Dorothea Sempill (aft. 1540 - 1600)

Born after Dec 1540 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Wife of Robert (Montgomery) Montgomery VIth of Skelmorlie — married before 20 May 1567 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 2 May 1600 before age 59 in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Sempill is a member of Clan Sempill.

Mary Sempill was born in Scotland.

Dorethea was the daughter of Robert Sempill and Elizabeth (Carlyle) Sempill ^[1][2][3]

She married Robert Montgomery, 6th of Skelmorlie before 20 May 1567.^[3][4][1] They had issue:^[1]

1. William - slain with his father Apr 1584^[4]
2. Robert - who succeeded his father^[4][3]
3. John - died after 18 Feb 1606 unmarried and without issue.^[4]
4. George - married Agnes Montgomerie of Makbiehill on 20 Jan 1614.^[4]
5. Elizabeth - married WIlliam Cochran of that Ilk.^[4]
6. Mary
7. Margaret^[4]
8. Jean - married Robert, eldest son of Archibald Boy of Portincross in 1595. She died in Dec 1721.^[4][5]

Dorothea died before 2 May 1600.^[1]

Research Notes

• The birth of Dorothea is not known but we do know that she married before 20 May 1567 and that the youngest age for a bride was 12 meaning she was born before 20 May 1555. We also know that her parents had her before they married and that she and two siblings were legitimated on 24 Aug 1546.^[6] Lastly, we know that her father was banished from Scotland and France in Mar 1540 and took refuge in Carlyle where he united with Elizabeth Carlyle who was his mistress and later his second wife. Dorothea and her two eldest siblings were likely all born between 1541 to 1546.

• Scots Peerage calls her Dorothea^[2] while the history of the Montgomery family calls her Mary.^[4]

• The Peerage: Dorothea Sempill

• [https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Fraser, William, "Memorials of the Montgomeries. Earls of Eglinton", Edinburgh: private, 1859, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 157-8
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 550
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Archæological and Historical Collections Relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, Edinburgh: private, 1889, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 58
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, Including the Montgomery Pedigree, Philadelphia: private, 1863, Google Books, p. 138
5. ↑ Grant, Francis James, "Commissariot Record of Glasgow, Register of Testaments, 1547-1800", Edinburgh: James Skinner & Co., 1901, Archive.org, p. 356
6. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, Sir James Balfour Paul, editor, The Scots Peerage, Volume VII (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910), Archive.org, p. 548

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q76330923