Elizabeth Brisbane (abt. 1602 - abt. 1650)

Born about 1602 in Bishopton, Renfrew, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Shaw — married 1625 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1650 at about age 48 in Ballygally Castle, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

Elizabeth Brisbane was born in Scotland.

Elizabeth was the third daughter of john Brisbane of Bishopton, Renfrewshire. ^[1][2][3][4]

She married James Shaw.^[2][4] They had issue:

1. James^[2][5][6]

Research Notes

Elizabeth was certainly born after the marriage of her parents on 24 Dec 1595 and assuming a minimum of nine months after that date one infers her birth post Sep 1596. Her mother died on 8 Mar 1698 so one can infer that it was on or before that date. The resulting range then is from Sep 1596 to Mar 1608 or circa Jun 1602 +/- six years.

Some of the attached references are for an Elizabeth^[7][8][9] not Isabella and that Elizabeth had only one child, James.

The mystery might be solved by sources that state that an Isabel Brisbane married a James Shaw and that couple had a son James who married Elizabeth Brisbane.^[10] That couple then had a son James who married his first cousin, Elizabeth Brisbane. That James Shaw had a wife named Elizabeth Brisbane, a mother named Elizabeth Brisbane, and a grandmother, Isabel Brisbane the object of this profile.

The given name 'Isabella' for the wife of James Shaw is clear giveen that it is etched the armorial esceutcheon on the doorway at the Castle of Ballygally which bears the initial I.S. (Latin did not have a letter 'J' rather simply 'I') and I.B.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Robertson, George, "Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame: together with a genealogical account of the principal families in that Bailiwick", Irvine: Cunningham Press, 1820, Google Books, p.94
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Burke, John, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Henry Colburn Publishers,1835, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 334
3. ↑ Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Harrison,1879, Ed. 6 Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 189
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Paterson, James, "History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire", Edinbugh: John Dick, 1852, Vol. II, Google Books, p. 307
5. ↑ Paterson, James, "History of the County of Ayr: With a Genealogical Account of the Families of Ayrshire", Edinbugh: John Dick, 1852, Vol. II, Google Books, p. 308
6. ↑ Robertson, George, "Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame: together with a genealogical account of the principal families in that Bailiwick", Irvine: Cunningham Press, 1820, Google Books, p.95
7. ↑ Burke, John, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Henry Colburn Publishers,1835, Vol. II, Archive.org, Vol. II, p. 334 for marriages between the Brisbanes and Shaws of Ballygally.
8. ↑ "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 7th edition. London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1886."
9. ↑ Burke, John Bernard, "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland", London: Harrison,1886, Ed. 7 Vol. I, Google Books, p, 210
10. ↑ Shaws of Down and Antrim
11. ↑ Agnew, Andrew, "The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway, Thir Forebears and Friends, Their Courts and Customs of their Times", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1893, Vol. II, Archive.org, p. 46,

See also:

• Clan MacFarlane: Elizabeth Brisbane

• The Peerage: Elizabeth Brisbane

• Wikidata: Item Q76295082

• The Scottish Nation: Brisbane

• Lady Isabella Shaw (Brisbane)