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Sir Patrick Wemyss 1604 – 1661 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1604

Birth Location: Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland

Death Date: 30 th May 1661

Death Location: Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland

Father: John Wemyss

Mother: Lady Wemyss

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Sir Patrick Wemyss was born in 1604 in Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland, the child of John Earl of Wemyss Wemyss and Lady Jane\Jean Gray, Countess of Wemyss. Sir Patrick Wemyss passed away in 1661 in Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland.

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Biography

  • Sir Patrick Wemyss was born in 1604 in Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland, the child of John Earl of Wemyss Wemyss and Lady Jane\Jean Gray, Countess of Wemyss.
  • Sir Patrick Wemyss passed away in 1661 in Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland.

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Sir Wemyss's Ancestors

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Sir Wemyss
1604 – 1661
Birth Place: Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland
Parents
John Earl of Wemyss Wemyss
1586 – 1649
Wemyss Castle, East Wemyss, Inverclyde, Rires, Fifeshire, Scotland
Lady (Jane\Jean Gray, Countess of) Wemyss
1589 – 1640
Grey House, Angus, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John Wemyss) Weems
1557 – 1624
Wemyss,Fifeshire,,Scotland
Lady (Marie "Mary") Stewart,
1565 – 1644
Orknay, Island, Scotland
Sir (Lord Patrick Gray, Knight of) Buttergask,
1560 – 1611
Glamis, Glamis, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Marie "Mary" Stewart of) Orkney
1561 – 1644
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Schillinglaw
1550 – 1623
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Wemyss's Timeline

2 Records

1604
1604
Birth of Sir Patrick Wemyss in Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland
Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland
1661
30 th May 1661
Age 57
Death of Sir Patrick Wemyss in Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland
Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1604
    Event Place: Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 th May 1661
    Event Place: Danesfort, Kilkenny Ireland

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