Ecclesiastical law states a couple must marry at the church that served the parish in which one or both were residents, after the calling of banns. Humbie records state the couple irregularly married in Edinburgh. The church likely fined the couple.
Sources
Marriage: "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages", database National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 7 June 2023) Jean Sibbald marriage to Alexander Stanners on or after 24 Feb 1792 in Humbie, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. citing Parish Number: 710, Ref: 20/196, Frame: 330.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane: