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Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis 1517–1597 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Jan 1517

Birth Location: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 January 1597

Death Location: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: James Brunston

Mother: Lady Kennedy

Spouse(s): Sir II

Children(s): Lord Kennedy, Janet Stewart, Lady Kennedy, Marjorie Sandilands, David Kennedy, Lady Kennedy, Thomas Cassillis, Janet Cassillis, Helen Cathcart, Sarah Teasdale, Annabella Wallace, Margaret Kennedy\Wallace, Rachell Kenedy, Catherine Barnbarroch, Lord III

Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Lord Kennedy Van Brunston And Lady Marion Mary Dunbar Kennedy. Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis married Sir Gilbert 5Th Lord And 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Ii, and had children including Annabella Wallace, Catherine Kate Kennedy Of Sorn Of Blairquahn Baroness Of Barnbarroch, David Kennedy, Helen Cathcart, Janet Jean Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Stewart, Lady Catherine Kennedy, Lady Isobel Kennedy Cousin To President John F Kennedy, Lord Gilbert 4Th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Iii, Lord Gilbert Drummellane Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy Wallace, Marjorie Sandilands, Rachell Kenedy, Sarah Teasdale, Thomas Kennedy Knight Master Of Cassillis. Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis was born in 1517 in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of James Lord Kennedy Van Brunston And Lady Marion Mary Dunbar Kennedy.
  • Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis married Sir Gilbert 5Th Lord And 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Ii, and had children including Annabella Wallace, Catherine Kate Kennedy Of Sorn Of Blairquahn Baroness Of Barnbarroch, David Kennedy, Helen Cathcart, Janet Jean Kennedy 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis, Janet Stewart, Lady Catherine Kennedy, Lady Isobel Kennedy Cousin To President John F Kennedy, Lord Gilbert 4Th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Iii, Lord Gilbert Drummellane Kennedy 4Th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy Wallace, Marjorie Sandilands, Rachell Kenedy, Sarah Teasdale, Thomas Kennedy Knight Master Of Cassillis.
  • Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Dame Cassillis's Ancestors

Self
Dame Cassillis
1517–1597
Birth Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Lord Kennedy van Brunston
1491–1551
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Lady (Marion 'Mary' Dunbar) Kennedy
1495–1595
Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
David (Kennedy Earl van) Cassillis
1463–1513
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Schotland
👑Agnes (de) Borthwick
1465–1516
Borthwick Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John ^{j}
1435–1508
Elisabeth Montgomery
1440–1465
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Cassillis's Descendants

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Dame (MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of) Cassillis (01 Jan 1517–12 January 1597) m. Sir (Gilbert 5th Lord And 3rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy) II (12 May 1515–28 November 1558)
  1. 1. Lord (Gilbert Drummellane Kennedy 4th Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy 1541–1576 m. Margaret Lyon 1547–1626
    1. 1. Gilbert (Kennedy, Laird Drumurchie, 5th Earl of) Cassillis 1565–1601 m. Janet (Stuart) (Stewart) 1566–1627
      1. 1. Patrick Canady 1580–1640 m. Margaret (Blair Dame) pccM10thGGM 1581–1624
        1. 1. Cornelius Cannaday 1600–1652 m. Susannah Byard 1619–1661
    2. 2. Nans Kennedie 1567–
    3. 3. Barbara Kennedy 1565–
    4. 4. Catherine Kennedy 1565–
    5. 5. Charles Kennedy 1565–1625
    6. 6. Hugh Kennedy 1568–
    7. 7. John Kennedy 1567–1615
    8. 8. Margaret (Hamilton) Kennedy 1563–1613
    9. 9. Meg (Willisone) Kennedy 1568–
    10. 10. Thomas Kennedy 1565–1601
  2. 2. Janet Stewart 1537–1598
  3. 3. Lady (Catherine) Kennedy 1537–1593
  4. 4. Marjorie Sandilands 1544–
  5. 5. David Kennedy 1539–1540
  6. 6. Lady (Isobel Kennedy Cousin to President John F) Kennedy 1535–1597
  7. 7. Thomas (Kennedy, Knight, Master of) Cassillis 1543–1603
  8. 8. Janet ((Jean) Kennedy 3rd Earl of) Cassillis 1537–1598
  9. 9. Helen Cathcart 1532–1622
  10. 10. Sarah Teasdale 1534–1631
  11. 11. Annabella Wallace 1558–1593
  12. 12. Margaret Kennedy\Wallace 1530–1622
  13. 13. Rachell Kenedy 1544–1598
  14. 14. Catherine ("Kate" Kennedy, of Sorn, of Blairquahn, Baroness of) Barnbarroch 1543–1593
  15. 15. Lord (Gilbert 4th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy) III 1541–1576

Dame Cassillis's Timeline

2 Records

1517
01 Jan 1517
Birth of Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis in Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1597
12 January 1597
Age 80
Death of Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Jan 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 January 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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