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SANDILANDS, James 7th of Calder
(About 1481-1559)
FORRESTER, Marion
(About 1479-1562)
COCKBURN, John of Ormiston
(About 1505-)
SANDILANDS, Alison
(About 1514-1584)
COCKBURN, John of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice, Sir
(About 1540-1623)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HOME, Janet

2. BELLENDEN, Elizabeth

COCKBURN, John of Ormiston, Lord Justice Clerk, Senator of the College of Justice, Sir 2 3

  • Born: About 1540
  • Marriage (1): HOME, Janet 28 July 1574(contract) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): BELLENDEN, Elizabeth 2
  • Died: 1623 2

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John married Janet HOME, daughter of Alexander HOME 2nd of Manderston and Jean HOME, 28 July 1574(contract).1 2 (Janet HOME was born about 1558.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Janet (Home), married (contract 28 July 1574) to John Oockburn of Ormiston, afterwards Lord Justice-Clerk."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1

John next married Elizabeth BELLENDEN, daughter of Sir John BELLENDEN of Auchnoull and Janet SETON.2 (Elizabeth BELLENDEN was born about 1564 and died after 1623 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Surviving his (Sir John Cockburn) first wife, he m., secondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Bellenden of Auchnoull, (she was widow of James Lawson of Humbie by whom she had issue), and by her he had further issue."

from The Red Book of Scotland 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).

2 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 3 Cockburn of Ormiston.

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 2 (1905).

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