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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary LESLIE
  2. Margaret LESLIE Birth: 2 Death: Feb 1687/8

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1600 [Ref: CP XI p197],
parents:
[Ref: CP XI p197]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p198],
place:
[Ref: CP XI p198]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p198],
place:
[Ref: CP XI p198]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna ERSKINE
date:
contr 10,21,and 28 Dec 1614 [Ref: CP XI p198],
child:
[Ref: CP II p365, CP V p22, CP VII p617, CP XII/2 p467]
Research Notes:
6th Earl of Rothes, of Earldom cr 1457 [Ref: CP XI p197]
Earl of Rothes [Ref: CP VIII p160]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p197]
heir of his grandfather [Ref: CP XI p197]

9 Apr 1613: heir of his brother James in various lands [Ref: CP XI p197]

28 Feb 1621: heir of his great grandfather George 4th Earl of Rothes [Ref: CP XI p197]



Pedigree of John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
                                                                /-----Sir George De LESLIE
                                                       /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
                                              /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
                                             |         \-----Christian SETON
                                             |                  \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
                                     /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John HALYBURTON
                                    |        |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret CAMERON
                                    |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
                                    |                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Fife, Duke Of Albany
                                    |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
                                    |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM, Countess Of Menteith
                            /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
                           |        |                           /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |        |                  /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                           |        |                 |         \-----Jean HALYBURTON
                           |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
                           |        |        |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
                           |        |        |                  \-----Jill STEWART
                           |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
                           |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
                           |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                           |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                           |                           \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                   /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
                  |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
                  |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
          /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Thomas SOMERVILLE
         |        |                                    /-----William SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |                                   |         \-----Janet STEWART
         |        |                           /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John MOWAT
         |        |                          |         \-----Janet MOWAT
         |        |                  /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BAILLIE
         |        |                 |         \-----Marion BAILLIE
         |        |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De CARMYCHELL
         |        |        |        |                  /-----John CARMICHAEL
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) WARDLAW
         |        |        |        |         /-----John CARMICHAEL
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas SIBBALD
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John SIBBALD
         |        |        |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
         |        |        |                           \-----Joan LIVINGSTON
         |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
         |                 |                          |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                 |                  /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
         |                 |                 |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
         |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Janet HAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Helen HOME
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----John LAUDER
         |                 |        |                  \-----Mariot LAUDER
         |                 |        |                           \-----Katherine LANDELLS
         |                  \-----Janet HEPBURN
         |                          |         /-----Walter OGSTOUN
         |                           \-----Elizabeth OGSTOUN
         |                                   |                  /-----Laurence ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
         |                                   |         /-----William ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy
         |                                   |        |         \-----Margaret
         |                                    \-----(Unk Dau) ABERNETHY
         |                                             \-----Isabella BORTHWICK
 /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|        |                                                      /-----Sir David HAMILTON
|        |                                             /-----Sir John HAMILTON
|        |                                            |         \-----Janet KEITH
|        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
|        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
|        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|        |                          |                 |         /-----James DUNDAS
|        |                          |                  \-----(Unk) DUNDAS
|        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                  /-----James I King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|        |                 |                           \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|        |                 |                                    \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|        |        |         \-----Mary BOYD
|         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
|                 |                                             /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                           /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret
|                 |                  /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |         /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
|                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|                          |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
|                          |         /-----Sir David BEATON
|                           \-----Janet BEATON
|                                    \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                                                      /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                                            |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                                    /-----William DRUMMOND
|                                   |        |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                                   |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|                           /-----Walter DRUMMOND
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
|                          |        |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Marjory STEWART
|                          |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
|                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                          |                 |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |                           \-----Fingula Of The Isles
|                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alexander GRAHAM
|                 |        |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk Dau) STEWART
|                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William HAY
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HAY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Walter DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret RUTHVEN
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir David MURRAY
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Mariot MURRAY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret COLQUHOUN
|                 |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
|                 |                          |                  /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                          |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
|                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
|                 |                                    \-----Margaret DUNBAR
|         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
|        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
|        |                 |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|        |                 |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
 \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
         |                                                      /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                                             /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |                                            |         \-----Marjorie DUNBAR
         |                                    /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Alexander OGILVY
         |                                   |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |                          |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
         |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
         |                 |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
         |                 |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
         |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
         |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
          \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |                                             /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
                  |                                    /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
                  |                                   |         \-----Marjory STEWART
                  |                           /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
                  |                          |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
                  |                          |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
                  |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
                  |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
                  |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |        |        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
                  |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
                  |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
                  |        |                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
                  |        |                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
                  |        |                                    \-----Janet BORTHWICK
                   \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                           |         /-----Sir John CALDER
                            \-----Muriel CALDER



