Simon Fraser^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1226 - 1291  (65 years)

• Name	Simon Fraser
  Birth	1226	Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1291	Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Age: 65y
  Person ID	ind20721	The Skaggs-Files
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Fraser,   b. 1195, Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland d. 1263 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Christian Leslie Lascelles,   b. 1206, Oliver Castle, Pebblesshire, Scotland d. 1270, Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1225  [6]
  Family ID	fam07077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary,   b. 1230, Keth, Symon, East Lothian, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Mary Fraser,   b. 1260, Keth, Symon, East Lothian, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joanna Fraser,   b. 1290, Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sir Sir Simon Fraser,   b. Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland d. 1306, London, England
  Family ID	fam08302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Electric Scotland: Sir Simon Fraser, the eldest son, was a man of great influence and power. He possessed the lands of Oliver castle, Niedpath castle, and other lands in Tweeddale; and accompanied King Alexander the Second in a pilgrimage to Iona, a short time previous to the death of that monarch. He was knighted by Alexander the Third, who, in the beginning of his reign, conferred on him the office of high sheriff of Tweeddale, which he held from 1263 to 1266. He was one of the magnates Scotiae who, in 1285, engaged to support Margaret of Norway as the successor of Alexander the Third. He sat in the famous parliament of Brigham in 1290, when the marriage of Margaret with Prince Edward of England was proposed. He supported the title of Baliol to the throne till basely surrendered by himself, and in conjunction with his brothers, William and Sir Andrew, and his cousin Sir Richard Fraser, was appointed an arbiter by Baliol for determining the right of the several competitors to the crown, 5th June 1291. He swore fealty to Edward the First at Norham on the 12th of the same month, and again on 23d July at the monastery of Lindores. He died the same year. He had an only son, Sir Simon Fraser, the renowned patriot, of whom a memoir is given below. With him may be said (in 1306) to have expired the direct male line of the south country Frasers, after having been the most considerable family in Peebles-shire during the Scoto-Saxon period of our history, from 1097 to 1306. The ruins of Oliver castle, and the castles of Fruid, Drummelzier, and Niedpath, (views of the last two may be seen in Grose’s Antiquities,) attest their ancient greatness. Sir Simon had two daughters, who divided his extensive possessions between them. The elder, Mary, married Sir Gilbert Hay of Locherworth, ancestor of the noble family of Tweeddale, on whom devolved, in her right, the office of sheriff of Peebles. The younger became the wife of Sir Patrick Fleming, progenitor of the earls of Wigton. Each of these families quartered the arms of Fraser with their paternal arms.

  
  

• Sources

  [source05072] Errol Bevan, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I37370 @ RootsWeb Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT and BLOCKER Cousins and more, (Publication Date: 13 AUG 2008 Media: Website / URL). ID: I37370 Name: Gilbert FRASER Surname: FRASER Given Name: Gilbert Sex: M Birth: ABT 1195 in Of Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland Ancestral File #: 9QC8-VJ LDS Baptism: 12 Aug 1994 Temple: SLAKE 1 Endowment: 21 Mar 1995 Temple: SLAKE 1 Sealing Child: 11 Apr 1995 Temple: SLAKE 1 2 3 Change Date: 3 Apr 2007 at 01:00:00 Father: Bernard FRASER b: ABT 1164 in Of Drumelzier, Peebleshire, Scotland Mother: Mary OGILVIE b: ABT 1168 in Of Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland Marriage 1 Mrs-Gilbert FRASER b: ABT 1206 in Of Oliver Castle, Pebblesshire, Scotland Married: ABT 1225 Children Simon FRASER b: ABT 1226 in Of Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland Sir Andrew 'younger of Touchfraser' Sheriff of Stirling FRASER b: ABT 1228 in Of Touch Fraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland c: in Of Touch Fraser, Stirlingshire, Scotland William FRASER b: ABT 1230 in Of Touch, Stirling, Scotland Sources: Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Title: Ordinance Index (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Name: Family History Library Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 16, 2006 bevangenealogyservices@hotmail.com [source06158] Sandy Hunt, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shtritar&id=I79969 @ RootsWeb Sandy's Family Tree (with Extended Families), (Publication Date: 30 NOV 2008 Media: Website / URL). ID: I79969 Name: Simon FRASER Given Name: Simon Surname: FRASER Prefix: Sir Suffix: Sheriff of Traquair and Pebbles Title: Sheriff of Traquair and Pebbles Sex: M Birth: Abt 1226 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Death: Aug 1291 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Reference Number: Hunt-42547 Ancestral File #: 9QC8-R1 LDS Baptism: Done Endowment: Done Sealing Child: Done Father: Gilbert FRASER b: Abt 1195 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Mother: Christian b: Abt 1206 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Marriage 1 Grizzle Anna FLAVA b: Abt 1250 in , Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland Married: Abt 1270 in , Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland Sealing Spouse: Done Marriage 2 Maria b: Abt 1263 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Married: Abt 1284 in , , Peebleshire, Scotland Sealing Spouse: Done Marriage 3 Mary b: Abt 1220-1240 in Keth, Symon, East Lothian, Scotland Married: Children Simon FRASER b: in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland FRASER b: 1262 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland Mary FRASER b: 1260 in Keth, Symon, East Lothian, Scotland Joanna FRASER b: Abt 1290 in Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebles, Scotland ahpahnay04@yahoo.com [source4071143873] Electric Scotland. https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9657/96579203.23.pdf [source4071143875] GQB3-5XM FamilySearch.org, (Publication Date: 15 APR 2022 Media: Website / URL). [source06157] Sandy Hunt, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=shtritar&id=I79961&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Sandy's Family Tree (with Extended Families), (Publication Date: 30 NOV 2008 Media: Website / URL). [source05071] Errol Bevan, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I37379&style=TABLE @ RootsWeb Ancestries of Errol S. BEVAN and Hollie C. ATKINSON BEVAN to ADAM and EVE including REINHARDT and BLOCKER Cousins and more, (Publication Date: 13 AUG 2008 Media: Website / URL).