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Jean Sinclair 1490 – 1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England

Death Date: 21 Mar 1571/72

Death Location: Airlie, Angus, Scotland

Father: Sir Caithness)

Mother: Baroness Hepburn

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Jean Sinclair was born in 1490 in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Sinclair (3rd Lord of St. Clair, 2nd Earl of Caithness) and Baroness Margaret of Hailes Hepburn. Jean Sinclair passed away in 1571 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Jean Sinclair was born in 1490 in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, the child of Sir Henry Sinclair (3rd Lord of St. Clair, 2nd Earl of Caithness) and Baroness Margaret of Hailes Hepburn.
  • Jean Sinclair passed away in 1571 in Airlie, Angus, Scotland.

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Jean Sinclair's Ancestors

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Jean Sinclair
1490 – 1571
Birth Place: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England
Parents
Sir Henry Sinclair (3rd Lord of St. Clair, 2nd Earl of Caithness)
1459 – 1513
Roslin Castle, Roslin, Caithness, Northwest Highlands, Scotland
Baroness (Margaret of Hailes) Hepburn
1456 – 1542
Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Willem (Graham Earl van) Montrose
1494 – 1571
Montrose, Angusshire, Schotland
Johanna Keith
1500 – 1545
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Patrick (Hepburn, 1st of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of) Scotland
1451 – 1508
Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Willem Marischal
1455 – 1530
Lady Scotland
1462 – 1525
Adam Hepburn
1435 – 1479
Elyne Home
1436 – 1480
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jean Sinclair's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Jean Sinclair in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England
Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England
1571
21 Mar 1571/72
Age 81
Death of Jean Sinclair in Airlie, Angus, Scotland
Airlie, Angus, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1571/72
    Event Place: Airlie, Angus, Scotland

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