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Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir 1435–1479 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1435

Birth Location: Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: Dec 1479

Death Location: Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Patrick Hepburn

Mother: Ellen Wallace

Spouse(s): Elyne Lady

Children(s): Lady Sinclair, Sir Hepburn, Mary Keith, James Hepburn, Helen Hepburn, Sir Knight, George Isles, Lady Hepburn, Baroness Hepburn, Sir Keith

Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir was born in 1435 in Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Patrick Hepburn And Ellen Wallace. Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir married Elyne Helen Home Lady, and had children including Baroness Elizabeth Agnes Hepburn, George Hepburn Bishop Of The Isles, Helen Hepburn, James Hepburn, Lady Alison Countess Of Rattray Hepburn, Lady Margaret Hepburn Lady Of Hailes Amp Bothwell Baroness Of Hailes 3Rd Baroness Of Sinclair, Mary Margaret Keith, Sir Adam Hepburn, Sir Patrick 1St Earl Of Bothwell Lord High Admiral Of Scotland Hepburn Knight, Sir William 5Th Baron Of Inverugie Keith. Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir passed away in 1479 in Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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  • Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir was born in 1435 in Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Patrick Hepburn And Ellen Wallace.
  • Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir married Elyne Helen Home Lady, and had children including Baroness Elizabeth Agnes Hepburn, George Hepburn Bishop Of The Isles, Helen Hepburn, James Hepburn, Lady Alison Countess Of Rattray Hepburn, Lady Margaret Hepburn Lady Of Hailes Amp Bothwell Baroness Of Hailes 3Rd Baroness Of Sinclair, Mary Margaret Keith, Sir Adam Hepburn, Sir Patrick 1St Earl Of Bothwell Lord High Admiral Of Scotland Hepburn Knight, Sir William 5Th Baron Of Inverugie Keith.
  • Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir passed away in 1479 in Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Parents

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Adam Sir's Ancestors

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Adam Sir
1435–1479
Birth Place: Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Patrick Hepburn
1412–1482
West Lothian, Scotland
Ellen Wallace
1414–1482
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Adam Hepburn of) Hailes
1382–1446
, , , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Hailes
1321–
Beatrice Vaux
1345–1390
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Vaux
1321–1392
Madam Vaux
1310–

Adam Sir's Descendants

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Adam ("Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn) Sir (1435–Dec 1479) m. Elyne (Helen Home) Lady (1436–15 Jul 1480)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Hepburn, Lady of Hailes & Bothwell, Baroness of Hailes, 3rd Baroness of) Sinclair 1456–1542 m. Sir (Lord Henry Sinclair, Knight of Roslin, 3rd Lord St. Clair (Sinclair), Earl of Caithness &) Orkney 1459–1513 m. Archibald Douglas 1445–1513
    1. 1. Margaret Alexander 1480–1520 m. Robert (Baronet) Sinclair 1489–1507 m. Robert Sinclair 1480–1507
      1. 1. ELIZABETH SINCLAIR 1505–1565
        1. 1. John (Trotter (1st Baron)) elder 1553–1642 m. Janet Macmath 1555–1641
    2. 2. Elizabeth (St Clair (Baroness of Great Essex Ardleigh, Daughter of 3rd Lord St) Clair) 1495–1562
    3. 3. Henry (St Clair (4th Lord St Clair)) II 1488–1545
    4. 4. William (Sinclair, 4th Lord) Sinclair 1490–1570
    5. 5. Agnes Sinclair 1495–1574
    6. 6. Elizabeth Sinclair 1480–1505
    7. 7. Katherine SINCLAIR 1492–1526
    8. 8. Alexander Sinclair 1480–1541
    9. 9. Janet ("Jean") Sinclair 1505–1559
    10. 10. Helen (Sinclair, Lady of Newburgh, Foveran,) Aberdeenshire 1494–1562
    11. 11. Lady (Margaret) Sinclair 1490–1505
    12. 12. Lady (Elizabeth Helen of Newburgh Foveran Aberdeenshire) Sinclair 1500–1562
    13. 13. Elene Sinclair 1489–1540
  2. 2. Sir (Adam) Hepburn 1457–1513
  3. 3. Mary (Margaret) Keith 1477–1549
  4. 4. James Hepburn 1464–1525
  5. 5. Helen Hepburn 1463–1542
  6. 6. Sir (Patrick 1st Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland Hepburn) Knight 1450–1508
  7. 7. George (Hepburn, Bishop of the) Isles 1454–1513
  8. 8. Lady (Alison Countess of Rattray) Hepburn 1456–1542
  9. 9. Baroness (Elizabeth Agnes) Hepburn 1461–1542
  10. 10. Sir (William 5th Baron of Inverugie) Keith 1458–1521

Adam Sir's Timeline

2 Records

1435
1435
Birth of Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir in Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
1479
Dec 1479
Age 44
Death of Adam "Master of Hailes" "Sheriff Berkwickshire" Hepburn Sir in Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1435
    Event Place: Hailes Castle, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1479
    Event Place: Bothwell Castle, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Millennium File

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