Sir
John
Wemyss of that Ilk
formerly Wemyss
Born about in Fife, Scotland
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of John Wemyss
and Margaret (Livingstone) Wemyss
Brother of
Grisel (Wemyss) Boswell
Husband of
Christian Abernethy
— married
1468 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 60
in Fife, Scotland [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
John (Wemyss) Wemyss of that Ilk is a member of Clan Wemyss.
Sir John was born in 1448.
He married Christian Abernethy in 1468.[1] They had issue:
- Margaret, m. Sir John Melville, jul 1503[2]
- Elizabeth, m. John Clephane of Carslogie
John passed away in 1508.
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 408
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 89
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