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Margaret Hepburn 1456 – 1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1456

Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Nov 1542

Death Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Adam Hepburn

Mother: Elyne Home

Spouse(s): Henry Sinclair

Children(s): Elene Sinclair, Lady Clair, Henry Havera, Catherine Sinclair, William Sinclair, Sinclair None, James Sinclair, Jeanette Sinclair, Katherine Sinclair, Anna Sinclair, Agnes Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Jane Sinclair

In 1456, Margaret Hepburn entered the world in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Adam Hepburn and Elyne Héléne Home. Margaret Hepburn married Henry Sinclair, and had children including Elene Sinclair, Lady Elizabeth Helen of Newburgh Foveran Aberdeenshire Clair, Henry Sinclair of Havera, Catherine Sinclair, William Sinclair, Sinclair, James Murray Sinclair, Jeanette Sinclair, Katherine Sinclair, Anna Sinclair, Agnes Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Jane Sinclair. Margaret Hepburn passed away in 1542 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1456, Margaret Hepburn entered the world in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Adam Hepburn and Elyne Héléne Home.
  • Margaret Hepburn married Henry Sinclair, and had children including Elene Sinclair, Lady Elizabeth Helen of Newburgh Foveran Aberdeenshire Clair, Henry Sinclair of Havera, Catherine Sinclair, William Sinclair, Sinclair, James Murray Sinclair, Jeanette Sinclair, Katherine Sinclair, Anna Sinclair, Agnes Sinclair, Elizabeth Sinclair, Jane Sinclair.
  • Margaret Hepburn passed away in 1542 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Adam Hepburn
1435 – 1479
Birth Location: Hailes, Castle, Haddington, Scotland
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Elyne Home
1436 – 1513
Birth Location: Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Henry Sinclair
1459 – 1513
Birth Location: Wick, Caithness, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elene Sinclair
1481 – 1540
Birth Location: Barnbougle Castle, Dalmeny, West Lothian, Scotland
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Lady Clair
1487 – 1562
Birth Location: Newburgh, Foveran, Aberdeenshire, England
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Henry Havera
1488 – 1549
Birth Location: Dunross, Shetland, Scotland
HH
Catherine Sinclair
1489 – 1526
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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William Sinclair
1489 – 1570
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Sinclair None
1490 – 1534
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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James Sinclair
1490 –
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jeanette Sinclair
1490 –
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Katherine Sinclair
1492 – 1526
Birth Location: Caithnessshire, Scotland
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Anna Sinclair
1497 –
Birth Location: Scotland
AS
Agnes Sinclair
1498 – 1572
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Elizabeth Sinclair
1498 – 1526
Birth Location: Caithness, Scotland
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Jane Sinclair
1505 – 1560
Birth Location: Foveran, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JS

Margaret Hepburn's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Hepburn
1456 – 1542
Birth Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Adam Hepburn
1435 – 1479
Hailes, Castle, Haddington, Scotland
Elyne (Héléne) Home
1436 – 1513
Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Home
1407 – 1489
Home, Berwickshire, Scotland
Mariotta ((Marion)) Lauder
1405 – 1466
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1380 – 1424
Janet Hay
1394 –
John Lauder
1385 – 1421
Catherine Landells
1389 – 1425
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Home
1355 – 1427
Nichola Pepdie
1358 – 1443
William Hay
1380 – 1421
Alice Haye
1382 – 1451
Robert Lauder
1345 – 1425
Eleanor Douglas
1329 – 1360
William Landells
1367 – 1391
Jonet Hailes
1370 – 1391

