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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 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].*].
  3. 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:
abt 1590 [Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427],
parents:
[Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427, CP XII/2 p464]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Brad Verity SGM 12/25/2022-015427]
Sources with Information about marriage to John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
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:



Pedigree of Jean GRAY
                                                                /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
                                                       /-----Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
                                                      |         \-----Janet MORTIMER
                                              /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John WEMYSS
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
                                             |                  \-----Isabella ERSKINE
                                     /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir John FORBES
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
                                    |        |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                                    |         \-----Annabel FORBES
                                    |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
                                    |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
                                    |                           \-----Mary STEWART
                            /-----Gilbert GRAY
                           |        |                           /-----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
                           |         \-----Elizabeth 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
                   /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
                  |        |         /-----Sir Laurence MERCER
                  |         \-----Egidia MERCER
          /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
         |        |                                             /-----Sir John OGILVY
         |        |                                    /-----Sir James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
         |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret SETON
         |        |                           /-----Sir John OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth KENNEDY
         |        |                  /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Patrick GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |        |                 |        |         /-----William GRAHAM, Lord Graham
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian ERSKINE
         |        |                 |         \-----Jean GRAHAM
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |                  \-----Elene DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |                           \-----Margaret HAY
         |        |         /-----James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
         |        |        |        |                           /-----David LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Marjory OGILVIE
         |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander LINDSAY, Earl Of Crawford
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir David DUNBAR
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret DUNBAR
         |        |        |         \-----Margaret LINDSAY
         |        |        |                  \-----Isobel CAMPBELL
         |         \-----Marion OGILVY
         |                 |                                    /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                 |                           /-----William SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney And Caithness
         |                 |                          |         \-----Jill DOUGLAS
         |                 |                  /-----William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret STEWART
         |                 |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Norman De LESLIE
         |                 |        |        |         /-----George LESLIE, Earl Of Rothes
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Christian SETON
         |                 |        |         \-----Christian LESLIE
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
         |                 |        |                  \-----Christian HALYBURTON
         |                 |        |                           \-----Isabel STEWART
         |                  \-----Helen SINCLAIR
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Patrick HEPBURN, Lord Hailes
         |                          |                 |         \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                          |         /-----Adam HEPBURN, Master Of Hailes
         |                          |        |         \-----Ellen WALLACE
         |                           \-----Margaret HEPBURN
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir Alexander HOME
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Alexander HOME, Lord Home
         |                                   |        |         \-----Janet HAY
         |                                    \-----Helen HOME
         |                                            |         /-----John LAUDER
         |                                             \-----Mariot LAUDER
         |                                                      \-----Katherine LANDELLS
 /-----Patrick GRAY, Lord Gray
|        |                                                      /-----Sir William RUTHVEN
|        |                                             /-----Sir John RUTHVEN
|        |                                    /-----Sir Patrick RUTHVEN
|        |                           /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |                          |        |                  /-----William De CRANSTON
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CRANSTON
|        |                          |         \-----(Unk) CRANSTON
|        |                  /-----William RUTHVEN, Master Of Ruthven
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel LEVINGTON
|        |         /-----William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
|        |        |         \-----Catherine BUTTERGASK
|         \-----Barbara RUTHVEN
|                 |                                             /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                 |                                    /-----Walter HALYBURTON, Lord Of Dirletoun
|                 |                           /-----John HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                          |         \-----Mary DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |                  /-----George HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                 |                 |         \-----Janet SETON
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                 |                 |                  \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                 |                 |                           \-----Beatrice
|                 |         /-----Patrick HALYBURTON, Lord Dirletoun
|                 |        |         \-----Mariot
|                  \-----Janet HALYBURTON, Baroness Dirletoun
|                          |         /-----James DOUGLAS
|                           \-----Margaret DOUGLAS
Jean GRAY
|                                                               /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                                                      /-----James I King Of Scots
|                                                     |         \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                             /-----James II King Of Scots
|                                            |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                                            |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                                    /-----James III King Of Scots
|                                   |        |                  /-----Johann II Lord Of Egmont, Regent Of Geldern
|                                   |        |         /-----Arnold Duke Of Gueldres, Count Of Zutphen
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Maria Of Arkel
|                                   |         \-----Marie Of Gueldres
|                                   |                 |         /-----Adolph II Duke Of Cleve
|                                   |                  \-----Catherine Of Cleve
|                                   |                           \-----Maria Of Burgundy
|                           /-----James IV King Of Scots
|                          |        |                           /-----Christian V Count Of Oldenburg
|                          |        |                  /-----Dietrich The Fortunate Count Of Oldenberg
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Agnes Of Honstein
|                          |        |         /-----Christian I King Of Denmark
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Gerhard V Count Of Holstein, Duke Of Schleswig
|                          |        |        |         \-----Heilwig Von Holstein
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Elisabeth Katharina Of Brunswick
|                          |         \-----Margaret Of Denmark
|                          |                 |                  /-----Friedrich VI Burggraf Of Nurnberg
|                          |                 |         /-----Johann The Alchemist Margrave Of Brandenburg
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth Of Bavaria
|                          |                  \-----Dorothea Of Hohenzollern
|                          |                          |         /-----Rudolf III Kurfurst Of Saxony
|                          |                           \-----Barbara Of Saxony
|                          |                                    \-----Barbara Of Schlesien
|                  /-----James V King Of Scots
|                 |        |                                    /-----Maredudd Ap TUDUR FYCHAN
|                 |        |                           /-----Owen Ap Maredudd Ap TUDOR
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Margred
|                 |        |                  /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Charles VI King Of France
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Catherine Of France
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella Of Bavaria
|                 |        |         /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Edith STOURTON
|                 |         \-----Margaret TUDOR
|                 |                 |                           /-----Richard Of York Earl Of Cambridge
|                 |                 |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Anne De MORTIMER
|                 |                 |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|                 |                          |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                 |                           \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|                 |                                   |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
|                 |                                    \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                 |                                             \-----Margaret Of Andria
|         /-----Robert STEWART, Earl Of Orkney
|        |        |                                             /-----William ELPHINSTONE
|        |        |                                    /-----Henry ELPHINSTONE
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret HEPBURNE
|        |        |                           /-----James ELPHINSTONE
|        |        |                          |         \-----Jean CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John ELPHINSTONE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isabella BRUCE
|        |        |         /-----Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone
|        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia
|        |         \-----Euphemia ELPHINSTONE
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth BARLOW
 \-----Mary STEWART
         |                                                      /-----Sir James KENNEDY
         |                                             /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                                            |         \-----Mary STEWART
         |                                    /-----John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
         |                                   |         \-----Catherine MAXWELL
         |                                   |                  \-----(Unk) HERRIES
         |                           /-----David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |                          |        |                  /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Lord Montgomerie
         |                          |        |         /-----Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret BOYD
         |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MONTGOMERY
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam HEPBURN, Lord Of Hailes
         |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth HEPBURN
         |                          |                           \-----Janet BORTHWICK
         |                  /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |                 |        |                           /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |                 |        |                  /-----William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Mariot HOFFRINGLE
         |                 |         \-----Agnes BORTHWICK
         |         /-----Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis
         |        |        |                                    /-----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
         |        |         \-----Isabel CAMPBELL
         |        |                 |                           /-----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
          \-----Jean KENNEDY
                  |         /-----Alexander KENNEDY
                   \-----Margaret KENNEDY



Descendants of Jean GRAY
1. Jean GRAY m. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss
m. John WEMYSS, Earl of Wemyss father: Sir John WEMYSS 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