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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert ERSKINE, Master Of Erskine Birth: 1 Death: 10 Sep 1547 in Pinkie
  2. Thomas ERSKINE, Master Of Erskine Birth: 2 Death: Abt 7 Oct 1551
  3. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine Death: 28 Oct 1572 in Stirling
  4. Sir Alexander ERSKINE Birth: 4
  5. Katherine ERSKINE

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP I p[0-9]*].
  6. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP V p[0-9]*].
  7. Powys-Lybbe, Tim, Elphinstone and Erskine. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 2/12/2006. Subject: Elphinstone and Erskine: SP or CP?. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/j9YFU9_3bkA/m/V2i8oF1XV6EJ. Author address: tim at powys dot org. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Tim Powys-Lybbe SGM 2/12/2006-092922].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
second son [Ref: CP V p105, SP V p608],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1332, Burke Peerage p1335, CP V p105, CP VIII p418, SP V p608],
father:
[Ref: CP VIII p400f]
Sources for death Information
date:
1555 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1332]
before Nov 1555 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1335]
between 11 Jul and Nov 1555 [Ref: CP V p105, CP VIII p418, SP V p610]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret CAMPBELL
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1332, SP I p336 (with corr in IX p19)],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1335, CP V p105(d), CP V p105, CP VII p100, CP VIII p418, SP V p610, SP V p611, SP V p612, Tim Powys-Lybbe SGM 2/12/2006-092922]
Research Notes:
5th Lord Erskine, of Barony cr 1438? [Ref: CP V p105]
5th Lord Erskine [Ref: Burke Peerage p1335, SP I p336 (with corr in IX p19)]
16th Earl of Mar, of Earldom cr c1115 [Ref: CP VIII p418]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p418]



Pedigree of John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                                                                /-----John ERSKINE
                                                       /-----Sir William ERSKINE
                                              /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE Of That Ilk
                                     /-----Sir Thomas ERSKINE
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
                                    |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                                    |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
                                    |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
                            /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                           |        |                 |         \-----Barbara De SETON
                           |        |         /-----Sir Edward De KEITH
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
                           |        |        |                  \-----Maria
                           |         \-----Janet KEITH
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                           |                  \-----Christian MENTEITH
                           |                          |         /-----Gratney Earl Of Mar
                           |                           \-----Elyne Of Mar
                           |                                    \-----Christian BRUCE
                   /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
                  |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
                  |        |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STIRLING
                  |        |        |         \-----Catherine STIRLING
                  |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |                 |                           /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
                  |                 |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
                  |                 |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                          |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |                          |        |         \-----Eupheme
                  |                           \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                  |                                   |         /-----John GRAHAM
                  |                                    \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                  |                                             \-----Isabella
          /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
 /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|        |                                    /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
|        |                           /-----William De CRICHTON
|        |                  /-----Edward De CRICHTON
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De ROS, Lord Ros Of Wark
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De BRUS
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |                 |                  \-----Laura
|        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
|         \-----Christian CRICHTON
|                 |         /-----Sir William ERSKINE
|                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                                                               /-----Sir Duncan De CAMPBELL
|                                                      /-----Sir Andrew De CAMPBELL
|                                                     |         \-----Susanna CRAWFORD
|                                             /-----(Unk) CAMPBELL
|                                    /-----Sir Hugh CAMPBELL
|                           /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
|                 |        |                                    /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |                           /-----John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Janet ERSKINE
|                 |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh EGLINTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth EGLINTON
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Agnes MORE
|                 |         \-----Anne MONTGOMERY
|                 |                 |                           /-----Anges Mor Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                  /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De CAMPBELL
|                 |                 |         /-----John Lord Of The Isles
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Guy Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
|                 |                  \-----Agnes Of The Isles
|                 |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|         /-----George CAMPBELL
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isobel
|        |        |                  /-----Sir William STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----John STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Walter STEWART
|        |        |                 |         \-----Marion STEWART
|        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joanna
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Walter MacALLAN De FASLANE
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan LENNOX, Earl Of Lennox
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Lennox
|        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Gillespic CAMPBELL
|        |        |        |                           \-----Helen CAMPBELL
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Isabel LAMONT
|        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                 |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
 \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                                    /-----John KENNEDY
         |                           /-----Sir Gilbert KENNEDY
         |                          |         \-----Mary
         |                  /-----Sir James KENNEDY
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John MAXWELL
         |                 |         \-----Agnes MAXWELL
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Mary ABERNETHY
         |                 |                  \-----Isabel LINDSAY
         |                 |                          |         /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |                 |                           \-----Egidia STEWART
         |                 |                                    \-----Isabel GRAHAM
         |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |        |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
         |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
         |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
         |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                 |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                          |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
         |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
          \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
                  |                                             /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                  |                                    /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                  |                           /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
                  |                          |         \-----Christian
                  |                  /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                  |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                  |        |        |         /-----John STEWART
                  |        |         \-----Katherine STEWART
                   \-----Catherine MAXWELL
                           |                           /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |                  /-----Sir John HERRIES
                           |                 |         \-----Margaret
                           |         /-----Sir Herbert HERRIES
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir James LINDSAY
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Egidia STEWART
                           |        |         \-----Eufemia LINDSAY
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                           |        |                  \-----Margaret KEITH
                           |        |                           \-----Margaret FRASER
                            \-----(Unk) HERRIES
                                     \-----Margaret



