WEMYSS, James of Caskieberran, ancestor of Sir James Wemyss of Burntisland 2
- Born: About 1520
- Marriage (1): DURIE, Janet 1
User ID: H481.
James married Janet DURIE.1 (Janet DURIE was born about 1525 and died in July 1578 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"David of Wemyss of that ilk, who flourished from 1513 to 1544, had three sons, John, who succeeded to the estates. Captain David Wemyss of Dron, and James, ancestor of the family of Wemyss of Caskieberran. In 1554, James Wemyss was in Caskieberran, which he appears to have held in feu from the abbey of Dunfermline, along with the lands of Blairothy. His wife was Janet Durie, lady of Carden, in the parish of Auchterderran, county of Fife, so called from her conjunct-fee right to that estate, she being the widow of David Martin of Garden, and she bore to James Wemyss of Caskieberran eight sons and three daughters, whose names are given in her testament."
from Family of Wemyss 1
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