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Gavin Wemyss 1473–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1473

Birth Location: of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl

Death Date: 1521

Death Location: of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Lady Abernathy

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In 1473, Gavin Wemyss entered the world in of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl, born to Sir John Wemyss And Lady Christian Fraser Of Abernathy. Gavin Wemyss passed away in 1521 in of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1473, Gavin Wemyss entered the world in of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl, born to Sir John Wemyss And Lady Christian Fraser Of Abernathy.
  • Gavin Wemyss passed away in 1521 in of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Gavin Wemyss's Ancestors

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Gavin Wemyss
1473–1521
Birth Place: of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl
Parents
Sir John Wemyss
1450–1508
Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss, Inverclyde, Fifeshire, Scotland, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Christian Fraser of) Abernathy
1454–1494
Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Wemyss of) Wemyss
1426–1502
Wemyss Hall, Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland
Margaret Livingston
1424–1494
Drumry, Dumbartonshire, Eng.
William Abernathy
1430–1488
East Saltoun, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Isabella Borthwick
1428–1492
Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
David Wemyss
1400–1430
Christian Douglas
1408–1465
Robert Livingston
1398–1449
Margaret Somerville
1406–1451
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wemyss
1368–1428
Elizabeth Erskine
1372–1427
William Douglas
1382–1421
Marjory Lindsay
1389–1452

Gavin Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1473
Abt 1473
Birth of Gavin Wemyss in of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl
of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl
1521
1521
Age 48
Death of Gavin Wemyss in of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1473
    Event Place: of Wemyss, Fife, Sctl

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1521
    Event Place: of, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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