'Wemyss02'
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Families covered: Wemyss of Bogie, Wemyss of Caskieberran, Wemyss of Dron, Wemyss of Kirkcaldy, Wemyss of Wemyss
| Sir David Wemyss of Wemyss (d Flodden 09.09.1513) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (before 11.05.1493) Euphemia Lundy (dau of John Lundy of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | David Wemyss of Wemyss (d before 27.05.1544) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 27.01.1511-2) Katherine Sinclair (d before 1526, dau of Henry Sinclair, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss (b c1513, d 16.11.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c20.10.1534, div 1556) Margaret Otterburn (d by 1567, dau of Sir Adam Otterburn of Redhall) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Wemyss of Wemyss (d 22.02.1596-7) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.05.1556) Cecilia Ruthven (d 08.07.1589, dau of William Ruthven, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss (d c1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 17.04.1574) Margaret Douglas (dau of William Douglas of Lochleven, 6th Earl of Morton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 08.1581) Mary Stewart (dau of Sir James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | David Wemyss (dvpsp 08.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c03.1608) Elizabeth Leslie (dau of Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of Rothes) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (b c1586, d 22.11.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 09.1609) Janet/Jean Gray (d 17.08.1649, dau of Patrick Gray, 6th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss (b 06.09.1610, d 07.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.02.1627) Anna Balfour (d 10.11.1649, dau of Robert Balfour, Lord Burleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jean Wemyss (b 19.06.1629, d 05.01.1717) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1649) Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus (b c1609, dvp 16.01.1655) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (11.08.1659) George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (b 02.11.1633, d 04.03.1703) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - John (b 22.11.1627, d before 1636), David (b 05.06.1632, d before 1649), John (b 10.12.1636, d before 1646), Robert (b 01.08.1639, d before 1649), John (b 10.12.1636, d before 1646), Alexander (b 20.10.1647, d before 1653), Margaret (b 24.09.1630, d 17.05.1648), Mary (b 07.02.1638, d unm 12.10.1654), Isabella (b 14.02.1642, d before 08.1649), Anna (b 20.09.1643, d before 08.1649) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 04.04.1650) Helenor Fleming (dsp 20.04.1652, dau of John Fleming, Earl of Wigtown) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (13.01.1653) Margaret Leslie (d 02.1688, dau of John Leslie, Earl of Rothes) | |||||||||||||||
| (xii) | David Wemyss, Lord Elcho (b 13.03.1655, d 28.09.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| (xiii) | Margaret Wemyss, Countess of Wemyss (b 01.01.1659, d 11.03.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 25.12.1671) James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (d 12.1682) | |||||||||||||||
| As shown below, their elder son became the next Earl of Wemyss. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.04.1700, sp) Sir George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromarty (b 1630, d 27.07.1714) | |||||||||||||||
| (xiv)+ | other issue - John (b 18.12.1653, d c1656), Hew (d 23.05.1656, d c1659), John (d 13.10.1657, d c1661) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Mary Wemyss (d 1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.1631) John Sinclair, 9th Lord (bpt 29.10.1610, d 10.11.1674) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anna Wemyss (d 20.09.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 30.12.1631) Alexander Lindsay, younger of Edzell | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 10.10.1639) Mungo, 2nd Viscount of Stormont (dsp 11.03.1642) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Jean Wemyss (d before 1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 08.1633) Sir Alexander Towers, younger of Inverleith (d c1646) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 08.1649) Harry Maule of Balmakellie (bur 08.04.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 15.04.1636) John Aytoun of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Catherine Wemyss (dsp 24.02.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 12.12.1654) David Carnegie of Craig (d c1663) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.08.1664) Sir Andrew Ker of Greenhead (d 05.1665) | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | 7 sons and 3 daughters (all died young) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Cecilia Wemyss (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 03.10.1599) William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Janet Wemyss (dsp 04.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Colville of Cleish, 1st Lord of Ochiltree | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Isabel Wemyss (b c1598, d 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 1614) Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord of Lovat (b 09.1591, d 1646) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Catherine Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 18.08.1624) Sir John Haldane, 11th of Gleneagles (d before 03.03.1653) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir James Wemyss of Bogie (d c1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1585) Margaret Melville (d 10.1598, dau of John Melville of Raith) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Wemyss (dvp before 12.07.1634) presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 14.03.1612) Margaret Kinninmonth (dau of Andrew Kinninmonth of that ilk & Craighall by Cecilia Wemyss) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Wemyss of Bogie (a 1665, d before 02.