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Sir James Erskine 1560 – 1643 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1560

Birth Location: Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jul 1643

Death Location: Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland

Father: Sir Erskine

Mother: Lady Home

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In 1560, Sir James Erskine entered the world in Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine and Lady Margaret Home. Sir James Erskine passed away in 1643 in Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1560, Sir James Erskine entered the world in Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine and Lady Margaret Home.
  • Sir James Erskine passed away in 1643 in Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland.

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Sir Erskine's Ancestors

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Sir Erskine
1560 – 1643
Birth Place: Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Erskine 6th Lord Of Gogar Erskine
1549 – 1592
Gogan, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Home
1540 – 1650
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Lord) Erskine
1485 – 1552
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Schotland
Lady (Mary Margaret I Moncrief Campbell Hay, Baroness of Argyll, Baroness) Campbell
1485 – 1555
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
Sir (William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of) Session
1500 – 1552
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Jeanette Halyburton, Lady) Dirleton
1503 – 1560
Castle Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland., Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Robert Mar
1458 – 1513
Elisabeth Campbell
1465 – 1518
♡William Cunninghame
1460 – 1513
♡Catherine Douglas
1483 – 1509
Patrick Dirleton
1475 – 1505
Lady Dirleton
1482 – 1505
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Erskine's Timeline

2 Records

1560
1560
Birth of Sir James Erskine in Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland
1643
8 Jul 1643
Age 83
Death of Sir James Erskine in Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland
Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1560
    Event Place: Erskine, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1643
    Event Place: Dublin, , County Dublin Leinster, Ireland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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