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About Elizabeth Sinclair

Family

  • parents: Sir William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney, 1st Earl Caithness, Lord Sinclair1 d. bt 7 Dec 1476 - 29 Mar 1482 & Marjory Sutherland. not a known child in the peerages.

 Married

  1. circa 1450 to John Houston of that Ilk (b. c1398, d 1456). He was the son of Sir Patrick Houston of that Ilk and Margaret (Maria) Colquhoun.

Children 

  1. Peter Houstoun of that ilk
  2. Elizabeth Houstoun
  3. Agnes Houstoun, of Houstoun
  4. Marion Houstoun, b. Abt 1431, Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Notes 

  1. "dates are a little strange. She is said to have married "the laird of Houstoun". This may have been Sir Peter the son but this is not supported by Stirnets' Houstoun01."

Citations

  1. [S11649] Clan MacFarlane & Associated Clans Genealogy.

Sources 

  1. [S280] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Sinclair01: (Reliability: 3)

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