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Margaret Leslie 1620–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1620

Birth Location: Leslie, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1688

Death Location: Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Father: John Leslie

Mother: Anne Erskine

Spouse(s): David Wemyss, George Moncreiff

Children(s): MARGARET Wemyss

Margaret Leslie was born in 1620 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Earl Rothes Leslie And Anne Erskine. Margaret Leslie married David Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss, George Moncreiff, and had children including Anna Moncreiff, Margaret Wemyss. Margaret Leslie passed away in 1688 in Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Leslie was born in 1620 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Earl Rothes Leslie And Anne Erskine.
  • Margaret Leslie married David Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss, George Moncreiff, and had children including Anna Moncreiff, Margaret Wemyss.
  • Margaret Leslie passed away in 1688 in Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Leslie's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Leslie
1620–1688
Birth Place: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Earl Rothes Leslie
1600–1641
Anne Erskine
1595–1640
Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
Grandparents
James Leslie
1551–1607
Rothes , Moray, Scotland
Catherine Drummond
1573–1608
East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Mary Marie Stewart Countess of) Mar
1576–1644
Aubigny Sur, Cher, Centre, France
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Rothes
1530–1611
Grissel\Grizel Hamilton
1531–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Rothes,
1500–1558
James Arran”
1495–1540
Lady Livingston
1500–1573

Margaret Leslie's Descendants

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Margaret Leslie (1620–1688) m. David (Wemyss 2nd Earl of) Wemyss (6 Sep 1610–Jul 1679) m. George Moncreiff (–2 Dec 1707)
  1. 1. MARGARET Wemyss 1659–1705 m. James (Wemyss Lord) Burntisland 1650–1682
    1. 1. David (Wemyss 4th Earl of) Wemyss 1678–1720 m. Margaret Smart 1685–1763
      1. 1. John Wemyss 1719–1762 m. Cecilia (Sizal) Durie 1719–1762
        1. 1. Robert Wemyss 1762–1837 m. Barbara Donaldson 1764–1858
    2. 2. Anna Wemyss 1675–1702 m. David (Melville 3rd Earl of) Leven 1660–1728
    3. 3. Margaret Wemyss 1677–1763

Margaret Leslie's Timeline

4 Records

1620
1620
Birth of Margaret Leslie
None
1628
1628
Age 8
Birth of Margaret Leslie in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1688
February 1688
Age 68
Death of Margaret Leslie in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland
1688
1688
Age 68
Death of Margaret Leslie
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1628
    Event Place: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1620

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Kincardineshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1688
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1688

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hawick, Scottish Borders, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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