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FALCONER, David of Halkerton
(About 1400-)
FALCONER, Alexander 2nd of Halkerton
(About 1430-)
FALCONER, George 3rd of Halkerton, Sir
(About 1460-After 1512)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. ERSKINE, Elizabeth

FALCONER, George 3rd of Halkerton, Sir 1

  • Born: About 1460
  • Marriage (1): ERSKINE, Elizabeth 1
  • Died: After 9 December 1512 2

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George married Elizabeth ERSKINE, daughter of John ERSKINE 4th of Dun and Katherine MONEYPENNY.1 (Elizabeth ERSKINE was born about 1470.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir George Falconer of Halkerton, who was bailie in a charter by the Abbey of Arbroath to James Wishart of the lands of Redhall, and as son and heir-apparent of his father witnessed a charter of the Earl Marischal 3 February 1493-94. He had sasine of the lands of Halkerton in 1500, and on the resignation of John, Earl of Ross, had a Crown charter of the lands of Lethen in Nairnshire on 25 February 1506-7. He died in 1511. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Erskine of Dun, and had issue .... "

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)

Note:

With regard to the death date as noted above:

"Act of the Lords of Council at the instance of James Arbuthnot of that Ilk and Janet Arbuthnot his sister against George Falconer of Halkerton for the wrongous deferring to have given conjunct insestment to umquhil Alexander Falconer his son and apparent heir and the said Janet Arbuthnot his wife in the 15 pound land of Halkerton lying in the county of Kincardine - 9th December 1512"

from email notification 4 July 2022 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

2 e-mail, M. Wade 4 July 2022 based on research of Arbuthnott Family and Estate Papers at Special Collections, University of Aberdeen.

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