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About Jean Fleming

JEAN FLEMING

Jean Fleming, here treated, is reported to have been the daughter of John, Lord Fleming, ancestor of the present Earl of Wigton. A System of Heraldry etc. By Alexander Nisbet. Volume II: p. 262

According to Alexander Nisbet: "James, the heir of the House of Muirhead and family of Lauchop, who married Jean, daughter of John Lord Fleming, ancestor to the present Earl of Wigton; by whom he had two sons, James Muirhead of Lauchop, the heir of the family, and John Muirhead of Shawfoot, a younger brother, who was a feuar under the Archbishop of Glasgow, Archbishop Dunbar, of whom is descended the Muirheads of Bredisholm, in the county of Lanark A System of Heraldry etc. By Alexander Nisbet. Volume II: p. 262

Genealogy

  1. A System of Heraldry etc. By Alexander Nisbet. Volume II: p. 262
  2. The Scots Peerage VIII: pp. 535-37 for the family of John, second Lord Fleming
  3. Stirnet: Muirhead 1
  4. Stirnet: Fleming 01

Bigraphical Summary by Rootsweb

Name: Jean Fleming Given Name: Jean Surname: Fleming Sex: F Birth: Abt 1492 in Lauchope House, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Father: John Fleming b: Abt 1460 Mother: Elizabeth Ross b: Abt 1460 marriage 1 James Muirhead b: Abt 1486 in Lauchope House, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Children Has Children James Muirhead b: Abt 1510 in Lauchope House, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.