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Earl John Kennedy 1574–1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1574

Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 30 Nov 1615

Death Location: Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: John Kennedy

Mother: Margaret\Margaretha Glamis

Spouse(s): Janet (Stuart)

Children(s): 10ggf Cassillis

In 1574, Earl John Kennedy entered the world in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland, born to John Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy And Margaret Margaretha Lyon Kennedy Hamilton Dame Marchioness Of Hamilton Concubine Lady Glamis. Earl John Kennedy married Janet Of Ochiltree Jean Stewart Stuart, Susanna Hamilton, and had children including 10Ggf Col Gilbert Kennedy Iii 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis. Earl John Kennedy passed away in 1615 in Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1574, Earl John Kennedy entered the world in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland, born to John Earl Of Cassillis Kennedy And Margaret Margaretha Lyon Kennedy Hamilton Dame Marchioness Of Hamilton Concubine Lady Glamis.
  • Earl John Kennedy married Janet Of Ochiltree Jean Stewart Stuart, Susanna Hamilton, and had children including 10Ggf Col Gilbert Kennedy Iii 2Nd Earl Of Cassillis.
  • Earl John Kennedy passed away in 1615 in Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Earl Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Earl Kennedy
1574–1615
Birth Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Parents
John Earl of Cassillis Kennedy
1532–1604
Arran, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret\Margaretha (Lyon (Kennedy, Hamilton) Dame Marchioness of Hamilton, Concubine, Lady) Glamis
1547–1626
Glamis, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lady (Janet "Joan" Keith (Lyon) (Baroness of) Glamis)
1514–1559
Ryslippe (Middlesex) England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Earl Kennedy's Descendants

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Earl (John) Kennedy (1574–30 Nov 1615) m. Janet (of Ochiltree Jean Stewart) (Stuart) (1566–29 March 1627)
  1. 1. 10ggf (Col Gilbert Kennedy III, 2nd Earl of) Cassillis 1593–1627 m. Isabel Campbell 1602–1663
    1. 1. Jean Kennedy 1625–1674 m. Patrick Agnew 1614–1674
      1. 1. Margaret (Mary) Agnew 1661–1715 m. Alexander Adair 1652–1715
        1. 1. Thomas (Benjamin Agnew Adair (The Pioneer)) * 1680–1750 m. Margaret (M DE Bure) Adair 1680–1750
    2. 2. David Kennedy 1622–1699
    3. 3. Gilbert Kennedy 1620–1687
    4. 4. Hugh (T) Kennedy 1626–1685
    5. 5. John Kennedy 1617–1668
    6. 6. Katherine Kennedy 1625–
    7. 7. Margaret (Mary) Kennedy 1624–1689
    8. 8. Mary Kennedy 1624–
    9. 9. Thomas (Ier) Kennedy 1619–1716

Earl Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1574
1574
Birth of Earl John Kennedy in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
1615
30 Nov 1615
Age 41
Death of Earl John Kennedy in Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1574
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayr, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Nov 1615
    Event Place: Cassilis, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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