Elizabeth Monypenny
(1700-1783)
BIRTH
March 26, 1700
PLACE
Pitmilly, Fife, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
DEATH
March 15, 1783
PLACE
Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain
FAMILY
MOTHER
Alexander Leslie
(1731-1794)
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Elizabeth Monypenny was a daughter of Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly and Magdalene Erskine. Baptized on 26 March 1700, she married Alexander Leslie in 1726 and became countess of Leven and Melville when he inherited the titles in 1729. Their children included General Alexander Leslie and daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Mary. She outlived her husband by nearly three decades and died in 1783. Her baptism establishes a date of record, rather than an exact birthday.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Monypenny was born Mar 26, 1700. The external genealogical record identifies Alexander Monypenny, 20th of Pitmilly and Magdalene Erskine as the parents. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Monypenny is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Elizabeth Monypenny died Mar 15, 1783. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
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DEATH
Elizabeth Monypenny died on Mar 15, 1783, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain. Elizabeth Monypenny was a daughter of Alexander Monypenny of Pitmilly and Magdalene Erskine. Baptized on 26 March 1700, she married Alexander Leslie in 1726 and became countess of Leven and Melville when he inherited the titles in 1729. Their children included General Alexander Leslie and daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Mary. She outlived her husband by nearly three decades and died in 1783. Her baptism establishes a date of record, rather than an exact birthday. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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