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NAPIER, Helen
(About 1495-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DENNISTOUN, Robert of Colgrain
2. COLQUHOUN, Humphrey of Letter
3. BOYD, Robert 4th Lord Boyd

NAPIER, Helen 2

  • Born: About 1495
  • Marriage (1): DENNISTOUN, Robert of Colgrain 1
  • Marriage (2): COLQUHOUN, Humphrey of Letter about 1528 1
  • Marriage (3): BOYD, Robert 4th Lord Boyd before December 1542 2

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Helen married Robert DENNISTOUN of Colgrain.1 (Robert DENNISTOUN of Colgrain was born about 1475 and died by 1528.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Humphrey Colquhoun married, in 1528, Elizabeth Napier, relict of Robert Dennistoun of Colgrain, by whom he had issue."

from The Chiefs of Colquhoun 1

Helen next married Humphrey COLQUHOUN of Letter, son of Sir Humphrey COLQUHOUN 10th of Colquhoun and 12th of Luss and Helen ERSKINE, about 1528.1 (Humphrey COLQUHOUN of Letter was born about 1475 and died after 1535 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Humphrey Colquhoun married, in 1528, Elizabeth Napier, relict of Robert Dennistoun of Colgrain, by whom he had issue. This lady was daughter of John Napier of Merchiston, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick de Menteth of Rusky, and granddaughter of lady Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Duncan Earl of Lennox. On 19th August 1528, it was agreed between Humphrey Colquhoun of Letter and Elizabeth Napier, that they should marry each other within the space of a year. In this agreement Elizabeth constitutes Humphrey her only cessioner to all her lands and goods, he paying for the ward of her lands and also all her debts."

from The Chiefs of Colquhoun 1

Helen next married Robert BOYD 4th Lord Boyd, son of Alexander BOYD de jure (but for the attainder) 3rd Lord Boyd and Janet COLVILLE, before December 1542.2 (Robert BOYD 4th Lord Boyd was born about 1492 and died by 10 May 1558 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Boyd) married .... secondly, before December 1542, Elizabeth Napier, widow of Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss"

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country vol.1 by William Fraser (1869).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

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