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| David Bruce of Green d by 12 Jun 1556 | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Archibald Bruce d 1609
m1 1568-9 Margaret Bruce d 09.1579, dau of Robert Bruce of Wester Kennet |
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| A. | Robert Bruce, 2nd of Wester Kennet b c1569, dvp 1606 br>m mcrt 03 Jul 1599 Elizabeth Gall dau of Alexander Gall of Maw | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Bruce, 3rd of Kennet, 1st of Garlet a 10.1671 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert bought Easter Kennet which is why he and the subsequent lairds were 'of Kennet' without the Wester prefix. | |||||||||||||||
| m 1627 Agnes Murray d 1664, dau of Patrick Murray of Perdowie by Margaret Colville | |||||||||||||||
| a. | David Bruce, 4th of Kennet d 1673, 2nd son | ||||||||||||||
| m 1656 Marjory Young d before 20 Nov 1714, dau of David Young of Kirkton | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | David Bruce, 5th of Kennet dsp before 1704 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | James Bruce, 6th of Kennet d 08.1728, Brigadier General | ||||||||||||||
| m 1690 Mary Swinton dau of Sir Alexander Swinton of Mersington | |||||||||||||||
| A | Alexander Bruce, 7th of Kennet d 08 Aug 1747 | ||||||||||||||
| m 06 Apr 1714 Mary Balfour d 07 Nov 1758, dau of Robert Balfour, Lord of Burleigh | |||||||||||||||
| i | Robert Bruce, 8th of Kennet, Sheriff of Clackmannan b 24 Dec 1718, d 08 Apr 1785, professor, judge as Lord Kennet | ||||||||||||||
| m 06 Jun 1754 Helen Abercromby dau of George Abercromby of Tullibody | |||||||||||||||
| a | Alexander Bruce, 9th of Kennet bpt 17 Jul 1755,d 12 Jul 1808 | ||||||||||||||
| m 'Hugh' Blackburn dau of Hugh Blackburn of Glasgow | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Bruce, 10th of Kennet b 08 Dec 1795, d 13 Aug 1864 had issue | ||||||||||||||
| Robert claimed the title Lord Balfour of Burleigh but died before the case was decided. The claim was allowed in 1868 and his son became Lord Balfour of Burleigh. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 12 Apr 1825, sp Anne Murray d 09.05.1846, dau of William Murray of Polmaise and Touchadam | |||||||||||||||
| m2 23 Apr 1848 Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson dau of Sir James Fergusson, Bart of Kilkerran, by Henrietta Duncan | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | William Bruce b 24 Mar 1806, d 1868, 5th son had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m Louisa dau of Thomas Hill or Hull | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Helen Bruce b 16 Mar 1803, d 13 Dec 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| m 22 Mar 1848 Robert Handyside judge as Lord Handyside | |||||||||||||||
| 4+ | other issue - George Abercrombie b 08 Mar 1789, dsp 03.1817, Hugh b 10 Jan 1800, dsop 10 Jan 1874, Laurence Dundas b 16 Nov 1800, dsp 11.1817, Margaret d unm 24 Jul 1881 | ||||||||||||||
| b | Thomas Bruce dsp | ||||||||||||||
| m Margaret Ramsay dau of Robert Ramsay of Blackcraig | |||||||||||||||
| c | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Walter Watson of Southfield | |||||||||||||||
| d+ | other issue - Robert dsp 1767, Laurence Dundas dsp, James dsp, Ralph dsp, Lt. Colonel, Burnett d 02 Jun 1813, Mary d unm | ||||||||||||||
| ii | Margaret Bruce d 11 Oct 1802 | ||||||||||||||
| m 09 Apr 1738 Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Bart of Kerse d 21 Sep 1781 | |||||||||||||||
| iii+ | other issue - James d young, James dsp | ||||||||||||||
| B | James Bruce d 28.05.1734, Master of the Mint in Scotland had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m mcrt 16 Nov 1730 Mary Cross | |||||||||||||||
| C | William Henry Bruce dsp, Captain RN | ||||||||||||||
| m "an English lady" | |||||||||||||||
| D | John Bruce d 13 Sep 1741, minister of Airth | ||||||||||||||
| m Jean Bruce dau of James Bruce, 7th of Powfoulis | |||||||||||||||
| i | Annabella Bruce d 05 Mar 1771 | ||||||||||||||
| m John Forbes of Newhall | |||||||||||||||
| ii+ | other issue - James, John, Jean | ||||||||||||||
| E | Alison Bruce d 31 Jul 1754 | ||||||||||||||
| m 20 Jun 1718 George Dundas of Dundas | |||||||||||||||
| F | Mary Bruce d unm | ||||||||||||||
| G | Jane Bruce d 06 Apr 1769 | ||||||||||||||
| m 06.1720 John Edgar d 09 Sep 1744 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Margaret Bruce bpt 17 Jan 1669 | ||||||||||||||
| m _ Nelson of Kilcathiem, Galloway | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mary Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m William Young of Kirkton cousin | |||||||||||||||
| 5+ | other issue - Henry dsp, Robert dsp 1700?, Charles bpt 24 Jun 1671, dsp before 21 Aug 1703, George bpt 16 Jul 1672 | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Alexander Bruce of Garlet bpt 13 Jun 1637, d 16 Apr 1704, minister of Kirkurd then Donaghadee | ||||||||||||||
| m 17 Apr 1677 Margaret Cleland d 1722, dau of James Cleland of Stonepath | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alexander Bruce d before 26 Apr 1716, surgeon apothecary in Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
| m1 02 Apr 1700 Grisel Laffrie dau of James Laffrie | |||||||||||||||
| m2 16 Sep 1708 Ann Stewart d 20 Apr 1745, dau of John Stewart of Shawwood | |||||||||||||||
| Unclear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A | William Bruce dsp | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rachel Bruce bur 04 Jan 1765 | ||||||||||||||
| m 16 Aug 1724 John Cleland | |||||||||||||||
| 3+ | other issue - David, James b 1691, d 19 Sep 1749, judge in Barbadoes, had issue, Marion b 07 Jan 1681, d by 1728, Margaret b13 Oct 1686 | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Bruce bpt 24 Sep 1638 | ||||||||||||||
| m Isobel Paterson dau of Andrew Paterson of Dunmore | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m William Lumsden in Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| A | Andrew Lumsden secretary to Prince Charles | ||||||||||||||
| 2+ | other issue - Robert bpt 27 Nov 1670, James bpt 28 May.1679, Wiliam b 1681, Isobel, Anne, Margaret bpt 12 Oct 1677, Christian | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m William Bruce d 1653, Lt. Col., son of Sir Robert, 10th of Clackmannan | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Helen Bruce bpt 29 Apr 1635, d before 05 Jan 1675 | ||||||||||||||
| m 1661 John Brisbane | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary Bruce bpt 05 Aug 1647 | ||||||||||||||
| m Henry Bruce of Comrie | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Robert bpt 10 Apr 1628, d young, Harrie, Nicolas, William bpt 24 Jun 1642, d young, William bpt 29 Nov 1644, George bpt 29 Mar 1644, Margaret bpt 05 Aug 1647 | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Margaret, Marjory | ||||||||||||||
| m2 by 1596 Grizel Forrester | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Agnes Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Jasper Smyth | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Marion Bruce d 1608 | ||||||||||||||
| m 1602 Patrick Blacadder of Millhill | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Archibald, Norman bpt 29 Apr 1599 | ||||||||||||||
Sources: TSP Balfour of Burleigh, BP1934 Balfour of Burleigh
Commoners vol ii, Bruce of Kennet
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