Robert
Bruce
Born about in Cultmalindie, Perth, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Earl of Orkney [half], Isobel Bruce, Grissell Bruce and Laurence (Bruce) Bruce IVth of Cultmalundy Ist of Muness
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Bruce
Died about
at about age 55
[location unknown]
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Biography
Robert Bruce, son of John Bruce and Euphame Elphinstone, is traditionally said to have been the father of William Bruce of Symbister.[1][2][3]
Robert married 16 Apr 1568, Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Patrick Gray, 4th Lord of Gray. They had a son, William Bruce, 1st of Symbister. William Bruce, 1st of Sumburgh and Symbister, married Marjorie, daughter of John Stewart. They had a son, Robert. His second marriage was to Isabella Spence, daughter of James Spence. They had a son, Andrew, who is the ancestor of the Bruces of Pithartie in Fifeshire.
Sources
- ↑ Weeks, Lyman Horace. Book of Bruce; ancestors and descendants of King Robert of Scotland. Being an historical and genealogical survey of the kingly and noble Scottish house of Bruce and a full account of its principal collateral families. With special reference to the Bruces of Clackmannan, Cultmalindie, Caithness, and the Shetland Islands, and their American descendants. Publisher New York, The Americana society. 1907. John Bruce, pg. 101
- ↑ Grant, Frances J. The County Families Of The Shetland Islands. 1893. Bruce of Cultmalindie and Muness
- ↑ North Isles Family History John Bruce
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #IN84933, MitoYDNA ID T12913 [compare] - Michael Bruce :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-Y10659, FTDNA kit #B710346
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C. Mackinnon
Robin Lee
C. Mackinnon
Two given names highly unlikely at this time.
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by C. Mackinnon
Robin Lee
Bruce-2630 and Bruce-976 appear to represent the same person because: same mother, similar birth
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by Robin Lee
Rejected matches › Robert (Stewart) Stewart First Earl of Orkney (1533-1593)
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