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Jean (Lady) WEMYSS 1629–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jun 1629

Birth Location: Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland

Death Date: 1715

Death Location: Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: Sir 💙

Mother: Lady 💙

Spouse(s): George Gordon, Sir Ormond

Children(s): John Gordon, Archibald Fofar

The story of Jean (Lady) WEMYSS began in 1629 in Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland. Jean (Lady) WEMYSS married George 15Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon, Sir Archibald Douglas 1St Laird Of Ormond, and had children including Archibald Douglas 1St Earl Fofar, John 16Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon. Jean (Lady) WEMYSS passed away in 1715 in Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Jean (Lady) WEMYSS began in 1629 in Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland.
  • Jean (Lady) WEMYSS married George 15Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon, Sir Archibald Douglas 1St Laird Of Ormond, and had children including Archibald Douglas 1St Earl Fofar, John 16Th Earl Of Sutherland Gordon.
  • Jean (Lady) WEMYSS passed away in 1715 in Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean WEMYSS's Ancestors

Self
Jean WEMYSS
1629–1715
Birth Place: Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland
Parents
Sir David * 2nd Laird of Wemyss 💙
1610–1679
Wemyss Castle, Firth Of Forth, Fife, Scotland.
Lady (Anna Jean Balfour Countess Balfour) 💙
1611–1649
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Arnot Balfour Lord) Burleigh
1574–1663
Newton,Star,Fifeshire,Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Balfour
1585–1639
Kinross-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean WEMYSS's Descendants

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Jean ((Lady)) WEMYSS (19 Jun 1629–1715) m. George ("15th Earl of Sutherland") Gordon (2 November 1633–1703) m. Sir (Archibald Douglas 1st Laird of) Ormond (1609–16 Apr 1655)
  1. 1. John ((16th Earl of Sutherland)) Gordon 1661–1733 m. Helen Cochrane 1665–1699
    1. 1. William (Baron Strathnaver) Sutherland 1683–1720 m. Catherine Morrison 1685–1765
      1. 1. John (William Gordan 17th Earl of) Sutherland 1708–1750 m. Elizabeth Blair 1715–1747
        1. 1. James Sutherland 1730–1790 m. Grissel Dunbar 1734–1770
        2. 2. Hellen Sutherland 1730–
        3. 3. William SUTHERLAND 1735–1766
      2. 2. Anna Sutherland 1705–1738
      3. 3. William (Sutherland) Gordon 1708–1750
      4. 4. John (Gordon) Sutherland 1706–1750
      5. 5. Anna (Mary) Sutherland 1705–1791
  2. 2. Archibald (Douglas 1st Earl) Fofar 1653–1712

Jean WEMYSS's Timeline

3 Records

1629
19 Jun 1629
Birth of Jean (Lady) WEMYSS in Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland
Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland
1679
19 May 1679
Age 50
Jean (Lady) WEMYSS was married
None
1715
1715
Age 86
Death of Jean (Lady) WEMYSS in Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jun 1629
    Event Place: Wemyss Fifeshire Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 19 May 1679

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothia, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Poll Tax Returns, 1694

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Rosebank, Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland

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