Descendants of John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
1. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART

2nd generation

4. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Annabella MURRAY
m. Annabella MURRAY father: Sir William MURRAY mother: Catherine CAMPBELL
5. Sir Alexander ERSKINE m. Margaret HOME
m. Margaret HOME father: George HOME, Lord Home mother: Mariota HALYBURTON
6. Katherine ERSKINE m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
m. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Elizabeth BARLOW

3rd generation

8. John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar m1. Anne DRUMMOND m2. Mary STEWART
m. Anne DRUMMOND father: David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Lilian RUTHVEN
m. Mary STEWART father: Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox mother: Catherine De BALSAC
9. Thomas ERSKINE, Earl of Kellie m1. Dorothy SMITH m2. Anne OGILVY m3. Elizabeth PIERREPONT
m. Dorothy SMITH father: Humphrey SMITH
m. Anne OGILVY father: Sir Gilbert OGILVY
m. Elizabeth PIERREPONT father: Sir Henry PIERREPONT mother: Frances CAVENDISH
11. Robert ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Margaret DRUMMOND
m. Margaret DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND mother: Margaret Of Scotland

4th generation

12. Sir Charles ERSKINE m. Mary HOPE
m. Mary HOPE father: Thomas HOPE mother: Elizabeth BINNING
13. Anna ERSKINE m. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
m. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes father: James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes mother: Katherine DRUMMOND
14. Mary ERSKINE m1. William KEITH, Earl Marischal m2. Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure
m. William KEITH, Earl Marischal father: George KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Margaret HOME
m. Patrick MAULE, Earl of Panmure father: Patrick MAULE mother: Margaret ERSKINE
16. Alexander ERSKINE, Viscount Fentoun m. Anne SETON
m. Anne SETON father: Alexander SETON, Earl of Dunfermline mother: Lilias DRUMMOND
17. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Jean LIVINGSTON
m. Jean LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON, Lord Livingston mother: Agnes FLEMING

5th generation

19. Mary ERSKINE m. William HAMILTON
m. William HAMILTON
20. Sir Charles ERSKINE m. Christian DUNDAS
m. Christian DUNDAS father: Sir James DUNDAS mother: Marion BOYD
21. Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
22. Margaret LESLIE m1. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie m2. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
m. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie father: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven mother: Agnes RENTON
m. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY
m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY
24. George KEITH, Earl Marischal m. Mary HAY
m. Mary HAY father: George HAY, Earl of Kinnoull mother: Anne DOUGLAS
25. Jean KEITH m. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
m. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo father: John FORBES mother: Christian OGILVY
27. Margaret ELPHINSTONE m. Sir John BRUCE
m. Sir John BRUCE father: William BRUCE mother: Jean FLEMING
28. Helen ELPHINSTONE m1. Sir William COCKBURN m2. Henry ROLLO
m. Sir William COCKBURN father: William COCKBURN mother: Janet HOME
m. Henry ROLLO
29. James ELPHINSTONE m. Helen FORBES
m. Helen FORBES father: John FORBES
30. Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND
m. Elizabeth DRUMMOND father: Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond mother: Elizabeth LINDSAY
31. Agnes ELPHINSTONE m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean GORDON