Rev. Henry Erskine and Marian Halcro

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Husband Rev. Henry Erskine ^{1 2}

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Wife Marian Halcro ^{2 3}

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Children

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1 F [Unk] Erskine ⁴

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         Spouse: [Unk] Oliver (      -      )

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2 M Rev. Ebenezer Erskine ^{1 2}

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3 M Rev. Ralph Erskine ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Henry Erskine

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Cornhill, England

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General Notes: Wife - Marian Halcro

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She was from Orkney, Denmark. Her father was descended from Halcro, Prince of Denmark. Her great-grandmother was Lady Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, and son of James V. of Scotland.

Marian Halcro, (Mrs. Henry Erskine) was the heroine of a story (still told by her descendants and well authenticated) of an escape from premature burial. She was saved from this horrible death through the cupidity of the undertaker, who opened her grave the night of the burial to remove from her finger a valuable ring he had observed there. In cutting her finger, the blood flowed and awakened her from a trance, mistaken for death. She afterwards became the mother of the two famous ministers, Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine; one of whom was the author of "Erskine's Sermons", and distinguished as the founder of the Seceder Church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 737.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 140.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.