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Elspet Kennedy 1590–1660 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 September 1590

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: February 1660

Death Location: Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Father: CHARLES KENNEDY

Mother: Lady Dunfermline

Spouse(s): Balthasar (Merser)

Children(s): James Claypoole, Robert Mercer, Helena Mercer*, Elizabeth Mercer, Thomas Mercer, Rachel Mercer, Margarethe Mercer

The story of Elspet Kennedy began in 1590 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Elspet Kennedy married Balthasar Archibald Mercer Merser, John Mercer, and had children including Elizabeth Mercer, Helena Mercer, James Claypoole, Margarethe Elizabeth Mercer, Rachel R Mercer, Robert Mercer, Thomas Mercer. Elspet Kennedy passed away in 1660 in Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Elspet Kennedy began in 1590 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Elspet Kennedy married Balthasar Archibald Mercer Merser, John Mercer, and had children including Elizabeth Mercer, Helena Mercer, James Claypoole, Margarethe Elizabeth Mercer, Rachel R Mercer, Robert Mercer, Thomas Mercer.
  • Elspet Kennedy passed away in 1660 in Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

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Elspet Kennedy's Ancestors

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Elspet Kennedy
1590–1660
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
CHARLES KENNEDY
1565–1625
Dunfermline Abbey, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret (Elspet) Bairdy \ Baird Lady OF) Dunfermline
1562–1627
Dunfermline Abbey, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Dame (Countess Lady Margaretha\Margaret Lyon Marchioness of Hamilton, Concubine, Lady Glamis Countess of Cassillis, Marchioness of) Hamilton,
1547–1626
Glamis, Angushire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (James, Baronet, Bairsy\Bairdy) Baird
1540–
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Elspet Gibson
1542–
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elspet Kennedy's Descendants

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Elspet Kennedy (20 September 1590–February 1660) m. Balthasar (Archibald Mercer) (Merser) (26 November 1603–3 May 1650)
  1. 1. James Claypoole 1634–1688
  2. 2. Robert Mercer 1635–1653
  3. 3. Helena Mercer* 1638–1688
  4. 4. Elizabeth Mercer 1638–1686
  5. 5. Thomas Mercer 1641–1682
  6. 6. Rachel (R) Mercer 1644–1718
  7. 7. Margarethe (Elizabeth) Mercer 1645–1686

Elspet Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1590
20 September 1590
Birth of Elspet Kennedy in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1660
February 1660
Age 70
Death of Elspet Kennedy in Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Allemagne
Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Allemagne

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 September 1590
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1660
    Event Place: Bremen, Stadt Bremen, Bremen, Allemagne

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bremen, Stadtgemeinde Bremen, Bremen, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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