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Euphemia Wemyss 1547–1593 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1547

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 November 1593

Death Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Lady Otterburn

Spouse(s): David Carnegie

Children(s): David Carnegie

Euphemia Wemyss was born in 1547 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Lord John Vii Wemyss And Lady Margaret Otterburn. Euphemia Wemyss married David Carnegie, and had children including David Carnegie. Euphemia Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Euphemia Wemyss was born in 1547 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Lord John Vii Wemyss And Lady Margaret Otterburn.
  • Euphemia Wemyss married David Carnegie, and had children including David Carnegie.
  • Euphemia Wemyss passed away in 1593 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wemyss
1512–1571
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lady Otterburn
1515–1557
Birth Location: Redhall, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

David Carnegie
1533–1598
Birth Location: Colluthie, Fife Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

David Carnegie
1575–1658
Birth Location: Farnell, Angus, Scotland
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Euphemia Wemyss's Ancestors

Self
Euphemia Wemyss
1547–1593
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Lord John VII Wemyss
1512–1571
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Otterburn
1515–1557
Redhall, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (David Laird of) Wemyss
1496–1544
Wemyss Hall, Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Katherine (Kate Sinclair) (Wemyss)
1492–1526
Wick, Caithnessshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Henry Sinclair
1465–1513
Margaret Hepburn
1471–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1433–1487

Euphemia Wemyss's Descendants

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Euphemia Wemyss (1547–16 November 1593) m. David Carnegie (1533–1598)
  1. 1. David Carnegie 1575–1658 m. Margaret Lindsay 1575–1614
    1. 1. Catherine Carnegie 1600–1655 m. John Stewart 1590–1659
      1. 1. Margaret (Stewart * (Lady of) Traquair) 1620–1671 m. James Douglas 1607–1671
        1. 1. Mary Douglas 1655–1694 m. Sir (Alexander Galloway Stewart 3rd Earl of) Galloway 1651–1692
        2. 2. Catharina Douglas 1645–
        3. 3. Willem (Douglas Markgraaf van) Queensberry 1637–1695

Euphemia Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1547
1547
Birth of Euphemia Wemyss in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1593
16 November 1593
Age 46
Death of Euphemia Wemyss in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1547
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 November 1593
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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