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Erskine: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Some writers deduce this family from a noble Florentine wlio came to Scotland in the reign of Kenneth II. It is said, in the reign of Malcolm II, a Scotchman of high distinction having killed with his own hand Enrique, one of the Danish generals, at the battle of Murthill, cut off his head, and with .the, bloody dagger in his hand showed it to the king, and in the Gaelic language said Eriskyne, upon the knife,' alluding to the head and dagger; and in the same language also said, Intend to perform greater actions than what I have done. Whereupon, King Malcolm imposed upon him the surname of Eriskine, and assigned him for his armor-bearings a hand holding a dagger, with Je pense plus for a motto, which has continued to be the crest and motto of this family.
Erskine Surname Origin
Erskine: Place of Origin :  Lothian (United Kingdom) |  Strathclyde (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Grampian (United Kingdom) |  Central (United Kingdom) |  Fifeshire (United Kingdom)
Erskine: Online Family Trees
ERSKINE  (United Kingdom)  - 1549
ERSKINE Gb-Edinburgh (Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1635 - 1635
ERSKINE Gb-Falkland Castle (United Kingdom) 1572 - 1572
ERSKINE Gb-Stirling Castle (Central, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1421 - 1663
ERSKINE Isle Of Man (Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man, United Kingdom) 1739 - 1739
ERSKINE London, Londres (London, England, United Kingdom) 1633 - 1639
ERSKINE Dumbarton, West Dumbarton, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1405 - 1405
ERSKINE Falkland, Fife, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1531 - 1531
ERSKINE Pinkie Cleugh, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Ecosse, (Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1572 - 1572
ERSKINE Stirling, Stirling, Ecosse, Royaume-Uni (Central, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1424 - 1424

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Erskine: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Erskine is related to the following famous family trees :
        ARBUTHNOT John (1667 - 1735)
        CLINTON Bill born BLYTHE William Jefferson, III (1946 - )
        MONROE James (1758 - 1831)
        TISELIUS Arne born TISELIUS Arne Wilhelm Kaurin (1902 - 1971)
Erskine: Books that contain this surname
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ERSKINEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Kinghorn, who m. lst, Lady Margaret Erskine, 3rd dau. of John, Earl of Mar, high-treasurer of Scotland, by whom he ...		 ERSKINEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... James Erskine, of Womyss Castle, and Tome House, co. Fife, rear-adm. R.N., lieut, aud sheriff-principal ...
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