HEPBURN, Alexander of Whitsome, Sir ¹

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Alexander married Elene SINCLAIR after 1519.¹ (Elene SINCLAIR was born about 1490 and died after 9 October 1540 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Hepburn) married, first, Elene Sinclair, relict of Sir John Mowbray of Barnbougall, Sir John having died in 1518. She was alive 9 October 1540. [....]

He had issue by his first wife : -

(i) Alexander (afterwards Sir Alexander) Hepburne, his successor,

(ii) Elizabeth Hepburne, who was married to John Lundy, son and heir-apparent of Walter Lundy of that Ilk"

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹

Alexander next married Marion HAY.¹ (Marion HAY was born about 1500.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Marioun Hay is mentioned along with Sir Alexander in a judicial proceeding dated 17 March 1544-45."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹

Alexander next married Mariota WARDLAW Lady Dudhope, daughter of John WARDLAW 5th of Torry and Elizabeth BETON (BETHUNE), in 1549. (Mariota WARDLAW Lady Dudhope was born about 1515.)

  Marriage Notes:

" 7. Mariota (Wardlaw) .... was afterwards married to Sir Alexander Hepburn of Whitsome, son of Sir Alexander Hepburn and Isabel Wardlaw."

from The Wardlaws in Scotland




"He (Alexander Hepburn) married lastly, apparently between April and December 1549, Dame Marioun Wardlaw, Lady Dudhope. She was relict of James Scrimgeour of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee. She survived Sir Alexander, who died ante 17 December 1551."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2)

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