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 08.1635) Elizabeth Aytoun (dau of Sir John Aytoun of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.08.1675) Margaret Johnston (d before 16.08.1707, dau of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | David Wemyss of Balfarg | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Wemyss (dau of David Wemyss of Fingask) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir James Wemyss, 1st Bart of Bogie (a 1705) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by TCB (vol 4, 'Wemyss of Bogie', p429+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (11.01.1670) Anna Aytoun (dau of Sir John Aytoun of that ilk by Elizabeth, dau of John, 1st Earl of Wemyss) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Wemyss, 2nd Bart of Bogie | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Lockhart (d 20.06.1766, dau of Sir William Lockhart by Marie Carmichael) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir James Wemyss, 3rd Bart of Bogie (a 06.1766, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | George Wemyss in Edinburgh (d 17.12.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Barbara Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Seton, 3rd Bart of Abercorn (d 1751) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Wemyss (d 03.03.1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 24.02.1700) Christian Main (dau of David Main by Grisel Weir) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Grisel Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Annabella Maxwell | |||||||||||||||
| ((2) | Thomasin(e) Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.03.1741) William Aytoun of Edinburgh (goldsmith) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - James, Elizabeth, Anna, Annabell, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | David Wemyss in Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1702) Katherine Baillie (dau of John Baillie of Edinburgh, probably of the family of Hardington) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Margaret Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Bethune of Blebo | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Philip Hamilton of Kilbrackmont | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Ludovick Wemyss (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | daughter probably the Helen who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Laurence Oliphant, 3rd of Condie | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Henry Wemyss of Bontine | ||||||||||||||
| This line comes from TCB (vol 4, p430+) but there is an indication of some possible confusion with the Henry of the previous generation. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Wemyss in Mains of Bogie | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Wemyss (b c1714, d 1794) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cecil Durie (dau of Robert Durie) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | David Wemyss of Kirkcaldy (dsp 1818, brewer) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | James Wemyss (d 02.02.1822, minister of Burntisland) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christiana Charteris (dau of Samuel Charteris) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | (Sir) James Wemyss of Edinburgh, '4th Bart' (d unm 29.02.1849, WS) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | John Wemyss of Kirkcaldy had issue | ||||||||||||||
| TCB reports that John's son and that son's grandson/heir also assumed the baronetcy and that this appears to have been supported (or at least reported) by some sources . | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Elizabeth Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 07.09.1641) Alexander Orrock of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 22.05.1599) Elizabeth Durie (a 04.1653, dau of David Durie of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | David Wemyss (d before 1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Orrock | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - James (bpt 01.01.1641), John (bpt 23.10.1646), Elizabeth (bpt 01.06.1642), Janet (bpt 25.06.1643) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Henry Wemyss 'of Contine or Conland' of Wester Bogie (d 30.05.1654) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 26.11.1639) Isabel Kirkcaldy ('dau of Sir John Kirkaldy of Grange') | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Margaret Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.10.1658) John Paterson, Bishop of Edinburgh then Archbishop of Glasgow | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 09.04.1653, sp) Margaret Durie (dau of Robert Durie of East Newton by Margaret Durie) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | George Wemyss of Wester Pitcaple (principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrew's) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalene Lundie (d 04.03.1666) | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Ludovick Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| (6) | Andrew Wemyss of Glennistoun (d 1649) | ||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - son (d 06.1666), Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (7) | James Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| Not known by which marriage were ... | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Elizabeth Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 04.02.1628) John Boswell of Pittedy | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 16.08.1638) James Arnot of Wester Fernie | |||||||||||||||
| (9) | Janet Wemyss (dsp 20.04.1653) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 31.12.1630) John Lundie of Easter Conland (d 04.1641, son of Robert of Balgonie) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Andrew Wemyss of Newton (dsp by 1585) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Patrick Wemyss, 1st of Rumgay (d 1625) ancestor of Wemyss of Rumgay | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Sandilands (d 02.02.1606) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | David Wemyss ancestor of Wemyss of Fingask | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Henry Wemyss (d 08.1652) ancestor of Wemyss of Foodie | ||||||||||||||
| g. | Margaret Wemyss (d 09.1636) | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 05.04.1578) James Beaton, 5th of Creich | -- | ||||||||||||||
| h. | Jean Wemyss | -- | |||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 18.04.1578) James Makgill of Rankeillour (d 06.11.1602) | -- | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Cecilia Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1585) Andrew Kinninmonth of that ilk | |||||||||||||||
