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Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland 1629–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1629

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland

Death Date: 5 Jan 1715

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: David Wemyss

Mother: Anna BALFOUR

Spouse(s): George Clan, Archibald Angus

Children(s): Earl Sutherland, Jean Sutherland, Margaret DOUGLAS, Archibald Forfar

Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland was born in 1629 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland, the child of David Earl Of Wemyss And Anna Balfour. Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland married Archibald Douglas Earl Of Angus, George Gordon Of Sutherland 15Th Earl Of Sutherland Chief Of Sutherland Clan, and had children including Archibald Douglas Earl Of Forfar, Earl John Gordon Of Sutherland, Jean Sutherland, Margaret Douglas. Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland passed away in 1715 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland was born in 1629 in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland, the child of David Earl Of Wemyss And Anna Balfour.
  • Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland married Archibald Douglas Earl Of Angus, George Gordon Of Sutherland 15Th Earl Of Sutherland Chief Of Sutherland Clan, and had children including Archibald Douglas Earl Of Forfar, Earl John Gordon Of Sutherland, Jean Sutherland, Margaret Douglas.
  • Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland passed away in 1715 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Jean Sutherland's Ancestors

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Jean Sutherland
1629–1715
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Parents
David Earl of Wemyss
1610–
Anna BALFOUR
1611–
Grandparents
John (Wemyss Earl of) Wemyss
1586–1649
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Jane (Jean GRAY) (Wemyss)
1589–1640
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Sutherland's Descendants

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Jean (WEMYSS Countess of) Sutherland (19 Jun 1629–5 Jan 1715) m. George (Gordon of Sutherland 15th Earl of Sutherland, Chief of Sutherland) Clan (2 November 1633–4 March 1703) m. Archibald (DOUGLAS, Earl of) Angus (1603–)
  1. 1. Earl (John Gordon of) Sutherland 1660–1733 m. Helen (COCHRANE) (Sutherland) 1665–1699
    1. 1. William (Strahnaver Gordon of SUTHERLAND) Baron 1683–1720 m. Katherine MORRISON 1684–1765
      1. 1. Anna (Mary Sutherland) (Montgomery) 1705–1791 m. Alexander (Hugh Montgomery) Montgomerie 1703–1768
        1. 1. Alexander (Hugh MONTGOMERY) Montgomerie 1740–1780
    2. 2. Jeane GORDON 1692–1747
  2. 2. Jean Sutherland 1665–
  3. 3. Margaret DOUGLAS 1651–
  4. 4. Archibald (DOUGLAS, Earl of) Forfar 1653–

Jean Sutherland's Timeline

2 Records

1629
19 Jun 1629
Birth of Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland in Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
1715
5 Jan 1715
Age 86
Death of Jean WEMYSS Countess of Sutherland in Trossachs, Perthshire, Scotland
Trossachs, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1629
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, , Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Scotland, Select Marriages
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1715
    Event Place: Trossachs, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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