Janet Erskine (abt. 1405 - 1463)

Born about 1405 in Glenesk, Angus, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Walter (Stewart) Stewart Master of Fife — married 24 Apr 1421 (to 1425) in Glenesk, Angus Scotland

Descendants

Died 1463 at about age 58 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Biography

Janet Erskine is a member of Clan Erskine.

Father Sir Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine, 6th Lord Garioch, 13th Earl of Mar d. bt 7 Sep 1451 - 6 Nov 1452

Mother Elizabeth Crawford d. a 20 Dec 1400

     Janet Erskine was born circa 1396. She and Sir Walter Stewart, Master of Fife, Lennox, & Menteith obtained a marriage license on 27 May 1421; Date of dispensation, being related in the 3rd degree of consanguinity. This marriage may not have taken place.^[1][2]

Family^[3]

• Sir Walter Stewart, Master of Fife, Lennox, & Menteith b. c 1396, d. 24 May 1425

Children

• Marion Stewart
• David Stewart d. a 5 Feb 1538
• Walter Stewart, 1st Laird of Morphie b. c 1422, d. b 1488

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 621.
2. ↑ The Scots Peerage, Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 150
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 545.

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