Alexander Bruce (of Kinnaird) & Helen Bruce (of Clackmannon) 
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Alexander Bruce (of Kinnaird)
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- from "The Red Book of Perthshire" (see http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/Bruce%20of%20Kinnaird.html )
Alexander Bruce, 4th of Kinnaird, apprenticed to Andrew Steven, Merchant in Edinburgh, on 22 July, 1646, was present with his elder brother in the Royalist army at the battle of Worcester in 1651 and managed to make his escape and to whom he was retoured heir on 3 January, 1655. He m. firstly in 1664 to Helen, daughter of Sir Robert Bruce, 10th of Clackmannan, secondly at Edinburgh on 2 November, 1676, to Margaret Elphinstone and d. in 1711. He had issue,
1. Helen Bruce, m. in 1685 to David Hay, 3rd of Woodcockdale, (eldest son and heir of John Hay, 2nd of Woodcockdale, and was c. at Linlithgow on 2 April, 1665. He d. prior to 1 June, 1697,) and had issue,
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1a Alexander Hay, b. on 21 January, 1689, and d. young.
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1a} John Hay, b. on 23 December, 1690, and d. young.
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1a} David Hay Bruce, 4th of Woodcockdale and Kinnaird, b. on 25 November, 1696, and assumed the surname and arms of Bruce of Kinnaird upon succeeding to his maternal estate. He m. in 1729 to Marion, daughter of James Graham, 1st of Airth, and had issue.
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1a} Margaret Hay, b. on 30 August, 1683.
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1a} Helen Hay, c. at Edinburgh on 31 December, 1687, and m. to William Hamilton, 7th son of William Hamilton, 3rd of Wishaw, (he d. on 15 January, 1754,) and had issue.
2. Jean Bruce, c. at Larbert on 28 October, 1669, m. to Henry Bruce, 14th of Clackmannan, and had issue.
- from "The Red Book of Perthshire" (see http://www.perthshireheritage.co.uk/Bruce%20of%20Kinnaird.html )
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Children
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Helen Bruce
Helen was born in 1665 in Larbert.- Birth Notes
- Helen Bruce, 5th of Kinnaird suceeded in 1711 'through a deed of entail by which her son and heir and his successors were obliged to retain the name and arms of Bruce'
Source: The Lands and Lairds of Larbert & Dunipace Parishes', John C. Gibson, 1908 quoted by Anne Anderson.
- Helen Bruce, 5th of Kinnaird suceeded in 1711 'through a deed of entail by which her son and heir and his successors were obliged to retain the name and arms of Bruce'
- Death Notes
- Born in Kinnaird, Scotland
Lanarkshire, Stirling, & Clackmannan: Commissariot Record of Lanark, Register of Testaments, 1595-1800 and Commissariot Record of Stirling, 1607-1800
Mort Roll from 1781 in the Register House, Edinburgh.
The Commissariot Record of Stirling. Register of Testaments, 1607-1800.
"Pro re ecclesiastica."
County: Stirling
Country: Scotland
Bruce, Helen, Lady Kinnaird, par. of Larbert 12 Apr 1728 and 17 Jul 1731
Bruce Hellen 12/04/1728 Lady Kinnaird, parish of Larbert Testament Dative and Inventory Stirling Commissary Court CC21/5/13
Bruce Helen 26/04/1733 Lady Kinnaird, eldest lawful daughter to Alexander B., of Kinnaird, and relict of Robert Boyd, writer in Edinburgh. See also Boyd, Robert Testament Dative and Inventory Edinburgh Commissary Court CC8/8/95
- Born in Kinnaird, Scotland
Jean Bruce
Jean was born in 1669 and her baptism took place on October 28th, 1669 in Larbert.- Birth Notes
- c. at Larbert on 28 October, 1669, m. to Henry Bruce, 14th of Clackmannan, and had issue.
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