BRUCE, William younger, of Airth ^{1 2}

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William married Jean FLEMING, daughter of John FLEMING 5th Lord Fleming and Elizabeth ROSS, 1582(1583) (contract).^{1 2} (Jean FLEMING was born about 1564 and died in October 1630 in Newtown of Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Jean (Fleming), married (contract dated 1582-83) to William Bruce of Airth, and died at Newtown of Bothkennar in October 1630."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)




"William Bruce, younger of Airth, the eldest son who, in 1592, bound himself and his father to refrain from assisting John Bruce of Auchenbowie in his 'deidlie feud and blude' with the Somervilles of Plean.5 He m. in 1582, to Jane, daughter of John, 5th Lord Fleming, (she survived him and d. at Bothkennar, in October 1630), and d. vita patris in 1597. "

from The Red Book of Scotland ^{1 2}