Margaret Hepburn's Descendants

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Margaret Hepburn (1456 – 8 Nov 1542) m. Henry Sinclair (Dec 1459 – 9 Sep 1513)
  1. 1. Elene Sinclair (1481 – 9 Oct 1540) m. John Moubray (Abt 1480 – 1519)
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Helen of Newburgh Foveran Aberdeenshire) Clair (1487 – 2 Jan 1562)
  3. 3. Henry (Sinclair of) Havera (1488 – 26 Nov 1549) m. Jean Sinclair (1488 – 1518)
  4. 4. Catherine Sinclair (1489 – 1526) m. David Wemyss (18 Sep 1490 – 17 May 1544)
  5. 5. William Sinclair (Abt 1489 – 1570) m. Agnes (Manotta) Bruce (1490 – 28 Jun 1577) m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith (1490 – 24 Nov 1549)
  6. 6. Sinclair (1490 – 1534) m. William Knox (1486 – 9 Sep 1513)
  7. 7. James (Murray) Sinclair (1490 – )
  8. 8. Jeanette Sinclair (1490 – ) m. Alexander LINDSEY (12 Nov 1500 – 5 Jul 1542)
  9. 9. Katherine Sinclair (1492 – 7 Mar 1526) m. David Wemyss (18 Sep 1490 – 17 May 1544)
    1. 1. John Wemyss (11 Jul 1513 – 25 Jan 1571) m. Margaret Otterburne (1515 – 1567) m. Janet Traill (Abt 1515 – ) m. Janet Trail (Abt 1515 – )
      1. 1. Mariota Wemyss (1531 – ) m. Robert Fairlie (1525 – )
      2. 2. James Wemyss (Abt 1533 – )
      3. 3. Patrick Wemyss (Abt 1535 – )
      4. 4. Margaret Wemyss (1536 – Sep 1608) m. David Barclay (1530 – 9 Aug 1587)
      5. 5. David Wemyss (20 May 1536 – 15 Jul 1594) m. Cecelia Ruthven (7 May 1540 – 8 Jul 1589) m. Janet Durie (Abt 1544 – 12 Jan 1578)
      6. 6. John Wemyss (1538 – ) m.
      7. 7. Elizabeth Wemyss (Abt 1538 – Aft 1572) m. David Balfour (1525 – ) m. James Balfour (Abt 1539 – )
      8. 8. Agnes Wemyss (Abt 1540 – 16 Nov 1593) m. John Aytoun (1538 – )
      9. 9. Catherine Wemyss (Abt 1540 – )
      10. 10. Janet Wemyss (Abt 1540 – )
      11. 11. Margaret Wemyss (1541 – 1608)
      12. 12. Duncan Wemyss (Abt 1545 – )
      13. 13. Euphame Wemyss (Abt 1547 – 16 Nov 1593) m. David Carnegie (11 Jan 1533 – 5 Feb 1598) m. David Carnegie (1533 – 1598)
        1. 1. John Carnegie (Abt 1569 – 8 Jan 1667) m. Magdalen Halyburton (1585 – 10 Mar 1650) m. Marjory Maule (1579 – ) m. Marion Maule (Abt 1613 – 1660)
        2. 2. Katherine Carnegie (1570 – ) m. John Aytoun (1566 – 1638)
        3. 3. Agnes Carnegie (1572 – 8 Dec 1634) m. Alexander Falconer (1575 – 12 Jun 1645)
        4. 4. Euphame Carnegie (1574 – ) m. Robert Graham (1570 – )
        5. 5. David (Earl van Southesk) Carnegie (1575 – 1658) m. Margaret Lindsay (1575 – )
        6. 6. David Carnegie (Bet 11 Oct 1575 and 10 Nov 1575 – 20 Feb 1658) m. Margaret Lindsay (1575 – ) m. Margaret Barclay (Abt 1575 – ) m. Magdalen Halyburton (1585 – 10 Mar 1650)
        7. 7. Jean Carnegie (1578 – Deceased) m. James Carmichael (1538 – 1594) m. Archibald Dundas (Abt 1543 – )
        8. 8. Robert Carnegie (1579 – Dec 1632) m. Isabel Wemyss (1588 – 1636) m. Isobel Gray (1586 – )
        9. 9. Alexander Carnegie (1582 – Oct 1657) m. Giles Blair (Abt 1611 – )
      14. 14. Elizabeth Wemyss (1548 – 1594)
      15. 15. Jean Wemyss (1549 – ) m. James (Macgill) II (1545 – 11 Jun 1602)
    2. 2. Margaret Wemyss (1515 – )
    3. 3. Margaret Wemyss (Bef 1526 – 1544)
    4. 4. David Wemyss (Bef 1526 – 22 Feb 1596)
  10. 10. Anna Sinclair (1497 – )
  11. 11. Agnes Sinclair (1498 – 1572) m. James Ogilvy (1495 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Donald MacKay (Abt 1490 – 1549) m. Patrick Hepburn (Abt 1512 – Sep 1556) m. Donald MacKay (1487 – 1549)
    1. 1. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1510 – Abt 1590)
    2. 2. Marion Ogilvy (Bet 11 Jan 1512 and 10 Jan 1513 – Bet 11 Jan 1569 and 10 Jan 1570) m. Patrick Gray (Mar 1518 – 1583) m. Patrick (1510 – )
