Person:Francelina Semple (1)

Francelina, or Catherine Semple

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Page 554 – Sir William Sempill, Knight, of Letterkenny, in Ireland, who was a J.P. for County Donegal in 1629. On 23 May 1639, along with Sir George Hamilton of Donalong, Baronet, Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, and Sir William Stewart of New Stewarton, he had a grant of the manor of Strabane and the rest of the Abercorn estate. He appears to have married Anne, younger daughter of Sir William Stewart, Baronet, sometime of Dunduff, Ayrshire, and of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, by whom he had an only daughter, Francelina, who appears to have been married to Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet of Killishandra, County Caven.

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's ‘Peerage of Scotland’ containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, with armorial illustrations. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914)
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   Page 554 – Sir William Sempill, Knight, of Letterkenny, in Ireland, who was a J.P. for County Donegal in 1629. On 23 May 1639, along with Sir George Hamilton of Donalong, Baronet, Sir George Hamilton of Greenlaw, and Sir William Stewart of New Stewarton, he had a grant of the manor of Strabane and the rest of the Abercorn estate. He appears to have married Anne, younger daughter of Sir William Stewart, Baronet, sometime of Dunduff, Ayrshire, and of Ramalton, County Donegal, Ireland, by whom he had an only daughter, Francelina, who appears to have been married to Sir Charles Hamilton of Killishandra, County Caven.

2. ↑ Catherine Sempill, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.