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Baron Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, 2nd Baron Balcarres

Male 1618 - 1659  (41 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Baron Alexander Lindsay, 1st Earl of Balcarres, 2nd Baron Balcarres was born on 6 Jul 1618 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland; died on 30 Aug 1659 in Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: study of alchemy and kindred sciences; translatiions of works of Rosicrucians
    • _UID: C9FEC4EA319347F78F68CF5D08ED405827D8

    Alexander married Lady Ann MacKenzie on 25 Apr 1640 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland. Ann (daughter of Colin the Red MacKenzie, Earl of Seaforth and Margaret Seton) was born in 1621; died in 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. David Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; and died.
    2. 3. Charles Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1651; was christened on 7 Feb 1650/51 in Dundee, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; and died.
    3. 4. Colin Lindsay, 3nd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1652; was christened on 23 Aug 1652 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died about Nov 1722 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland.
    4. 5. Ann Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 6. Sophia Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    6. 7. Harriet Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) was born in 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 3 Jun 1641 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5B9A1603DAE64E3F91E3F7930DDF590FAD66


  2. 3.  Charles Lindsay, 4th Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) was born in 1651; was christened on 7 Feb 1650/51 in Dundee, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 85B7D3F817184BA686CB2FDA1918632E43C4


  3. 4.  Colin Lindsay, 3nd Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) was born in 1652; was christened on 23 Aug 1652 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died about Nov 1722 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: privy councillor van koning Jacobus II x Queen Anne van Engeland
    • _UID: 2F31C0FAF1DD4A8FB2122C65851AF677228B

    Notes:

    (Research):Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 , Colin Lindsay
    London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 777

    Description
    Volume: Supplement (Vol 22)

    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
    Original data:Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922. Volumes 1? 22. London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921? 1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921? 1922, Oxford University Press, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret Campbell. Margaret (daughter of James Campbell, 2nd Earl of Loudoun and Lady Margaret Montgomerie) died in May 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Alexander Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Balarres, Kilconquhar, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jul 1736.
    2. 9. Eleanor Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Aug 1735.
    3. 10. James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, Chief of Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Nov 1691; died on 20 Feb 1768.

    Family/Spouse: Jean Ker. Jean (daughter of William Drummond Kerr and Lady Jean Maule) was born about 1655 in Enterkinfoot, Dumfries, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Lady Margaret Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1677 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1710/11.

    Family/Spouse: Jean Carnegie. Jean and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Ann Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1674 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1741/42 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

  4. 5.  Ann Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: became a nun
    • _UID: 81B024F94C15492B98A02AE938B2680FCF4F


  5. 6.  Sophia Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: CD1E635DBDE24C0D8B89DE3EA0BA9DD7A1F4

    Family/Spouse: Hon. Charles Campbell. Charles and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Harriet Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alexander1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 08E9B95CA9B342EC98D86A1263F9F302CD4B

    Family/Spouse: Sir Duncan Campbell, Baronet of Auchinbreck. Duncan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Alexander Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres Descendancy chart to this point (4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born in Balarres, Kilconquhar, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 25 Jul 1736.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F2F478CC8BB04EEB887AB928CDD5A713DD83


  2. 9.  Eleanor Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) died on 7 Aug 1735.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E58E4125AA2B444AAB1A790BC4BD19B5D46D


  3. 10.  James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres, Chief of Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 14 Nov 1691; died on 20 Feb 1768.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 422E65A115A348E1B77E3277BCB9D31D9AC2

    James married Anne Dalrymple on 24 Oct 1749. Anne (daughter of Sir Robert Dalrymple, of Castletown) was born about 1727; died on 28 Nov 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Gen. Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, 23rd Earl of Crawford  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1751/52; died on 27 Mar 1825 in Haigh Hall, Lancashire, England.
    2. 14. Robert Lindsay, of Balcarres, HEICS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1754; died on 18 May 1836.
    3. 15. Elizabeth Scott Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct 1763; died on 26 May 1858.
    4. 16. Hugh Primrose Lindsay, of Plaistow Lodge  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Oct 1765; died on 23 Apr 1844.

