Robert Edmonstone, primus

ROBERT EDMONSTONE primus

Unproved Pedigrees: Disputed Ancestry

At least one pedigree published by MyHeritage identifies Robert Edmonstone, here treated, the son of John Edmonstone and Elizabeth Edmonstone, as the same person as Robert Edmonston who resided in St. George's County in Colonial Maryland. A second identifies the same man as the son of John Edmonstone and Elizabeth Hardie. Both say that he was born in Colonial Maryland, one says in 1645, the other in 1648. MyHeritage

At least one other pedigree published by MyHeritage manages to confuse the younger brother of Robert Edmonstone, here treated, who was also named Robert Edmonstone, with both Robert Edmonston of St. George;s County in Colonial Maryland, and with William "The Hammer" Edmundson MyHeritage

The Question of Identity

The name of Robert Edmonstone, here treated, is known only from a 1699 account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath, where he is said to be the third son of Mr. John Edmonstone of Broich and his first wife Elizabeth Edmonstone. He had a younger brother who was also named Robert, He was the fourth son of his father's second wife Catherine Cunningham. Although it cannot be regarded as being certain, it seems quite likely, probable even, that Robert Edmonstone, here treated, predeceased his younger brother with the same name. Evidence that he survived has certainly not been found. Duntreth: pp. 13-4

An Account of the Edmonstone Family

"The seventh Laird of Duntreth called, William Edmonston, married Issobel Hadden, Daughter to the Laird of Glennegies, and had by her five Sons and two Daughters, . . . . . . . . . . John Edmonston third Son to said William Edmonston of Duntreth, married Eliz. Edmonston, Daughter to John Edmonston of Broich, and got with her both the Lands of Broich in Scotland, and the Lands of Bellibantro in Ireland; and had by her four Sons and five Daughters; William his Eldest Son, James his second Son, Robert his third Son, and [blank space] Edmonston his fourth Son: His eldest Daughter called Issobel, married to Crawfurd of Walston, and had issue; his second Daughter called, Jean; his third; his fourth Helen; and his fifth Agnes, married to Andrew Adair, and had issue. Secondly the said John Edmonston married Catherine Cunningham, of the family of Glengarnock, and had by her five Sons and two Daughters: The Eldest Son called Archibald; the second John; the third Son James; the fourth son Robert; the fifth Son Alexander: His Eldest Daughter called, Katherine, and Anna his second Daughter. William Edmonston Eldest Son of the said John Edmonston by his first Wife, married Jean Buchanan, of the Family of Buchanan, and had by her six Sons and four Daughters; William, John, Archibald, Robert, James; his Daughters, Eliz. Mary Jean & Anna-Helena: James Edmonston the third Son of the said John Edmonston by his second Wife, married Margaret Lindsay, Daughter to the Laird of Dow-hill in Fife, and had by her two Sons and five Daughters; John and Robert, Katherine, Anna-Helena, Margaret, Eliz, and Lettice". Duntreth: pp. 13-4 Link supplied by Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert

TWO PEDIGREES PUBLISHED BY MYHERITAGE

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Robert Edmonston. MyHeritage Family Trees. Dayley Web Site, managed by DeAnna Dayley (Contact). Birth: 1645 - Prince George's, Maryland, United States. Death: June 11 1696 - Calvert, Maryland, United States. Parents: John Edmonston, Elizabeth Edmonston. Wife: Robert Edmonston. Son: Archibald Edmonston

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Robert Thomas Edmonston. MyHeritage Family Trees. Hudson Web Site, managed by Jack Hudson (Contact). Birth: 1648 - Prince Georges County, Maryland. Death: 1695 - Prince Georges County, Maryland. Parents: John Edmonston (Edmondstone), Elizabeth Edmonston (Edmondstone) (born Hardie). Wife: Margaret Edmonston (born Naylor). Son: Archibald Thomas, Col. Edmonston

A THIRD PEDIGREE PUBLISHED BY MYHERITAGE

Robert Edmonstone. MyHeritage Family Trees. WILLIAM IRISH HAMMER in EDMISTON Web Site, managed by WILL EDMISTON (Contact). Death: 1695. Parents: John (Us) Edmonstone *, Katherine Elizabeth Edmonston (born Cunningham). Brother: Robert Edmonstone. Children: Archibald Edmonston, Archibald Edmonston