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Janet Wemyss 1590–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland

Death Date: APR 1655

Death Location: Cleish, Scotland

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Lady Buttergask

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Janet Wemyss was born in 1590 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Stewart Earl Of Wemyss And Lady Marie Mary Stewart Lady Of Kirkwall Baroness Gray Of Buttergask. Janet Wemyss passed away in 1655 in Cleish, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Wemyss was born in 1590 in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland, the child of Sir John Stewart Earl Of Wemyss And Lady Marie Mary Stewart Lady Of Kirkwall Baroness Gray Of Buttergask.
  • Janet Wemyss passed away in 1655 in Cleish, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Wemyss
1557–1624
Birth Location: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland
SW
Lady Buttergask
1565–1624
Birth Location: Orknay Island Scotland
LB

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Janet Wemyss's Ancestors

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Janet Wemyss
1590–1655
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir John Stewart, Earl of Wemyss
1557–1624
Wemyss Castle, Fife, Scotland
Lady (Marie "Mary" Stewart, Lady of Kirkwall, Baroness Gray of) Buttergask
1565–1624
Orknay Island Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Janet Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1590
1590
Birth of Janet Wemyss in Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland
Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland
1655
APR 1655
Age 65
Death of Janet Wemyss in Cleish, Scotland
Cleish, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fifeshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: APR 1655
    Event Place: Cleish, Scotland
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