  4. 11.  Lady Margaret Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born about 1677 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1710/11.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: D8594FD62214477683DCD17233A0925FAFB2

    Margaret married John Fleming, Earl of Wigtown on 14 Mar 1697/98 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. John was born on 23 Mar 1672/73 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 10 Feb 1743/44 in Westmoreland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Margaret Fleming  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1701 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 17 Sep 1801 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.
    2. 18. John Fleming  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1703; and died.

  5. 12.  Ann Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 20 May 1674 in Balcarres, Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1741/42 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: D3EDD8C6A9844C63816BBCD237D31E8F6B93

    Family/Spouse: Alexander Erskine, Earl of Kellie. Alexander was born on 14 Sep 1677 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland; died on 8 Mar 1709/10 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Alexander Thomas Erskine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1693 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Apr 1756 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland.

    Ann married James Seton, 3rd Vicount Kingston on 11 Jun 1699 in Kilconquhar Parish, Fife, Scotland. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Gen. Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, 23rd Earl of Crawford Descendancy chart to this point (10.James3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 18 Jan 1751/52; died on 27 Mar 1825 in Haigh Hall, Lancashire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 8821A78C620249AFA1A7AEC1D47A68AD5209

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Dalyrymple. Elizabeth (daughter of Charles Dalyrymple, of North Berwick) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, 7th Earl of Balcarres, Baron Wigan of Haigh Hall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1783 in Balcarres House, Colinsburgh, Fife, Scotland; died in 17 Dec1869.
    2. 21. Charles Robert Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 22. Richard Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 23. Edwin Lindsay  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 14.  Robert Lindsay, of Balcarres, HEICS Descendancy chart to this point (10.James3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 25 Jan 1754; died on 18 May 1836.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: E1334D12D8C248FE9BC82703F8AA9F57781D


  3. 15.  Elizabeth Scott Lindsay Descendancy chart to this point (10.James3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 11 Oct 1763; died on 26 May 1858.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: A25E173E794E41E4A9F58EC80CB205C0B8E5


  4. 16.  Hugh Primrose Lindsay, of Plaistow Lodge Descendancy chart to this point (10.James3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 30 Oct 1765; died on 23 Apr 1844.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 00330A44FBF04D03A65F97568231C6ABD201


  5. 17.  Margaret Fleming Descendancy chart to this point (11.Margaret3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 1 Apr 1701 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 17 Sep 1801 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 5AFFD0A7B93F4D48AC1EB5E02DFCE89F6C3E

    Family/Spouse: Archibald Foulis-Primrose, Baronet. Archibald and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: William Samuel Brown. William (son of William T. Brown and Ann Elizabeth Mercer) was born in 1687 in Londonderry (Derry), County Londonderry, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland; died in 1757 in Guilford House, Rowan, North Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. David Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1727 in Londonderry (Derry), County Londonderry, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland; died on 28 Dec 1778 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

  6. 18.  John Fleming Descendancy chart to this point (11.Margaret3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born on 17 Jun 1703; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 87E8AC3B35DA4B60AD5C5FA3A73A3D558E05


  7. 19.  Alexander Thomas Erskine Descendancy chart to this point (12.Ann3, 4.Colin2, 1.Alexander1) was born in 1693 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Apr 1756 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 87B9754F8B8147E4838269633E88294C47C2

    Family/Spouse: Janet Pitcairn. Janet (daughter of Archibald Pitcairn and Elizabeth Stevenson) was born on 7 Jun 1705 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 7 Jun 1775 in Kellie Castle, Kellie, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Thomas Alexander Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1732; died on 9 Oct 1781.
    2. 26. Janet Erskine  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Mar 1741/42 in Carnbee Parish, Fife, Scotland; died on 17 Oct 1770 in Balcaskie, Fife, Scotland.



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