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WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Sir
(About 1425-1502)
LIVINGSTONE, Margaret
(About 1425-About 1494)
ABERNETHY, William 2nd Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, Sheriff of Banffshire
(About 1419-1488)
WIFE, First
(About 1420-)
WEMYSS, John of Strathardle, then of Wemyss, Sir
(About 1445-About 1508)
ABERNETHY, Christian
(About 1445-After 1494)
WEMYSS, Margaret
(About 1488-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MELVILLE, John 4th of Raith, Sir

WEMYSS, Margaret 1

  • Born: About 1488
  • Marriage (1): MELVILLE, John 4th of Raith, Sir about 1503(charter granted) 1 2

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Margaret married Sir John MELVILLE 4th of Raith, son of John MELVILLE younger, of Raith and Janet BONAR 'of Rossie', about 1503(charter granted).1 2 (Sir John MELVILLE 4th of Raith was born about 1489 and died on 13 December 1548 2.). The cause of his death was execution for treason.


  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret, who married John Melville of Raith. They received a charter from Sir John Wemyss in 1503 of the lands of Wester Raith."

from Family of Wemyss




"Sir John Melville married, first, about July 1503, a daughter of Sir John Wemyss of that Ilk"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)




"Margaret (Wemyss), married to John Melville of Raith; they had a charter from her brother, in 1503, of the lands of Wester Raith."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2 3

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. 6 (1909).

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

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