85. Lord (9) John ERSKINE Earl of Mar (4th) (John , John , John , John , Robert , Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) died in Sep 1668 in Alloa.
14th Ld Garioch, de jure 21st Earl of Mar (old title)
K.B.
In 1638 John received his father's lands. In Nov. 1638 he was at the Glasgow Assembly where he stated his grief at being held aloof from their meetings and wished to be admitted to their covenant.
Sir John had the command of the Stirlingshire regiment in the Scots army which in 1640 marched to England. In 1641 with his father he acceded to the Cumbernauld Association to support the royal cause. In 1645 the Irish in Montrose's army plundered Alloa and the next town which belonged to the Earl of Mar. Notwithstanding this outrage the Earl and John gave the Royalist leader and his officers an elegant banquet and for doing so the marquis of Argyle threatened to burn his castle at Alloa. After the battle of Kilsyth 15 Aug. 1645 Sir John joined Montrose and was at the battle of Philiphaugh on 13 Sept., but escaped and was sent by Montrose into the district of Mar to raise additional forces for his army. He was fined by the Estates 24,000 marks and his houses of Erskine and Alloa were plundered by their order. In Jan. 1651 he was ordered by Charles II to assemble a regiment of horse from Stirling, Clackmannan and Dumbarton. On succeeding his father in 1654 all his estates were taken and until the Restoration he lived in a small cottage at the gate of Alloa house. His estates were restored to him when King Charles returned to the throne in 1660 and at the first Parliament he carried the sword at the opening ceremony.
He was restored as Governor of Stirling Castle and was a member of Parliament in 1663 at the close of which he carried the crown. He was also made Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Supply 23 Jan. 1667.No children with Elizabeth.
John married (1) Lady Elizabeth SCOTT in 1641. Elizabeth died on 23 Jul 1647.
daughter of 1st Earl of Buccleuch
John also married (2) Lady Jean Mary? MACKENZIE on 8 Oct 1647.
Daughter of 2nd (or 9th?) earl of Seaforth.
Married secondly Andrew, Lord Fraser
John and Jean had the following children:
+ 97 M i Lord (10) Charles ERSKINE Earl of Mar (5th) was born on 19 Oct 1650 and died on 23 May 1689. 98 M ii George ERSKINE died on 21 Jun 1676. 99 F iii Barbara ERSKINE died circa 1690.
married 7 Sept. 1670 James, Marquess of Douglas, divorced 1681
d.c.1690100 F iv Mary ERSKINE.
married 5 Aug. 1673 John, Earl of Glencairn101 F v Sophia ERSKINE.
married 1676 Alexander, Lord Forbes
90. James ERSKINE Earl of Buchan (7th) (James , John , John , John , Robert , Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) died in Oct 1664.
daughter of 1st earl of Dalhousie
James and Marjory had the following children:
102 M i William ERSKINE Earl of Buchan (8th) died in 1695.
died unmarried
94. Alexander ERSKINE Earl of Kellie (3) (Alexander , Thomas , Alexander , John , Robert , Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) was born in 1616 in Kellie, Fife, Scotland. He died in May 1677.
Succeeded his brother as earl of Kellie, 18 Apr. 1643.
Was a zealous royalist, supporter of Charles II, whom he followed into England. Col. of Foot for the counties of Fife and Kinross, was in the "engagement" of 1648 to attempt the rescue of the King; was sent by the Parl, 12 June 1649, to Charles II in Holland, for whom he fought at Worcester, 1651, where he was taken prisoner, ans was in confinement many years (in the Tower, then in Holland), and exempted from Cromwell's Act of Grace, 1654.
Left Holland and returned to Kellie in 1661 the year he married Anna Kirkpatrick, dau. of Col. John Kirkpatrick, Gov. of Bois-le-Duc..
She died soon after and he married 2ndly (cont. 8 July 1665), Mary, dau. of Sir John Dalzell, of Glenae, co. Dumfries, by Agnes, dau. of James Nisbet, of Restalrig.
After the restoration was appointed governor of the fort and town of Ayr,
lieutenant-colonel of the guards.
One of his majesty's PC ( 1 Oct. 1661).
Alexander married (1) Anna KIRKPATRICK in 1661.
or Anna
or KILPATRICK
daughter of the Governor of Bois-le-Duc (Holland)
Alexander and Anna had the following children:
+ 103 F i Lady Anne ERSKINE.
Alexander also married (2) Mary DALZELL on 8 Jul 1665. Mary was born in 1643 in Glenae, Scotland.
dau. of Sir John Dalzell, of Glenae, co. Dumfries, by Agnes, dau. of James Nisbet, of Restalrig.
Alexander and Mary had the following children:
+ 104 M ii Alexander ERSKINE Earl of Kellie (4) was born in 1677 and died on 8 Mar 1710. 105 F iii Elizabeth ERSKINE was born in Kellie, Fife, Scotland and was christened on 15 Sep 1673. She died on 11 Dec 1744. 106 M iv John ERSKINE was born in 1671 in Kellie, Fife, Scotland.
95. Sir Charles ERSKINE Baronet of Cambo (1) (Alexander , Thomas , Alexander , John , Robert , Alexander , Thomas , Robert , Thomas , Robert , William , John , John de , John , Henry de ) was born in 1620. He died in Feb 1677.
Lyon King of Arms, 1663
created a Baronet of Cambo after the restoration, 20 Aug.1666.Lieutenant-governor of Edinburgh Castle
Charles married Penelope BARCLAY in 1663.
They had the following children:
+ 107 M i Sir Alexander ERSKINE Bt of Cambo (2) died in 1727.