Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Sir Robert Elphinstone, of Quarrell

Male Abt 1620 - 1683  (~ 63 years)

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  • Name Robert Elphinstone 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1620 
    • Had a sasine in his favour in October 1641 so must have been at least 18 then.
    Death 19 Jul 1683  [1] 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Michael Elphinstone, of Quarrell
              b. 23 Dec 1593  
              d. Abt 1 Nov 1640, Durham, County Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Mary Bruce
              b. Between 1585 and 1602 
    Marriage Contract 12 Jan 1618  [2] 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1618  [2] 

    Wife 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, 3] 
    Age at Marriage Robert was ~ 23 years old - Euphame was 18 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Michael Elphinstone, of Quarrell
              b. Between 1641 and 1652  
              d. Jul 1695 (Age ~ 54 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Most likely born c. 1620, Robert Elphinstone was the eldest son of Michael Elphinstone of Quarrel and Mary Bruce, of the Bruce of Kinnaird family.

      Career
      Robert was served heir to his father on the 1st February 1643 and knighted before 1649. Apparently1, he gifted a silver bread plate to the church of Larbert which was engraved (presumably later, after he had died):
      Ex Dono D. Roberti Elphinstone De Quarrel Equitis Qui XIV Cal Sextilis Anno Salutis MDCLXXXXIII Obiit. In Usum Panis Eucharistici Ecclesiæ Lerberianae Mro. Archibaldo Mushitge Curam Gerente.

      Which translates to:
      A gift from Robert Elphinstone of Quarrell, knight, who died in the year 1683. For the eucharist service at the church of Larbert, under the care of Archibald Mushitge [not sure how that translates back to a Scottish surname]

      Death
      Robert died on the 19th of July 1683.

      Footnotes
      [1] Lands and lairds of Larbert and Dunipace parishes, John Charles Gibson, 1908, page 49

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jul 1643 - Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0430] John Charles Gibson, Lands and Lairds of Larbert and Dunipace Parishes, (Glasgow, 1908), 1908, Elphinstone of Quarrell; pages 48-51.

    2. [S0381] Ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, The, (Edinburgh: David Douglas), 1906, Elphinstone, Lord Elphinstone; Volume 3, pages 525-554.

    3. [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.