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Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour 1611–1649 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1611

Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 SEP 1649

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: Robert Fife

Mother: Margaret Balfour

Spouse(s): David Wemyss

Children(s): SIR BURNTISLAND

Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour was born in 1611 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Robert Arnot Of Fernie Lord Balfour Chamberlaine Of Fife And Margaret Law Baroness Of Balfour. Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour married David Earl Of Wemyss Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss, and had children including Sir James Wemyss Lord Burntisland. Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour passed away in 1649 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour was born in 1611 in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, the child of Robert Arnot Of Fernie Lord Balfour Chamberlaine Of Fife And Margaret Law Baroness Of Balfour.
  • Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour married David Earl Of Wemyss Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss, and had children including Sir James Wemyss Lord Burntisland.
  • Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour passed away in 1649 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Fife
1574–1663
Birth Location: Newton Star, Fife, Arnot, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Balfour
1585–1639
Birth Location: Burleigh Castle, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland
MB

Spouses(s)

David Wemyss
1610–1679
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DW

Children(s)

SIR BURNTISLAND
1633–1715
Birth Location: Burntisland, Fife, Scotland
SB

Anna Balfour's Ancestors

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Anna Balfour
1611–1649
Birth Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Arnot of Fernie, (Lord-Balfour) Chamberlaine of Fife
1574–1663
Newton Star, Fife, Arnot, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret (Law Baroness of) Balfour
1585–1639
Burleigh Castle, Orwell, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Anna Balfour's Descendants

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Anna (Jean Arnot Lady, Countess) Balfour (1611–10 SEP 1649) m. David (Earl of Wemyss Wemyss 2nd Earl of) Wemyss (6 Sep 1610–July 6, 1679)
  1. 1. SIR (JAMES WEMYSS LORD) BURNTISLAND 1633–1715 m. Margaret (Leslie Countess of) Wemyss 1659–1705
    1. 1. James ((William) Wemyss of) Bogie 1681–1715 m. Elizabeth ((Sarah) Loch (Lady) Betty) 1682–1721
      1. 1. Willamina Wemyss 1704–1784 m. William (Moore (General )) Esquire 1699–1783
        1. 1. Isabell (A) Moore 1761–1806 m. Nathaniel (J) Pointz 1756–1819

Anna Balfour's Timeline

2 Records

1611
1611
Birth of Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
1649
10 SEP 1649
Age 38
Death of Anna Jean Arnot Lady, Countess Balfour in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1611
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 SEP 1649
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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