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Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour 1611 – 1652 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1611

Birth Location: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 20 Apr 1652

Death Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: Robert Burleigh

Mother: Lady married)

Spouse(s): David Wemyss

Children(s): James Sr.

In 1611, Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour entered the world in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, born to Robert Arnot Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Lady Margaret Law Baroness of Balfour (maiden and married). Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour married David Earl of Wemyss Wemyss, and had children including James Bogie, Sir. General, of Bogie, Weems, Sr.. Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour passed away in 1652 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1611, Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour entered the world in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland, born to Robert Arnot Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Lady Margaret Law Baroness of Balfour (maiden and married).
  • Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour married David Earl of Wemyss Wemyss, and had children including James Bogie, Sir. General, of Bogie, Weems, Sr..
  • Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour passed away in 1652 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lady Balfour's Ancestors

Self
Lady Balfour
1611 – 1652
Birth Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Parents
Robert Arnot Balfour, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh
1574 – 1663
Newton Star, Fife, Arnot, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Law Baroness of Balfour (maiden and) married)
1585 – 1639
Burleigh Castle, Orwell, Kinrosshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Arnot of Fernie Arnot (Lord-Balfour) Chamberlaine of) Fife
1551 – 1640
Arnot, Berwick, Scotland
Margaret ((Lady)) Averie
1555 – 1640
Falkland, Fife, , Scotland
Sir (Knight Michael 1st Lord Balfour of Burleigh) Balfour
1545 – 1619
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Margaret ((Dame)) Lundie
1559 – 1626
Pittendreich,,Midlothian,Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Balfour's Descendants

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Lady (Anna Jean Balfour, Countess) Balfour (1611 – 20 Apr 1652) m. David (Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss (6 SEP 1610 – 06 Jul 1679)
  1. 1. James (Bogie, Sir. General, of Bogie, Weems,) Sr. (1625 – 1666) m. Lady ((Elspet) Elizabeth) Simpson (16 Dec 1629 – Feb 1688)
    1. 1. Sir (James) Wemyss (Jan 1641 – Dec 1682) m. Margaret Wemyess (1 Jan 1650 – 11 mar 1705)
      1. 1. Ann Wemyss (18 Oct 1675 – 9 Jan 1701) m. David Melville (5 MAY 1660 – 6 JUN 1728)
        1. 1. Mary (Leslie Melville) 1692 (Jul 1692 – 1710) m. Sir (William) Gordon (22 December 1679 – 30 Mar 1746)

Lady Balfour's Timeline

3 Records

1611
1611
Birth of Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour in Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland
1627
4 Feb 1627
Age 16
Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour was married in Sheriffhall, Newton, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
Sheriffhall, Newton, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
1652
20 Apr 1652
Age 41
Death of Lady Anna Jean Balfour, Countess Balfour in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1611
    Event Place: Burleigh, Kinross-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 4 Feb 1627
    Event Place: Sheriffhall, Newton, Mid-Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Apr 1652
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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