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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne WEMYSS Birth: 18 Oct 1675 Death: 9 Jan 1702 in Edinburgh Castle
  2. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss Death: 15 Mar 1719/20 in Wemyss

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467],
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467],
father:
[Ref: CP II p438]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467]
May 1705 [Ref: CP II p438, CP III p545],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP III p545, CP XII/2 p467],
place:
[Ref: CP III p545, CP XII/2 p467]
Sources with Information about marriage to James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland
date:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467]
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: CP III p545],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467],
names:
[Ref: CP II p438],
child:
[Ref: CP VII p621, CP XII/2 p469]
Sources with Information about marriage to George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty
date:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467]
11 Apr 1700 [Ref: CP II p438]
29 Apr 1700 (Cramond register) [Ref: CP III p545],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p467]
Research Notes:
3rd Countess of Wemyss, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP XII/2 p468]
Countess of Wemyss [Ref: CP II p438, CP III p545]

one of the 4 daughters and coheirs of her father [Ref: CP II p438]



Pedigree of Margaret WEMYSS
                   /-----Sir John WEMYSS
          /-----John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
         |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART
         |        |         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
         |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                 |                                    /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |                 |        |         \-----Jean GORDON
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |                 |        |                  \-----Janet STEWART
         |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |                  \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                          |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM
         |                          |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isobel ERSKINE
         |                          |         /-----William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Walter BUCHANAN
         |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BUCHANAN
         |                           \-----Margaret GRAHAM
         |                                   |         /-----John MOUBRAY
         |                                    \-----Margaret MOUBRAY
 /-----David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|        |                                                      /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
|        |                                             /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
|        |                                            |         \-----Annabel FORBES
|        |                                    /-----Gilbert GRAY
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
|        |                           /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Laurence MERCER
|        |                          |         \-----Egidia MERCER
|        |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |                  /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Jean GRAHAM
|        |                 |        |         /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isobel CAMPBELL
|        |                 |         \-----Marion OGILVY
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Christian LESLIE
|        |                 |                  \-----Helen SINCLAIR
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret HEPBURN
|        |                 |                                    \-----Helen HOME
|        |         /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|        |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|        |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|        |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
|        |        |                 |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|        |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|         \-----Jean GRAY
|                 |                                             /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |                                    /-----James III King Of Scots
|                 |                                   |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |                           /-----James IV King Of Scots
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|                 |                          |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|                 |                  /-----James V King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret TUDOR
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|                 |         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |                           /-----James ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabella BRUCE
|                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia
|                 |        |         \-----Euphemia ELPHINSTONE
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BARLOW
|                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
|                          |                           /-----David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
|                          |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes BORTHWICK
|                          |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |        |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|                          |        |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|                          |        |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                          |        |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|                           \-----Jean KENNEDY
|                                   |         /-----Alexander KENNEDY
|                                    \-----Margaret KENNEDY
Margaret WEMYSS
|                                                               /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                                      /-----Sir Andrew LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                                                     |         \-----Christian HALYBURTON
|                                             /-----William LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                            |        |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth SINCLAIR
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                                    /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Michael BALFOUR
|                                   |         \-----Jonet BALFOUR
|                           /-----Andrew LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
|                          |        |                           /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Marion BAILLIE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John SOMERVILLE
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John CARMICHAEL
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CARMICHAEL
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabel SIBBALD
|                          |         \-----Agnes SOMERVILLE
|                          |                 |                  /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Helen HOME
|                          |                  \-----Janet HEPBURN
|                          |                          |         /-----Walter OGSTOUN
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth OGSTOUN
|                          |                                    \-----(Unk Dau) ABERNETHY
|                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |                           /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
|                 |        |                  /-----James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----James II King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Mary STEWART
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                 |        |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary BOYD
|                 |         \-----Grizel HAMILTON
|                 |                 |                           /-----William LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |                  /-----Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Robert LIVINGSTON
|                 |                  \-----Margaret LIVINGSTON
|                 |                          |                  /-----(Unk) BEATON
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir David BEATON
|                 |                           \-----Janet BEATON
|                 |                                    \-----Janet DUDDINGSGTON
|         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                                    /-----William DRUMMOND
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |                           /-----Walter DRUMMOND
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |        |                  /-----David DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham, Earl Of Montrose
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elene DOUGLAS
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth GRAHAM
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Annabel DRUMMOND
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |        |         /-----Patrick DRUMMOND, Lord Drummond
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|        |        |        |         \-----Lilian RUTHVEN
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|        |        |        |                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
|        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir David LINDSAY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Walter LINDSAY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas FOTHERINGHAM
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Katherine FOTHERINGHAM
|        |                 |         /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----John ERSKINE
|        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) ERSKINE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
|        |                          |                           /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
|        |                          |                  /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John CAMPBELL
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
|        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
|        |                           \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John CALDER
|        |                                    \-----Muriel CALDER
 \-----Margaret LESLIE
         |                                                      /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                             /-----Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                            |         \-----Janet DOUGLAS
         |                                    /-----Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Robert CRICHTON
         |                                   |         \-----Christian CRICHTON
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth ERSKINE
         |                           /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir George CAMPBELL
         |                          |        |         /-----George CAMPBELL
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |                          |                 |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                          |                  \-----(Unk) KENNEDY
         |                          |                           \-----Catherine MAXWELL
         |                  /-----John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
         |                 |        |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                 |        |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                 |        |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |                 |         \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |                 |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                 |                           \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
         |        |        |                                    /-----William MURRAY
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret GRAY
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH, Earl Marischal
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary KEITH
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Mariot ERSKINE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William MURRAY
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
         |        |         \-----Annabella MURRAY
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Colin CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Jonet STEWART
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |        |                  \-----Catherine CAMPBELL
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir John MONCRIEFF
         |        |                           \-----Margaret MONCRIEFF
          \-----Anna ERSKINE
                  |                                             /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                    /-----Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
                  |                           /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
                  |                          |        |         /-----James HAMILTON, Lord Hamilton
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth HAMILTON
                  |                          |                  \-----Mary STEWART
                  |                  /-----John STEWART, Lord Of Aubigny
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
                  |                 |                  \-----Eleanor SINCLAIR
                  |                 |                           \-----Marjorie SUTHERLAND
                  |         /-----Esme STEWART, Duke Of Lennox
                  |        |        |         /-----Francois De La QUEUILLE
                  |        |         \-----Anne De La QUEUILLE
                   \-----Mary STEWART
                           |         /-----Guillaume De BALSAC, Seigneur de Entragues
                            \-----Catherine De BALSAC
                                    |         /-----Jean De HUMIERES
                                     \-----Louise De HUMIERES



