'Bruce11'
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Families covered: Bruce of Braewick, Bruce of Burravoe, Bruce of Pittarthie, Bruce of Sumburgh, Bruce of Symbister
| William Bruce, 1st of Symbister & Sumburgh, Shetland (d 1624) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Marjorie or Margaret Stewart (dau of John Stewart, Prior of Coldingham, widow of William Sinclair (son of Olave of Brue)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Bruce of Sumburgh & Symbister (d 03.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Cheyne (dau of Patrick Cheyne of Esslemont) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.07.1625) Marjory Bruce (dau of Andrew Bruce of Moness) | |||||||||||||||
| Uncertain which wife was mother of which of the children, though Margaret Cheyne was probably mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Bruce of Sumburgh (d 1675) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1646) Elizabeth Sinclair (dsp, dau of James Sinclair of Scalloway) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1656) Margaret Sinclair (dau of John Sinclair of Quendale) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Bruce of Sumburgh (d 1687) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1679) Barbara Stewart (dau of Laurence Stewart of Bigtoun) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Bruce (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Bruce of Sumburgh (dsp 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Laurence Bruce of Sumburgh (d 1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1714) Elizabeth Crichton (dau of George Crichton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Bruce of Sumburgh (d 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1733) Alicia Dalmahoy (dau of Sir John Dalmahoy of that ilk, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Bruce of Sumburgh (bpt 30.11.1735, d 17.10.1788, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1765) Helen Hunter (dau of Robert Hunter of Lunna) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Bruce of Sumburgh (b 15.12.1767, d 04.05.1831, Commander RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.06.1795) Elizabeth Hunter (dau of Robert Hunter of Lunna) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Bruce of Sumburgh (b 17.02.1798, d 21.01.1885, Convener of Shetland) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.06.1832) Mary Nelson (b 321.12.1805, d 24.01.1891, dau of John William Nelson) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Robert (b 12.05.1801, d 23.01.1808), Elizabeth (b 21.04.1796, d 19.04.1877), Helen (b 23.04.1799, d 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Helen Bruce (b 24.10.1766, d 09.07.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.04.1788) Alexander Fraser (Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Alexander (b 08.12.1788, Colonel), John, Thomas (Admiral RN), Helen, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Ursilla Katherine Bruce (b 26.04.1770) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.12.1794) Robert Bruce of Symbister @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Bruce (b 232.11.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.08.1794) John Menzies (b 1753-4, d 17.05.1827, minister of Bressay then Lerwick) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Robert (b 08.06.1769, d c06.1769), Robert (b 07.09.1779, dsp), Alicia (b 20.05.1774), Grizel (b 25.11.1777, d unm 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue (d young) - Laurence (bpt 05.11.1734), 2 daughters (twins) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Catanach (dau of John Catanach, widow of John Bruce) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Grizel Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1699) John Bruce of Muness (d 1703) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (17.06.1707) Thomas Hunter of Lunna | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (1720) Simon Fraser (son of _ of Broadland) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Catherine Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Charles Sinclair of Scalloway (d 1710) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. James Ross (Captain, son of the Bishop of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Janet Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Neven of Luning | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Dorothea Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ross of Lund | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Bruce of Muness | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Barbara Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Kay (d 15.09.1716, minister of \Dunrossness) | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Laurence, Andrew | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Laurence Bruce of Symbister (d 1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1643) Margaret Stewart (dau of John Stewart of Bigtoun) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Bruce of Symbister (b 1645, d 09.02.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.05.1688) Grizel Stewart (dau of Laurence Stewart of Bigtoun) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Bruce of Symbister (b 1690, d 14.07.1742) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720) Margaret Bruce (dau of Robert Bruce of Chalester) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Bruce of Symbister, later Stewart of Bigtoun (b 1722, d 09.11.1796?) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (08.06.1744) Clementina Stewart (d 1748, dau/heir of John Laurence Stewart of Bigtoun) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - John Laurence (d young), Margaret (bpt 29.05.1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.10.1750) Christina Gifford (dau of Thomas Gifford of Busta) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Stewart (b 1751-2, d 14.02.1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.01.1771) Sir John Mitchell, 3rd Bart of Westshore | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Bruce of Burravoe & Symbister (b 1726, d 15.09.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1762) Grizel Hunter (dau of Robert Hunter of Lunna) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Bruce (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Robert Bruce of Symbister (b 13.05.1766, d 27.02.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (18.12.1794) Ursilla Catherine Bruce (dau of John Bruce of Sumburgh) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Arthur Bruce of Symbister (b 05.01.1799, d 15.03.1865, 2nd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.10.1825) Agnes Macrae (dau of William Gordon Macrae of Westbrook) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Robert Bruce of Burravoe (b 11.10.1804) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'Bruce of Burravoe' (p44) of the 'County Families of Zetland' (identified below). