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Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn 1542–1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1542

Birth Location: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1599

Death Location: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Brough

Mother: Catherine Kennedy

Spouse(s): John Stuart,, John Sinclair, John Sinclair, Archibald Douglas, Reverend Douglas

Children(s): Francis Stewart

Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn was born in 1542 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Sinclair Of Strome And Brough And Catherine Kennedy. Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn married Archibald Parson Of Douglas Douglas, John Garrow Sinclair, John Earl Of Caithness Sinclair, John Stuart, Reverend Archibald Douglas, and had children including Francis 5Th Earl Of Bothwell Stewart. Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn passed away in 1599 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn was born in 1542 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Henry Sinclair Of Strome And Brough And Catherine Kennedy.
  • Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn married Archibald Parson Of Douglas Douglas, John Garrow Sinclair, John Earl Of Caithness Sinclair, John Stuart, Reverend Archibald Douglas, and had children including Francis 5Th Earl Of Bothwell Stewart.
  • Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn passed away in 1599 in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Baroness Hepburn's Ancestors

Self
Baroness Hepburn
1542–1599
Birth Place: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Sinclair of Strome and Brough
1520–1563
Shetland Island, Scotland
Catherine Kennedy
1523–1588
Scotland
Grandparents
Edward (Sinclair of) Strome
1500–1549
Strom, Whiteness, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland
Lady (Margaret) Dischington
1505–1574
Ardross, Fifeshire, Scotland
Malcolm Fleming
1494–1547
Castle Cumbernauld, Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret- Stewart
1502–1563
Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Sinclair
1463–1527
Lady Gordon
1467–1525
William Ardross
1487–1547
Jonet Sandilands
1497–1541
James Stewart
1473–1513
Margaret Tudor
1489–1593
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Baroness Hepburn's Descendants

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Baroness (Jean (Joanna)) Hepburn (1542–1599) m. John Stuart, (1531–1563) m. John ("Garrow") Sinclair (APR 1531–28 JAN 1567) m. John (Earl of Caithness) Sinclair (1543–SEP 1575) m. Archibald (Parson of Douglas) Douglas (1539–1588) m. Reverend (Archibald) Douglas (1580–)
  1. 1. Francis (5th Earl of Bothwell) Stewart 1562–1612

Baroness Hepburn's Timeline

2 Records

1542
1542
Birth of Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
1599
1599
Age 57
Death of Baroness Jean (Joanna) Hepburn in Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1542
    Event Place: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Old Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Killermont, Ayr, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Dunkeld, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Bothwell Lanark, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Balnabroich, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Ballockindrain, Argyll, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1599
    Event Place: Caithness, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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