Thomas Erskine (1354 - 1404)

Born 1354 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 28 May 1404 at about age 50 in Hill, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Thomas Erskine is a member of Clan Erskine.

The eldest son of Sir Robert, is first named in 1354, if it be he who in that year, as 'son and heir' of Sir Robert Erskine, was proposed as one of the hostages for King David II.

Earl of Mar Connection

Ancestor of the Erskines, Earls of Mar^[1]

Christian was the second wife of Edward de Keith. They had one known child, Janet de Keith who married first, Sir David Barclay of Brechin.^[2] She married secondly, before 13 April 1370, Sir Thomas Erskine of Erskine.

It was through this marriage that the son of Janet and Thomas, Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, claimed the Earldom of Mar making Janet the link ^[3]between the ancient Earls of Mar and the modern Earls of Mar. ^[4][5] The claim was not formally accepted until the time of John, 6th Lord Erskine. Even then, however, there was uncertainty as to whether or not the identification of that lord as Earl of Mar was acceptance of his family’s longstanding claim or a new appointment. The intervening lords are nevertheless sometimes referred to as ‘de jure Earls of Mar’.^[6]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1354

Place: Erskine,,Renfrewshire,Scotland

Marriage

Thomas married Janet de Keith Bef 13 Apr 1370 ^[7][1][8]

Thomas married Mary Douglas, d. Bef 30 Jun 1367. This couple had no issue.

Husband: Robert Erskine

Wife: Beatrix Lindsay

Child: Thomas Erskine

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1336

Place: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland^[9]

Children

• 1. Christian Erskine
• 2. Sir Robert Erskine, 1st lord Erskine,B. 13 APR 1370 Selkirkshire, Scotland d. Bef 6 Nov 1452 Robert Erskine
• 3. John Erskine, of Dun
• 4. Elizabeth Erskine

Death

Death:

Date: 28 MAY 1404

Place: Hill, Gloucestershire, , England

Death:

Date: 1403

Place: Hill, Gloucestershire, England

Note

Ancestor of James Veatch (Nancy Jane Prather).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Royal Stewarts, Henderson, T. F., (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1914), 929.241 St49h., Stewart Pedigree.
2. ↑ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. V, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908), p. 598
3. ↑ NOTE: Sir Robert claimed the earldom of Mar through his mother’s mother’s mother Elyne/Elen, daughter of Gartney/Gratney, Earl of Mar.
4. ↑ Complete Peerage, Vol. VIII, p. 400-401; Scots Peerage, Vol V. pp. 598-602; Scots Peerage, Vol VI, p. 35.
5. ↑ The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Vol. VI, Ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909), p. 35
6. ↑ Moutray’s Blog Moutray/ Moultray / Moultrie related Genealogy Research, http://moultray.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/erskine-scotland/
7. ↑ The Genealogist (1980-), Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, (New York: Organization for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1980-), FHL book 929.105 G286n., vol. 24 no. 1 p. 120.
8. ↑ The 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, with Armorial Illustrations (1904-1914), Paul , Sir James Balfour, (9 volumes. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914), FHL book 941 D22p; FHL microfilms104,157-104,161., vol. 5 p. 581.
9. ↑ Source: #S138 Page: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Text: Record for Robert Erskine;

See Also

• Peerage.com
• Ancestry Profile
• The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 it., vol. 2 p. 303.
• Unknown author, Sir Thomas Erskine, of that Ilk, http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I8646&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous <<-- link is no longer valid
• http://trees.ancestry.ca/tree/17625687/person/1498256839

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Erskine-236 created through the import of pshinn geneology 2011-6-7.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Paul Shinn. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Paul and others.