Thomas ERSKINE

1410 - 1493  (82 years)

• Name	Thomas ERSKINE  [1]
  Birth	7 Mar 1410	Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	[2]
  	Title
  Title (Nobility)	[2]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Title (Nobility)	[2]
  	Title (Nobility)
  Name	James ERSKINE  [2]
  Name	Thomas ERSKINE  [2]
  _FSFTID	LKY9-9ND
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKY9-9ND
  _UID	E88F524736BD4B2E8B8341577B2A8461AC24
  Death	1493	Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland,   [1]
  Burial	1493	Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland,   [1]
  Person ID	I594767580	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert ERSKINE -, First Lord Erskine,   b. 7 Sep 1378, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 6 Nov 1452, Sinton, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth LINDSAY, Of Crawford,   b. 1391, Glenesk, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 6 Nov 1452, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F536728953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Elisabeth DOUGLAS,   b. 7 Mar 1415, Morton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 22 Feb 1490, Selkirkshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1430	Selkirkshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Margaret ERSKINE,   b. 1430, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland d. 10 Dec 1482, Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)   2. Margaret ERKSINE,   b. 1437   d. Jan 1474, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 37 years)   3. Elizabeth ERSKINE,   b. Abt 1438, Selkirkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1490, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Lady Mary Mariot ERSKINE,   b. 1440, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland d. 1482, Dunnotar Castle, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F536728952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine (d. 1494), de jure 14th Earl of Mar, was a Scottish peer. Erskine was the son of Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, and Elizabeth, daughter of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford. He married Janet Douglas. They had several children. One daughter, Helen, married Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, son of Sir John Colquhoun of Luss. Another daughter, Margaret, married William Keith, 1st Earl Marischal.[1] Lord Erskine died in 1494 and was succeeded by his son, Alexander. http://www.erskinclan.com/gene4.html Thomas Erskine, the King's bodyguard, foiled the Gowrie Conspiracy and was enobled as Lord Erskine by James II in 1460. http://www.instirling.com/sight/tower.htm https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe... The identity of Thomas Erskine's wife is not certain. She may not have been a daughter of the 1st Earl of Morton although that is often stated, sometimes as Elizabeth but perhaps more often as Janet. Cunningham gedcom source says this Janet died without male issue which would seem to promote Elizabeths claim to the position of wife of Thomas Erskine and mother of his heir and probably other children. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/erskine/378/ [These are the dates for Thomas, father of the 1st Lord !] Parents: Sir Robert Erskine 1st Lord Erskine and Elizabeth Lindsay. 1st wife: Janet Douglas, heiress of Dalkeith, who died at the birth of her first child[This Janet Douglas was the 1st wife ofThomas, father of the 1st Lord] He was married to Janet Douglas before 1445 in Scotland. Douglas' Peerage Vol. 5, pg. 105 - "He married, before 1445, Janet Douglas States in Douglas' Peerage she is the daughter of James, Earl of Morton, granddaughter of King James I. [This is impossible, Janet dau of James, Earl of Morton by Joan, dau of King James I cannot have been born before 1459 – the date of her parent's marriage.She married Bef. 1 Feb 1480/1 to Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell, and died Bef. 1491.IfJanet Douglas, wife of Thomas, 2nd Lord Erskine was of the Morton family then she came from a previous generation, nothing can be stated with any certainty.She was his wife in Aug 1489] 2nd wife: Janet Keith or Barclay, widow of Sir David Barclay; It was Janet's heritage that connected the Erskine family with the Earldom of Mar. [Janet Keith was the 2nd wife ofThomas, father of the 1st Lord – vide supra] children:[These are misplaced - children of Sir Thomas, father of the 1st Lord] i. - Sir Robert Erskine ii. - John Erskine - ancestor of the Erskines of Dun and of Pittodrie iii. - Elizabeth Erskine - married to Duncan Wemyss of Rires iv. - Margaret Erskine - married to Lord James Rutherfurd[Two of her ?!?] Children were: Alexander Erskine 3rd Lord Erskine Helen Erskine Isobel Erskine Elizabeth Erskine Mariota Erskine Margaret Erskine - married Lord James Rutherfurd II[Not shown in SP V, p. 606-7.If their first child – Peter was b Abt. 1450 then she CANNOT have been born after 1435.Her supposed parents were married Bef .1445 – vide supra.Thomas d in or Abt. 1493, his parents m Aft. 1400, he was no doubt of age in 1441 – therefore his birth had to occur between 1401-20, probably much towards the end of that range given his death date] https://books.google.com/books?id=2ss6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=... Thomas, second Lord Erskine, who married Lady Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of James, Earl Of Morton, and dying before 1494, had Alexander, third Lord Erskine, guardian to K. James the IVth.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Lady Mary Mariot Muriella Erskine, Countess Marischal, person ID GFMN-3YW. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Thomas Erskine, person ID LKY9-9ND. (Reliability: 3).