'Cockburn3'Index
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Families covered:
Cockburn of Clerkington, Cockburn of Henderland, Cockburn of Ormiston
This
family is still being researched. It has NOT yet been launched formally into
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Family List to an acceptable standard.
First displayed: 08.06.06Last updated: 08.06.06Back
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| (1) TSP (Lindsay of Crawford) contains reference to an ancestor of the Lindsays of Ormiston "afterwards represented by Cockburn of Langton". From this we presume that the Cockburns of Ormiston were a branch of the Cockburns of Langton reported on Cockburn1. (2) Noting the eminence of various members of this family, we hope in due course to find a source that pulls together the generations with some security. The first of this family we have so far identified is ... |
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| John Cockburn of Ormiston father of Helen, presumed father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Cockburn (d by 1512) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hepburn (possibly dau of Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell) presumed parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, Secretary of State apparently father of Barbara and Sibyl, presumed father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | John Cockburn of Ormiston | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alison Sandilands (d 21.10.1584, dau of Sir James Sandilands of Calder) presumed parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston (d 1623, Lord Justice Clerk) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 28.07.1574) Janet Home (dau of Alexander Home of Manderston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret Cockburn (a 08.1642) eldest dau of the Lord Justice Clerk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Patrick Sinclair, 8th Lord (d 1615) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Bellenden (dau of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoull) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Katherine Cockburn eldest dau by Katherine Bellenden | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c20.12.1621) Sir James Makgill of Cranston Riddell, 1st Viscount Oxfuird (d 05.05.1663) | |||||||||||||||
| Not known by which wife were ... | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | John Cockburn of Ormiston (d before 07.1664) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Adam Cockburn of Ormistoun (d 16.04.1735, Lord Justice Clerk, Lord of Session as Lord Ormistoun) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 13.03.1679) Susannah Hamilton (bpt 28.07.1657, dau of John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Cockburn of Ormistoun (d 12.11.1758) date of death found on a web site | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1700, sp) Beatrix Carmichael (dau of John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabella Rowe (dau of Anthony Rowe of Oxfordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Cockburn of Ormiston (d 23.07.1770, Comptroller of the Navy) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Caroline Baillie, Baroness Forrester (d 25.02.1784, dau of George Baillie, 5th Lord Forrester of Corstorphine, by Charlotte Rowe, sister of Isabella) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Anna Maria Cockburn, Baroness Forrester (d unm 31.12.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Baillie Cockburn (dvmsps 02.08.1777) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.10.1776) Rev. Charles Shuttleworth (b 1750, d 19.12.1821) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Patrick (not Robert) Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| Originally we reported a son Robert married to Alison Rutherford of Fernilie, as found on a web site. A site visitor (HH, 25.08.06+27.07.07) kindly drew our attention to some correspondence (PW, 20.08.06+14.06.07) which corrected the connection to what is shown. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) Alison Rutherford (d 22.11.1794, dau of Sir Robert Rutherford of Fernilie) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Adam Cockburn (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Adam Cockburn (to America) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 1704) Ann Houstoun (d 18.01.1721, dau of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Bart of Houstoun) | |||||||||||||||
| Not known by which wife was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Christian Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Sinclair, 3rd Bart of Longformacus | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Anne Cockburn (d 23.11.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Inglis, 2nd Bart of Cramond (b 1683-4, d 03.07.1771) | |||||||||||||||
| Not known by which wife was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Agnes Cockburn eldest dau of John who d before 07.1664 | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1664) Sir William Kerr of Halden (b 22.12.1638) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Alison Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Andrew Edmonstone of that ilk of Ednam | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Barbara Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1563) George Hamilton of Preston (d 1608) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sibyl Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 26.02.1566) Sir William St.Clair of Herdmanston (d 02.06.1594) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Cockburn of Clerkington below | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Janet Cockburn possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Heriot of Trabroun (d 04.10.1580) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Helen Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1492) Alexander Gourlay of Kincraig | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Agnes Cockburn possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Crichton of Brunston (d 1506) | |||||||||||||||
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| We hope in due course to find out how the following branches of this family connect with the other branches. | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Cockburn father of Margaret, presumed father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cockburn of Henderland (a 1474) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Rutherford (a 1474, dau of George Rutherford of Chatto) wife of William, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Marjorie Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Scott, 9th of Synton (d 1557) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Margaret Cockburn (a 1463) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Walter Scott of Branxholme and Buccleuch (d by 09.02.1469) | |||||||||||||||
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| Patrick Cockburn of Clerkington father of Agnes, presumed father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Cockburn of Clerkington | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (mcrt 30.09.1560) Helen Maitland (dau of Sir Richard Maitland of Thirlestane and Lethington) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (Lord Privy Seal) confirmed as son by Helen in TSP (Maitland of Lauderdale), father of Margaret, presumed father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | (Patrick?) Cockburn of Clerkington name Patrick suggested in TSP index but not in text in Cranstoun article | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Cranstoun (dau of James, Master of Cranstoun who dvp 1633) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Bart of Blackbarony, Sheriff of Peebleshire (b before 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jean Cockburn dau of Sir Richard, Lord Privy Seal | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1620) James Pringle, 5th of Torwoodlee (d c1657) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| m2 . Sibyl (dau of John Cockburn of Ormiston, Secretary of State) above | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Agnes Cockburn | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Hamilton of Piell of Livingston (b by 1541) | |||||||||||||||
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Cross-references from TSP and elsewhere in the database
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