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Scottish Tattoo Designs >> Wemyss

Wemyss Clan Tattoos - The name is derived from the Gaelic 'uaimh', meaning 'cave', and is believed to be taken from the caves and cliffs of the Firth of Forth in that part of Fife where the family made its home.

Wemyss in Fife has been the seat of the chiefs since the 12th century. They are one of the few Lowland families directly descended from Celtic nobility through the Macduff Earls of Fife.

Sir David appeared again, as one of the guarantors for the release from English imprisonment of David II, and his son was one of the hostages for this ransom, as his descendent, Duncan, was later to be for the liberation of James I. Sir David de Wemyss was killed at Flodden in 1513, His grandson, Sir John, fought under the Earl of Arran at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. He was great supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, and it was at the newly enlarged Castle of Wemyss that she met her future husband, Henry, Lord Darnley.

In 1559 Sir John was made lieutenant of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan, and led his men in the queen's army at Langside in 1568. His great-grandson, John Wemyss was born in 1586. He was second born, but the eldest-surviving son of Sir John Wemyss of that Ilk, by his second wife Mary Stewart. John was knighted in 1618 and created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625, with a charter to the barony of Wemyss in that province of Canada.

Clan Wemyss Motto: Je Pense ~ From French: I think

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