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Lady Margaret Wemyss, as Countess of Wemyss. Her ladyship married Sir James 

 Wemyss, of Caskyerry, wlio was created, April 15, 1672, for life, Lord Burntisland^ 

 having had previously a charter of the castle of Burntisland. The issue of this mar- 

 riage were ; 



David, successor to the countess's honors. 



Anne, who married David, Earl of Leven and Melville, and had issue. 



Margaret, married to David, Earl of Northesk. 



The Countess of Wemyss married, secondly, George, first Earl of Cromarty, but had 

 •no issue by his lordship; she died in 1705, and was succeeded by her only son, 



David, fourth earl. This nobleman, who was appointed by Queen Anne, Lord 

 High Admiral of Scotland, sworn of the Privy Council, and constituted one of the 

 Commissioners for concluding the treaty of union, married, first, in 1697, Lady Anne 

 Douglas, daughter of William, first Duke of Queensberry, and sister of James, Duke 

 of Queensberry and Dover, and of William, first Earl of March, by whom he had one 

 surviving son, 



James, his successor. 



Williamina (afterwards Mrs. Moore). 



There is a tradition in the family that the wife of David Wemyss died 

 in childbed, and, believing her expected child to be a boy, requested 

 that it be christened William, after William of Orange; being a girl, it 

 was christened Williamina. 



David Wemyss married twice afterwards, but had no male issue. He 

 died March 15, 1720. 



Upon his marriage, William Moore settled upon an estate presented 

 to him by his father, John Moore, which was situated upon the river 

 Schuylkill, some twenty-five miles from Philadelphia. This property 

 consisted of about twelve hundred acres of land, which he farmed with 

 the help of a large number of slaves and redemptioners. He built upon 

 it a large house (still, in 1880, standing). It was known as "Moore 

 Hall." 



William Moore died at Moore Hall, May 30, 1782. His will, 

 which is written "with his own hand," is a singular document, 

 being mainly a tribute to his wife, to whom he gives his whole estate, 

 and of whom he says: "Never frightened by the rude rabble, or dis- 

 mayed by the insolent threats of the ruling powers — happy woman, a 

 pattern of her sex, and worthy the relationship she bears to the Right 

 Honorable and noble family from whence she sprang." He was a 

 staunch Royalist, but during the stay of the army at A^alley Forge he 

 invited Colonel Clement Biddle and his staff to make Moore Hall his 

 headquarters. Mrs. Moore survived him until December 6, 1784, when 

 the family removed to Philadelphia. 



The following notice of the death of William Moore, Esq., appeared 

 in the Fennsylvania Gazette of June 18, 1782: 



