Helen (Abernethy) Abernethy Lady Urquhart (abt. 1482 - aft. 1557)

Born about 1482 in Saltoun, West Haddington, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas (Urquhart) Urquhart of Cromarty and Fisherie — married about 1498 in Cromartyshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1557 after about age 75 in Cromartyshire, Scotland

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Biography

This profile is part of the Urquhart Name Study.

Helen (Abernethy) Abernethy Lady Urquhart is a member of Abernethy Clan.

The Honourable Helen Abernethy was the daughter of James Abernethy.^[1]

Birth Place: Saltoun, West Haddington, Scotland

Temple states her father is Alexander, Lord Abernethy of Saltoun. Other sources, including WikiTree, have Alexander as her brother.^[1]

The Hon. Helen Abernethy married Thomas Urquhart.^[1]

Thomas and Helen allegedly had twenty-four sons, of whom seven were killed at the Battle of Pinkie on the 10th of September 1547 (English defeat of Scots), and seven daughters.

Children of Thomas Urquhart of Fischerie and Helen Abernethy:

1. Alexander Urquhart, married Beatrix Innes, he was b. 1507, d. 1564
2. Thomas Urquhart d. 1609
3. John who went to Sweden.
4. David of Invernethy.
5. James, died Pinkie.
6. Henry, died Pinkie.
7. Arthur, died Pinkie.
8. Son, died Pinkie, father of Isabel Urquhart who married Thomas Meldrum of Iden.
9. Agnes Urquhart b. c 1516
10. Elizabeth.
11. Helen.
12. Margaret.
13. Catherine.
14. Mariobella.
15. Christian Urquhart, living in 1571 and mentioned in her father's last testament;^[2]

Helen Abernethy passed away, probably after the Battle of Pinkie in 1547 and probably after Sir Thomas in 1557.

Research Notes

• Helen Abernethy and Thomas Urquhart had at least eight known sons and seven daughters, all named, except the son who was the father of Isabell Urquhart who married Thomas Meldrum
• In an email from Gene Forbes-Hood, dated 14/3/2016, where we were discussing the children of Thomas and Helen, Gene refers to that fact that if, Helen was as young as 15 years old when they married prior to the birth of Alexander in 1498, this would put her birth around 1480-2.
• Information from email discussions with Gene Forbes-Hood, Professional Genealogical Researcher now retired and descendant of James Urquhart and Janet Stevinson. 7 Mar 2016.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Rev. William Temple, The Thanage of Fermartyn (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie and Son, 1894), p. 692, digital images, Thanage, Helen, pg 692.: accessed 26 September 2015).
2. ↑ Jonathan Clark and Nicola Toop, "5.2 The 16th Century", Historic Buildings Assessment Castle Craig Resolis Ross-shire, (Field Archaeology Specialists Ltd, 2008), 8, castlecraig.net (http://castlecraig.net/docs/412_Castle_Craig_Assessment_1108.pdf : accessed 19 June 2016).

• The Scots Peerage; Founded On Wood's Edition Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931, Ed. Dn : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2019. Internet Archive. Accessed December 15 2019. Helen Abernethy. Vol 7, pg 409

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q75933744
• The Thanage Of Fermartyn, Including The District Commonly Called Formartine, Its Proprietors, With Genealogical Deductions; Its Parishes, Ministers, Churches, Churchyards, Antiquities, [Etc.]:> 2019. Archive.Org. Accessed December 15 2019. Thanage
• History Of The Munros Of Fowlis With Genealogies Of The Principal Families Of The Name: To Which Are Added Those Of Lexington And New England:>. 2019. Archive.Org. Accessed December 15 2019. History of the Munro's pg 284

Acknowledgements

• GENE FORBES-HOOD, B.A. (Hist) Professional Genealogist and Photographer, now retired. for her help, patience and support with my Urquhart Research over the past five years or more.
• Hetty Tayler (1946). History of the Family of Urquhart. Aberdeen University Press.