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OTTERBURN, John of Redhall
(About 1512-1565)
STEWART, Jean
(About 1528-)
LAUDER, Robert of The Bass
(About 1510-1576)
SINCLAIR, Margaret
(About 1512-Before 1558)
OTTERBURN, Thomas
(About 1544-1616)
LAUDER, Mariote
(About 1548-About 1594)
OTTERBURN, Jean
(About 1570-1620)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAMILTON, John of Preston, Sir

OTTERBURN, Jean 1

  • Born: About 1570
  • Marriage (1): HAMILTON, John of Preston, Sir 20/21 November 1584 (contract) 1
  • Died: 1620

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Jean married Sir John HAMILTON of Preston, son of George HAMILTON of Fingalton and Preston and Barbara COCKBURN, 20/21 November 1584 (contract).1 (Sir John HAMILTON of Preston was born in 1565 2 3 and died in May 1644.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Jean Otterburn, m. John Hamilton, younger of Preston, (c/m 20 and 21 November 1584)."

from The Red Book of Scotland




"(520) Sir John Hamilton of Preston, born 1565 ; died May 1644. He married, first, Jean Cockburn (see Note below). Her Will recorded 26th December 1620 (Edinburgh). They had issue : -

(a) Sir James (No. 521).

(b) Colonel Robert Hamilton of Sauchtonbarne (No. 522).

(c) George Hamilton, born 1601 ; killed at siege of Magdeburgh, 1632."

from Heraldry of the Hamiltons

Note:

Sir John Hamilton's wife was Jean Otterburn, not Jean Coockburn.

Sources


1 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 8 Otterburn of Redhall.

2 e-books, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons by G. Harvey Johnston (1909).

3 e-books, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton by John Anderson (1825).

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