Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Michael Elphinstone, of Quarrell

Male 1652 - 1695  (~ 54 years)

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  • Name Michael Elphinstone 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Between 1641 and 1652 
    Death Jul 1695  [1] 
    • Noted as "deceast" at his daughter's marriage to David Ramsay.
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Sir Robert Elphinstone, of Quarrell
              b. Abt 1620  
              d. 19 Jul 1683 (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Euphame Carstairs
              b. Abt Feb 1625, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 15 Jul 1643  Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 

    Wife Rachel Bruce
              b. Abt 1645 
    Children 
     1. Robert Elphinstone
              b. Abt Feb 1668  
              d. Bef 1778 (Age ~ 109 years)
     2. Euphemia Elphinstone
              b. Abt 1675
     3. Isobel Elphinstone
              b. Abt 1679  
              d. 18 Jul 1774, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 95 years)
     4. Mary Elphinstone
              b. Between 1680 and 1695
     5. Helen Elphinstone
              b. Between 1682 and 1695
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Michael Elphinstone, third of Quarrell (Stirlingshire), was born in the 1640s to Sir Robert Elphinstone (second of Quarrell) and Euphame Carstairs.

      Career
      From Lands and Lairds1:
      Michael Elphinstone, third of Quarrell, was a Commissioner of Supply, 1678 and 1685. He and Robert, his eldest lawful son, had sasines "of four oxengate of land of Over Mungall, with the corn milne thereof, kill and milnelands, with ye pertinents," 16th January, 18th February, and 8th July, 1690. He married Rachel Bruce, only daughter of Sir William Bruce of Stenhouse, Bart., by Helen Douglas, his wife, and had 1) Robert, who succeeded; 2) Euphame, eldest daughter, married 30th June 1699 to David Ramsay of Lethendy, W[riter of the] S[ignet], who had a sasine of the lands of Over Mungall, milne and milnelands in the barony of Kerse, 26th August 1712. 3) Isobell, born about 1679, died at Edinburgh unmarried, 18th July 1774, aged ninety-five; 4) Mary, third daughter 5) Helen, fourth daughter. Michael Elphinstone of Quarrell died July 1695.


      Footnotes
      [1]The Lands and Lairds of Larbert & Dunipace Parishes, John Charles Gibson, 1908

  • Sources 
    1. [S0430] John Charles Gibson, Lands and Lairds of Larbert and Dunipace Parishes, (Glasgow, 1908), 1908, Elphinstone of Quarrell; pages 48-51.

    2. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 15 Jul 1643, Robert Elphingstone; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY78-H2H : 11 February 2020), Robert Elphingstone, 1643.