'Bruce07'
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Families covered: Bruce of Garlet, Bruce of Kennet
[This page was formerly named Bruce05. Its name was changed in June 2007 as part of a review of various Bruce families. See here for more details.]
| David Bruce of Green (d by 12.06.1556) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Archibald Bruce (d 1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1568-9) Margaret Bruce (d 09.1579, dau of Robert Bruce of Wester Kennet) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Bruce, 2nd of Wester Kennet (b c1569, dvp 1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 03.07.1599) 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 20.11.1714, 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 08.08.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04/08.1714) Mary Balfour (d 07.11.1758, dau of Robert Balfour, Lord of Burleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Bruce, 8th of Kennet, Sheriff of Clackmannan (b 24.12.1718, d 08.04.1785, professor, judge as Lord Kennet) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1754) Helen Abercromby (dau of George Abercromby of Tullibody) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Alexander Bruce, 9th of Kennet (bpt 17.07.1755,d 12.07.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. 'Hugh' Blackburn (dau of Hugh Blackburn of Glasgow) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Bruce, 10th of Kennet (b 08.12.1795, d 13.08.1864) 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. (12.04.1825, sp) Anne Murray (d 09.05.1846, dau of William Murray of Polmaise and Touchadam) | |||||||||||||||
| m2.(23.04.1848) Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson (dau of Sir James Fergusson, Bart of Kilkerran, by Henrietta Duncan) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | William Bruce (b 24.03.1806, d 1868, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Louisa (dau of Thomas Hill or Hull) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Helen Bruce (b 16.03.1803, d 13.12.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.03.1848) Robert Handyside (judge as Lord Handyside) | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - George Abercrombie (b 08.03.1789, dsp 03.1817), Hugh (b 10.01.1800, dsop 10.01.1874), Laurence Dundas (b 16.11.1800, dsp 11.1817), Margaret (d unm 24.07.1881) | ||||||||||||||
| (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 02.06.1813), Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Margaret Bruce (d 11.10.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1738) Sir Lawrence Dundas, 1st Bart of Kerse (d 21.09.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| (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 16.11.1730) Mary Cross | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Henry Bruce (dsp, Captain RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. "an English lady" | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Bruce (d 13.09.1741, minister of Airth) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Bruce (dau of James Bruce, 7th of Powfoulis) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Annabella Bruce (d 05.03.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Forbes of Newhall | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - James, John, Jean | ||||||||||||||
| (E) | Alison Bruce (d 31.07.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1718) George Dundas of Dundas | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Mary Bruce (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (G) | Jane Bruce (d 06.04.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1720) John Edgar (d 09.09.1744) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Bruce (bpt 17.01.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Nelson of Kilcathiem, Galloway | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Young of Kirkton (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Henry (dsp), Robert (dsp 1700?), Charles (bpt 24.06.1671, dsp before 21.08.1703), George (bpt 16.07.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Alexander Bruce of Garlet (bpt 13.06.1637, d 16.04.1704, minister of Kirkurd then Donaghadee) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.04.1677) Margaret Cleland (d 1722, dau of James Cleland of Stonepath) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Alexander Bruce (d before 26.04.1716, surgeon apothecary in Edinburgh) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.04.1700) Grisel Laffrie (dau of James Laffrie) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.09.1708) Ann Stewart (d 20.04.1745, dau of John Stewart of Shawwood) | |||||||||||||||
| Unclear which wife was mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Bruce (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Rachel Bruce (bur 04.01.1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.08.1724) John Cleland | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - David, James (b 1691, d 19.09.1749, judge in Barbadoes, had issue), Marion (b 07.01.1681, d by 1728), Margaret (b13.10.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Bruce (bpt 24.09.1638) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 27.11.1670), James (bpt 28.05.1679), Wiliam (b 1681), Isobel, Anne, Margaret (bpt 12.10.1677), Christian | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bruce (d 1653, Lt. Col., son of Sir Robert, 10th of Clackmannan) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Helen Bruce (bpt 29.04.1635, d before 05.01.1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1661) John Brisbane | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary Bruce (bpt 05.08.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Bruce of Comrie | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue - Robert (bpt 10.04.1628, d young), Harrie, Nicolas, William (bpt 24.06.1642, d young), William (bpt 29.11.1644), George (bpt 29.03.1644), Margaret (bpt 05.08.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 29.04.1599) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Balfour of Burleigh), BP1934 (Balfour of Burleigh) with some support from Commoners (vol ii, Bruce of Kennet)
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