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AUCHMOUTIE, John of Easter Fernie and of that Ilk
(About 1560-Before 1608)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. PITCAIRN, Elizabeth 'of Forthar'
2. WEMYSS, Isabel

AUCHMOUTIE, John of Easter Fernie and of that Ilk 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1560
  • Marriage (1): PITCAIRN, Elizabeth 'of Forthar' April 1580 (contract)
  • Marriage (2): WEMYSS, Isabel 10 December 1590(contract) 1 2
  • Died: Before 11 October 1608 2

   User ID: F182

  General Notes:

"John Auchmoutie of Easter Fernie and of that Ilk, succeeded his father in the lands of Easter Fernie and acquired those of Auchmouthie following the reduction in fortunes of his kinsman, George Auchmouthie of that Ilk, in 1583/84."

from The Red Book of Scotland


John married Elizabeth PITCAIRN 'of Forthar' April 1580 (contract). (Elizabeth PITCAIRN 'of Forthar' was born about 1560.)


  Marriage Notes:

"John Auchmoutie of Easter Fernie and of that Ilk .... m. firstly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Pitcairn of Forthar, (c/m April of 1580), and survivng her, he m. secondly, to Isabel, daughter of David Wemyss of that Ilk, (c/m 10 December 1590."

from The Red Book of Scotland

John next married Isabel WEMYSS, daughter of Sir David WEMYSS of that Ilk 'David with the Birken Flower' and Cecilia RUTHVEN, 10 December 1590(contract).1 2 (Isabel WEMYSS was born about 1574 and died in January 1615.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Isabel (Wemyss) who married John Auchmoutie of Auchmoutie"

from Family of Wemyss




"Isabel, married (contract 10 December 1590) to John Auchmoutie of that Ilk, called also of Easter Fernie. She became his widow before 11 October 1608. They had issue eight children. ln 1615 she was the wife of Stephen Orme."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)




"John Auchmoutie of Easter Fernie and of that Ilk .... m. .... secondly, to Isabel, daughter of David Wemyss of that Ilk, (c/m 10 December 1590. She survived him and had m. secondly, by 1615, to Stephen Orm, brother of David Orm of Mugdrum), and d. by January of 1615."

from The Red Book of Scotland 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss vol.1 by William Fraser (1888).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

3 e-books, A Monograph Written 1712 to 1730 by Gideon Guthrie ed. C.E. Guthrie Wright (1819).

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