Fraser, Simon 1a 2a 3a 4

Birth Name Fraser, Simon
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years, 7 months

Narrative

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.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1226 Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland   1b
Death 1291-08-00 Oliver Castle, Tweedmuir, Peebleshire, Scotland   5

Age: 65y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Fraser, Gilbert11951263
Mother Lascelles, Christian Leslie12061270
         Fraser, Simon 1226 1291-08-00
    Brother     Fraser, Andrew 1228 1308
    Brother     Fraser, William 1230

Families

Family of Fraser, Simon and , Mary
Unknown Partner , Mary ( * 1230 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Fraser, Simon1306
Fraser, Mary1260
Fraser, Joanna1290

Source References

  1. 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
      • Source text:

        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

         

      • Citation:

        bevangenealogyservices@hotmail.com

      • Source text:

        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

         

      • Citation:

        bevangenealogyservices@hotmail.com

  2. 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)
      • Source text:

        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

         

      • Citation:

        ahpahnay04@yahoo.com

  3. Electric Scotland
      • Source text:

        https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9657/96579203.23.pdf

  4. GQB3-5XM FamilySearch.org
  5. 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)