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Lady Jean Janet Hepburn 1540–1599 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 27 July 1599

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Patrick Bothwell

Mother: Agnes, Sinclair

Spouse(s): John Sinclair

Children(s): John Rattar, James Sinclair, George Sinclair, Francis Bothwell

Lady Jean Janet Hepburn was born in 1540 in Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Patrick The Fair Hepburn 3Rd Earl Van Bothwell Earl Of Bothwell And Agnes Countess Of Bothwell Lady Morhan Sinclair. Lady Jean Janet Hepburn married John Master Of Caithness Sinclair, and had children including Francis Stewart Hepburn Earl Of Bothwell, George Sinclair, James Sinclair, John Sinclair 1St Of Greenland And Rattar. Lady Jean Janet Hepburn passed away in 1599 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Lady Jean Janet Hepburn was born in 1540 in Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Patrick The Fair Hepburn 3Rd Earl Van Bothwell Earl Of Bothwell And Agnes Countess Of Bothwell Lady Morhan Sinclair.
  • Lady Jean Janet Hepburn married John Master Of Caithness Sinclair, and had children including Francis Stewart Hepburn Earl Of Bothwell, George Sinclair, James Sinclair, John Sinclair 1St Of Greenland And Rattar.
  • Lady Jean Janet Hepburn passed away in 1599 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Lady Hepburn's Ancestors

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Lady Hepburn
1540–1599
Birth Place: Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Patrick The Fair Hepburn 3rd Earl van Bothwell Earl of Bothwell
1512–1577
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Agnes, (Countess of Bothwell, Lady Morhan) Sinclair
1509–1572
Rosslyn Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Adam Hepburn
1492–1513
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes Stewart
1470–1557
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Hepburn's Descendants

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Lady (Jean Janet) Hepburn (1540–27 July 1599) m. John (Master of Caithness) Sinclair (1543–1576)
  1. 1. John (Sinclair, 1st of Greenland and) Rattar 1568–1622 m. Janet Sutherland 1580–1642
    1. 1. James (ll of Ratter Sinclair 10th) GGF 1597–1634 m. JANET (Bruce Sinclair) Lady 1595–1642
    2. 2. Isabelle Grinelaw 1603–1628
    3. 3. Henry Sinclair 1600–
    4. 4. Jean Sinclair 1600–
    5. 5. Andrew Sinclair 1600–
    6. 6. Elizabeth Sinclair 1600–1680
    7. 7. Agnes Sinclair 1516–1575 m. Patrick (Third Earl of Bothwell) (Hepburn) 1512–1556
      1. 1. James Hepburn 1535–1578 m. Mary (Stuart \ Stewart, "Queen of) Scots" 1542–1587 m. Jean Gordon 1546–1629
        1. 1. James (Charles Stuart) VI 1566–1625 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1574–1619
        2. 2. Jean Swinton 1575–
        3. 3. William (Hepburn,) Betoun 1561–
      2. 2. Johanna (Hepburn Lady) Morham 1540–1599
  2. 2. James Sinclair 1589–1631
  3. 3. George Sinclair 1552–1620
  4. 4. Francis (Stewart Hepburn Earl of) Bothwell –1624

Lady Hepburn's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Lady Jean Janet Hepburn in Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1599
27 July 1599
Age 59
Death of Lady Jean Janet Hepburn in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Hailes, Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Genealogy and history of the Hepburn family of the Susquehanna Valley

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 July 1599
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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