'Wemyss03
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Families covered: Wemyss of Unthank, Wemyss of Wemyss Hall

Gavin Wemyss of Powguild (b 1560)
m. Katherine Wemyss (dau of David Wemyss of Unthank)
1. Gavin Wemyss of Unthank (d 17.11.1657)
  m. Euphame Paterson
  A. Robert Wemyss of Unthank (d by 1691)
  m. (02.01.1662) Ann Preston (dau of Sir John Preston, 2nd Bart of Airdrie)
  i. John Wemyss of Unthank
  a. James Wemys of Unthank
  (1) James Wemyss of Unthank
  m. Barbara Balfour (dau of Henry Balfour of Kinloch and Bankton)
  (A) James Balfour Wemyss of Wemyss Hall (d 1827)
  m. Mary Manley (dau of Henry Manley of Manley)
  (i) John Wemyss of Wemyss Hall (b 1798, d 1871) had issue
  m. (1827) Susan Gillespie (dau of David Gillespie of Mountquhannie and Kirkton)
  (ii) John Wemyss (d unm)
  (iii) Henry Wemyss (d unm)
  (iv) Mary Elizabeth Wemyss
  m. (1835) Sir William Fellden, Bart of Feniscowles
(B) John Wemyss
  (C) Barbara Wemyss (d unm)
  (D) Mysie Wemyss (d unm)
  (E) Elizabeth Wemyss (d unm)
  (2) John Wemyss (dsp 01.1786)
  m. Catherine Lindsay (d 28.02.1768, dau of John Lindsay, Earl of Crawford)
  (3) Marjory Wemyss (d c1774)
  m. (1719) William Horsbrugh

Main sources: BLG1886 (Wemyss of Wemysshall).
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