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William Hepburn 1767 – 1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1767

Birth Location: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 01 Sep 1823

Death Location: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Father: Andrew Hepburn

Mother: Janet REEKIE

Spouse(s): Janet Sinclair

Children(s): Andrew Hepburn, George Hepburn, Catherine HEPBURN, Janet HEPBURN

The story of William Hepburn began in 1767 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. William Hepburn married Janet (Jessie) Sinclair, and had children including Andrew Hepburn, George Hepburn, Catherine Suttie HEPBURN, Janet Reekie HEPBURN. William Hepburn passed away in 1823 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of William Hepburn began in 1767 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland.
  • William Hepburn married Janet (Jessie) Sinclair, and had children including Andrew Hepburn, George Hepburn, Catherine Suttie HEPBURN, Janet Reekie HEPBURN.
  • William Hepburn passed away in 1823 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Hepburn
1740 – 1824
Birth Location: Leslie? Fife Scotland
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Janet REEKIE
1736 – 1818
Birth Location: Abbottshall, Fife, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Janet Sinclair
1771 –
Birth Location: Prinlaws, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Andrew Hepburn
1801 – 1873
Birth Location: Leslie Fife Scotland
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George Hepburn
1803 – 1883
Birth Location: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
GH
Catherine HEPBURN
1805 – 1867
Birth Location: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
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Janet HEPBURN
1807 – 1897
Birth Location: Leslie, Fife, Scotland
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William Hepburn's Ancestors

Self
William Hepburn
1767 – 1823
Birth Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Andrew Hepburn
1740 – 1824
Leslie? Fife Scotland
Janet REEKIE
1736 – 1818
Abbottshall, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Hepburn
1698 –
Andrew REEKIE
1703 – 1803
Abbotshall, Fife
Janet (COLLIER or) Coyler
1702 – 1803
Auchterderran, Fifeshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Reike
1668 –
Cristian Couper
1670 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
ALEXANDER RIEKIE
1647 –

