Elizabeth Butt

Evidence needed to support Alexander Bruce, 3rd Lord of Earlshall as father of Elizabeth Butt

Biography

Elizabeth Butt was born in 1605 [in Earlshall Castle, Fife, Scotland.]

Elizabeth married Robert Butt circa 1629 in England (United Kingdom). Together they had the following children: Robert Butt; Thomas Butt; Henry Butt; Sarah Shipp; Richard Butt, SR.; Olivia Woodard.

She died on July 3, 1676 in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia.

Disputed Origins

“Family Records Of The Bruces And The Cumyns, With An Historical Introduction And Appendix, Etc. [With Genealogical Tables.] : Bruce, Mary Elizabeth Cumming : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Bruce of Earlshall, pps 332-3. < https://archive.org/details/familyrecordsofb1870bruc/page/332/mode/2up Archive.Org] > According to this source, Alexander Bruce had two sons and two daughters, one named Elizabeth and one named Janet, neither of whom it says married a Butt.

From Kathleen Butt Michal: In Williamsburg, VA where there is a large decorative arts museum, the DeWitt Wallace Gallery. There an old sampler is on display, stitched by "Sarah Bruce Butt".She sent for data regarding this from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. There was a family tree marked on the back of the sampler: Robert Butt, Sr. of the southern branch of the Elizabeth River in Lower Norfolk County, VA of Blacksworthy Plantation, b. 1615/20 d. 1676 married ca 1643 Elizabeth Jane Ann Bruce, known as Jane, of Earlshall Castle, Fife Scotland.They were the 4th Great Grandparents of the stitcher. Earlshall Castle Leuchars, by St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, U.K. KY16 0DP Phone: [+44] 133 483 9205 Fax: [+44] 133 483 8054 Off A919, 6 miles north-west of St Andrews Earlshall Castle.This castle survives very much as it was when Sir William Bruce built it in 1546 and entertained Mary, Queen of Scots. The castle's glory is the Long Gallery, more than 50ft in length, with a ceiling intricately painted with the Seven Virtues and other themes. The panelled rooms contain fine furniture and porcelin, and one of the world's largest collections of Scottish armour.