The marriage of John Umphray and Margaret Ann Wemyss was recorded in the Bellie (Morayshire) Parish Register in 1786:

October the Thirty-first Seventeen hundred and Eighty-six. - Mr. John Umphray of this Parish and Margaret Ann Weymyfs (sic) of the Parish of Huntly, were married By the Revd. Mr. James Gordon of Bellie.

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Umphray & Wemyss

‘Margaret Wemyss, daughter of the said Peter Wemyss, and spouse to John Umphray merchant in Fochabers’ was among the principal beneficiaries in the Last Will and Testament of her aunt, Margaret Lindsay MS Gordon, subscribed on 29^th June 1805. She was bequeathed the sum of £60. To Alexander and Mary Umphray, her children, was bequeathed £10 each; Mary was additionally to receive ‘my metal watch’.

These bequests were however postponed, for the duration of the lifetimes of George Catanach and his wife, Helen Catanach MS Gordon. A letter in this connection was written on behalf of Margaret and her children by Alexander Webster on 20^th August 1821. ‘M^r. John Umphray, Merchant in Fochabers’ was deceased by the time of writing. John and Margaret’s daughter, Mary, was now married to ‘Bailie George Alexander, Merchant in Banff’; it was George who had written to Mr Webster, adverting his attention to the matter.

Alexander Webster to Elizabeth Catanach, 20 August 1821

Forebears

Margaret Ann Wemyss was a daughter of Peter, known on occasion as Patrick, Wemyss and Mary Gordon, whose marriage contract was signed at Collithie on 1^st December 1761 and recorded at Elgin on 8^th November 1786.

It is surmised that Peter is to be identified with the ‘Mr Weims’ who was a witness to the christening of Isobel Cattanach in 1766.

‘Peter Wemyss residing at Gibston’ was nominated as an executor in the Last Will and Testament subscribed by his sister-in-law, Margaret Lindsay MS Gordon, in 1805, together with George Catanach, a brother-in-law to both of them.

Mary Gordon was a daughter of Charles Gordon, VI of Terpersie, and Margaret Gordon.