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (18.03.1825) Mary Young (dau of Rev. David Young of Foiulden) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.07.1847) Janet Williamson (dau of John Williamson) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Helen Joanna Bruce (b 1804, d 06.05.1881) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (11.08.1824) Robert Hunter of Lunna (b 1768, d 09.1833) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1845) Thomas Richmond of Craigielea | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - John (dsp), Laurence (dsp), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (15.11.1813) Helen Wallace (dau of Robert Wallace) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Ursilla Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1797) Robet Jack | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Grizel Bruce (d 1767) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.01.1755) John Barclay (minister of Delting) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Patrick Barlcay (bpt 16.01.1757, d 12.061844, minister of Sandsting) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1783) Isabel Barclay (dau of James Barclay in Knockleith, cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Elizabeth Bruce Barclay (b c1791, d 1885) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theodore Gordon (Dr) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Isabella Barclay | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1807) John Duncan (minister of Dunrossness) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Sir Robert (bpt 27.02.1759, d 1827, Lt. Colonel), John in London (MD), Margaret (bpt 06.07.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Bruce (d 10.10.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1765) William Jack (b c729, d 28.11.1808, minister of Northmaven) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Laurence, Robert, Ursilla, Helen | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1718) Charles Neven of Windhouse | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Laurence (d young), Jhn (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Robert Bruce of Chalester (d 29.09.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1696) Grizel Nicolson (dau of Rev. James Nicolson of Tingwall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Anna Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1718) Thomas Mouat of Garth | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720) Robert Bruce of Symbister @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Helen Bruce (d 01.07.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720?) John Hay (d 02.02.1734, minister of Unst) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Grizel Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Leask of Lee | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Ursilla Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) Robert Hunter of Lunna | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Elizabeth Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Smith of Marrester | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Smith of Marrester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jant Hay (dau of William Hay) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Laurence Smith of Marrester (b c1775, d 07.10.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | 15 other children | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Catherine Bruce shown as daughter rather than sister of Robert but must be of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1692) Arthur Sinclair of Scalloway | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - William, Laurence, Grizel shown as cildren rather than siblings of Robert but possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Andrew Bruce of Braewick (d 1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Stewart (dau of William Stewart of Mains) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Andrew Bruce of Braewick (a 1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Sinclair (dau of James Sinclair of Hoversta) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Laurence Bruce of Braewick | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 04.04.1722) Anne Margareta Nicolson (dau of Arthur Nicolson of Lochend) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Arthur Bruce of Braewick (d 06.04.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Robert Bruce of Braewick (a 03.1768, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.01.1759) Samuel Scollay of Lerwick, later of Braewick (d 18.10.1770) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Scollay of Garth (b 03.05.1763, d 07.05.1817) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (10.01.1786) Ann Innes | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Barbara Scollay (b 20.05.1789, d 17.10.1856) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Jameson (d 05.1848) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - John (b 07.07.1790), James (b 09.08.1791), Elizabeth (b 12.05.1788, d infant), Grizel (b 27.08.1792, d infant),Ann (b 17.05.1794) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (19.09.1801) Ann Bolt (dau of James Bolt of Cruister) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Margaret Scollay (bpt 26.12.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.09.1784) Patrick Innes of Lerwick (surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Henry (bpt 11.1733), James (bpt 26.05.1739), Laurence (bpt 13.06.1739), Janet (bpt 29.04.1736) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Dorothea Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. Simon Forbes of Tow | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Laurence, Robert, John, James | ||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Patrick, James, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 14.02.1595) Isabella Spence (dau of Sir James Spence of Wormiston) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Andrew Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew is identified as ancestor of the Bruce of Pittarthie. The following comes partly from 'Fife P&H' (vol 1, Dunino Parish, p335) and partly from various web sites. We presume that this Andrew was father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William (or Andrew) Bruce of Pittarthie, Fife | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1654) Elizabeth Bruce (dau of ?? Bruce of Earlshall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | (Sir) William Bruce of Pittarthie (d before 18.04.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alexander Bruce, last of Pittarthie (Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Andrew Bruce (d before 10.03.1681/2, minister of Balmerino) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (25.12.1674) Mary Leslie (dau of Sir John Leslie of Birkhill, m2. Laurence Aytoun of Drumcarrow) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - Andrew, Helen, Jean | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'The County Families of the Zetland Islands' by Francis Grant, 1893 ('Bruce of Sumburgh' (p29+) & 'Bruce of Braewick' (p37+) & 'Bruce of Symbister' (p39+)) with some support from BLG1952 ('Bruce of Sumburgh') and with a little input as reported above
[Part of this page was originally included within Bruce04. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
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