Helen Schaw (abt. 1444)

Born about 1444 in Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Patrick (Hume) Hume of Polwarth — married 24 Mar 1490 (to 1503) in Scotland

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Helen was the daughter of Sir James Schaw, of Sauchie.^[1][2][3][4]

She married firstly, Andrew Stewart, first Lord Avondale.^[4]

She married secondly, Archibald Halyburton, Master of Halyburton.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

She married thirdly (his second wife), Sir Patrick Hume, of Polwarth bef. 24 Mar 1490.^{[3][4][5][6][8]} A charter confirmed 12 February 1505/6 gives her as relict of Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Knt.^[9]

She married fourthly, Sir Peter/Patrick Houston, of that ilk^[1][2][3][4]

She married fifthly, Robert Hamilton in 1516.^[3][6][10]

Research Notes

• Clan affiliation : There is no reference in sources that this individual belonged or identified with a clan.

• Clan MacFarlane: Helen Schaw

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Metcalfe, William Musham, "A History of the County of Renfrew from the Earliest Times", Renfrewshire: A. Gardner, 1905, Archive.org, p. 126
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Crawfurd, George, "A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew: Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families ... To which is Added, a Genealogical History of the Royal House of Stewart, and of the Several Noble and Illustrious Families of that Name, from the Year 1034 to the Year 1710", Paisley: J.Neilson , 1818, Archive.org, p. 100
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 3
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Anderson, John, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh: John Anderson, 1825, Archive.org, p. 345
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum:: The Register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury., Edinburgh: General Register House, 1882, Vol. 2., Archive.org, p. 410, no. 1947, 28 Apr 1490
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: St. Catherine Press, 1916, Ed. 2 Vol IV, Archive.org, p. 384
7. ↑ Marshall, David. Genealogical Notes anent some Ancient Scottish Families', Perth: J.V. Nicoll, 1884, Archive.org, p. 105
8. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland, nos: 1947, confirmed 28 April 1490, 2370, confirmed 5 Aug 1497, 2550, confirmed 19 Oct 1500, and 2594, confirmed 20 August 1501.
9. ↑ The Great Seal of Scotland, no.2932.
10. ↑ Hamilton, George, A History of the House of Hamilton, Edinburgh: J Skinner & Co., 1933, FamilySearch, p. 688

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• Wikidata: Item Q76294766