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Patrick Wemyss 1556–1596 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1556

Birth Location: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland

Death Date: 1596

Death Location: France

Father: Sir Wemyss

Mother: Lady Erskine

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Patrick Wemyss was born in 1556 in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland, the child of Sir Lord John Wemyss Knight Of Wemyss Lord Of Wemyss 1St Earl Of Wemyss And Lady Margaret Erskine. Patrick Wemyss passed away in 1596 in France.

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Biography

  • Patrick Wemyss was born in 1556 in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland, the child of Sir Lord John Wemyss Knight Of Wemyss Lord Of Wemyss 1St Earl Of Wemyss And Lady Margaret Erskine.
  • Patrick Wemyss passed away in 1596 in France.

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Patrick Wemyss's Ancestors

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Patrick Wemyss
1556–1596
Birth Place: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland
Parents
Sir Lord John Wemyss, Knight of Wemyss, Lord of Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss
1513–1571
Wemyss Hall, Cupar (Fife) Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Erskine
1515–1572
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
David Wemyss
1496–1544
Wemyss Hall, Cupar (Fife) Scotland
Catherine Sinclair
1492–1526
Wick, Caithnessshire, Scotland
Sir (Lord Earl John II Erskine Macclain-van Erskine-van Mar, , 5th Lord of Erskine, 17th Earl of) Mar
1500–1555
Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Margaret, (Queen Consort of Scots) Tudor
1489–1541
Nov
Great-Grandparents
Henry Lord
1459–1513
Margaret Hepburn
1456–1543
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Patrick Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1556
1556
Birth of Patrick Wemyss in Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland
Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland
1596
1596
Age 40
Death of Patrick Wemyss in France
France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1556
    Event Place: Wemyss Castle, Fife, Schottland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1596
    Event Place: France

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