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Elizabeth Wemyss 1544–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1544

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 16 Nov 1593

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: James Wemyss

Mother: Margaret (Wemyss)

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Elizabeth Wemyss was born in 1544 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of James Lord Burntisland Wemyss And Margaret Otterburn Wemyss. Elizabeth Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Wemyss was born in 1544 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of James Lord Burntisland Wemyss And Margaret Otterburn Wemyss.
  • Elizabeth Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Elizabeth Wemyss's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Wemyss
1544–1593
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
James Lord Burntisland Wemyss
1513–1571
Wemyss Hall, Cupar (Fife) Scotland
Margaret (Otterburn) (Wemyss)
1515–1572
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (David Laird of) Wemyss
1496–1544
Wemyss Hall, Cupar (Fife) Scotland
Katherine ("Kate" Sinclair) (Wemyss)
1492–1526
Wick, Caithnessshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wemyss
1470–1513
Euphemia Lundie
1480–1511
Baron Sinclair,
1459–1513
Baroness Hepburn
1465–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1544
1544
Birth of Elizabeth Wemyss in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1593
16 Nov 1593
Age 49
Death of Elizabeth Wemyss in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1544
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1593
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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