Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary LESLIE Birth: Jul 1692

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. 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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP VII p619, CP VIII p650],
parents:
[Ref: CP VII p619, CP VIII p650]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: CP VII p619],
place:
[Ref: CP VII p619]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP VII p621]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP VII p621],
place:
[Ref: CP VII p621]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne WEMYSS
date:
cont 3 Sep 1691 [Ref: CP VII p621],
child:
[Ref: CP I p15]
Research Notes:
5th Earl of Leven, of Earldom cr 1641 [Ref: CP VII p619]
2nd Earl of Melville, of Earldom cr 1690 [Ref: CP VIII p651]
5th Lord Melville, of Barony cr 1616 [Ref: CP VIII p651]
Earl of Leven and Melville [Ref: CP I p15]

heir to the Earldom of Leven [Ref: CP VII p619]

21 Jan 1676: on death of his Cousin, Catherine 4th Countess, he assumed the peerage of Leven [Ref: CP VII p619]

27 Jul 1681: on death of Duke of Rothes, recognized as Earl [Ref: CP VII p619]



Pedigree of David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
                            /-----John MELVILLE
                   /-----John MELVILLE
          /-----John MELVILLE, Lord Melville
         |        |         /-----Sir William SCOTT
         |         \-----Margaret SCOTT
 /-----George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville
|        |         /-----Sir George ERSKINE
|         \-----Anne ERSKINE
|                  \-----Isobel BROWN
David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
|                           /-----George LESLIE
|                  /-----Alexander LESLIE, Earl of Leven
|         /-----Alexander LESLIE, Lord Balgonie
|        |        |         /-----David RENTON
|        |         \-----Agnes RENTON
 \-----Catherine LESLIE
         |                                                      /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
         |                                             /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
         |                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
         |                                   |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
         |                           /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
         |                          |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN
         |                          |                  \-----Janet HEPBURN
         |                          |                           \-----Elizabeth OGSTOUN
         |                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
         |                 |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
         |                 |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Mary BOYD
         |                 |         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir David BEATON
         |                 |                           \-----Janet BEATON
         |                 |                                    \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
         |         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
         |        |        |                                    /-----William DRUMMOND
         |        |        |                           /-----Walter DRUMMOND
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |        |        |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
         |        |        |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
         |        |        |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
         |        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
         |        |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
         |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
         |        |                          |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                           \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John CALDER
         |        |                                    \-----Muriel CALDER
          \-----Margaret LESLIE
                  |                                             /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                                    /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                                   |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
                  |                           /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                          |        |         /-----George CAMPBELL
                  |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
                  |                          |                  \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
                  |                  /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
                  |                 |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |                 |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir William MURRAY
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir William MURRAY
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary KEITH
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
                  |        |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Jonet STEWART
                  |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir John MONCRIEFF
                  |        |                           \-----Margaret MONCRIEFF
                   \-----Anna ERSKINE
                           |                                    /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                           |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                           |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
                           |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                           |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                           |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                           |        |        |         /-----Francois De La QUEUILLE
                           |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
                            \-----Mary STEWART
                                    |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                                     \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                             |         /-----Jean De HUMIERES
                                              \-----Louise De HUMIERES



Descendants of David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
1. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville m. Anne WEMYSS
m. Anne WEMYSS father: James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland mother: Margaret WEMYSS