Adam
"of Smeaton"
Hepburn
Born after [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Hepburn [half], Patrick Hepburn, William Hepburn, John Hepburn, Margaret Hepburn, Elizabeth (Hepburn) Ramsay and Mariote (Hepburn) Carkettle
Husband of
Elizabeth (Preston) Hepburn
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before age 70
[location unknown]
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Biography
Second son. Mentioned in his father's Testament. "Adam Hepburn of Smeaton was granted by his father in 1538 the lands of Smeaton and other lands. He was a devoted adherent of Mary Queen of Scots, whom he joined after the escape from Loch Leven; he was present at the battle of Langside, and, with other of his relatives received as summons for treason."[1]
"In the year 1549 this Adam Hepburn of Smeaton made a resignation of the half of the lands of Craig, into the hands of Patrick Hepburn of Bolton, superior thereof; for a new charter in favour of himself in feu, and his mother Helen Hepburn, relict of the deceased Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, in liferent. In which instrument he is again designed 'Adamus Hepburn, filius legitimus quondam Patricii hepburn de Waughtoun militis'; the witnesses are, 'Patrico Hepburn de Waughton, fratre germano dicti Adae, Henrico Hepburn ejus avunculo'."[2]
Adam bought the lands of Haugh [today: Prestonkirk] from his half-brother George in 1562.
In a charter signed at "the chief mansion of Eastcraig on the 15th July, 1572", Adam Hepburn of Smeaton, gave his spouse Elizabeth Preston the half-lands of Eastcraig in liferent.[3]
His Testament was proved in the Edinburgh Commissariot on 11th April 1582.
He had seven children.
- Source: #S266
Sources
- Genealogical Notes of the Hepburn Family by Edward Hepburn, 1925, p. 34/8.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London, 1970.
- ↑ Alexander Nisbet Systems of Heraldry,1722, p.163.
- ↑ Calendar of the Laing Charters, AD854-1837 edited by the Rev.John Anderson, Edinburgh, 1899, number 876.
- Source S266
- Type: Web Site
- Title: The Hepburn Family, Scotland to Australia, with many interrelated branches including Marendaz, Dodd, Baker, Bath, Robertson, Reddie and many more, including ancient and royal links.
- URL: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thehepburnfamily&id=I2849
- Date: Change Date: 18 MAY 2008
- Author: Ross Hepburn
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Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn-1 and Hepburn-149 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn-1 and Hepburn-149 appear to represent the same person because: same person
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