'Erskine06'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Erskine of Balhagardy, Erskine of Brechin, Erskine of Kirkbuddo, Erskine of Pittodrie

                               
Sir Thomas Erskine of Brechin (a 1542, Lord of Session)
m1. Agnes Ogilvy
m2. Elizabeth Scrymgeour (dau of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee)
1. Thomas Erskine (dsp)
  m. Ann Ogilvy (dau of James Ogilvy, 4th Lord of Airlie)
TSP (Airlie) names the 4th Lord's daughter (who married Sir Thomas of Brechin) as Agnes. As BLG1886 mentions only Elizabeth Scrymgeour as wife of Thomas's father Thomas, there is a suspicion that there has been some confusion as to which Thomas married a daughter of Lord Airlie.
2. John Erskine of Balhagardy (b 1528)
  m. (before 1551) Margaret Douglas (dau of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie)
  A. John Erskine of Balhagardy (d 1625)
  m. ?? Gordon (dau of John Gordon of Cluny)
  i. Thomas Erskine of Pittodrie
  m. Isabel Seton (dau of Alexander Seton, 6th of Meldrum)
  a. Thomas Erskine of Pittodrie (d 1662)
  m. (1643) Helen Auchinleck (dau of Sir William Auchinleck of Balmanno)
(1) William Erskine of Pittodrie
  m. Mary Grant (dau of Patrick Grant of Ballindalloch)
  (A) Thomas Erskine of Pittodrie
  m1. (1705) Margaret Burnet (dau of Sir Alexander Burnet of Craigmyle)
  (i) William Erskine of Pittodrie (d unm aged 40)
  m2. (20.11.1746) Anne Forbes (b c1724, d 30.10.1750, dau of James Forbes, 16th Lord)
  (ii) Mary Erskine of Pittodrie
m. Henry Knight (Colonel)
  (a) William Knight-Erskine of Pittodrie (Colonel) had issue
  m. Grace Normand (dau of Capt. James Normand)
  (b) Mary Knight-Erskine (d 1862)
  (c) Elizabeth Knight (d 25.12.1883) probably of this generation
  m. (27.09.1831) Cecil Monro of Hadley (b 1803, d 1878)
  (2) Helen Erskine possibly of this generation
  m. John Mackenzie of Dundonnel
  B. Margaret or Magdalen Erskine possibly of this generation
  m. James Leslie of Milltown (d 1620)
3. Margaret Erskine
  m. (before 14.07.1541) John Allardyce of Allardyce (b c1505, d Pinkie 09.09.1547)
4. Mary Erskine
  m. George Barclay, 10th of Mathers (d 1607)

 

 

John Erskine of Kirkbuddo
m. Barbara Strachan (of Carmylie)
1. George Erskine of Kirkbuddo (d 1615)
  m. Elizabeth Guthrie (dau of Guthrie of Kincaldrum)
  A. David Erskine of Kirkbuddo (d 1647)
  m. Elizabeth Ogilvy (dau of Sir Francis Ogilvy of New Grange)
  i. Francis Erskine of Kirkbuddo
  m. (1691) Elizabeth Scott (dau of Hercules Scott of Brotherton)
  a. Francis Erskine of Kirkbuddo (b 1726, d 1776)
  m. (1754) Jean Guthrie (d 1813, cousin, dau of William Guthrie of Clepington)
  (1) Francis Erskine of Kirkbuddo (b 1755, d unm 1833, Lt. Col.)
  (2) Margaret Erskine of Kirkbuddo
  m. (1778) George Ogilvy of Baikie (of Airlie family)
  (3)+ other issue
  ii. Elizabeth Erskine (dsp)
  m. James Carnegy of Ballmachie
  iii. Anne Erskine (d unm)

Main source(s): BLG1886 (Erskine of Pittodrie), BLG1886 (Erskine, now Jackson, of Kirkbuddo)
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