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WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Earl of Wemyss, Lord Elcho and Methil, Sir
(About 1583-1649)
GRAY, Jean
(About 1582-1639)
WEMYSS, David 2nd Earl of Wemyss
(1610-1679)
BALFOUR, Anna
(About 1612-1649)
WEMYSS, Jean
(1629-1715)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DOUGLAS, Archibald Earl of Angus and Ormond
2. GORDON, George Lord Strathnaver, 15th Earl of Sutherland

WEMYSS, Jean 1 2

  • Born: 19 June 1629 1
  • Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Archibald Earl of Angus and Ormond in 1649 1
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, George Lord Strathnaver, 15th Earl of Sutherland on 11 August 1659 1
  • Died: January 1715 3

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Jean married Archibald DOUGLAS Earl of Angus and Ormond, son of William DOUGLAS Marquess of Douglas and Margaret HAMILTON, in 1649.1 (Archibald DOUGLAS Earl of Angus and Ormond was born about 1609 4 and died about 15 January 1655 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Jean (Wemyss), born 19 June 1629 ; married, first, in 1649, as his second wife, to Archibald, Earl of Angus, eldest son of William, first Marquess of Douglas, who died 15 January 1655"

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1

Jean next married George GORDON Lord Strathnaver, 15th Earl of Sutherland, son of John GORDON 14th Earl of Sutherland and Jean DRUMMOND, on 11 August 1659.1 (George GORDON Lord Strathnaver, 15th Earl of Sutherland was born about 1633.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Jean (Wemyss) .... married .... secondly, on 11 August 1659, to George, Lord Strathnaver, afterwards fourteenth Earl of Sutherland. She died in January 1717. {See titles Angus and Sutherland."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)

Note:

George Gordon is generally designated as the 15th, not 14th, Earl of Sutherland. the numbering used above appears to depend on excluding Elizabeth, 10th Countess of Sutherland.
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Sources


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

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 9 (1914).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

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