Helen Erskine

HELEN ERSKINE

Helen Erskine, here treated, is the daughter of Thomas. Lord Erskine. Colquhoun Chiefs I: 65

Marriage

Helen Erskine, here treated, married Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss. In error, Sir William Fraser identified her as Jean Erskine. Colquhoun Chiefs I: 55 However, James Balfour Paul correctly identified her as Helen Erskine. The Scots Peerage, V: 606

Death

Helen Erskine, here treated, is identified as "quandam Helenam Erskyn" in a dispensation of marriage for her grandson dated 13 July 1509. Liber Protocollrum M. Cuthbert Simonis, A.D. 1499-1513, protocol number 376

Children

1. Sir John Colquhoun of Luss
2. Walter Colquhoun
3. Patrick Colquhoun of Drumskeoch
4. Humphrey Colquhoun
5. Archibald Colquhoun
6. Agnes Colquhoun of Luss
7. Elizabeth Colquhoun of Luss

Evidence from the Protocol Book of Cuthbert Simons

13 July 1509: Dispensation for a marriage for Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss and Helen Graham, daughter of the Earl of Montrose. Liber Protocollrum M. Cuthbert Simonis, A.D. 1499-1513, protocol number 376

Published Evidence

Joseph Bain, FSA (Scot). and Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Liber Protocollrum M Cuthbert Simonis Notarii Publici et Scribae Capituli Glasguensis, A.D. 1499-1513. Also Rental Book of the Diocese of Glasgow, A.D. 1509-1570, Vol. II (Grampian Club, London, 1875), 537 pp. including indexes

Genealogy

1. William Fraser, The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country, Vol. I (Edinburgh, 1869), 417 pp. including index
2. Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage etc., Vol. V (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1908), 640 pp.