CAMPBELL, Jean ¹

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Jean married Robert MONTGOMERY of Giffin April 1589 (contract). (Robert MONTGOMERY of Giffin was born about 1565 and died in August 1596.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Jean Campbell, m. first, Robert Montgomery of Giffin, (c/m April of 1589. He d. in August 1596), and had issue; and secondly, in August 1598, to Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, (he was widow of Sophia, daughter of William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie)"

from The Red Book of Scotland

Jean next married Ludovick STEWART 2nd Duke of Lennox, son of Esmé STEWART 1st Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, Lord D'Aubigny and Katherine DE BALSAC, in August 1598.¹ (Ludovick STEWART 2nd Duke of Lennox was born on 29 September 1574,¹ died 16 February 1623(1624) in London, England ¹ and was buried 1623(1624) in Westminster Abbey, London, England ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Ludovick Stewart) married .... secondly, in August 1598, Jean, eldest (see Note below) daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudoun, and sister of Hew, Lord of Loudoun, relict of Robert Montgomerie of Giffen, styled Master of Eglinton, with whom he lived unhappily, and who died before 1612."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5)

Note:

There is disagreement, confusion even, among secondary sources about the relative ages and birth positions of the daughters of Sir Matthew Campbell, Jean being named as the eldest daughter, for example.

We read that Ludovick Stewart had a son and a daughter by his second wife, Jean Campbell. Both children died young, but we are told, additionally, that the daughter was given up to her father's care in 1607.

Now Margaret, Jean's sister, married to Thomas, 6th Lord Boyd, "occurs as his wife in 1568". If the latter statement is true, Jean can hardly have been older than Margaret and still have produced a daughter born between 1598 and 1607.

This cast doubt on the statement that Jean was the first daughter of the family. It is feasible there was an early daughter named Jean, who died, and a later daughter was named for her. ¹