Born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Westwater
and Margaret (Bonthron) Westwater
Sister of
Margaret (Westwater) Gunn, Euphan (Westwater) Watson, Isobel (Westwater) Brown, Robert Westwater, Johanna Westwater and Robert Westwater
Wife of
David Bruce
— married
1804 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth Bruner Bruce and Henry Bruce
Died about
at about age 56
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Feb 2020
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Biography
Elizabeth (Westwater) Bruce was born in Scotland.
Elizabeth Westwater was born on 28 December 1783 and christened in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh on 10 January 1784. She was the daughter of David Westwater and Margaret Bonthron.[1][2]
She married David Bruce.
David and Elizabeth had at least two children:
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQCW-VDQ : 11 February 2020), Elizabeth Westwater, 1784.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950; FHL Film Number: 1066754; Reference ID: 2:18LHF25
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
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