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David (2nd Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss

Male - 1679


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David (2nd Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss died in Jul 1679.

    David married Anna (Jean) Balfour on 4 Feb 1629. Anna (daughter of Robert Arnot (2nd Lord of Burleigh) Balfour and Baroness Margaret (of Burleigh) Balfour) died on 10 Nov 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Jean Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 3. 10 Other Children Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    David married Eleanor (of Wigton) Fleming about 4 Apr 1650. Eleanor (daughter of John (2nd Earl of Wigtoun) 7th Lord Fleming and Margaret (of Linlithgow) Livingston) died on 20 Apr 1652 in Dsp. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    David married Margaret (of Rothes) Leslie on 13 Jan 1653. Margaret (daughter of John (6th Earl of Rothes) Leslie and Anne (of Mar) Erskine) died in Feb 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Margaret Countess of Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1659; died on 11 Mar 1705 in Aged 46.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jean Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (1.David1) and died.

    Jean married Archibald (Earl Angus) Douglas on 26 Apr 1649. Archibald (son of William (1st Marquess of Douglas) Douglas and Margaret Hamilton) died on 16 Apr 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Archibald (Earl Forfar) Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point

    Jean married George (15th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon on 11 Aug 1659. George (son of John (14th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon and Jean Drummond) was born on 2 Nov 1633; died on 4 Mar 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Anne (of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point died in Jun 1695.
    2. 7. John (16th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1661; died on 27 Jun 1733.

  2. 3.  10 Other Children Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (1.David1) and died.

  3. 4.  Margaret Countess of Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (1.David1) was born on 1 Jan 1659; died on 11 Mar 1705 in Aged 46.

    Margaret married James (Sir) (Lord Burntisland) Wemyss on 28 Mar 1672. James (son of Sir James (Master Gunner) Wemyss) died in Dec 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Anne Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Oct 1675; died on 9 Jan 1702.
    2. 9. Margaret Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1676; died in 1763.
    3. 10. David (4th Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1678; died on 15 Mar 1720.

    Margaret married Sir George (1st Earl of Cromarty) Mackenzie on 11 Apr 1700. George (son of John (Sir) (1st of Tarbet) Mackenzie and Margaret (of Innerteil) Erskine) was born in 1630; died on 17 Aug 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Archibald (Earl Forfar) Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jean2, 1.David1)

  2. 6.  Anne (of Sutherland) Gordon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jean2, 1.David1) died in Jun 1695.

    Anne married Robert (3rd Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott on 3 May 1683. Robert (son of Robert (2nd Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott and Elizabeth (of Marischall) Keith) was born before 8 Oct 1661; died in Aug 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Robert (4th Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 May 1710 in Unmarried.
    2. 12. John (5th Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott  Descendancy chart to this point died on 8 May 1756 in Dsp.

  3. 7.  John (16th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Jean2, 1.David1) was born in 1661; died on 27 Jun 1733.

    Family/Spouse: Helen Cochrane. Helen (daughter of William Lord Cochrane and Catherine (of Cassillis) Kennedy) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. William (Lord Strathnaver) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 13 Jul 1720.
    2. 14. Jean Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Tollemache. Catherine (daughter of Sir Lionel (3rd Bt) Tollemache and Elizabeth (Countess of Dysart) Murray) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Anne Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 18 Oct 1675; died on 9 Jan 1702.

    Anne married David (3rd Earl of Leven 2nd Earl of Melville) Melville Leslie in 1691. David (son of George (1st Earl Melville) Melville and Catherine Leslie) was born on 5 May 1660; died on 6 Jun 1728. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1660; died on 2 Sep 1764.
    2. 16. George (Lord Balgownie) Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1695; died on 20 Aug 1721.
    3. 17. David (4th Earl of Leven and 3rd Earl of Melville) Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  5. 9.  Margaret Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born in 1676; died in 1763.

    Family/Spouse: David (4th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie. David (son of David (3rd Earl of Northesk) Carnegie and Elizabeth Lindsay) was born in 1670; died on 14 Jan 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. David (5th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jun 1701; died on 24 Jun 1741.
    2. 19. George (6th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1716; died on 22 Jan 1792.
    3. 20. Margaret (of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Jul 1722.
    4. 21. Elizabeth (of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jan 1699; died on 21 Sep 1767; was buried in Restalrig.

  6. 10.  David (4th Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born in 1678; died on 15 Mar 1720.

    David married Anne (of Queensbury) Douglas in 1697. Anne (daughter of William (1st Duke of Queensbury) Douglas and Lady Isabel (of Douglas) Douglas) died on 23 Feb 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. David (Lord Elcho) Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1698; and died.
    2. 23. James (5th Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Aug 1699; died on 21 Mar 1756.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Anne Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1715; and died.

    David married Mary Robinson on 5 Jan 1708. Mary (daughter of Sir John (2nd Bt.) Robinson and Mary Dudley) died on 8 Sep 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    David married Elizabeth Sinclair on 2 Apr 1734 in Perhaps 1716. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry St Clair10th Lord Sinclair and Barbara Cockburn) died on 20 Feb 1747 in Perhaps 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Elizabeth Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point died on 20 Feb 1747.
    2. 26. Margaret Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1779.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Robert (4th Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott Descendancy chart to this point (6.Anne3, 2.Jean2, 1.David1) died on 8 May 1710 in Unmarried.

  2. 12.  John (5th Viscount Arbuthnott) Arbuthnott Descendancy chart to this point (6.Anne3, 2.Jean2, 1.David1) died on 8 May 1756 in Dsp.

