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Margaret Hepburn 1465–1542 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1465

Birth Location: Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 November 1542

Death Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Sheriff

Mother: Lady Home

Spouse(s): Henry Sinclair, Sir II, Archibald, Douglas, Archibald Angus

Children(s): Helen Sinclair, Lady "Ruthven", Mary Douglas, Jean Crawford

The story of Margaret Hepburn began in 1465 in Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Margaret Hepburn married Archibald 6Th Earl Of Angus Douglas, Archibald Angus Douglas 6Th Earl Of Angus, Henry Sinclair, Sir John Douglas Earl Of Morton Ii, and had children including Helen Lady Of Newburgh Sinclair, Jean Janet Sinclair Lindsay Lady Countess Of Crawford, Lady Janet Douglas Baroness Ruthven Ruthven, Mary Sarah Douglas, William Sinclair. Margaret Hepburn passed away in 1542 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Hepburn began in 1465 in Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Margaret Hepburn married Archibald 6Th Earl Of Angus Douglas, Archibald Angus Douglas 6Th Earl Of Angus, Henry Sinclair, Sir John Douglas Earl Of Morton Ii, and had children including Helen Lady Of Newburgh Sinclair, Jean Janet Sinclair Lindsay Lady Countess Of Crawford, Lady Janet Douglas Baroness Ruthven Ruthven, Mary Sarah Douglas, William Sinclair.
  • Margaret Hepburn passed away in 1542 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Hepburn's Ancestors

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Margaret Hepburn
1465–1542
Birth Place: Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Adam Hepburn, Master-Baron of Hailes, Sheriff
1450–1508
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Elyne Helen) Home
1436–1513
Hailes, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Hepburn's Descendants

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Margaret Hepburn (1465–8 November 1542) m. Henry Sinclair (1459–9 Sep 1513) m. Sir (John Douglas, Earl of Morton) II (15 May 1459–9 Sep 1513) m. Archibald, (6th Earl of Angus,) Douglas (1490–22 Jan 1557) m. Archibald (Angus Douglas, 6th Earl of) Angus (29 Nov 1489–22 January 1557)
  1. 1. Helen (Lady of Newburgh) Sinclair 1494–1562 m. Alexander (Hepburn 15th) GGF 1494–1551 m. Donald MacKay 1490–1549
    1. 1. Alexander (Sir Hepburn van Whitsome en Riccarton Sherriff van) Edinburgh 1494–1551 m. Helen (Sinclair, Lady of Newburgh, Foveran, Abe) (P11)- 1494–1562
      1. 1. Alexander (Hepburn of) Whitesome 1538–1586 m. Janet ((Jonet) Cunningham) Mcintair 1524–1607
        1. 1. Agnes Hepburn 1486–1509 m. Sir (William "Lord Livingston" Livingston of Callander and) Kilsyth 1486–1518
    2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth of Whitsome) Hepburn 1519–1571
    3. 3. Patrick Hepburn 1534–
    4. 4. Robert Hepburn 1536–
  2. 2. Lady (Janet Douglas, Baroness Ruthven) "Ruthven" 1520–1552
  3. 3. Mary (Sarah) Douglas 1518–1552
  4. 4. Jean ("Janet" Sinclair (Lindsay) Lady Countess of) Crawford 1505–1564

Margaret Hepburn's Timeline

7 Records

1456
1456
Birth of Margaret Hepburn in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1465
1465
Birth of Margaret Hepburn in Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1488
March 1488
Age 23
Margaret Hepburn was married in Westminster, London, London, England
Westminster, London, London, England
1515
Abt. 1515
Age 50
Margaret Hepburn was married in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland
1529
1529
Age 64
Margaret Hepburn was married in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Elgin, Moray, Scotland
1542
8 November 1542
Age 77
Death of Margaret Hepburn in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1607
29 September 1607
Age 142
Margaret Hepburn was married in North Berwick, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
North Berwick, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1456
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1465
    Event Place: Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: March 1488
    Event Place: Westminster, London, London, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Abt. 1515
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1529
    Event Place: Elgin, Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 September 1607
    Event Place: North Berwick, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Evie Tankernes Kirkwall Balquharge Lykeing Greinwall Nather Bruch Harray Skae Kirkwall Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Fife: Dunfermline - Parish Register, 1561-1701

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1485-1489

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1501-1504

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1504-1507

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1542
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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