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Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss 1540–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 May 1540

Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Death Date: 9 December 1593

Death Location: Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland.

Father: *William Session

Mother: Lady Dirleton

Spouse(s): Adam Stuart, David Ilk.

Children(s): Rev Wemyss, Lady Wemyss, Cecilia Anstruther, David Wemyss, Elizabeth Wemyss, Patrick Wemyss, Andrew Wemyss, Henry Wemyss, Lady Weymuss, John Wemyss, Jean Wemyss, Sir Bogie, Sir Wemyss, James Wemyss, John Wemyss, Isabel Wemyss, David Wemyss

Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss was born in 1540 in Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland., the child of William Ruthven Ii 2Nd Lord Ruthven Keeper Of The Privy Seal Extraordinary Lord Of Session And Lady Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven Dirleton. Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss married Adam Stuart, David Wemyss With The Birkenstocks Flower Wemyss Knight Of Wemyss Lord Wemyss Of Elcho 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss Of That Ilk, and had children including Andrew Wemyss, Cecilia Wemyss Wife Of Andrew Of Wester Anstruther, David Wemyss, Elizabeth Wemyss, Henry Wemyss, Isabel Wemyss, James Sir Of Bogie Wemyss, Jean Wemyss, John Sir Wemyss, John Wemyss, Lady Margaret Bethune Creich Nee Wemyss, Lady Margaret Isobel Weymuss, Patrick Wemyss, Rev David Wemyss, Sir James Wemyss Bogie, Sir John Ix Wemyss. Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland..

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  • Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss was born in 1540 in Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland., the child of William Ruthven Ii 2Nd Lord Ruthven Keeper Of The Privy Seal Extraordinary Lord Of Session And Lady Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven Dirleton.
  • Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss married Adam Stuart, David Wemyss With The Birkenstocks Flower Wemyss Knight Of Wemyss Lord Wemyss Of Elcho 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss Of That Ilk, and had children including Andrew Wemyss, Cecilia Wemyss Wife Of Andrew Of Wester Anstruther, David Wemyss, Elizabeth Wemyss, Henry Wemyss, Isabel Wemyss, James Sir Of Bogie Wemyss, Jean Wemyss, John Sir Wemyss, John Wemyss, Lady Margaret Bethune Creich Nee Wemyss, Lady Margaret Isobel Weymuss, Patrick Wemyss, Rev David Wemyss, Sir James Wemyss Bogie, Sir John Ix Wemyss.
  • Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland..

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Cecilia Wemyss's Ancestors

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Cecilia Wemyss
1540–1593
Birth Place: Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Parents
*William Ruthven II, 2nd Lord Ruthven, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Extraordinary Lord of Session
1500–1552
Ruthven Castle, Methven, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet Dyet Halyburton Baroness Ruthven,) Dirleton
1510–1543
Castle, Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
*Willem (Lord) Ruthven
1478–1513
Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
*Catharina Buttergask
1483–1501
Buttergask, Perthshire, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Cecilia Wemyss's Descendants

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Cecilia (Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of) Wemyss (7 May 1540–9 December 1593) m. Adam Stuart (1535–20 June 1575) m. David (Wemyss ‘With the Birkenstock’s Flower ‘ Wemyss Knight of Wemyss Lord Wemyss of Elcho 2nd Earl of Wemyss of that) Ilk. (Jul 1535–22 February 1595)
  1. 1. Rev (David) Wemyss 1557–1615 m. Christian Jamieson 1561–1612
    1. 1. Lady (Isabel, Isobel Wemyss, Lady of Wemyss, Baroness of Wemyss, 9th Baroness of) Lovat 1588–1638 m. Hugh (Fraser 7th Lord Fraser of) Lovat 1590–1646
      1. 1. Anne Fraser 1619–1658 m. James Sutherland 1638–1722 m. Sir (John SUTHERLAND 14th Earl) Sutherland 1609–1679 m. John Gordon 1609–1679 m. John ((Earl of Sutherland)) Sutherland 1612–1694 m. John Sutherland 1612–1694
        1. 1. James (Alexander) Sutherland 1643–1722 m. Anne (Flett) Sinclair 1670–1762
      2. 2. Lord (Thomas Beafort of Lovat Fraser of Beaufort, de jure, 10th Lord of Lovat) Fraser 1631–1699
      3. 3. Lady (Mary Lovat Fraser, Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of) Balblair 1619–1658
      4. 4. William (Fraser 6th of) Foyers 1624–1649
      5. 5. Alexander (Fraser, Master of Lovat, The Tutor, of) Beaufort 1626–1671
      6. 6. William (Fraser 6th of) Foyers 1635–1639
      7. 7. William (Fraser 6th of) Foyers 1632–1649
      8. 8. Lady (Mary Lovat Fraser, Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of) Balblair 1622–1663
      9. 9. Thomas (Fraser of Beaufort MacShimidh, de jure, 10th Lord of Lovat) Fraser 1631–1699
      10. 10. James Fraser 1633–1657
      11. 11. Anne Fraser 1617–1646
      12. 12. Andrew (of Warminster) Frazer 1620–1690
      13. 13. Thomas Fraser 1624–1649
      14. 14. James Fraser 1621–1687
      15. 15. Catherine (Fraser of) Lovat 1619–1663
      16. 16. Simon (Fraser of Inverallochy, Master of) Lovat 1621–1690
      17. 17. Hugh (Fraser, Master of Lovat, 8th lord Fraser) VIII 1624–1649
      18. 18. Lady (Mary Lovat Lovat Fraser (Ross Line), Lady of Beauly, 1st Baroness Ross of) Balblair 1617–1646
      19. 19. Lilias Chisholm 1627–1678
      20. 20. Isabel ("Isobel") Fraser 1628–1628
  2. 2. Lady (Margaret Bethune Creich nee) Wemyss 1560–1636
  3. 3. Cecilia (Wemyss --- Wife of Andrew of Wester) Anstruther 1562–1598
  4. 4. David Wemyss 1564–1624
  5. 5. Elizabeth Wemyss 1575–1636
  6. 6. Patrick Wemyss 1589–1625
  7. 7. Andrew Wemyss 1585–1585
  8. 8. Henry Wemyss 1566–1652
  9. 9. Lady (Margaret Isobel) Weymuss 1566–1614
  10. 10. John (Sir) Wemyss 1564–1622
  11. 11. Jean Wemyss 1568–1636
  12. 12. Sir (James Wemyss) Bogie 1560–1640
  13. 13. Sir (John IX) Wemyss 1564–1624
  14. 14. James (Sir of Bogie) Wemyss 1560–1640
  15. 15. John Wemyss 1572–1649
  16. 16. Isabel Wemyss 1568–1614
  17. 17. David Wemyss 1586–1649

Cecilia Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1540
7 May 1540
Birth of Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss in Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
1593
9 December 1593
Age 53
Death of Cecilia Ruthven Lady of Ruthven and Elcho Baroness Wemyss of Elcho 3rd Countess of Wemyss in Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland.
Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 May 1540
    Event Place: Ruthven Castle, Ruthven, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 December 1593
    Event Place: Wemyss Castle, Firth of Forth, Fife, Scotland.

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