (1550 – 13 Jan 1619) m. David Erskine (Abt 1534 – 28 May 1611)
      4. 4. James Haldane (1552 – 2 Nov 1585)
      5. 5. Jean Haldane (1554 – 1597) m. George Home (1552 – 24 Nov 1616)
        1. 1. Ann Hume (1568 – 1623) m. James Stirling (1574 – 17 May 1614)
        2. 2. Jean Hume (1577 – 1661)
        3. 3. Mary Home (1579 – 1661) m. James Dundas (1570 – 1649) m. Sir (James) Dundas (1570 – 23 Jul 1629)
        4. 4. George Home (Abt 1580 – )
        5. 5. Isabel Hume (1583 – Bef 3 Aug 1610) m. George Hume ( – 1638)
        6. 6. David Hume (Abt 1586 – 3 Sep 1650) m. Margaret Home (1587 – 1673) m. Lady (Margaret Frances) Home (1587 – 13 Apr 1673)
        7. 7. Lady (Margaret Frances) Home (1587 – 13 Apr 1673) m. David Hume (Abt 1586 – 3 Sep 1650)
        8. 8. Elizabeth Home (1587 – ) m. William Ker (Abt 1582 – )
        9. 9. Margaret Home (1588 – Aft 16 Jul 1624) m. Thomas Macdougall (1596 – ) m. Hugh Campbell (Abt 1586 – Deceased)
        10. 10. Beatrice Home (1592 – ) m. John Dickson (Abt 1584 – )
      6. 6. Archibald Haldane (1560 – )
      7. 7. Elizabeth Haldane (Abt 1560 – 13 Jan 1619) m. Philip Nisbet (Abt 1558 – 1658)
      8. 8. Joseph Haldane (1562 – 1630) m. Euphemia Shaw (Abt 1567 – )
      9. 9. Beatrix Haldane (1562 – 1665) m. Robert (III) Colville (17 Nov 1574 – Jan 1634)
      10. 10. David Haldane (1564 – 1621)
    4. 4. John (Burton) Haldane (1550 – 1591) m. Margaret (Isobel) Home (1560 – 13 Mar 1637) m. Barbara Johnstone (Abt 1554 – )
  8. 8. William Erskine (1498 – )
  9. 9. James Erskine (1500 – 8 Dec 1592) m. Lady (Christian) Stirling (1510 – Sep 1582)
    1. 1. Adam Erskine (1534 – )
    2. 2. Alexander Erskine (1536 – Bef 20 Jan 1580) m. Elizabeth Halyburton (1540 – 1559)
    3. 3. James Erskine (1537 – Aft Jul 1605)
    4. 4. Robert Erskine (1545 – Bef 1597) m. Margaret Blackadder (1535 – )
    5. 5. John Erskine (1546 – ) m. Unkown
    6. 6. Jean Erskine (1550 – Nov 1591) m. James Preston (1549 – Aug 1583)
      1. 1. John Preston (1574 – 6 Jan 1612) m. Grizel Colville (1578 – 1629)
        1. 1. John Preston (1594 – ) m. Elizabeth Lummesys (Abt 1596 – )
        2. 2. Mary Preston (Abt 1596 – ) m. George Bruce (1566 – 1643)
        3. 3. Lady (Catherine) Preston (Aug 1605 – 22 May 1651) m. Robert (de) Bruce (1595 – 26 Jan 1639) m. Robert Bruce (Abt 1573 – Bef 1639) m. Robert Dempster (1601 – )
        4. 4. Ann Preston (Abt 1607 – ) m. William Monteath (1602 – )
        5. 5. James Preston (Abt 1608 – )
        6. 6. Elizabeth Preston (1610 – 1670) m. George Buchanan (1600 – 1651)
      2. 2. James Preston (Abt 1575 – Jul 1596) m. James Preston (Abt 1575 – )
      3. 3. Preston (1576 – )
    7. 7. William Erskine (1555 – 12 Feb 1639) m. Joana Erskine (1544 – 1630)
    8. 8. Alexander (Erskine Laird van) Shielfield
  10. 10. Janet Erskine (1510 – Feb 1550) m. John Murray (1513 – Feb 1550)

Robert Erskine's Timeline

3 Records

1458
Mar 1458
Birth of Robert Erskine in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 55
Death of Robert Erskine in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England
1513
Sep 1513
Age 55
Burial of Robert Erskine in Branxton, Northumberland, England
Branxton, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1458
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Sep 1513
    Event Place: Branxton, Northumberland, England
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