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Personal data John Wemyss Sir 1st Earl of Wemyss 

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Household of John Wemyss Sir 1st Earl of Wemyss

He is married to Margaret (Lady of Redhall) Otterburn.

They got married on October 20, 1534 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 21 years old.

They got married October 20,1543.

They got married on February 21, 1558 at Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, he was 45 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Wemyss  1535-1609 
  2. Margaret Wemyss  1535-1609
  6. John Wemyss  1538-1596
  7. Daughter WEMYSS  ± 1540-1593
  8. Agnes Wemyss  1542-1593
  9. Mary Stuart  1542-1587
  11. Euphamia Wemyss  1547-1593
  15. John Wemyss  1560-1572
  16. Patrick Wemyss  ± 1560-1596
  17. Janet Wemyss  ± 1562-????

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Sources

  1. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  4. Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

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Day of marriage October 20, 1534

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1534: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.
    • June 9 » Jacques Cartier is the first European to describe and map the Saint Lawrence River.
    • July 4 » Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
    • July 24 » French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
    • October 17 » Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.
    • November 3 » English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

Day of death January 25, 1571

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1571: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 11 » Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
    • January 23 » The Royal Exchange opens in London.
    • June 24 » Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
    • August 1 » The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.
    • September 7 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
    • October 7 » The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.


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