William Hepburn's Descendants

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William Hepburn (abt 1767 – 01 Sep 1823) m. Janet ((Jessie)) Sinclair (1771 – )
  1. 1. Andrew Hepburn (29 JUN 1801 – 17 SEP 1873) m. Johanne Ireland (1795 – 11 Feb 1867)
  2. 2. George Hepburn (28 Feb 1803 – 9 Dec 1883) m. Rachel Paterson (10 Mar 1805 – 15 Aug 1875)
    1. 1. George Hepburn (2 May 1834 – 29 Sep 1887)
    2. 2. William Hepburn (2 May 1834 – 29 Sep 1887) m. Margaret (Dunbar) Marshall (6 July 1839 – 24 August 1901)
      1. 1. George (Douglas) Hepburn (8 Feb 1865 – 1 July 1899)
      2. 2. Rachel (Louisa (Lulu)) Hepburn (26 February 1867 – 26 March 1950)
      3. 3. Mary (Ethel) Hepburn (6 September 1868 – 15 May 1947)
      4. 4. Sophia (Mabel (Mabel)) Hepburn (23 October 1869 – 24 August 1950)
      5. 5. Margaret (Marshall) Hepburn (29 August 1871 – 12 April 1955)
      6. 6. Jessie (Helena) Hepburn (26 June 1875 – 18 September 1966) m. Charles (Herbert) Guthrie (18 June 1877 – 25 January 1913)
        1. 1. Charles (Hepburn) Guthrie (23 March 1903 – 13 June 1974)
        2. 2. Violet (Graham Hutton) Guthrie (10 November 1905 – 06 December 1988) m. William (Barrie) Hutton (1 Dec 1894 – 29 Sep 1965)
        3. 3. Ronald (Edmund) Guthrie (28 February 1911 – 13 November 1985)
      7. 7. Violet (Minnie) Hepburn (12 September 1877 – 27 August 1945)
      8. 8. William (Leslie) Hepburn (23 April 1882 – 26 March 1916)
    3. 3. James (Paterson) Hepburn (13 Aug 1835 – 25 Aug 1875)
    4. 4. Sarah Hepburn (21 Mar 1837 – 9 Jul 1908) m. Archibald Barr (30 NOV 1821 – 20 AUG 1898) m. Barr
      1. 1. Rachel Barr (Abt 1859 – 24 FEB 1862)
      2. 2. Peter Barr (9 JUL 1861 – 21 MAR 1951)
      3. 3. Sarah Barr (1863 – 17 JAN 1933)
      4. 4. Jessie (Lawson) Barr (1865 – 1937)
      5. 5. Dora (Isobel) Barr (17 OCT 1867 – 1956)
      6. 6. Margaret (Alice) Barr (23 JUN 1869 – 1959)
      7. 7. Winifred (Hepburn) Barr (17 OCT 1871 – )
    5. 5. George Hepburn (06 JUL 1838 – 02 NOV 1862)
    6. 6. Alexander (Duff) HEPBURN (3 Jan 1840 – 9 Nov 1840)
    7. 7. David HEPBURN (22 APR 1841 – 20 DEC 1870)
    8. 8. David Hepburn (22 Apr 1841 – 20 Dec 1870)
    9. 9. Jessie (Sinclair) HEPBURN (1 Jul 1843 – 29 Dec 1923)
    10. 10. Rachel HEPBURN (29 Mar 1845 – 11 NOV 1878)
    11. 11. Andrew Hepburn (31 Jan 1847 – 25 Apr 1929) m. Janet (Nimmo) Healey (18 Sept 1852 – 6 Jun 1883) m. Elizabeth Morton (Abt 1849 – 29 Jul 1939)
      1. 1. Catherine (Healey) Hepburn (20 Mar 1874 – 19 Jun 1951) m. George (Edward) Porteous (October 1874 – 28 March 1947)
        1. 1. Rose (Emmaline Martin) Porteous (23 Sep 1896 – 30 Sep 1995)
        2. 2. Kathleen (Alice) Porteous (27 Jun 1899 – 01 Jan 1980)
        3. 3. Irene (Nee Porteous) Smith (31 May 1900 – 19 Dec 1988)
        4. 4. Alice Porteous (January 1902 – ?)
        5. 5. Alice Porteous (January 1902 – ?)
        6. 6. John (Hepburn) Porteous (7 Sep 1904 – 25 Jan 1979)
        7. 7. George (Edward) Porteous (8 Aug 1906 – 7 Jun 1986) m. Heather Wells (3 Feb 1910 – 6 Apr 1987)
        8. 8. Hannah (Ruth (Ruth)) Porteous (2 Jan 1909 – Sep 1987)
        9. 9. Frederick (James) Porteous (05 Oct 1910 – 27 Jun 1969)
      2. 2. George Hepburn (9 May 1875 – July 1937) m. Agnes Sidey (Abt. Apr 1874 – Apr 1923)
        1. 1. James (Andrew) HEPBURN (01 Jul 1905 – 25 May 1941)
        2. 2. George (Arthur) Hepburn (10 Jun 1910 – 8 MAR 1911)
        3. 3. Ronald (Scott) Hepburn (Abt. Jan 1913 – 7 JUN 1980) m. Jessie (Ellen) Blaikie (Dec 1916 – 24 OCT 2002)
        4. 4. Mabel HEPBURN (13 Nov 1915 – 1962) m. William (Whitefield) Watson (1 May 1913 – 14 Nov 1982)
      3. 3. Rachel Hepburn (13 Feb 1877 – 28 June 1936)
      4. 4. John ("Jack" Healey) Hepburn (4 Nov 1878 – 9 Feb 1970)
      5. 5. Janet (Ruth) Hepburn (1 Oct 1880 – 22 Dec 1932)
      6. 6. Hector (Munro) Hepburn (1 JUN 1883 – 27 Sep 1883)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Hepburn (5 Mar 1892 – 27 Oct 1960) m. Andrew Scott (8 Sep 1888 – 10 Sep 1976)
  3. 3. Catherine (Suttie) HEPBURN (28 JAN 1805 – 19 JAN 1867) m. Thomas Martin (6 Jun 1808 – 17 Jan 1867)
    1. 1. Catherine Martin (24 Mar – )
    2. 2. Jessie (Sinclair) Martin (abt 1840 – 22 Dec 1915) m. William (Francis) Birrell (abt 1843 – Dec 1920)
      1. 1. James (Anderson) Birrell (25 Aug 1868 – 9 Jun 1950)
      2. 2. James (H) Birrell (abt 1869 – )
      3. 3. Katherine (Hepburn) Birrell (24 May 1870 – 22 Jul 1959)
      4. 4. Jessie (Sinclair Martin) Birrell (abt 1875 – July 1912)
      5. 5. Jessie (S.M.) Birrell (abt 1875 – )
      6. 6. Annie (Maude) Birrell (22 Jan 1877 – 1 Jul 1958)
      7. 7. George (Philip) Birrell (6 May 1878 – 18 Apr 1941)
      8. 8. Florence ('Florry' Mary) Birrell (1881 – October 1899)
      9. 9. William (Francis) Birrell (26 August 1882 – 17 August 1934)
      10. 10. Eleanor (Emily) Birrell (30 Oct 1884 – 21 Jul 1960)
      11. 11. William (F) Birrell (abt 1883 – )
      12. 12. Eleanor (E) Birrell (abt 1884 – )
    3. 3. Catherine Martin (1843 – )
    4. 4. Alexander Martin (1845 – )
    5. 5. Mayddamret Martin (abt 1845 – )
    6. 6. Magdalene ('Maude' 'Maudie' Anderson) Martin (23 Jan 1845 – Jan 1929)
    7. 7. Peter Martin (28 Jul 1849 – 7 Feb 1852)
    8. 8. Peter Martin (abt 1851 – )
  4. 4. Janet (Reekie) HEPBURN (28 NOV 1807 – ABT FEB 1897) m. William Shanks (abt 1804 – 16 Nov 1868)
    1. 1. James Shanks (1830 – 17 Jun 1878) m. Margaret Forrester (25 Mar 1833 – 16 Jun 1860)
      1. 1. William Shanks (8 Mar 1858 – 16 Sep 1906)
    2. 2. William Shanks

William Hepburn's Timeline

5 Records

1767
1767
Birth of William Hepburn in Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
1767
abt 1767
Birth of William Hepburn in Dysart, Fife, Scotland
Dysart, Fife, Scotland
1823
05 Oct 1823
Age 56
Death of William Hepburn in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1823
10 SEP 1823
Age 56
Death of William Hepburn in Leslie, Fife, Scotland
Leslie, Fife, Scotland
1823
01 Sep 1823
Age 56
Death of William Hepburn in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1767
    Event Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1767
    Event Place: Dysart, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 05 Oct 1823
    Event Place: Leslie, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 SEP 1823
    Event Place: Leslie, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Sep 1823
    Event Place: Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
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