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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary WEMYSS
  2. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss Birth: 6 Sep 1610 Death: Jun 1679
  3. Elizabeth WEMYSS Death: 1667

Bibliography
  1. Verity, Brad, Descents From James V for William Butler Duncan of Manhattan. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/25/2022. Subject: Descents From James V for William Butler Duncan of Manhattan (1830-1912). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/trep5Ej31hs/m/UxFqZ8adBAAJ. Author address: royaldescent at hotmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [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: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP XII/2 p462],
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p190, CP XII/2 p462]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean GRAY
date:
cont 8 Sep 1609 [Ref: CP XII/2 p464],
child:
[Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP XI p742, CP XII/2 p464]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Wemyss, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP XII/2 p462]
1st Earl of Wemyss [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP VIII p190]



Pedigree of John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
 /-----Sir John WEMYSS
John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
|                  /-----Sir James STEWART
|         /-----James STEWART, Lord Doune And St Colme
 \-----Mary STEWART
         |                                                      /-----Sir Duncan CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell
         |                                             /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Master Of Campbell
         |                                            |         \-----Marjory STEWART
         |                                    /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll
         |                                   |        |         /-----John SOMERVILLE, Lord Somerville
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth SOMERVILE
         |                                   |                  \-----Helen HEPBURN
         |                           /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                          |        |                  /-----Robert STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                          |        |         /-----John STEWART, Lord Lorn
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Joan STEWART
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                          |                  \-----Fingula Of The Isles
         |                  /-----Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John STEWART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |                  /-----Alan STUART, Seigneur Of Aubigny
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth LENNOX
         |                 |        |         /-----John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Catherine SETON
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |                 |                 |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                 |                  \-----Margaret MONTGOMERIE
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                 |                                    \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |         /-----Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
         |        |        |                           /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Agnes
         |        |        |         /-----Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
         |        |         \-----Jean GORDON
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
         |        |                  \-----Janet STEWART
         |        |                          |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                          |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
         |        |                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
         |        |                                    \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
         |        |                                             \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
          \-----Margaret CAMPBELL
                  |                                             /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                  |                                    /-----Malise GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                                   |         \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
                  |                           /-----Patrick GRAHAM
                  |                          |         \-----Janet De ROCHFORD
                  |                  /-----Alexander GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                 |        |         /-----Thomas ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth LINDSAY
                  |                 |         \-----Isobel ERSKINE
                  |                 |                  \-----Janet DOUGLAS
                  |         /-----William GRAHAM, Earl Of Menteith
                  |        |        |         /-----Walter BUCHANAN
                  |        |         \-----Margaret BUCHANAN
                   \-----Margaret GRAHAM
                           |         /-----John MOUBRAY
                            \-----Margaret MOUBRAY



Descendants of John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
1. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m. Jean GRAY
m. Jean GRAY father: Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray mother: Mary STEWART

2nd generation

2. Mary WEMYSS m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
m. John SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: Patrick SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Margaret COCKBURN
3. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss m1. Anna BALFOUR m2. Helenor FLEMING m3. Margaret LESLIE
m. Anna BALFOUR father: Robert ARNOT-BALFOUR, Lord Balfour Of Burleigh mother: Margaret BALFOUR
m. Helenor FLEMING father: John FLEMING, Earl Of Wigtown mother: Margaret LIVINGSTONE
m. Margaret LESLIE father: John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes mother: Anna ERSKINE
4. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. Sir John AYTOUN
m. Sir John AYTOUN

3rd generation

5. Catherine SINCLAIR m. John St CLAIR
m. John St CLAIR
6. Jean WEMYSS m1. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m2. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: William DOUGLAS, Marquess Of Douglas mother: Margaret HAMILTON
m. George GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Jean DRUMMOND
7. 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
8. Margaret AYTOUN m. Sir Archibald HOPE
m. Sir Archibald HOPE

4th generation

9. Henry St CLAIR, Lord Sinclair m. Barbara COCKBURN
m. Barbara COCKBURN father: Sir James COCKBURN
10. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Helen COCHRANE m2. Katherine TOLLEMACHE m3. Frances HODGSON
m. Helen COCHRANE father: William COCHRANE mother: Catherine KENNEDY
m. Katherine TOLLEMACHE father: Lionel TOLLEMACHE mother: Elizabeth MURRAY
m. Frances HODGSON father: Sir Thomas HODGSON
11. 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
12. 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
13. Margaret HOPE m. Patrick SCOTT
m. Patrick SCOTT

5th generation

14. Elizabeth St CLAIR m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
m. David WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: James WEMYSS, Lord Burntisland mother: Margaret WEMYSS
15. Catharine St CLAIR m. Sir John ERSKINE
m. Sir John ERSKINE father: Sir Charles ERSKINE mother: Christian DUNDAS
16. William GORDON-SUTHERLAND m. Katharine MORISON
m. Katharine MORISON father: William MORISON mother: Janet ROCHEID
18. Elizabeth WEMYSS m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
m. William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland father: William GORDON-SUTHERLAND mother: Katharine MORISON
19. Archibald SCOTT m. Janet SCOTT
m. Janet SCOTT