Boswell's Ancestors

 

James Boswell caricature by Thomas Lawrence

 

 

I've done a bit of research into Boswell's family tree, and so, for your benefit, here are the first few generations.

David Boswell
(1640-1712)
6th of Auchinleck
Anne Hamilton
(d. 1713)
Alexander Bruce
(1629-1680)
Veronica
van Arson
(d. 1702)
Charles Erskine
of Alva
(d. 1663)
Helen Skene
William Cochrane of Ochiltree
(d. aft 1716)
Mary Bruce
d. after 1739
James Boswell
(d. 1749)
7th of Auchinleck
Elizabeth Bruce
John Erskine
Deputy Gov. of
Stirling Castle
Euphemia Cochrane
Alexander Boswell (1706-1782)
8th of Auchinleck
Euphemia Erskine (1718- 1766)
James Boswell (1740-1795)
9th of Auchinleck

Alexander Bruce and Veronica van Arson were the parents of Mary Bruce and Elizabeth Bruce, making them James Boswell's great-grandparents AND great-great-grandparents.
 

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