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

Birth Date: 1517

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

Death Date: 12 January 1597

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

Father: Alexander Kennedy

Mother: Lady Dunbar

Spouse(s): William Craigie, Sir II

Children(s): *Margaret Wallace, Isobel Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, John Ferguslie, Robert Wallace, William Wallace, Lord III, David Kennedy, James Kennedy, Catherine Barnbarroch, Rev Failford"Major, James Kennedy, John Kennedy, Lady Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy\Wallace, Lord Kennedy, Catherine Barnbarroch, Helen Kennedy

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 Alexander Kennedy And Lady Mariot Mary Dunbar. Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis married Sir Gilbert 5Th Lord And 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Ii, William John Wallace Of Craigie 12Th Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kate Kennedy Of Sorn Of Blairquahn Baroness Of Barnbarroch, David Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Isobel Kennedy, James Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, John 1530 Wallace Of Ferguslie, John Wallace Kennedy, Lady Isobella 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 Helen Wallace, Margaret Kennedy Wallace, Rev William Iii Wallace Minister Of The Gospel At Failford Major, Robert Wallace, William Wallace. Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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 Alexander Kennedy And Lady Mariot Mary Dunbar.
  • Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis married Sir Gilbert 5Th Lord And 3Rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy Ii, William John Wallace Of Craigie 12Th Of Craigie, and had children including Catherine Kate Kennedy Of Sorn Of Blairquahn Baroness Of Barnbarroch, David Kennedy, Helen Kennedy, Isobel Kennedy, James Kennedy, Janet Kennedy, John 1530 Wallace Of Ferguslie, John Wallace Kennedy, Lady Isobella 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 Helen Wallace, Margaret Kennedy Wallace, Rev William Iii Wallace Minister Of The Gospel At Failford Major, Robert Wallace, William Wallace.
  • Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis passed away in 1597 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, 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
Alexander Kennedy
1501–1551
Bargany, Dailly (Ayrshire) Scotland
Lady (Mariot 'Mary') Dunbar
1500–1595
Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Cassillis's Descendants

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Dame (MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of) Cassillis (1517–12 January 1597) m. William (John WALLACE of Craigie, 12th of) Craigie (3 January 1513–8 March 1538) m. Sir (Gilbert 5th Lord And 3rd Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy) II (12 May 1515–28 November 1558)
  1. 1. *Margaret ((Helen)) Wallace 1538–1624 m. Sir (John (the elder) Cathcart of Carleton of Killochan) Castle 1540–1612
    1. 1. Janet (Cathcart (daughter of the family of) Carleton) 1581–1680 m. JOHN (Johnne the Elder EcclesEclis Ecclis 8th Laird of) Kildonan 1580–1670
      1. 1. William (Eccles) Terrett 1606–1655 m. Ellen (15 Roades(Rhodes)) #2251 1611–1650
        1. 1. Anne (E Terrett) Caewood 1630–1695 m. John Wynne 1635–1684
  2. 2. Isobel Kennedy 1535–1590
  3. 3. Janet Kennedy 1537–1598
  4. 4. John (1530 Wallace , of) Ferguslie 1529–1567
  5. 5. Robert Wallace 1530–1570
  6. 6. William Wallace 1545–1599
  7. 7. Lord (Gilbert 4th Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy) III 1541–1576
  8. 8. David Kennedy 1539–1543
  9. 9. James Kennedy 1540–1598
  10. 10. Catherine ("Kate" Kennedy, of Sorn, of Blairquahn, Baroness of) Barnbarroch 1539–1593
  11. 11. Rev (William III Wallace "Minister of the Gospel at) Failford"Major 1533–1616
  12. 12. James Kennedy 1540–1598
  13. 13. John (Wallace) Kennedy 1540–1570
  14. 14. Lady (Isobella "Isobel" Kennedy Cousin to President John F) Kennedy 1542–1597
  15. 15. Margaret Kennedy\Wallace 1535–1622
  16. 16. Lord (Gilbert Drummellane Kennedy 4th Earl of Cassillis) Kennedy 1541–1576
  17. 17. Catherine ("Kate" Kennedy, of Sorn, of Blairquahn, Baroness of) Barnbarroch 1539–1593
  18. 18. Helen Kennedy 1532–1568

Dame Cassillis's Timeline

5 Records

1517
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
1532
1532
Age 15
Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis was married in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1536
1536
Age 19
Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis was married in Cassillis, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cassillis, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1538
1538
Age 21
Dame MARGARET Margery SOPHIA KENNEDY, Lady of Glencairn, Countess of Cassillis was married in Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Craigie, 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, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1517
    Event Place: Bargany, Dailly, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1532
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1536
    Event Place: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1538
    Event Place: Craigie, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cassillis Ayr, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 January 1597
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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