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Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy 1610 – 1660 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 08 Apr 1610

Birth Location: Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Feb 1660

Death Location: Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Father: CHARLES KENNEDY

Mother: Margaret Bairdy

Spouse(s): Balthasar (Merser)

Children(s): Helena\Helen Claypoole,

In 1610, Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy entered the world in Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to CHARLES KENNEDY and Margaret Elspet (Elsbet) 15 Bairdy. Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy married Balthasar Archibald Mercer (Merser), and had children including Helena\Helen (Lady of Culross) ^ Merces\Mercer - Claypoole,. Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy passed away in 1660 in Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1610, Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy entered the world in Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to CHARLES KENNEDY and Margaret Elspet (Elsbet) 15 Bairdy.
  • Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy married Balthasar Archibald Mercer (Merser), and had children including Helena\Helen (Lady of Culross) ^ Merces\Mercer - Claypoole,.
  • Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy passed away in 1660 in Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

CHARLES KENNEDY
1565 – 1625
Birth Location: Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
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Margaret Bairdy
1562 – 1630
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
MB

Spouses(s)

Balthasar (Merser)
1603 – 1650
Birth Location: Perth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Helena\Helen Claypoole,
1638 – 1688
Birth Location: Culross, Fife, Scotland
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Elizabeth Kennedy's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Kennedy
1610 – 1660
Birth Place: Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
CHARLES KENNEDY
1565 – 1625
Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
Margaret (Elspet (Elsbet) 15) Bairdy
1562 – 1630
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Dame (Countess Lady Margaretha\Margaret) Lyon
1547 – 1626
Glamis, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elspet (16) Gibson
1542 –
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Lady Glamis)
1514 – 1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Kennedy's Descendants

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Elizabeth (Elspet) Kennedy (08 Apr 1610 – Feb 1660) m. Balthasar (Archibald Mercer) (Merser) (26 Nov 1603 – 3 May 1650)
  1. 1. Helena\Helen ((Lady of Culross) ^ Merces\Mercer -) Claypoole, (19 Aug 1638 (or 1634) – 19 Aug 1688) m. * (James Gravely\Granley Claypoole on the Concord, England to) Penn (6 October 1634 – 6 August 1687)
    1. 1. James (Alexander Claypoole *) 1682 (12 Jun 1664 – 24 Jul 1706) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Cann (15 Jan 1665 – 2 May 1705)
      1. 1. Jannet Claypoole (1676 – August 21, 1734) m. Dr. (William M McMackin\Mc) Mechen (Jan 1678 – 8 Oct 1738)
        1. 1. John (Blair (Pvt. & Dr.)) McMahan+, (1708 – 31 Jul 1776) m. Margaret Carey (1710 – Aug. 18, 1756)

Elizabeth Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1610
08 Apr 1610
Birth of Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy in Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
1660
Feb 1660
Age 50
Death of Elizabeth Elspet Kennedy in Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 08 Apr 1610
    Event Place: Kennoway (Kennewy), Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1660
    Event Place: Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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