| m2. William Learmonth of Clatto | |||||||||||||||
| j. | Elizabeth Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 01.08.1597) Alexander Wood of Lamlethan | |||||||||||||||
| k. | Isabel Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 10.12.1600) John Auchmoutie of that ilk of Easter Fernie (d before 10.10.1608) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1615) Stephen Orme | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Wemyss (d 09.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 27.11.1555) David Barclay of Collairnie (b 1530, d 09.08.1587) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Agnes (Ann) Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 02.1567-8) John Aytoun of Dynmure | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. David Balfour of Balbuthy, Barry & Montquhannie | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Carnegie | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Euphame Wemyss (d 16.11.1593) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Andrew Dunbar, 7th of Kilconquhar (dsp c1564) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1568) David Carnegie of Panbride, of Colluthie, 7th of Kinnaird (d 19.04.1598) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 21.02.1557-8) Janet Trail (dau of Alexander Trail) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Gavin Wemyss of Powguild (b 1560) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Wemyss (dau of David Wemyss of Unthank) | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Patrick Wemyss (a 1596) | ||||||||||||||
| partner(s) unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ix. | Robert Wemyss of Earl's Seat (d 08.1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Law | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| x.+ | other issue - Michael (d c1571), James (a 1548), Duncan of Easter Wemyss (a 1593), John (a 1594), Katherine | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Wemyss of Caskieberran | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Durie (d 07.1578) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | James Wemyss of Caskieberran (d before 01.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Simpson | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir James Wemyss of Caskieberran (d 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Wemyss, Lord Burntisland (d 12.1682) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.03.1672) Margaret Wemyss, Countess of Wemyss (d 11.03.1705, dau of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, 4th Earl of Wemyss (bpt 29.04.1678, d 15.03.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| Shown by BP1934 as 4th Earl (his mother being the 3rd Countess) but by TSP (Wemyss) as the 3rd. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 13.08.1697) Anna Douglas (d 23.02.1700, dau of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1708) Mary Robinson (dsp before 08.09.1712, dau of Sir John Robinson, Bart of Farmingwood) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (mcrt 05.07.1716) Elizabeth Sinclair (dau of Henry, Lord Sinclair) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anna Wemyss (d 09.01.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 2nd Earl of Melville (b 05.05.1660, d 06.6.1728) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Margaret Wemyss (b c1676, d 29.03.1763) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 29.01.1697) David Carnegie, 4th Earl of Northesk (d 14.01.1729) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John (d infant), Catherine (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | David Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Gavin Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1608) Agnes Scott (dau/granddau of ?? Scott of Balwearie) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert, John, Patrick, Duncan, Thomas, David, Gavin, Janet, Isabel, Marion | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Wemyss (brother of Wemyss of Pittencrieff) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Grisel Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Andrew Kinninmonth | |||||||||||||||
| m2. David Ramsay of Brackmonth | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Wemyss probably of this generation, presumed of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1539) David Boswell of Glassmont (b 1520, dvp Pinkie 09.1547) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 07.03.1526) Mariota Towers (dau of Sir John Towers of Inverleith) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | David Wemyss of Dron and Strathardle (d 02.1593-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1553) Margaret Cunningham | |||||||||||||||
| i. | David Wemyss (a 1579) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Patrick Wemyss of Dron and Strathardle | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Lundy | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1577) Janet Beaton (d 22.01.1578-9, dau of John Beaton of Auchmithie) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Eupheme Kinninmonth (a 10.1596) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Janet Wemyss | -- | |||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 28.04.1540) Thomas Clephane, younger of Carslogie | -- | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Boswell | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Mariota Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 26.11.1549) Robert Fairlie of Braid | |||||||||||||||
| partner(s) unknown | |||||||||||||||
| I. | Margaret Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alaster Reid/Robertson | |||||||||||||||
| J.+ | other issue - James, Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | James Wemyss of Newton and Cameronmill (a 02.1534-5) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Wemyss of Easter Lathrisk (d before 24.10.1542) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Janet Symsoun (a 01.1544-5, dau of William Symsoun of Lathrisk) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - David, Robert | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| C. | John Wemyss | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Wemyss (d unm before 26.10.1544) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1510) Janet Gray (dau of Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Wemyss), BP1934 (Wemyss), TSP (Burntisland)
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