Sir William (4th Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce
- 1721
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Sir William (4th Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce (son of William (3rd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce and Jean Fortune); died in Mar 1721. Family/Spouse: Margaret (of Torchrigg) Boyde. Margaret (daughter of John (of Torchrigg) Boyde) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Sir Robert (5th Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce
- Michael (Sir) (6th Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce died on 1 Nov 1795.
2. William (3rd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce (son of William (2nd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce and Helen Douglas); died in Mar 1682. William married Jean Fortune on 16 Sep 1665. Jean and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jean Fortune and died. Children:
- 1. Sir William (4th Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce died in Mar 1721.
Generation: 3
4. William (2nd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce was born on 18 Aug 1621 (son of William (1st Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce and Rachel (of Hilton) Johnston); and died. William + Helen Douglas. Helen (daughter of William (9th of Cavers) Douglas, daughter of William (9th of Cavers) Douglas and Ann Douglas) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Helen Douglas (daughter of William (9th of Cavers) Douglas, daughter of William (9th of Cavers) Douglas and Ann Douglas); and died. Children:
- 2. William (3rd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce died in Mar 1682.
Generation: 4
8. William (1st Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce was born about 1586 (son of William Bruce and Jane Fleming); died in Feb 1630. William + Rachel (of Hilton) Johnston. Rachel (daughter of Joseph (of Hilton) Johnston) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Rachel (of Hilton) Johnston (daughter of Joseph (of Hilton) Johnston); and died. Children:
- 4. William (2nd Bt of Stenhouse) Bruce was born on 18 Aug 1621; and died.
- Charles Bruce
10. William (9th of Cavers) Douglas was born about 1580 (son of Sir James Douglas (8th of Cavers) Douglas and Margaret Cranstoun); died about 1658. Notes:
Sir William, who was deeply engaged on the Parliament side, and was one of the commissioners from the Scottish army to treat with Charles I. in 1639. He is frequently mentioned in Baillie's Letters as " the sheriff of Teviotdale."* He commanded a regiment of horse, and defeated a body of men raised from llichard Graham's lands in the north of England, who were on their march to join Montrose in 1646. He was also one of the commissioners for trying the Montrosians in 1646.f He married Ann Douglas of Wittingham, and left two sons? Archibald his heir, and John, head of the Douglases of Garvald; and a daughter, married to Sir William Elliot of Stobs. He died about 1658.
William married Ann Douglas in Feb 1606 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ann (daughter of William (4th of Whittinghame) Douglas and Elizabeth Maitland) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Ann Douglas (daughter of William (4th of Whittinghame) Douglas and Elizabeth Maitland); and died. Notes:
Married:
Marriage contracts 6 & 8 February 1605/06 in Edinburgh and HaddingtonChildren:
- Archibald (10th of Cavers) Douglas died about 1669.
- 5. Helen Douglas and died.
- Euphemia Douglas and died.
- John (of Garvald) Douglas was born before 1718; and died.