Margaret Cockburn

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Name: Margaret Cockburn Given Name: Margaret Surname: Cockburn Sex: F Death: Y

Note:

(Research):The House of Cockburn and Cockburn Family Records are the only sources found thus far for the parents of this Margaret Cockburn. The latter purports to correct the errors of the former.

The House of Cockburn on page 71 shows this Margaret to be the daughter of Patrick Cockburn of East Borthwick and Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Home of Renton.

Cockburn Family Records on page 73 shows a Margaret (no dates, places, children, or spouses) as daughter of Patrick Cockburn and Elizabeth Home. However, its chart of the Cockburns of East Borthwick, on the previous page, does not show a Margaret as a daughter of this couple, and it shows a son, Adam, that is not mentioned in the text, listing their children as: Patrick, Adam, William, Jeane, Elizabeth, and Agnes.

This Margaret does appear on the chart of the Cockburns of Clerkington, and in the text on page 166, as the daughter of John Cockburn of Clerkington and Helen Maitland of Lethington, and names her two husbands.

Father: John Cockburn b: Bef 1560 Mother: Helen Maitland

Marriage 1 Alexander Home Married: 1601

Children

1. Has Children John Home
2. Has No Children Patrick Home
3. Has No Children George Home
4. Has No Children Alexander Home
5. Has No Children Margaret Home
6. Has No Children Jonet Home
7. Has No Children Anne Home
8. Has No Children Elspeth Home
9. Has No Children Helen Home

Marriage 2 William Graham Married: Bef 11 May 1624

Marriage 3 Andrew Fletcher Married:

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• Name Margaret Cockburn [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown
• Father John Cockburn, of Clerkington, b. Bef 1560, d. Aft 1604 (Age ~ 45 years) • Mother Helen Maitland, d. Yes, date unknown

• Married Abt 1560 • Family 1 Alexander Home, of Renton, d. Bef May 1624

• Married 1601 [1]

Children 4 sons and 5 daughters [6]

Children:

+ 1. Sir John Home, of Renton, Lord of Session, d. Jul 1671

	2. Patrick Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	3. George Home, of Kames,   d. Between 1676 and 1679

	4. Alexander Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	5. Margaret Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	6. Jonet Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	7. Anne Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	8. Elspeth Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

	9. Helen Home,   d. Yes, date unknown

• Family 2 Sir William Graham, of Braco, d. Yes, date unknown

• Married Bef 11 May 1624 [7]

• Family 3 Sir Andrew Fletcher, d. Yes, date unknown

Notes o (Research):

The House of Cockburn and Cockburn Family Records are the only sources found thus far for the parents of this Margaret Cockburn. The latter purports to correct the errors of the former.

The House of Cockburn on page 71 shows this Margaret to be the daughter of Patrick Cockburn of East Borthwick and Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Home of Renton.

Cockburn Family Records on page 73 shows a Margaret (no dates, places, children, or spouses) as daughter of Patrick Cockburn and Elizabeth Home. However, its chart of the Cockburns of East Borthwick, on the previous page, does not show a Margaret as a daughter of this couple, and it shows a son, Adam, that is not mentioned in the text, listing their children as: Patrick, Adam, William, Jeane, Elizabeth, and Agnes.

This Margaret does appear on the chart of the Cockburns of Clerkington, and in the text on page 166, as the daughter of John Cockburn of Clerkington and Helen Maitland of Lethington, and names her two husbands. [3, 4, 8]

Sources:

1. [S48] Stirnet Genealog, http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/british/hh4bz/home05.htm (Reliability: 4). ~The Scots Peerage ~The Complete Baronetage ~Burke's Landed Gentry 1886 ~Burke's Landed Gentry 1952

2, [S123] Cockburn, House of, Thomas H. Cockburn-Hood, (Edinburgh, Scotland: Printed by Scott and

       Ferguson, 1888, 446 pages), archive.org/stream/houseofcockburno00cockuoft., Cockburns of that Ilk and 

       Langton, page 71 (Reliability: 4).

3. [S670] Cockburn Family Records, Sir Robert Cockburn Baronet & Harry A. Cockburn, (London & Edinburgh;

       T. N. Foulis, 1913), archive.org/stream/recordsofcockbur00cock., Cockburns of East Borthwick and 

       Blacksmiln - page 73 (Reliability: 4).

4. [S670] Cockburn Family Records, Sir Robert Cockburn Baronet & Harry A. Cockburn, (London & Edinburgh;

      T. N. Foulis, 1913), archive.org/stream/recordsofcockbur00cock., Cockburns of Newbigging and Clerkington 

      - chart, page 160a (Reliability: 4).

5. [S670] Cockburn Family Records, Sir Robert Cockburn Baronet & Harry A. Cockburn, (London & Edinburgh;

      T. N. Foulis, 1913), archive.org/stream/recordsofcockbur00cock., Cockburns of Newbigging and Clerkington 

      - page 166 (Reliability: 4).

6. [S640] Scots Peerage, Vol. 9, Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King Of Arms (editor), (Edinburgh,

       Scotland: David Douglas, 1914), archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun09pauluoft., page 72 (Reliability: 4).

7. [S638] Scots Peerage, Vol. 3, Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms (editor), (Edinburgh,

       Scotland: David Douglas, 1906), archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft., page 282 (Reliability: 4).

8. [S670] Cockburn Family Records, Sir Robert Cockburn Baronet & Harry A. Cockburn, (London & Edinburgh;

       T. N. Foulis, 1913), archive.org/stream/recordsofcockbur00cock., Cockburns of Clerkington - page 166 

       (Reliability: 4).