Jean Somerville

JEAN SOMERVILLE

Name Lady Jean Somerville
Gender F (Female)
Birth Date 1575
Birth Place Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death Date 1614
Death Place Scotland. She was alleged to be a witch and referred to by S, Scotland, United Kingdom
Father Hugh 7th Lord Somerville
Mother Eleanor Seton
Spouse Thomas Weir of Kirkton
Child Maj. Thomas Somerville Weir

Jean Somerville is said to have married Thomas Weir of Kirkton, with whom she is said to have had a son also named Thomas, afterwards Major Thomas Weir. Wikipedia: Thomas Weir It is sometimes claimed that she was the daughter of John, Lord Somerville but there is no mention of her in Sir James Balfour Paul's account of the family, The Scots Peerage, viii, p. 15 or in the account published by Stirnet. Stirnet: Somerville 01

Genealogigical Accounts

1. Ghostly Aspects: The Myth of the Wizard of West Bow
2. Electric Scotland: Weir