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Catharine Kennedy 1535–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland

Death Date: Bef. 9 Nov 1575

Death Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Margery Kennedy

Spouse(s): Sir Knight, Patrick Vaux

Children(s): Margaret *

Catharine Kennedy was born in 1535 in Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Sophia Kennedy. Catharine Kennedy married Patrick Vaux, Sir Lord John Bellenden Of Auchnoul Knight, and had children including Margaret De Methven. Catharine Kennedy passed away in 1575 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Catharine Kennedy was born in 1535 in Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margery Sophia Kennedy.
  • Catharine Kennedy married Patrick Vaux, Sir Lord John Bellenden Of Auchnoul Knight, and had children including Margaret De Methven.
  • Catharine Kennedy passed away in 1575 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
GK
Margery Kennedy
–1596
Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
MK

Spouses(s)

Sir Knight
1520–1578
Birth Location: Auchnoull, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
SK
Patrick Vaux
–1597
Birth Location: Barnbarrough (Wigtownshire) Scotland
PV

Children(s)

Margaret *
1545–1627
Birth Location: Ruthven Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
M*

Catharine Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Catharine Kennedy
1535–1575
Birth Place: Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margery (Sophia) Kennedy
–1596
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Alexander "Lord of Bargany" Kennedy (4th Earl of) Bargany)
1501–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Isabel Campbell
1489–1553
Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alexander Kennedy
1491–1551
Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mariot Dunbar
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Catharine Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Catharine Kennedy (1535–Bef. 9 Nov 1575) m. Sir (Lord John Bellenden of Auchnoul,) Knight (1520–11 September 1578) m. Patrick Vaux (–1597)
  1. 1. Margaret (De Methven) * 1545–1627 m. Lord (Andrew Stewart Master of) Ochiltree 1549–1578
    1. 1. Janet Stuart 1566–1627
      1. 1. Col (.\Lord Gilbert Kennedy III, 2nd Earl of) Cassillis 1593–1627 m. Isabell Campbell 1603–1663
        1. 1. Hugh (Kennedy) Physician 1626–1685 m. Mary (Sophia) UPTON 1620–1687

Catharine Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Catharine Kennedy in Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland
Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland
1575
Bef. 9 Nov 1575
Age 40
Death of Catharine Kennedy in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Evie, Fenstown, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef. 9 Nov 1575
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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