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Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair 1494–1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1494

Birth Location: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 January 1562

Death Location: Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Henry Sinclair

Mother: Margaret Hepburn

Spouse(s): Lord Ogilvy, Donald Mackay

Children(s): Margaret Bobbingworth, Lady (Ogle), Margaretha Ogilvy, James Lindsay, Helen Ogilvy, James Ogilvy, James Ogilvy, Janet Ogilvy, Catherine Colville, Helen Ogilvy, Marion Ogilvy, Aodh MacKay, Florence MacKay

In 1494, Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair entered the world in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Henry Sinclair And Margaret Hepburn. Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair married Donald Mackay, Lord James Ogilvy, and had children including Agnes Ogilvy, Aodh Lye Du Black Eye Mackay, Catherine Colville, Florence Mackay, Helen Ogilvy, James Ogilvy, James Lindsay, James Ogilvy, Janet Ogilvy, Jean Cunyngham, Jessie Ogilvy, Lady Dorothy De Grey Ogle, Margaret Ogilvy Countess Of Cornhill Bourne Bobbingworth, Margaretha Ogilvy, Marion Ogilvy. Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair passed away in 1562 in Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1494, Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair entered the world in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Henry Sinclair And Margaret Hepburn.
  • Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair married Donald Mackay, Lord James Ogilvy, and had children including Agnes Ogilvy, Aodh Lye Du Black Eye Mackay, Catherine Colville, Florence Mackay, Helen Ogilvy, James Ogilvy, James Lindsay, James Ogilvy, Janet Ogilvy, Jean Cunyngham, Jessie Ogilvy, Lady Dorothy De Grey Ogle, Margaret Ogilvy Countess Of Cornhill Bourne Bobbingworth, Margaretha Ogilvy, Marion Ogilvy.
  • Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair passed away in 1562 in Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Lady Clair's Ancestors

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Lady Clair
1494–1562
Birth Place: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Henry Sinclair
1459–1513
Caithnessshire,, Scotland
Margaret Hepburn
1456–1542
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Adam Hepburn
1435–1479
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Helen Hepburn
1436–1513
West Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Clair's Descendants

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Lady (Helen Sinclair St) Clair (1494–2 January 1562) m. Lord (James) Ogilvy (1494–13 July 1548) m. Donald Mackay (1500–1550)
  1. 1. Margaret (Ogilvy, Countess of Cornhill Bourne) Bobbingworth 1508–1549
    1. 1. CHRISTINA BOURNE 1526–1580 m. Sir (JOHN Neal BRAUNCH of) Kent 1526–1588
      1. 1. Johanna(Joan) Kent* 1555–1618 m. Major (General Johanis John Desbrow) III 1556–1610
        1. 1. Isaac Desborough 1589–1660 m. Mary (Ann) Stone 1593–1635
  2. 2. Lady (Dorothy de Grey) (Ogle) 1488–1550
  3. 3. Margaretha Ogilvy 1508–1549
  4. 4. James Lindsay 1541–1605 m. Jean Forbes 1541–1578
    1. 1. Patrick Ogilvie 1568–
    2. 2. James Ogilvy 1565–1606
    3. 3. Mararet Ogilvy 1560–
    4. 4. Margaret Ogilvy 1565–1598
  5. 5. Helen Ogilvy 1526–
  6. 6. James Ogilvy 1516–1547
  7. 7. James Ogilvy –1605
  8. 8. Janet Ogilvy –1720
  9. 9. Catherine Colville 1530–1559
  10. 10. Helen Ogilvy 1526–
  11. 11. Marion Ogilvy 1514–1569
  12. 12. Aodh (Lye Du (Black Eye)) MacKay 1510–1572
  13. 13. Florence MacKay 1515–

Lady Clair's Timeline

2 Records

1494
1494
Birth of Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair in Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1562
2 January 1562
Age 68
Death of Lady Helen Sinclair St Clair in Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1494
    Event Place: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 January 1562
    Event Place: Airlie, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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