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TRAIL, Janet
(About 1535-)

 

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1. WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Sir

TRAIL, Janet 1

  • Born: About 1535
  • Marriage (1): WEMYSS, John of that Ilk, Sir before 21 February 1557(1558) 1

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Janet married Sir John WEMYSS of that Ilk, son of Sir David WEMYSS of that Ilk and Katharine SINCLAIR, before 21 February 1557(1558).1 (Sir John WEMYSS of that Ilk was born about 1513 2 and died January 1571(1572) 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir John married, secondly, before 21 February 1557-58, Janet, daughter of Alexander Trail of Blebo, and widow of John Ramsay of Ardbekie, who had been killed at Pinkie. On 11 July 1575 her stepson compounded with her for her terce and paid her £1000 Scots in full of all claims. No more is known of her."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1

Sources


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

2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss vol.1 by William Fraser (1888).

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