Jean-nic-Patrick Hepburn of Bothwell (1535–1599) • FamilySearch

Jean-nic-Patrick Hepburn of Bothwell

Female1535–27 July 1599

Brief Life History of Jean-nic-Patrick

When Jean-nic-Patrick Hepburn of Bothwell was born in 1535, her father, Patrick Hepburn 3rd Earl of Bothwell, was 23 and her mother, Lady Agnes Sinclair of Morham, was 19. She married John Stewart 1st Lord Darnley Commendator of Coldingham on 4 January 1562, in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 27 July 1599, in Caithness, Scotland, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

John - Garbh - Garrow Sinclair Master of Caithness
1543–1575
Jean-nic-Patrick Hepburn of Bothwell
1535–1599
Marriage: 7 January 1566
George - The Wicked Sinclair 5th Earl Caithness
1566–1643
Sir John Sinclair 1st of Greenland And Rattar
1568–1622
Marie-nic-John Sinclair of Caithness
1569–1582
Sir James Sinclair 1st of Murkle
1569–1627
Sir James Sinclair 2nd of Assery
1572–1604

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Jean Hepburn of Bothwell - Published information: birth-name: Jean Hepburn Lady Morhame
  • UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
  • Genealogy and history of the Hepburn family of the Susquehanna Valley

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  • Marriage
    7 January 1566Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Children (5)

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    Name Meaning

    English (Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from Hepburn in Chillingham (Northumberland), Hebron (Northumberland), or Hebburn in Jarrow (Durham). The placenames probably all derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + byrgen ‘burial place, tumulus’. Compare Hebron .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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