John
St.Clair of Polwarth
formerly St. Clair
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John (St. Clair) St. Clair of Herdmanston
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
William (St.Clair) St.Clair of Herdmanston
Husband of
Katherine (Home) St.Clair
— married
before 1444 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret (Sinclair) Hume and Mariota (St.Clair) Home
Died
at about age 51
in Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Mar 2016
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Biography
John (St. Clair) St.Clair of Polwarth is a member of Clan Sinclair.
John (St. Clair) St.Clair of Polwarth was born in Scotland.
John was born about 1415, the son of John St.Clair of Herdmanston.[1]
He married Katherine,[2][3] the daughter of Alexander Home and Jean Hay. They had two daughters,
There is a Precept by Adam Hepburn, Lord of Hales (sic), Knt., and Steward of the Earldom of March, giving sasine to John St.Clair, son and heir [apparent] of John St.Clair of Herdmanston, Haddingtonshire, and Katherine his spouse and the survivor of them, in the lands of Polwarth, Berwickshire, with pertinents, lying within the Earldom of March, dated at Hailes, 1st January 1443/4.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1910, Vol. VII, Archive.org, p. 580
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Report on the Manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle, N..B.", London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1902, Archive.org, p. 262
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul, James Balfour. "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", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 448
- ↑ Warrender, Julian Margaret Maitland, "Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth by One of their Descendants", Edinburgh:: William Blackwood and Sons,1894, Archive.org , pp. 179---80
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