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Gilbert Kennedy 1541–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1541

Birth Location: Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1576

Death Location: Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: Margaret Kennedy

Spouse(s): Margaret Lyon

Children(s): Gilbert Kennedy, Nans Kennedie, Barbara Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, Charles Kennedy, Hugh Kennedy, John Kennedy, Margaret Kennedy, Meg Kennedy

Gilbert Kennedy was born in 1541 in Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margaret Sophia Kennedy. Gilbert Kennedy married Margaret Lyon, and had children including Barbara Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, Charles Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Hugh Hew Kennedy, John Kennedy, Margaret Hamilton Kennedy, Meg Willisone Kennedy, Nans Kennedie. Gilbert Kennedy passed away in 1576 in Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Gilbert Kennedy was born in 1541 in Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And Margaret Sophia Kennedy.
  • Gilbert Kennedy married Margaret Lyon, and had children including Barbara Kennedy, Catherine Kennedy, Charles Kennedy, Gilbert Kennedy, Hugh Hew Kennedy, John Kennedy, Margaret Hamilton Kennedy, Meg Willisone Kennedy, Nans Kennedie.
  • Gilbert Kennedy passed away in 1576 in Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Birth Location: Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
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Margaret Kennedy
1515–1597
Birth Location: Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Lyon
1547–1625
Birth Location: Glamis Castle, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
ML

Children(s)

Gilbert Kennedy
1569–
Birth Location: –
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Nans Kennedie
1567–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Barbara Kennedy
1565–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
BK
Catherine Kennedy
1565–
Birth Location: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
CK
Charles Kennedy
1565–1625
Birth Location: Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
CK
Hugh Kennedy
1568–
Birth Location: Glamis, Forfarshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
HK
John Kennedy
1567–1615
Birth Location: Cassillis, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
JK
Margaret Kennedy
1563–1613
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
MK
Meg Kennedy
1568–
Birth Location: Fife, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MK

Gilbert Kennedy's Ancestors

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Gilbert Kennedy
1541–1576
Birth Place: Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margaret (Sophia) Kennedy
1515–1597
Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Gilbert Kennedy 3rd Earl of) Cassillis
1515–1558
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
MARGARET (SOPHIA) KENNEDY
1517–1597
ALASDAIR Kennedy
1491–1551
Mariot Dunbar
1495–1597
Great-Grandparents
ALASDAIR Kennedy
1491–1551
MARIOT DUNBAR
1495–1597
Katherine
1465–1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Katherine
1465–1533

Gilbert Kennedy's Descendants

1.
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Gilbert Kennedy (1541–1576) m. Margaret Lyon (1547–1625)
  1. 1. Gilbert Kennedy 1569– m. Jean Stewart 1566–
    1. 1. Gilbert Kennedy 1593– m. Isabelle CAMPBELL 1603–1663
      1. 1. THOMAS Kennedy 1618–
        1. 1. THOMAS Kennedy 1648–
  2. 2. Nans Kennedie 1567–
  3. 3. Barbara Kennedy 1565–
  4. 4. Catherine Kennedy 1565–
  5. 5. Charles Kennedy 1565–1625
  6. 6. Hugh ((HEW)) Kennedy 1568– m. Katherine MacDowell 1547–1625
    1. 1. John Kennedy 1611–1668 m. Jeane Hamilton 1607–1642
      1. 1. Katherine Kennedy 1637– m. William Cochrane 1635–1679
        1. 1. margaret Cochrane 1663– m. AlexaNDER Montgomery 1660–1728
  7. 7. John Kennedy 1567–1615 m. Katherine MacDowall 1582–1659
    1. 1. John Kennedy 1611–1668
  8. 8. Margaret (Hamilton) Kennedy 1563–1613
  9. 9. Meg (Willisone) Kennedy 1568–

Gilbert Kennedy's Timeline

2 Records

1541
1541
Birth of Gilbert Kennedy in Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1576
1576
Age 35
Death of Gilbert Kennedy in Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1541
    Event Place: Cassillis, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1576
    Event Place: Dunure, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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