The Erskine & Wardlaw Connection
As per the genealogy documented in
- The Erskine Halcro Genealogy
A Genealogical Study of the Ancestors, Kindred & Descendants
Of the Rev Henry Erskine,
Ebenezer Erskine Scott; Geo. Bell & Son, London, 1890 - The Lairds of Dun,
Violet Jacob; John Murray, London, 1931
Plus two rather more discursive opuses (or opera, I suppose)
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Alternatively, for a pdf version:
- The Life & Diary of the Rev Ebenezer Erskine AM
Father of the Secession Church:
To which is prefixed a Memoir of his Father1,
The Rev Henry Erskine AM,
Donald Fraser; Wm Oliphant, Edinburgh, 1831
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Alternatively, for a pdf version:
- The Life & Diary of the Rev Ralph Erskine AM,
Donald Fraser; Wm Oliphant, Edinburgh, 1833
Plus a more theopolitical volume (available via Amazon)
- The Erskines,
A R MacEwen; Famous Scots series; Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh & London, 1900
And the hand-drawn family tree meticulously draughted by my late Uncle Alexander (Sandy) Waddell, to supply the final link with the Waddell line.
It is noted in the publication
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Ralph Wardlaw, William Lindsay Alexander; Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1856
that Helen Halcro Wardlaw was a niece of Rev Ralph Wardlaw and thence was related directly back to the Erskine divines themselves. I have at last been able to pin down her parentage, and the link is now fully-forged.
| # | Individual | Spouse / Partner | Family | ||
| ‑11 | Alexander Erskine 1st Laird of Shielfield (~1504 – 20 Jan 1580) |
Elizabeth Halyburton, heiress of Shielfield (1540 – 1595) daughter of Walter Halyburton and Elizabeth Stewart (m 1537) |
Anabel Erskine (1560 – ca 1603) Ralph Erskine (1560 – 16 Feb 1645, twin?) | ||
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| ‑10 | Ralph Erskine 2nd Laird of Shielfield (1560 – 16 Feb 1645) |
Isabella Cairncross (b 1565) (d <1614) |
James Erskine (b 1585) John Erskine 3rd Laird of Shielfield (b 26 Aug 1589) | ||
| Janet Wilson (1594 – 13 Sep 1645) (m 1611) |
James 2 Erskine (b 1620) Rev Henry Erskine (22 Aug 1624 – 10 Aug 1696) John 2 Erskine (1635 – 1678) The Huntsville of Alabama and South Bend of Indiana Connection | ||||
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| ‑9 | Rev Henry Erskine (22 Aug 1624 – 10 Aug 1696) Portrait Colour |
First wife (d 1670) (m <1653) |
Jean Erskine (d 19 Oct 1738) Phillip Erskine Hugh Erskine and 5 others | ||
| Margaret Halcro (1647 – 14 Jan 1725) (m 1 Sep 1674) | Henry (1676 – 1696) Rev Ebenezer Erskine (22 Jun 1680 – 1 Jun 1754) Rev Ralph Erskine (15 Mar 1685 – 6 Nov 1752) and several daughters | ||||
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| ‑8 | Ebenezer Erskine (22 Jun 1680 – 1 Jun 1754) Portrait Colour |
Alison Turpie (d 1720) (m 1704) |
Henry (1705-1713)
Jean (1706-1771) Alexander(1708-1713) Ralph (1712-1713) Isabel (1716-1720) Ebenezer (1717~1733) David (1718~1800) Margaret (d 1737)2 Anne (d 1740/1760)2 Alison (1719-1814)
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| Mary Webster (m 1724) | James (d 1770)
Alexander (d 1779) Mary (d ~1786) Helen Rachel | ||||
| ‑8 | Ralph Erskine (15 Mar 1685 – 6 Nov 1752) Portrait Colour | Margaret Dewar (m 1714) | Margaret (1718-1751)
Henry (1720-1754) John (1722-1751) Ebenezer (1726-1747) James (1730-1761) Some others? | ||
| Margaret Simpson (m 1732) | Ralph (died young)
Robert (1735-1780) Others | ||||
| Grand total 14 | |||||
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| ‑7 | Jean Erskine (1706 – 1771) | James Fisher (d 1775) (m 1727) | Ebenezer (1739-1767)
Ralph (1743-1792) Jean (d 1762) Mary (d 1768) Margaret (1745-1815) Anne (1749-1784) Alison 10 others | ||
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| ‑6 | Anne Fisher (1749 – 1784, died in childbirth) | William Wardlaw (m 1773, his 2nd wife) | William (1774-1796)
Jeanie (1775-1777) Walter (1778-1836) Ralph (1779-1853) Robert (1781-1839) John (1782-1812) James (1784-1789) His twin died at birth. | ||
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| ‑5 | Walter Wardlaw (21 Dec 1778 – 22 Jan 1836) | Janet Grindlay (18 Aug 1778 – 19 Jun 1869) (m 20 Oct 1802) | Helen (1812-1893)
doubtless others | ||
| ‑5 | Ralph Wardlaw1 2 (1779– 1853) Portrait |
Jean Smith (m 21 Aug 1803) |
11 children, none yet identified | ||
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| ‑4 | Helen Halcro Wardlaw (20 Mar 1812 – 25 Sep 1893) |
Peter Hately Waddell (19 May 1816 – 5 May 1891) (m 1845) |
James (1846-1906)
William (1848-1903) Janet Grindlay (b 1851) Alice (1852-1872) Peter H (1854-1922) Walter (1856-1872) | ||
| 1: | It is related therein that Henry's own father, Ralph, had 33 children, and so many grandchildren that he could no longer remember all their names! |