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ELPHINSTONE, John |
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Mann |
| Person ID |
I14008 |
Geelmuyden_etc |
| Sist endret |
5 Mar 2020 |
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- of Lopness.
This picturesque surname is of Scottish origin and is locational from the lands of Elphinstone in the parish or Tranent, Midlothian, first recorded as a placename in a deed by Alams de Swinton circa 1235 when mention is made of the "homines (serfs) of Elfinstun". The derivation is from the Gallo-Latin personal name Alphinus, written in Irish records as Alphin, Alpin and Elphine. Two Pictish kings bore the name Alphin, but the etymology is unknown, and is in no way connected with Alba. One John de Elphinstone is recorded as "rendering homage" in 1296, and had a seal bearing a shield charged with a boar's head, and "S' lohannis de Elphinsun". Port Elphinstone, in Aberdeenshire was named from a branch of the family, and yet another John de Elphinston married into a family owning lands which became the barony of Elphinstone in the parish of Airth, Stirlingshire, circa 1340. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Elphinstone, which was dated circa 1250, in the "Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland", during the reign of King Alexander 11 of Scotland, (1249 - 1286). Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Visstnok gift med en arving til Lopness.
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En mulighet:
ROBERT.thiedLORD ELPHINSTONE, born 9tli
September 1530. In 1550 he had a charter of various
lands to himself and his wife. In 1568, after the Earl of
Moray became regent, Lord Elphinstone was required to
give up his tower of Elphinstone to the government,
and, in 1571, he was required to deliver the castle of Kil-
drumniy. He married, iu 1546, Margaret Drummond,
daughter of Sir John Drummond of Inverpeffray, and
Margaret Stewart, Lady Gordon, and had issue six sons
and four daughters. He divested himself of his
estates in 1577 in favour of his eldest son. Robert,
Lord Elphinstone, died on IStli May 1002.
John Elphinstone, parson of Invernochty, born 4th June Maegaret, married 1536, married Agnes Bruce, sister to the laird of Clackman- John Livingston, nan, and had issue. He died in 1616. "
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En mulighet:
- ALEXANDER, FOURTH LORD ELPHINSTONE, born 28th May 1552. In
1598 he was made a privy councillor, and iu the following year
high treasurer, which oIKce he held till September 1601. He also
held the office of an extraordinary lord of session in 1599-1610.
He died in January 1638. He married, iu 1575, Jane, eldest
daughter of William, sixth Lord Living-
SiR John Elphinstone, elder of Selmes and Baberton, l.iorn 9th
September 1553, man-ied Giles, daughter of the laird of Selmes,
and, in 1597, acquired the lands of Baberton. He died in
October 1614, leaving issue.
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