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Patrick The Fair Hepburn 1512 – 1556 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1512

Birth Location: Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: Sep 1556

Death Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Father: Sir Hailes

Mother: Princess 1503-1511)

Spouse(s): Agnes Sinclair, Catherine Kennedy

Children(s): James Kelso, Lady Hepburn, Margaret Hepburn, Patrick Hepburn, Jane Hepburn, Edward Sinclair, Hugh Sinclair, William Sinclair, Oliver Sinclair, Janet Sinclair, Hubert Sinclair

Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell was born in 1512 in Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Adam Hepburn \ 2nd Earl van Bothwell, Lord Hailes and Princess Agnes Isobell Stewart \ Countess of Bothwell - 4th Mistress of King James IV of Scotland (abt. 1503-1511). Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell married Agnes Sinclair, Catherine Kennedy, and had children including James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso, Lady Jean "Janet" Hepburn, Margaret Jane Hepburn, Patrick Hepburn, Jane Hepburn, Edward Sinclair, Hugh Sinclair, William (Capt.) Sinclair, Oliver Sinclair, Janet Sinclair, Hubert Azariah Groves Sinclair. Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell passed away in 1556 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell was born in 1512 in Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Adam Hepburn \ 2nd Earl van Bothwell, Lord Hailes and Princess Agnes Isobell Stewart \ Countess of Bothwell - 4th Mistress of King James IV of Scotland (abt. 1503-1511).
  • Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell married Agnes Sinclair, Catherine Kennedy, and had children including James Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot Kelso, Lady Jean "Janet" Hepburn, Margaret Jane Hepburn, Patrick Hepburn, Jane Hepburn, Edward Sinclair, Hugh Sinclair, William (Capt.) Sinclair, Oliver Sinclair, Janet Sinclair, Hubert Azariah Groves Sinclair.
  • Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell passed away in 1556 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Hailes
1453 – 1513
Birth Location: Hailes, Prestonkirk Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
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Princess 1503-1511)
1472 – 1557
Birth Location: Traquier, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Sinclair
1509 – 1572
Birth Location: Rosslyn Castle, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
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Catherine Kennedy
1523 – 1588
Birth Location: Scotland
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Children(s)

James Kelso
1529 – 1558
Birth Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
JK
Lady Hepburn
1543 – 1599
Birth Location: Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
LH
Margaret Hepburn
1549 – 1635
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MH
Patrick Hepburn
Birth Location: –
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Jane Hepburn
1540 – 1599
Birth Location: Prestonkirk, East Lothian, , Scotland
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Edward Sinclair
1545 – 1622
Birth Location: Strom And Brugh, Nesting, Shetland, Scotland
ES
Hugh Sinclair
1545 – 1603
Birth Location: Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
HS
William Sinclair
1547 – 1605
Birth Location: Brough, Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland
WS
Oliver Sinclair
1550 – 1610
Birth Location: –
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Janet Sinclair
– 1587
Birth Location: Strom And Brugh, Shetland, Scotland
JS
Hubert Sinclair
Birth Location: –
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Patrick Hepburn's Ancestors

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Patrick Hepburn
1512 – 1556
Birth Place: Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Adam Hepburn \ 2nd Earl van Bothwell, Lord Hailes
1453 – 1513
Hailes, Prestonkirk Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
Princess (Agnes Isobell Stewart \ Countess of Bothwell - 4th Mistress of King James IV of Scotland (abt.) 1503-1511)
1472 – 1557
Traquier, Peebles-Shire, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Bishop Isles) Hepburn
1454 – 1513
Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland
Alexander, (Earl of Galloway, Lord Stewart to King James, van) Garlies
1435 – 1500
Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Schotland
Lady (Margaret Christian Stewart ( Montgomery) )
1433 – 1493
Falahill, Eddleston, Peebles-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady Home
1436 – 1513
Sir Berkwickshire)(Knight)
1435 – 1479
Sir Garlies
1408 – 1479
Euphemia Graham
1408 – 1468
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Lauder
1407 – 1443
Ellen WALLACE
1414 – 1482
John Garlies
1381 – 1420
Marion Dalswinton
1385 – 1449

