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Isobel Wemyss 1476–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1476

Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1553

Death Location: Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Patrick Weems

Mother: Elizabeth Dishington

Spouse(s): Alexander Forbes

Children(s): John Forbes, Forbes None, Forbes None, Forbes None

Isobel Wemyss was born in 1476 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Patrick Weems And Elizabeth Dishington. Isobel Wemyss married Alexander Forbes, and had children including Forbes, John Forbes. Isobel Wemyss passed away in 1553 in Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Isobel Wemyss was born in 1476 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Patrick Weems And Elizabeth Dishington.
  • Isobel Wemyss married Alexander Forbes, and had children including Forbes, John Forbes.
  • Isobel Wemyss passed away in 1553 in Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Patrick Weems
1440–1500
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
PW
Elizabeth Dishington
1436–1530
Birth Location: Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Alexander Forbes
1466–1496
Birth Location: Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Forbes
1486–1556
Birth Location: Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JF
Forbes None
1490–
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
F
Forbes None
1492–
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Forbes None
1493–
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
F

Isobel Wemyss's Ancestors

Self
Isobel Wemyss
1476–1553
Birth Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Patrick Weems
1440–1500
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Dishington
1436–1530
Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Weymess
1421–1490
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Melville
1420–1480
Linlithgowshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Duncan Wemyss
1392–1430
Elizabeth Erskine
1387–1478
John Melville
1385–1421
Lady Scott
1389–1475
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Erskine
1346–1404
Janet Keith
1342–1413

Isobel Wemyss's Descendants

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Isobel Wemyss (1476–1553) m. Alexander Forbes (1466–1496)
  1. 1. John Forbes 1486–1556 m. Lady (Jean De) Keith 1484–1530
    1. 1. Alexander Forbes 1510–1562 m. Beatrix Abernethy 1506–1570
      1. 1. Marion (Anne Mariota) Forbes 1534–1580 m. Alexander (Gordon third laird of) Lesmoir 1532–1609
        1. 1. James Gordon 1561–1642 m. Rebecca Keith 1551–1610
        2. 2. Alexander Gordon 1550–1619
        3. 3. Janet Gordon 1558–
        4. 4. George (Gordon of Glasgow) Forest 1560–1630
        5. 5. Katherine Gordon 1560–1641
        6. 6. John Gordon 1567–1620
        7. 7. Rachel Gordon 1573–
        8. 8. Agnes Gordon 1579–1640
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Forbes of) Pitsligo 1525–
      3. 3. William Forbes 1530–1566
      4. 4. Alexander Forbes 1531–1587
      5. 5. John Forbes 1532–1571
      6. 6. Arthur Forbes 1533–1606
      7. 7. Forbes 1534–
      8. 8. George Forbes 1535–1571
      9. 9. Janet Forbes 1537–1600
      10. 10. Margaret Forbes 1541–
      11. 11. Hector Forbes 1548–1600
    2. 2. Arthur Forbes 1508–
    3. 3. Christian Forbes 1510–
    4. 4. John Forbes 1512–
    5. 5. Marjory Forbes 1514–
    6. 6. William Forbes 1516–
    7. 7. Forbes 1518–
  2. 2. Forbes 1490–
  3. 3. Forbes 1492–
  4. 4. Forbes 1493–

Isobel Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1476
1476
Birth of Isobel Wemyss in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1553
1553
Age 77
Death of Isobel Wemyss in Perthshire, Scotland
Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1476
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1553
    Event Place: Perthshire, Scotland
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