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Jean Wemyss 1445–1520 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1445

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1520

Death Location: Dunbog, Fife, Scotland

Father: Patrick Wemyss

Mother: Margaret Drumry

Spouse(s): James MacGill

Children(s): Janet MacGill

In 1445, Jean Wemyss entered the world in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, born to Patrick Wemyss And Margaret Drumry. Jean Wemyss married James George Macgill, and had children including Janet Macgill. Jean Wemyss passed away in 1520 in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1445, Jean Wemyss entered the world in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, born to Patrick Wemyss And Margaret Drumry.
  • Jean Wemyss married James George Macgill, and had children including Janet Macgill.
  • Jean Wemyss passed away in 1520 in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland.

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Jean Wemyss's Ancestors

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Jean Wemyss
1445–1520
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Wemyss
1421–1490
Pittencrief, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Drumry
1420–1480
Bogie, West Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Wemyss
1392–1430
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Elizabeth Erskine
1387–1478
Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Wemyss's Descendants

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Jean Wemyss (1445–1520) m. James (George) MacGill (1445–1530)
  1. 1. Janet MacGill 1462–1520 m. William Gourlay 1465–1527
    1. 1. Janet Gourlay 1484–1587 m. Alexander (Thompson Plague) Victim 1484–1587
      1. 1. Edmund Thompson 1500–1571 m. Elizabeth Messner 1505–1570
        1. 1. Elizabeth Thompson 1528–1603 m. Henrie Butler 1523–1580

Jean Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1445
1445
Birth of Jean Wemyss in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1520
1520
Age 75
Death of Jean Wemyss in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland
Dunbog, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1445
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Dunbog, Fife, Scotland

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