Biography of Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss 1659-1705

In July 1625 [her father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 14) and Anna Balfour were married. He the son of [her grandfather] John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss (age 39) and [her grandmother] Jane Gray Countess Wemyss.

On 13th June 1637 Alexander Leslie (age 26) and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 17) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes (age 37) and [her grandmother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes (age 40). He the son of Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven (age 57).

On 25th July 1646 Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch (age 19) and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 26) were married. She by marriage Countess Buccleuch. She the daughter of [her grandfather] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and [her grandmother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. He the son of Walter Scott 1st Earl Buccleuch and Mary Hay Countess Buccleuch. They were half third cousins.

In April 1650 [her father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 39) and Helenor Fleming were married. She the daughter of John Fleming 2nd Earl Wigtown and Margaret Livingston Countess Wigtown. He the son of [her grandfather] John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and [her grandmother] Jane Gray Countess Wemyss. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 13th January 1653 [her father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 42) and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 32) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] John Leslie 6th Earl Rothes and [her grandmother] Anne Erskine Countess of Rothes. He the son of [her grandfather] John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and [her grandmother] Jane Gray Countess Wemyss. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 1st January 1659 Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss was born to David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 48) and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 38).

On 28th March 1672 James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland (age 15) and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 13) were married. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 61) and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 51).

In April 1672 [her husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland (age 15) was created 1st Lord Burntisland. Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 13) by marriage Lord Burntisland.

In 1678 [her son] David Wemyss 4th Earl of Wemyss was born to [her husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland (age 21) and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 18).

In July 1679 [her father] David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss (age 68) died at Wemyss Castle. His daughter Margaret (age 20) succeeded 3rd Countess Wemyss. [her husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland (age 22) by marriage Earl Wemyss.

In December 1682 [her husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland (age 25) died.

After December 1682 George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie (age 52) and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 23) were married. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of David Wemyss 2nd Earl of Wemyss and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 62).

In 1685 [her step-son] John Mackenzie 2nd Earl Cromartie (age 29) and Elizabeth Gordon Countess Cromartie were married. She the daughter of Charles Gordon 1st Earl Aboyne. He the son of [her husband] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie (age 55) and Anna Sinclair.

In February 1688 [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 67) died.

On 13th August 1697 [her son] David Wemyss 4th Earl of Wemyss (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Douglas were married. She the daughter of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry. He the son of [her former husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 38). They were third cousin once removed.

In 1702 [her daughter] Anne Wemyss died.

On 1st January 1703 [her husband] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie (age 73) was created 1st Earl Cromartie. Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 44) by marriage Countess Cromartie.

On 11th March 1705 Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss (age 46) died. Her son [her son] David (age 27) succeeded 4th Earl Wemyss.

In 1714 [her former husband] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie (age 84) died.

[her daughter] Anne Wemyss was born to James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss.

George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie and Anna Sinclair were married.