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Lilias Fleming
b. 10 October 1647
Birth
Lilias Fleming was born on 10 October 1647 in Kilsyth.1
Parents
| Father | Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1608, d. February 1665) |
| Mother | Jane Drummond, eldest daughter of John 2nd Earl of Perth (b. 1616, d. 12 January 1663) |
Family life
Richard Story, Customs Officer, and Lilias Fleming were married circa 1668. She eloped with her husband, who was one of her father's servants.2
Partner with Richard Story, Customs Officer, (b. circa 1640)
Property3
Lilias Fleming possessed along with her husband assigned her provision of the flve-merk lands of Smythston and others in the barony of Lenzie to Lieutenant-Colonel John Fleming on 28 November 1673 in Smythston.2,4
Citations
- [S30] Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Lillias Fleming baptised 24 Oct 1647, born 10 Oct 1647 to John Earl of Wigtown and Jane Drummond at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1LK-M3L
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 11 September 2025; GD24/1/963, 1664, 1687, Earl of Wigtown: division of property and account of estate income
- [S132] Thomas Watson, Kirkintilloch, p 37
| Last Edited | 9 June 2025 |