Patrick Hepburn's Descendants

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Patrick (The Fair) Hepburn (Jan 1512 – Sep 1556) m. Agnes Sinclair (1509 – Mar 22 1572) m. Catherine Kennedy (1523 – 1588)
  1. 1. James (Stuart Kelso Melrose Abbot) Kelso (1529 – 1558)
  2. 2. Lady (Jean "Janet") Hepburn (1543 – 27 Jul 1599) m. John (Stuart Lord) Darnley (1535 – 1 Nov 1563)
    1. 1. Hercules Stewart (1562 – 18 Feb 1595) m. Marion (Mary Quhytlaw) (Whitelaw) (1562 – 1627)
      1. 1. John Stewart (Abt. 1589 – )
      2. 2. Henry Stewart (Bef. 1595 – )
      3. 3. Hercules (Charles) Stewart ( – Bef. 1655)
    2. 2. Marie Sinclair (1562 – 1608)
    3. 3. Frans (Stuart Earl van Bothwell Lord Badenoch van) Enzie (1 December 1562 – 4 November 1613) m. Margaretha Stuart (1575 – 1670)
      1. 1. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch (1570 – 15 Dec 1611)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Helen) Stewart (1572 – 1620)
      3. 3. Francis (Stewart, 2nd Earl of) Bothwell (1584-1 – 21 Apr 1640)
      4. 4. Henry Stewart (1586 – )
      5. 5. Henry (Harry) Stewart (1588 – 1612)
      6. 6. Elizabeth Stewart (Aug 1588 – 10 Dec 1625)
      7. 7. Helene Stewart (Aug 1588 – 1640)
      8. 8. Marie Stewart (1590 – 1617-1)
      9. 9. Sir (John Stewart, Earl of Traquair, Lord High Treasurer of) Scotland (1595 – 27 Mar 1659)
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Stewart, Countess of) Queensberry (14 Sep 1620 – 20 March 1671)
      10. 10. John ((Commendatof of Coldinham)) Stewart (1595 – Aug 1658)
    4. 4. Margaret Stewart (1563 – 14 Sep 1608)
    5. 5. Francis (Bothwell) Stewart (1563 – 04 Nov 1612)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Sinclair (1563 – )
    7. 7. George (Sinclair (5th Earl of) Caithness) (1566 – FEB 1642/43)
    8. 8. John Sinclair (Abt 1566 – 21 December 1622)
    9. 9. Majorie Stewart (1568 – 25 Nov 1607)
    10. 10. Marie Sinclair (1572 – 20 Feb 1582)
    11. 11. Agnes Sinclair (Abt 1572 – )
    12. 12. Bessie Sinclair (Abt 1574 – )
    13. 13. Jane Sinclair (1575 – )
    14. 14. Henry Sinclair (1580 – 1614)
    15. 15. James (1st Earl of Murkle) Sinclair (1580 – 1642)
    16. 16. Agnes Sinclair (Abt 1581 – 1650)
    17. 17. David Sinclair (Abt 1582 – )
    18. 18. Marie Sinclair (20 Feb 1582 – 29 October 1608)
  3. 3. Margaret (Jane) Hepburn (1549 – 27 Jun 1635)
  4. 4. Patrick Hepburn
  5. 5. Jane Hepburn (1540 – 27 Jul 1599)
  6. 6. Edward Sinclair (1545 – 14 SEP 1622)
  7. 7. Hugh Sinclair (1545 – Dec 1603)
  8. 8. William ((Capt.)) Sinclair (1547 – 8 OCT 1605)
  9. 9. Oliver Sinclair (AFT 1550 – BEF 1610)
  10. 10. Janet Sinclair ( – AUG 1587)
  11. 11. Hubert (Azariah Groves) Sinclair

Patrick Hepburn's Timeline

2 Records

1512
Jan 1512
Birth of Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell in Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1556
Sep 1556
Age 44
Death of Patrick The Fair Hepburn Earl Hepburn, 3rd Earl Bothwell in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1512
    Event Place: Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1556
    Event Place: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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