MELVILLE, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married Sir Thomas WEMYSS of Rires, son of Duncan WEMYSS of Rires and Elizabeth ERSKINE.¹ (Sir Thomas WEMYSS of Rires was born about 1402 and died about 1478 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Thomas, who, as son and heir of Duncan Wemyss, is a witness to charters by Sir Robert Erskine of that ilk, his uncle, in 1433 and 1437. He succeeded his father before 1443, and became, before 1466, Sir Thomas Wemyss of Reres, knight. He married Margaret Melville, and had issue five sons, named Michael, John, Thomas, Alexander and Andrew. Sir Thomas Wemyss died about 1478, survived by his wife, who married, about 1480, Baldred Blackadder. She and her second husband were alive in 1494."

from Family of Wemyss ¹

Margaret next married Baldred BLACKADDER about 1480.¹ (Baldred BLACKADDER was born about 1420 and died after 1494 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Thomas (Wemyss) .... married Margaret Melville, and had issue five sons ....Sir Thomas Wemyss died about 1478, survived by his wife, who married, about 1480, Baldred Blackadder. She and her second husband were alive in 1494."

from Family of Wemyss ¹