WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Admiral of the Forth, Sir 1 2 3
User ID: M790. John married Margaret DOUGLAS, daughter of Sir William DOUGLAS of Lochleven, then 6th Earl of Morton and Agnes LESLIE, 17 April 1574(contract).1 (Margaret DOUGLAS was born about 1566 and died before 1581 1.) Marriage Notes: "Margaret, married (contract 17 April 1574), when he was eighteen, to John Wemyss, son and heir of Sir David Wemyss of that Ilk. She had a charter on 18 April 1574 from John Douglas, Archbishop of St. Andrews, on the resignation of the elder Wemyss, of the lands of Methil and others, erected into a barony, to herself and her future spouse. She was dead before 1581, when he married again." John next married Mary STEWART, daughter of Sir James STEWART Lord Doune and Margaret CAMPBELL, August 1581(contract).2 (Mary STEWART was born about 1565.) Marriage Notes: "He (John Wemyss) married, secondly (contract dated in August 1581), Mary, daughter of Sir James Stewart of Donue, afterwards first Lord Doune. By his second wife Sir John had issue " |