Colonel
William
Erskine
Born about in Torry, Fife, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of William Erskine
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Henrietta (Baillie) Erskine
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Erskine
Died
at about age 63
in Torry, Fife Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2017
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Biography
William was born in and baptised in May 1691. He was the son of William Erskine and Magdalen Lumsden.
ARESKINE WILLIAM WILLIAM ARESKINE/ M 19/05/1691 664/ 20 26 Carriden (Scotlands People)
William married Henrietta Baillie, 2nd daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, Lanarkshire and Henrietta Lindsay, on 10 Dec 1725. She was the widow of Robert Watson of Muirhouse, Edinburgh.[1]
ERSKINE WILLIAM HENERETTA BAILIE 10/12/1725 458/20 422 Torryburn (Scotlands People)
1717 Captain of 2nd Dragoons
1723 Maj of 2nd Dragoons
1741 Lt. Col of 7the Dragoons
Retired in 1751
Sources
- ↑ Lives Of The Baillies by Baillie James William https://archive.org/details/livesofbailliesd00bail/page/44/mode/2up?q=major+william+erskine
- Complete Baronetage V.5 by Cokayne, George E. (George Edward), 1825-1911[1]
- The History Of Parliament[2]
- The Peerage[3]
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