Adam BRUS 1
- Born: Abt 1051, Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland
- Died: 1080-1098
 Other names for Adam were BRUCE and Adelm.
Ancestral File Number: 91VM-MX. User ID: 4841340544.
General Notes:
Fought with William the Conqueror 1066.
BOOKS
Robert the Bruce King of Scots, Ronald McNair Scott, Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, New York, 1982.
p10: "The Bruces were members of that Anglo-Norman elite through whom the kings of England and Scotland maintained their sovereign rule. Reputedly descended from Lodver, the Norse Earl of Orkney in the tenth century, the Bruces first made their impact on the British isles when Adam de Brus, whose grandfather had mitgrated to Normandy, accompanied William the Conqueror to England. He was given the task of reducing Anglo-Saxon resistance in Yorkshire and as a reward for his services waas granted numerous manors in and around that country."
FAMILY SEARCH ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.19 91VM-MX.
Marriage Information:
Adam married Emma RAMSEY. (Emma RAMSEY was born about 1062 in Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland.)
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