David (6th Earl Leven 5th Melville) Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville
1722 - 1802 (80 years)
1. David (6th Earl Leven 5th Melville) Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville was born on 4 May 1722 in Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland (son of Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville and Mary (of Carnock) Erskine); died on 9 Jun 1802 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. David married Wilhelmina Nisbet on 29 Jul 1747 in Melville House, Monimail, Fifeshire, Scotland. Wilhelmina (daughter of William (of Dirleton) Nisbet) was born on 8 Nov 1724; died on 10 May 1798 in Aged 74. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Alexander Leslie-Melville, 9th Earl of Leven was born on 7 Nov 1749 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 22 Feb 1820 in Melville House, Fifeshire, UK.
- Mary Elizabeth (of Leven) Leslie died on 7 Oct 1820.
- Mary Elizabeth Melville died on 7 Oct 1820.
- Jane Leslie, eldest daughter was born on 1 Apr 1753; died on 28 Oct 1829.
- Gen. John Leslie was born on 20 Nov 1759 in Raith, Fifeshire, Scotland; died in 1824.
2. Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville was born on 5 May 1660 (son of David (3rd Earl of Leven 2nd Earl of Melville) Melville Leslie and Anne Wemyss); died on 2 Sep 1764. Alexander married Mary (of Carnock) Erskine on 23 Feb 1721. Mary (daughter of John (of Carnock) Erskine) died on 12 Jul 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary (of Carnock) Erskine (daughter of John (of Carnock) Erskine); died on 12 Jul 1723. Children:
- 1. David (6th Earl Leven 5th Melville) Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville was born on 4 May 1722 in Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 9 Jun 1802 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Generation: 3
4. David (3rd Earl of Leven 2nd Earl of Melville) Melville Leslie was born on 5 May 1660 (son of George (1st Earl Melville) Melville and Catherine Leslie); died on 6 Jun 1728. David married Anne Wemyss in 1691. Anne (daughter of James (Sir) (Lord Burntisland) Wemyss and Margaret Countess of Wemyss) was born on 18 Oct 1675; died on 9 Jan 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Anne Wemyss was born on 18 Oct 1675 (daughter of James (Sir) (Lord Burntisland) Wemyss and Margaret Countess of Wemyss); died on 9 Jan 1702. Children:
- 2. Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville was born on 5 May 1660; died on 2 Sep 1764.
- George (Lord Balgownie) Leslie was born in Jan 1695; died on 20 Aug 1721.
- David (4th Earl of Leven and 3rd Earl of Melville) Leslie and died.
6. John (of Carnock) Erskine (son of David (2nd Lord Cardross) Erskine and Anne (of Kincavil) Dundas); and died. Children:
- 3. Mary (of Carnock) Erskine died on 12 Jul 1723.
Generation: 4
8. George (1st Earl Melville) Melville was born in 1636 (son of John (of Raith 3rd Lord of Monimail) Melville); died on 20 May 1707. George + Catherine Leslie. Catherine (daughter of Alexander (Lord Balgonie) Leslie and Margaret (of Rothes) Leslie) died on 2 Apr 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Catherine Leslie (daughter of Alexander (Lord Balgonie) Leslie and Margaret (of Rothes) Leslie); died on 2 Apr 1713. Children:
- Margaret of Melville and died.
- Son A Leslie died in 1698 in Dsp.
- Son B Leslie died in Young.
- 4. David (3rd Earl of Leven 2nd Earl of Melville) Melville Leslie was born on 5 May 1660; died on 6 Jun 1728.
10. James (Sir) (Lord Burntisland) Wemyss (son of Sir James (Master Gunner) Wemyss); died in Dec 1682. James married Margaret Countess of Wemyss on 28 Mar 1672. Margaret (daughter of David (2nd Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss and Margaret (of Rothes) Leslie) was born on 1 Jan 1659; died on 11 Mar 1705 in Aged 46. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Margaret Countess of Wemyss was born on 1 Jan 1659 (daughter of David (2nd Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss and Margaret (of Rothes) Leslie); died on 11 Mar 1705 in Aged 46. Children:
- 5. Anne Wemyss was born on 18 Oct 1675; died on 9 Jan 1702.
- Margaret Wemyss was born in 1676; died in 1763.
- David (4th Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss was born in 1678; died on 15 Mar 1720.
12. David (2nd Lord Cardross) Erskine was born before 6 Feb 1626 (son of Henry (Master of Cardross) Erskine and Margaret Bellenden); died in 1671. David + Anne (of Kincavil) Dundas. Anne (daughter of William (of Kincavil) Dundas) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Anne (of Kincavil) Dundas (daughter of William (of Kincavil) Dundas); and died. Children:
- 6. John (of Carnock) Erskine and died.