BRUCE, John of Airth, Sir ^{1 2}

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John married Margaret ELPHINSTONE, daughter of Alexander ELPHINSTONE 4th Lord Elphinstone, Lord High Treasurer and Jane LIVINGSTON, 27 March 1597(contract) to be solemnised before 16 March 1601.¹ (Margaret ELPHINSTONE was born on 7 June 1588 ¹ and died before 1628 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Elphinstone), born 7 June 1588 ; contracted in marriage, 27 March 1597, to Sir John Bruce of Airth, the marriage to be solemnised before 16 March 1601 . Her tocher was twelve thousand merks. She was dead before 1628, having had fourteen children. Her daughter Jean married Richard Elphinstone of Calderhall, who purchased the land and barony of Elphinstone."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) ¹