Hello Sarah Jane, On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:15 you wrote to the BRUCE-L: >X-Message: #4 >Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:15:17 -0700 >From: "Sarah Jane McKenzie" <saramck@apex.net> >To: BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <006b01beedd6$82eb5e40$572dfad1@pavilion> >Subject: Robert the Bruce >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >anyone kin to Robert the Bruce ---Scotland? >saramck@apex.net > Yes. My gg-grandmother was named Jane BRUCE. She was b. 1764 in Charleston, SC; d. 1802 in Charleston, SC; ma. Samuel Phillips JONES. Later generations of their Jones descendants (including my mother) lived in GA. I have two lines of BRUCE ancestry before Jane Bruce who supposedly were related to King Robert the Bruce. One line is through Jane's g-grandfather Robert BRUCE, who was supposedly a descendant of King Robert's first cousin. I have always felt this line is a little "fuzzy", since what I have on Jane's grandfather, David Bruce is based solely on a published genealogy, which unfortunately gives no dates or places for him, or even a spouse's name. According to that work, this David's father was supposedly Robert Bruce, the 2nd Earl of Elgin. That line traces back to a Robert Bruce who was the first cousin of King Robert the Bruce. My other line is through the above Jane's grandmother Euphemia MONTGOMERY, who was the dau. of Alexander MONTGOMERY, 9th Earl of Eglington. That line traces back through at least two lines directly to King Robert the Bruce, through his dau. Marjorie who ma. Walter Stewart. I have that Euphemia d. 1738 in Tarnaway,SCT. She married George Lockhart of Carnwath who d. in 1731, but I have no places or dobs for either (presumably somewhere in SCT.) I would be very much interested in hearing how you trace your ancestry from King Robert, and particularly if you can cite any sources that might give additional or more reliable information re. the "fuzzy" spots in my lineages. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. --Dexter Dexter Edge Jr. Olympia, WA