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Dame Margaret Blair 1581–1624 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1581

Birth Location: Blair, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1624

Death Location: England

Father: John V

Mother: Lady Sempill

Spouse(s): Patrick Kennedy, Robert Ker

Children(s): Cornelius Canaday

Dame Margaret Blair was born in 1581 in Blair, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Of Adamton Blair V And Lady Grizel Grace Sempill. Dame Margaret Blair married Patrick Kennedy, Robert Ker, and had children including Cornelius Canaday. Dame Margaret Blair passed away in 1624 in England.

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Biography

  • Dame Margaret Blair was born in 1581 in Blair, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Of Adamton Blair V And Lady Grizel Grace Sempill.
  • Dame Margaret Blair married Patrick Kennedy, Robert Ker, and had children including Cornelius Canaday.
  • Dame Margaret Blair passed away in 1624 in England.

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Children(s)

Dame Blair's Ancestors

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Dame Blair
1581–1624
Birth Place: Blair, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John 'of Adamton' Blair V
1558–1609
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Grizel Grace) Sempill
1547–1609
Castle Sempill, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (V Blair (8th Lord of) Blair)
1502–1570
Blair House, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Lady of Torthorwald Dumfries-Shire Scotland) Carlyle
1510–1564
Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Blair's Descendants

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Dame (Margaret) Blair (1581–1624) m. Patrick Kennedy (1580–1640) m. Robert Ker (1570–)
  1. 1. Cornelius Canaday 1600–1652 m. Susannah Byard 1619–1661
    1. 1. William Canaday 1640–1681 m. Anne Fisher 1650–1750
      1. 1. John Canaday 1680–1753 m. Elizabeth (Douge) (Douze) 1682–1750
        1. 1. Charles Canaday 1715–1745 m. Phoebe Bowater 1720–1805
      2. 2. Mary (Widow) Canaday 1670–1689 m. Cornelius (G) Comegys 1659–1711
        1. 1. Martha (Comegys Welch) Death 1679–1732
        2. 2. Cornelius (IV) Comegys 1689–1711
        3. 3. John Comegys 1679–1711
        4. 4. Mary (Ann) Comegys 1682–
        5. 5. Ellen (Tiffin) Comegys 1681–
    2. 2. Charles Canaday 1622–
    3. 3. John Canaday 1638–1711 m. Sarah Kennedy 1655–

Dame Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1581
1581
Birth of Dame Margaret Blair in Blair, Fife, Scotland
Blair, Fife, Scotland
1624
1624
Age 43
Death of Dame Margaret Blair in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1581
    Event Place: Blair, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Vermont, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1624
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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