Frances Moray
(1737-1793)
BIRTH
1737
PLACE
Abercairny, Perthshire, Scotland
DEATH
1793
PLACE
Torry, Fife, Scotland
FAMILY
FATHER
James Moray
(1705-1777)
CHILDREN
Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet
(1770-1813)
CHILDREN
Sir James Erskine of Torry, 3rd Baronet
(1772–1825)
CHILDREN
Sir John Erskine of Torry, 4th Baronet
(1776-1836)
HUSBAND
William Erskine, 1st Baronet
(1728-1795)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
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MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Frances Moray (c. 1737–1793) was the daughter of James Moray of Abercairny and Lady Christian Montgomerie. She married George Drummond of Blair Drummond in 1764, then Sir William Erskine of Torry in 1767. Their sons William, James, and John succeeded one another in the Erskine baronetcy, and they also had a daughter Frances. Peerage compilations differ on whether her second wedding was in May or July. Her birth year and independent activities remain less securely documented.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Frances Moray’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Frances Moray is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Frances Moray died in 1793, in Torry, Fife, Scotland. Frances Moray was the daughter of James Moray of Abercairny and Lady Christian Montgomerie. She married George Drummond of Blair Drummond in 1764, then Sir William Erskine of Torry in 1767. Their sons William, James, and John succeeded one another in the Erskine baronetcy, and they also had a daughter Frances. Peerage compilations differ on whether her second wedding was in May or July. Her birth year and independent activities remain less securely documented. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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