Descendants of John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
1. John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes m. Anna ERSKINE
m. Anna ERSKINE father: John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar mother: Mary STEWART

2nd generation

2. Mary LESLIE m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun
m. Hugh MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun father: Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun mother: Anne LIVINGSTON
3. Margaret LESLIE m1. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie m2. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch m3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
m. Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie father: Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven mother: Agnes RENTON
m. Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch father: Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch mother: Mary HAY
m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss mother: Jean GRAY

3rd generation

4. Margaret MONTGOMERY m. James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun
m. James CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun father: Sir John CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun mother: Margaret CAMPBELL
5. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Catharine ST QUENTIN m2. Elizabeth CRICHTON m3. Grace POPELEY
m. Catharine ST QUENTIN father: Sir William ST QUENTIN mother: Mary LACY
m. Elizabeth CRICHTON father: William CRICHTON, Earl of Dumfries mother: Penelope SWIFT
m. Grace POPELEY father: Francis POPELEY mother: Elizabeth GOMERSAL
7. Catherine LESLIE m. George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville
m. George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville father: John MELVILLE, Lord Melville mother: Anne ERSKINE
8. Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven m. Margaret HOWARD
m. Margaret HOWARD father: Sir William HOWARD mother: Mary EVERS
9. Margaret SCOTT m. Sir John SCOTT
m. Sir John SCOTT
10. Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty
m. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland father: Sir James WEMYSS
m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE

4th generation

11. Hugh CAMPBELL, Earl Of Loudoun m. Margaret DALRYMPLE
m. Margaret DALRYMPLE father: John DALRYMPLE, Earl of Stair mother: Elizabeth DUNDAS
14. Alexander MONTGOMERY, Earl Of Eglintoun m1. Anne GORDON m2. Margaret COCHRANE m3. Susanna KENNEDY
m. Anne GORDON father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Aberdeen mother: Anne LOCKHART
m. Margaret COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY
m. Susanna KENNEDY father: Sir Archibald KENNEDY mother: Elizabeth LESLIE
15. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville m. Anne WEMYSS
m. Anne WEMYSS father: James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland mother: Margaret WEMYSS
18. Margaret SCOTT m. John MURRAY
m. John MURRAY
20. Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville father: George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville mother: Catherine LESLIE
21. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR
m. Anne DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry mother: Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Mary ROBINSON father: Sir John ROBINSON mother: Mary DUDLEY
m. Elizabeth St CLAIR father: Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Barbara COCKBURN

5th generation

23. Euphemia MONTGOMERY m. George LOCKHART
m. George LOCKHART
24. Catherine MONTGOMERIE m. James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway
m. James STEWART, Earl Of Galloway father: Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Galloway mother: Mary DOUGLAS
25. Jean MONTGOMERIE m. Sir Alexander MAXWELL
m. Sir Alexander MAXWELL father: Sir William MAXWELL mother: Elizabeth HAY
27. John MURRAY m. Anne BENNET
m. Anne BENNET father: Archibald BENNET mother: Barbara RUTHERFORD
28. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: William GORDON-SUTHERLAND mother: Katharine MORISON