Erskine Halcro genealogy

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known that the bearer hereof Margaret Halcro lawful daughter of the
deceased Hugh Halcro in the Isle of Weir and Margaret Stewart his spouse,
hath lived in the Parish of Evie from her infancy, in good fame and report,
is a discreet, godly young woman, and to our certain knowledge free from all
scandal, reproach, or blame. As also that she is descended of her father of
the house of Halcro, which is a very ancient and honorable family in the
Orkneys, the noble and potent Earl of Early, and lairds of Dun, in Angus,
and by her mother of the lairds of Barscube, in Galloway. In witness
thereof, we, the minister and clerk, have subscribed these presents at Evie,
day, year, month of God, and place aforesaid, and give way to all other
noblemen, gentlemen, and ministers to do the same.' — Sic subscribitur,
1 Mr. Morison, Minister of Evie,
' George Ballentine,
£ James Traill,
'William Ballend.'
This copy has been made from that included in the life of the Rev.
Ebenezer Erskine by the Rev. Donald Fraser, D.D., of Kennoway, which,
as he says, was copied by him from an original copy left by the Rev.
Ralph Erskine, who was his great-grandfather.
From this certificate and the details given in the notes to Tables II., III.
and IV., it now seems evident : — i. That she was descended of her father
from the family of Erskine of Dun, because her grandmother, Helen
Erskine, was of that family. 2. That she was similarly descended from the
family of Ogilvy of Airly, on account of the close connection of that family
and the Dun family. 3. That she was descended of her mother of the
Stewarts of Barscube in Renfrewshire, because her mother was daughter of
Bernard Stewart of that family.
As to the mistake in the certificate mentioning Barscube in Galloway
when it should have been Barscube in Renfrewshire, see notes under Table
III., Stewart of Barscube.