  3. 13.  William (Lord Strathnaver) Gordon Descendancy chart to this point (7.John3, 2.Jean2, 1.David1) died on 13 Jul 1720.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Morrison. Catherine (daughter of William (Mp) Morrison) died on 21 Mar 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. John (Lord Strathnaver) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706; and died.
    2. 28. George Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 29. Helen (of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 7 Jan 1791.
    4. 30. Janet (of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 9 Jun 1795.
    5. 31. William (17th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1708; died on 7 Dec 1750.

  4. 14.  Jean Gordon Descendancy chart to this point (7.John3, 2.Jean2, 1.David1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: James Viscount Maitland. James (son of Sir John (5th Earl of Lauderdale) Maitland and Margaret Cuninghame) was born about 1680; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Jane Maitland  Descendancy chart to this point died on 29 Mar 1766.

  5. 15.  Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville Descendancy chart to this point (8.Anne3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 5 May 1660; died on 2 Sep 1764.

    Alexander married Mary (of Carnock) Erskine on 23 Feb 1721. Mary (daughter of John (of Carnock) Erskine) died on 12 Jul 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. David (6th Earl Leven 5th Melville) Leslie, 6th Earl of Leven, 5th Earl of Melville  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1722 in Leven, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 9 Jun 1802 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Alexander married Elizabeth (of Pitmilly) Monypenny on 10 Mar 1726. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander (of Pitmilly) Monypenny, daughter of Alexander (20th of Pitmilly) Monypenny and Hon. Magdalene Erskine) was born about 1699; died on 15 Mar 1783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Maj.-Gen. Alexander Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1731; died on 27 Dec 1794 in Beechwood House, Scotland.
    2. 35. Anne (of Leven) Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1730; died in 1779.
    3. 36. Elizabeth (of Leven) Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1737; died on 10 Apr 1788.
    4. 37. Mary Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 38. Anne Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1730; died on 8 Nov 1779.

  6. 16.  George (Lord Balgownie) Leslie Descendancy chart to this point (8.Anne3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born in Jan 1695; died on 20 Aug 1721.

    George married Margaret (of Northesk) Carnegie in Aug 1716. Margaret (daughter of David (4th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie and Margaret Wemyss) died on 7 Jul 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Anna Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1716; and died.

  7. 17.  David (4th Earl of Leven and 3rd Earl of Melville) Leslie Descendancy chart to this point (8.Anne3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) and died.

  8. 18.  David (5th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margaret3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 11 Jun 1701; died on 24 Jun 1741.

  9. 19.  George (6th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margaret3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 2 Aug 1716; died on 22 Jan 1792.

    Family/Spouse: Anne (of Leven) Leslie. Anne (daughter of Alexander (5th Earl Leven and 4th Melville) Leslie, 5th Earl of Leven, 4th Earl of Melville and Elizabeth (of Pitmilly) Monypenny) was born in 1730; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Elizabeth (of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1793.
    2. 41. David (Lord Rosehill) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 42. William (7th Earl of Northesk) Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1758; died on 28 May 1831 in London; was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, London.
    4. 43. George Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    5. 44. Hon Margaret Carnegie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1756; died on 15 Mar 1793.

  10. 20.  Margaret (of Northesk) Carnegie Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margaret3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) died on 7 Jul 1722.

    Margaret married George (Lord Balgownie) Leslie in Aug 1716. George (son of David (3rd Earl of Leven 2nd Earl of Melville) Melville Leslie and Anne Wemyss) was born in Jan 1695; died on 20 Aug 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Anna Leslie  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1716; and died.

  11. 21.  Elizabeth (of Northesk) Carnegie Descendancy chart to this point (9.Margaret3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 2 Jan 1699; died on 21 Sep 1767; was buried in Restalrig.

    Elizabeth married James (5th Lord Balmerinoch) Elphinstone in 1718. James (son of John (4th Lord Balmerinoch) Elphinstone and Christian (of Eglington) Montgomerie) was born on 24 Nov 1675; died on 5 Jan 1746 in Dsp; was buried in Restalrig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 22.  David (Lord Elcho) Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (10.David3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 3 Oct 1698; and died.

  13. 23.  James (5th Earl of Wemyss) Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (10.David3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born on 30 Aug 1699; died on 21 Mar 1756.

    James married Jane Charteris on 17 Sep 1720. Jane (daughter of Francis (of Amisfield Colonel) Charteris and Helen Swinton) died on 1 Mar 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 45. David (6th Earl of Wemyss (De Jure)) Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1721; died in 1786.
    2. 46. Francis (7th Earl of Wemyss (De Jure)) Charteris  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1723; died on 24 Aug 1808.
    3. 47. James (Mp) Wemyss  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1726; died on 10 May 1786.

  14. 24.  Anne Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (10.David3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) was born about 1715; and died.

    Family/Spouse: John (later Hamilton of Bargany) Dalrymple. John (son of Sir Robert (of Castleton) Dalrymple and Johanna Hamilton) was born on 4 Feb 1715; died on 12 Feb 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  15. 25.  Elizabeth Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (10.David3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) died on 20 Feb 1747.

    Elizabeth married William (17th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon on 2 Apr 1734. William (son of William (Lord Strathnaver) Gordon and Catherine Morrison) was born on 2 Oct 1708; died on 7 Dec 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Elizabeth (of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 24 Jan 1803.
    2. 49. William (18th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1735; died in Jun 1776 in Bath, Somerset, England.

  16. 26.  Margaret Wemyss Descendancy chart to this point (10.David3, 4.Margaret2, 1.David1) died in 1779.

    Family/Spouse: James (8th Earl of Moray) Stuart. James (son of Francis (7th Earl of Moray) Stuart and Jean Elphinstone) was born in 1708; died on 5 Jul 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. David Stuart  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1784.
    2. 51. James Stuart  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Apr 1741; died on 4 May 1808 in Unmarried.



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