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

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

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

On 25th July 1646 Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch [aged 19] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 42] and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 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 John Wemyss 1st Earl of Wemyss and 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 [aged 48] and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 38].

On 11th March 1661 [her half-sister] Mary Scott 3rd Countess Buccleuch [aged 13] died. Her sister Anne [aged 10] succeeded 4th Countess Buccleuch.

On 4th April 1661 Alexander Leslie 1st Earl Leven [aged 81] died. His grandson [her half-brother] Alexander [aged 23] succeeded 2nd Earl Leven. [her sister-in-law] Margaret Howard Countess Leven [aged 26] by marriage Countess Leven.

On 20th April 1663 [her brother-in-law] James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch [aged 14] and [her half-sister] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 12] were married. She by marriage Duchess Monmouth. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 42]. He the illegitmate son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 32] and Lucy Walter. They were fifth cousins.

On 15th July 1664 [her half-brother] Alexander Leslie 2nd Earl Leven [aged 27] died.

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

In April 1672 [her husband] James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland [aged 15] was created 1st Lord Burntisland. Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 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 [aged 21] and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 18]. He married (1) 13th August 1697 his third cousin once removed Anne Douglas, daughter of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry, and had issue (2) 5th January 1709 Mary Robinson (3) July 1716 Elizabeth St Clair and had issue.

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

After 28th February 1681 [her brother-in-law] Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis [aged 25] and [her half-sister] Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and [her mother] Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss [aged 60].

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

After December 1682 George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 52] and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 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 [aged 62].

In 1685 [her step-son] John Mackenzie 2nd Earl Cromartie [aged 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 [aged 55] and Anna Sinclair.

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

On 13th August 1697 David Wemyss 4th Earl of Wemyss [aged 19] and Anne Douglas were married. She the daughter of William Douglas 1st Duke Queensberry and Isabel Douglas Countess Queensberry. He the son of James Wemyss 1st Lord Burntisland and Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 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 [aged 73] was created 1st Earl Cromartie. Margaret Wemyss Countess Cromartie 3rd Countess Wemyss [aged 44] by marriage Countess Cromartie.

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

In 1714 [her former husband] George Mackenzie 1st Earl Cromartie [aged 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.