WEMYSS, Beatrix 'of Fairkley' (Fife) ^{1 2}

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Beatrix married Sir James FRASER of Brea, Governor of Inverness, 'Tutor of Lovat', son of Simon FRASER 6th Lord Fraser of Lovat, Sheriff of Inverness and Jean STEWART.^{1 2} (Sir James FRASER of Brea, Governor of Inverness, 'Tutor of Lovat' was born in 1610,¹ died on 6 December 1649 ¹ and was buried in 1649 in Kirkhill, Invernesshire, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James of Brea, born 1610. He was knighted while in his seventh year by the King at Edinburgh. On 15 July 1643 he had a royal charter of the lands of Brea and Uddell in Cromartie and Inverness. He was Governor of Inverness, and in the Valuation Roll of Inverness and Ross in the year 1644 was returned for lands to the value of £3271, 13s. Scots. He was tutor of Lovat in 1646, and is described as 'Sole Superiour of the country, sways in grandeur beyond any lord we ever had, is a great minion at Court, the Marques of Argile's creatur, caressed by all.' He died 6 December 1649, and was buried at Kirkhill. Sir James married a lady named Beatrice Wemyss,9 by whom he had, with several daughters, two sons"

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)




"Sir James (Fraser) married Beatrix, daughter of Wemyss of Fairkley, in Fife. In 1647 Dame Beatrix Wemyss, Lady Brea, discharges Alexander Fraser, servitor to the Tutor of Strichen, of the custom wedders of Moniack. By this lady he had issue"

from Frasers of Lovat ^{1 2}