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Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss 1659–1705 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Jan 1659

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Mar 1705

Death Location: Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: David Wemyss

Mother: Margaret Lady

Spouse(s): SIR BURNTISLAND

Children(s): James Bogie

Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss was born in 1659 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Earl Of Wemyss Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss And Margaret Rothes Leslie Lady. Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss married Sir James Wemyss Lord Burntisland, and had children including James William Wemyss Of Bogie. Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss passed away in 1705 in Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss was born in 1659 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, the child of David Earl Of Wemyss Wemyss 2Nd Earl Of Wemyss And Margaret Rothes Leslie Lady.
  • Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss married Sir James Wemyss Lord Burntisland, and had children including James William Wemyss Of Bogie.
  • Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss passed away in 1705 in Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Wemyss's Ancestors

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Margaret Wemyss
1659–1705
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Parents
David Earl of Wemyss Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss
1610–1679
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Margaret (Rothes Leslie) Lady
1620–1688
Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Wemyss Earl of) Wemyss
1586–1649
Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss, Inverclyde, Rires, Fifeshire, Scotland
JANE (GRAY) LADY
1589–1640
Grey House, Angus, Angusshire, Scotland
John (Leslie Earl of) Rothes
1571–1641
Anna (Erskine (Countess of) Rothes)
1597–1640
Stirling Castle, Stirling, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Wemyss's Descendants

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Margaret (Leslie Countess of) Wemyss (01 Jan 1659–11 Mar 1705) m. SIR (JAMES WEMYSS LORD) BURNTISLAND (10 Oct 1633–1715)
  1. 1. James ((William) Wemyss of) Bogie 1681–1715 m. Elizabeth ((Sarah) Loch (Lady) Betty) 1682–1721
    1. 1. Willamina Wemyss 1704–1784 m. William (Moore (General )) Esquire 1699–1783
      1. 1. Isabell (A) Moore 1761–1806 m. Nathaniel (J) Pointz 1756–1819
        1. 1. Daniel (Point) Sr. 1780–1850 m. Ester Meeker 1769–1859

Margaret Wemyss's Timeline

3 Records

1659
01 Jan 1659
Birth of Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
1700
11 April 1700
Age 41
Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss was married in Cramond, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cramond, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1705
11 Mar 1705
Age 46
Death of Margaret Leslie Countess of Wemyss in Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Jan 1659
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4926358
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 April 1700
    Event Place: Cramond, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1705
    Event Place: Whitehall, London, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4926358
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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