Descendants of Margaret WEMYSS
1. Margaret WEMYSS m1. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland m2. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty
m. James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland father: Sir James WEMYSS
m. George MACKENZIE, Earl Of Cromarty father: Sir John MACKENZIE mother: Margaret ERSKINE

2nd generation

2. Anne WEMYSS m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville
m. David LESLIE, Earl of Leven and Melville father: George MELVILLE, Earl of Melville mother: Catherine LESLIE
3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anne DOUGLAS m2. Mary ROBINSON m3. Elizabeth St CLAIR
m. Anne DOUGLAS father: William DOUGLAS, Duke of Queensberry mother: Isabel DOUGLAS
m. Mary ROBINSON father: Sir John ROBINSON mother: Mary DUDLEY
m. Elizabeth St CLAIR father: Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Barbara COCKBURN

3rd generation

5. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: William GORDON-SUTHERLAND mother: Katharine MORISON

4th generation

7. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland
m. George Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Sutherland father: Granville LEVESON-GOWER, Marquess Of Stafford mother: Louisa EGERTON

5th generation

8. George Granville SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER, Duke Of Suthe m. Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD
m. Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana HOWARD father: George HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Georgiana Dorothy CAVENDISH
9. Charlotte Sophia SUTHERLAND-LEVESON-GOWER m. Henry Charles FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
m. Henry Charles FITZALAN-HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Bernard Edward HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk mother: Elizabeth BELASYSE