      1. 1. Patrick Gray (1528 – 10 Mar 1608) m. Barbara Ruthven (7 May 1535 – 21 Jul 1594)
      2. 2. Isobell Grey (1533 – 1619) m. Alexander Achesonne (1525 – Abt 1563)
      3. 3. Katherine Gray (1534 – 1596) m. John Mortimer (1525 – 1575) m. John (de) Mortimer (1535 – 1575)
      4. 4. Walter Gray (Abt 1535 – 1601) m. Agnes Mowat (Abt 1540 – )
      5. 5. Dorothy GRAY (Bef 1536 – 28 Nov 1655)
      6. 6. Majorie Grey (1540 – 1582)
      7. 7. Gilbert Gray (1540 – 12 Aug 1592) m. Marion Carnegie (1542 – 28 May 1585) m. Elisabeth Hay (Abt 1542 – Bef 1597)
      8. 8. Mary (Ann) Gray (1540 – 1600) m. George Parbroath (1535 – 24 Nov 1601)
      9. 9. James Gray (Abt 1540 – Bet 1585 and 1586) m. Elizabeth Bethune (1518 – 3 Jul 1567)
      10. 10. Lilias Gray (1542 – Mar 1614) m. David Tyrie (Abt 1552 – 20 Oct 1592) m. John Oliphant (1552 – 1 Feb 1603) m. Peter Oliphant (1542 – 24 Oct 1594)
      11. 11. Margaret Gray (Abt 1542 – ) m. William Stewart (1537 – )
      12. 12. Mary (De) Grey (Abt 1544 – Jun 1592) m. David Seton (Abt 1543 – 21 Nov 1601)
      13. 13. Johne Gray (1545 – ) m. Christiane (Bell) Harlow (1542 – )
      14. 14. Marion (de) Grey (Abt 1545 – Jun 1582) m. Patrick Ogilvy (1528 – 24 May 1622) m. James Torrens (1540 – 1591)
      15. 15. Andrew Gray (1546 – 16 Feb 1611)
      16. 16. Robert Gray (Abt 1546 – Aft 1593)
      17. 17. Agnes Gray (1548 – 9 Jan 1583) m. Robert Logan (1533 – 26 Aug 1561) m. Alexander Home (15 May 1526 – 11 Aug 1575) m. Thomas Lyon (1546 – 18 Feb 1607)
      18. 18. Elizabeth Gray (1551 – 1578) m. Laurence Bruce (20 Jan 1546 – Aug 1617)
      19. 19. Helen Gray (Abt 1551 – 1574)
      20. 20. Helen Gray (1554 – ) m. David Maxwell (1550 – )
      21. 21. Anne Gray (8 Jul 1554 – 9 Jan 1580) m. Patrick Douglas (Abt 1550 – 2 Nov 1582)
      22. 22. Agnes Gray (1559 – ) m. Patrick Douglas (Abt 1557 – )
      23. 23. Isobel Gray (14 Aug 1560 – 20 Oct 1589) m. Alexander Falconer (1545 – 1 Dec 1595) m. David Strachan
        1. 1. Alexander Falconer (1575 – 12 Jun 1645) m. Agnes Carnegie (1572 – 8 Dec 1634) m. Margaret Jamieson (1580 – ) m. Anne Lindsay (Abt 1599 – 13 Jul 1692)
        2. 2. Patrick Falconar (1577 – ) m. Margaret Carnegie (1574 – ) m. Crisel Blair
        3. 3. Isobel Falconer (Abt 1585 – ) m. Francis Apparisiis (Abt 1587 – ) m. Francis Apparisiis (Abt 1585 – )
        4. 4. Jean Falconer (Abt 1585 – ) m. John (Fullarton) (Fulertoun) (Abt 1585 – )
        5. 5. Robert Falconer m. Isobel Rossie (Abt 1578 – )
    3. 3. James (Ogilvie Master of) Airlie (1516 – 9 Oct 1547) m. Katherine (Campbell of) Crawford ( – 10 Jan 1578)
    4. 4. James Ogilvy (1520 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Katherine Campbell (1520 – 1 Oct 1578)
    5. 5. Elizabeth (Marion) Ogilvy (Abt 1520 – 15 Jul 1569)
    6. 6. Thomas Ogilvy (Abt 1522 – 1577) m. Beatrice Chisholm (Abt 1544 – ) m. Janet Fraser (Abt 1526 – )
    7. 7. Archibald Ogilvie (Abt 1524 – )
    8. 8. Agnes Ogilvy (Abt 1528 – 1600)
    9. 9. Margaret Ogilvy (Abt 1528 – 1600)
    10. 10. Thomas Ogilvy (Abt 1529 – Bef 1577)
    11. 11. Alexander Ogilvy (Abt 1531 – Bef 1548)
    12. 12. Helen Ogilvy (1536 – 1566) m. James Stewart (1538 – 14 Feb 1586)
  12. 12. Elizabeth Sinclair (Abt 1498 – Abt 1526) m. William Cunningham (1480 – 6 Nov 1547)
  13. 13. Jane Sinclair (1505 – Feb 1560) m. Alexander Lindsay (1505 – 10 Sep 1558)

Margaret Hepburn's Timeline

2 Records

1456
1456
Birth of Margaret Hepburn in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1542
8 Nov 1542
Age 86
Death of Margaret Hepburn in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1456
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1542
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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