WEMYSS, John of Leuchars, Kincaldrum and Rires, then of Wemyss, Sir ^{1 2 3}

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John married First WIFE?.¹ (First WIFE? was born about 1358.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This agreement was made in June 1427, and Sir John appears to have died within a year thereafter. His wife, Isabel Erskine, had predeceased him, dying between 1419 and 1427, and towards the close of his life he appears to have married Christian Ogilvy, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, sheriff of Forfar .... but there is reason to believe that he was married and had issue before his union with Isabel Erskine, who was not the mother of all his children. There is also a tradition to this effect preserved in the family."

from Family of Wemyss ¹

John next married Isabel ERSKINE, daughter of Sir Allan ERSKINE and Isabel INCHMARTIN, about 1386.^{1 2} (Isabel ERSKINE was born about 1365 and died between 1419 and 1427 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This agreement was made in June 1427, and Sir John appears to have died within a year thereafter. His wife, Isabel Erskine, had predeceased him, dying between 1419 and 1427, and towards the close of his life he appears to have married Christian Ogilvy, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, sheriff of Forfar. In 1463 she renounced in favour of Sir John's grandson all claim she might have for terce or restitution of tocher. Isabel Erskine and Christian Ogilvy are the only wives on record of Sir John Wemyss of Peres, but there is reason to believe that he was married and had issue before his union with Isabel Erskine, who was not the mother of all his children. There is also a tradition to this effect preserved in the family."

from Family of Wemyss




"Margaret (Wemyss) married to Sir John Inchmartin of that Ilk. She had a daughter Isabel married to Sir Alan Erskine, who had two daughters, first, Margaret, married to Sir John Glen, and second, Isabel, married, about 1386, to Sir John Wemyss of Kincaldrum and Reres, by whom she became the ancestress of the present families of Wemyss."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) ^{1 2}

John next married Christian OGILVY, daughter of Sir Patrick OGILVY of Auchterhouse and Christian KEITH.¹ (Christian OGILVY was born about 1413 and died after 1463 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"This agreement was made in June 1427, and Sir John appears to have died within a year thereafter. His wife, Isabel Erskine, had predeceased him, dying between 1419 and 1427, and towards the close of his life he appears to have married Christian Ogilvy, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, sheriff of Forfar. In 1463 she renounced in favour of Sir John's grandson all claim she might have for terce or restitution of tocher."

from Family of Wemyss ¹