Carson Johnson - The Robert the Bruce

Genealogical History of Some Carsons, Johnsons, and Related Families

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Chapter 6 - Some Ancestors and Descendants of Robert the Bruce

These medieval ancestors may be related to the Carsons through Marjory Hay, who married James Abercrombie. However, as noted in Chapter 4, it is questionable whether James Abercrombie is a Carson ancestor. The information is presented here for whatever it may be worth.

A Norwegian Connection

Brusse , Earl of Caithness and Sunderland, died in 1031. He married Ostrida of Gothland , and Rognvald was among their children.

Rognvald died in 1046. He was the general in the army of King Olaf in Norway. Through his second wife, Felicia of Normandy , he had a son, Brusi .

Ancestors from Normandy

As far as is known, Brusi was the first to be called “Robert de Brusse ”. About 1020 he married Emma of Brittany in Normandy, and their son was Robert de Brusse II .

Robert de Brusse II came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066. He married Agnes St. Claire , and Adam de Brusse was their son. Agnes St. Claire died in 1080, and Robert de Brusse II died in 1094.

Attendant to the Queen

Adam de Brusse went to England in 1050 as attendant to Queen Emma , daughter of Richard I (See Chapter 9) of Normandy . Adam de Brusse married Emma Ramsay , and Robert de Brusse III was their son.

Robert de Brusse III was born in 1078 and died in 1141. He married Agnes Bruce (Agnes Paynell) of Annandale, a distant cousin, and Robert Bruce was their son.

Robert Bruce of Annandale married Euphemia -----, and Robert Bruce II (Robert le Meschin) was their son.

Robert Bruce II was Lord of Annandale. He died in 1194. He married Isabel of Scotland , daughter of William the Lion , King of Scots, and William Bruce was their son.

William Bruce was the third Baron of Annandale. He died in 1215. He married Christina , and Robert Bruce was their son.

Robert Bruce was the fourth Baron of Annandale. He married Isobel of Huntingdone , and another Robert Bruce was their son. Robert Bruce died in 1245, and Isobel of Huntingdone died in 1252.

Sir Robert Bruce was born in 1210. He was Lord of Annandale. In May, 1240, he married Isabella de Clare , who was born November 2, 1226. Another Sir Robert Bruce was their son. Sir Robert Bruce died March 31, 1295.

Sir Robert Bruce , Lord of Annandale, was born in July, 1243, and died before June 14, 1302. In 1271, he married first Marjorie (Marjory) Carrick , Countess of Carrick, and their son was Robert the Bruce .

King of Scotland

Robert the Bruce was Earl of Carrick and Lord of Annandale. He was born July 11 (or July 12), 1274, and died June 7, 1329. Robert the Bruce supported King Edward I of England. He was crowned King Robert I of Scotland on March 27, 1306 at Scone. However, he was deposed by Edward’s army in 1307 (See Chapter 9) and forced to flee to the highlands and then to the Island of Rathlin. Robert the Bruce continued to recruit followers, and by 1309 he had re-conquered most of Scotland. He invaded England twice, and in 1323 he concluded a thirteen-year truce with King Edward II . However, war broke out again in 1327. The Scots won again, and in 1328 they secured a treaty which recognized the independence of Scotland and the right of Robert the Bruce to the throne.

Robert the Bruce married first Isabel Mar , daughter of Earl Donald , and their children included King David II and Marjory Bruce . Robert the Bruce married second Elizabeth of Ulster . In his later years, Robert the Bruce was stricken with leprosy and lived in seclusion at Cardross Castle, where he died.

Marjory Bruce was heiress to the Scottish crown. She married Walter Stewart , and King Robert II was their son.

King Robert II of Scotland was born March 2, 1315, and died May 13, 1390. His first wife was Elizabeth Mure , and their eldest son was King Robert III . Their daughter Elizabeth Stewart married Sir Thomas Hay (See below).

King Robert III of Scotland was born in 1337 and died April 4, 1406. He married Annabella Drummond , and King James I was among their children.

King James I of Scotland was born in Dumferline in 1394. Shortly before the death of his father in 1406, James I was sent to France for safety from Scottish rebels, but his ship was seized by the English and James was held prisoner until 1423. James was crowned King of Scotland when he returned to Scotland in 1424. He forced the Scottish nobles to submit to his authority by 1429. He attempted to improve administration of justice, and he angered the Pope by preventing church revenues from being sent to Rome. He improved relations with France by giving his eldest daughter, Margaret Stewart , in marriage to the Dauphin, later King Louis XI . However, he antagonized the Scottish nobles by confiscating their estates, and a group of nobles assassinated him on February 20, 1437. He married Lady Joan Beaufort , daughter of John Beaufort and Margaret Holland. John Beaufort was a son of Prince John of Gaunt (See Chapter 9). King James II and Lady Annabella Stewart were among their children.

Lady Annabella Stewart was the second wife of the second Earl of Huntly , who was Chancellor of Scotland 1498-1500. Among their children was Isabel .

Now follow closely. Isabel, daughter of Lady Annabella Stewart and the Earl of Huntley, married William Hay , third Earl of Erroll. William Hay was the son of Sir William Hay , first Earl of Erroll, and Beatrix, daughter of James, the seventh Earl of Douglas. Sir William Hay was the son of Sir Thomas Hay (7^th [Baron?] of Erroll and Constable of Scotland) and Elizabeth , daughter of King Robert II (See above. Sir William Hay and Elizabeth were married November 7, 1372.) Sir Thomas Hay was a descendant of William de Haya , cupbearer to Malcolm IV and to William the Lion, and was a hostage for William the Lion’s ransom from the English in 1174. William de Haya obtained the lands in Erroll by charter about 1172-1183, married an heiress of Pitmulin, and had six sons.

The Sheriff of Aberdeen

William Hay , fourth Earl of Erroll, was the son of William Hay and Isabel, and was descended from King Robert II through both his parents, as described in the previous awful paragraph. He was made Sheriff of Aberdeen on February 10, 1510 or 1511, and was killed at Flodden in 1513. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Ruthven , and they had a son, William Hay , who was the fifth Earl of Erroll. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth married Lord Ross .

William Hay , fifth Earl of Erroll, was Sherriff of Aberdeen. He married Helen, daughter of John, Earl of Lennox . Among their children were William Hay , the sixth Earl of Erroll, and Marjory Hay , who married James Abercrombie (See Chapter 4)