Jean (Hepburn) Hepburn Lady of Morham (abt. 1542 - 1599)

Born about 1542 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Archibald Douglas — married 1578 (to 1587) in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1599 at about age 57 in Scotland

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Biography

Jean Hepburn, Lady Darnley, Mistress of Caithness, Lady of Morham who died before 27 July 1599 - Her will was proved in the Edinburgh Commissariot Court on 27 July 1599. Jean was a Scottish noblewoman and a member of the Borders family of Hepburn. Her brother was the notorious James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Jean's first husband was John Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley, an illegitimate half-brother of Queen Mary, which made Jean a double sister-in-law of the queen. Jean married three times.

She was also Lady of Morham, having received in 1573 the feudal barony of Morham and lands which had belonged to her mother, Lady Agnes Sinclair, and was forfeited to the Crown subsequent to her brother, the Earl of Bothwell's attainder for treason.^[1][2]

Jean Hepburn

Titles

Lady Darnley

Mistress of Caithness

Lady of Morham

^[3]

Marriage

John Stewart, 1st Lord Darnley

• Married Date: 1561 Jan 04 ~ was also reported to have been married on 11 January 1561/62
• From 4 January 1561/62, her married name became Stewart

Child of John Stewart

1. Francis Stewart, 1st and last Earl of Bothwell b. c 1563, d. 4 Nov 1613

John Sinclair, Master of Caithness

• Married Date: from 1565 Dec 10 to 16 January 1566/67
• From 16 January 1566/67, her married name became Sinclair.
• Divorced: 17 July 1575

Children with John Sinclair

1. Marie Sinclair d.20 Feb 1582
2. George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness b. 1566, d. Feb 1642/43
3. Sir James Sinclair b.1567
4. Sir John Sinclair b. 1567, d. b 21 Dec 1627

Reverend Archibald Douglas

• Married Date: before 1599
• Her married name became Douglas.

Research Notes

Possible daughter Marie (Sinclair) Home (1582-1608) Although John Sinclair died 1576, he had a daughter Marie. The footnote in Scots Peerage states that she was 'named 20 February 1582', which indicates she was 'named in Reg. of Deeds, xx 2 f. 392' on that date, not necessarily born on that date.^[4]

Since the daughter linked to Marie Sinclair was born 1587, it would also indicate that her birthdate, nor death, was 1582. ???

Note

Note: Jean Hepburn, Lady Darnley, Mistress of Caithness, Lady Morham

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Crichton Castle

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Crichton Castle

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Sources

1. ↑ "The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. 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 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Jane Hepburn, Vol II, pg 160-1
2. ↑ "The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. 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 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. John Stewart Lord Darnley, Vol II, pps 168-170
3. ↑ Entered by PHLGenepool Thursday, February 06, 2014.
4. ↑ The Scots Peerage; Vol 2; p 340 ff

1. Wikidata: Item Q6170833, en:Wikipedia
2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 242. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
3. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 240. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
4. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 572. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
5. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 644.
6. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 24. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
7. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 479.
8. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

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