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Re: St. Clair - Wedderburn connection



>Dear Sinclair:
>Sir William St. Clair of Rosslyn who died in 1778 had married Cordelia,
>daughter of Sir George Wishart Baronet of Clifton Hall by whom he had three
>sons and five daughters all of whom died except the daughter Sarah.
>Lady Sarah St. Clair of Rosslyn married Peter Wedderburn of Chester Hall.
>They had two children:
>A son, Alexander  who became Alexander Wedderburn St. Clair, first Earl of
>Rosslyn;     and a daughter
>Janet who married Sir Henry Erskine, 5th Baronet of Alva.
>When Alexander died without issue, his nephew Sir James St. Clair Erskine
>(son of Janet Wedderburn and Henry Erskine above) became 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
>The present line descends directly from this point on.

>Source: Rosslyn Chapel, by the Earl of Rosslyn ,  Rosslyn Chapel Trust, 1997

Rory,

Do you mean like this?
 http://www.quarterman.org/chart/rosslyn/index.html

-jsq

>Hope this is helpful
>
>
>Rory
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