SKENE, Helene 1 2 4
- Baptised: 24 October 1619, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 4
- Marriage (1): BRUCE, Robert of Broomhall, Fife, Lord Broomhall, Sir 1 2
- Marriage (2): ERSKINE, Charles of Alva, Sir 2 3
- Marriage (3): DUNDAS, James of Arniston, Lord of Session, Sir 2
- Died: 1691 1
Another name for Helene was SKEENE, Helene.4
User ID: A687.
General Notes:
"SKENE
HELENE
JAMES BARONET/SKENE JANET JOHNSTON FR509 (FR509)
F
24/10/1619
685/1 20 266
Edinburgh"
from Births and Baptisms 4
Helene married Sir Robert BRUCE of Broomhall, Fife, Lord Broomhall.1 2 (Sir Robert BRUCE of Broomhall, Fife, Lord Broomhall was born about 1610, died on 25 June 1652 1 and was buried in 1652 in Culross, Fife, Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Helen Skene, baptised 24th October, 1619; married, first, Sir Robert Bruce of Broomhall, Lord of Session (and by him was mother of Sir Alexander Bruce, who succeeded as 4th Earl of Kincardine)"
from Family of Skene
"Robert Bruce, third son of Sir George Bruce, first of Carnock, was the first of the family of Broomhall, Fife. He was retoured heir to Alexander Bruce of Alva, 'his next elder brother,' 29 June 1638. He was a distinguished member of the Scottish Bar, to which he was admitted 4 February 1631, and was appointed one of the Senators of the College of Justice as Lord Broomhall 2 June 1649. He died 25 June 1652, and was buried at Culross, having married Helen, daughter of Sir James Skene of Curriehill, Lord President of the College of Justice in the reign of Charles I. She married, secondly, Hon. Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, and thirdly, in 1666, Sir James Dundas of Arniston, one of the Senators of the College of Justice ; died 1691, and was buried at Culross ; by her Lord Broomhall had issue"
from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1 2
Helene next married Sir Charles ERSKINE of Alva, son of John ERSKINE 2nd (or 19th) Earl of Mar and Marie STEWART.2 3 (Sir Charles ERSKINE of Alva was born about 1604 and died on 8 July 1663 3.)
Marriage Notes:
"Helen Skene, baptised 24th October, 1619; married .... secondly, the Honourable Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, fifth son of John, seventh Earl of Mar"
from Family of Skene
"Sir Charles Erskine, died 8 July 1663, leaving issue, and was the ancestor of the Erskines of Alva. He married, first (contract 10 January 1639), Mary, third daughter of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall; secondly, Helen, daughter of Sir James Skene of Curriehill, and widow of Sir Robert Bruce of Broomhall. She survived him and was married to her third husband in 1666, Sir James Dundas of Arniston."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2 3
Helene next married Sir James DUNDAS of Arniston, Lord of Session.2 (Sir James DUNDAS of Arniston, Lord of Session was born about 1620.)
Marriage Notes:
"Helen Skene, baptised 24th October, 1619; married .... thirdly, Sir James Dundas of Arniston, one of the Lords of Session."
from Family of Skene 2
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