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Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy 1569–1601 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1569

Birth Location: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Dec 1601

Death Location: Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: John Hamilton

Mother: Margaret Concubine

Spouse(s): Janet Kennedy, Lady Garthland

Children(s): Col Kennedy, Sir Cassillis

In 1569, Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy entered the world in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to John 1St Marquess Of Hamilton Hamilton And Margaret Marchiones Of Hamilton Lyon Lady Of Glamis Concubine. Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy married Janet Kennedy, Lady Katherine Margaret Macdowall Of Garthland, and had children including Col Gilbert Kennedy, Sir John Kennedy 7Th Lord Kennedy 6Th Earl Of Cassillis. Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy passed away in 1601 in Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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  • In 1569, Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy entered the world in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to John 1St Marquess Of Hamilton Hamilton And Margaret Marchiones Of Hamilton Lyon Lady Of Glamis Concubine.
  • Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy married Janet Kennedy, Lady Katherine Margaret Macdowall Of Garthland, and had children including Col Gilbert Kennedy, Sir John Kennedy 7Th Lord Kennedy 6Th Earl Of Cassillis.
  • Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy passed away in 1601 in Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Gilbert Kennedy's Ancestors

Self
Gilbert Kennedy
1569–1601
Birth Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
John 1st Marquess of Hamilton Hamilton
1540–1604
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret (Marchiones of Hamilton Lyon (Lady of Glamis),) Concubine
1547–1626
Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Hamilton
1515–1575
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaretha Douglas
1515–1579
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
John (7th Lord Glamis) Lyon
1510–1558
Forfar, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jane Clutton
1509–1559
Dunnottar Castle, Kincardineshire, Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
James II
1475–1529
Lady Bethune
1490–1522
James Douglas
1487–1548
Lady Stewart
1490–1554
John Lyon
1495–1528
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Hamilton
1415–1479
Lady Stewart
1453–1488
John Douglas
1466–1515
Lady Crichton
1461–1519
James Stewart
1473–1513
Marion Boyd
1476–1559

Gilbert Kennedy's Descendants

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Gilbert (5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie) Kennedy (1569–11 Dec 1601) m. Janet Kennedy (1566–29 March 1605) m. Lady (Katherine Margaret MacDowall of) Garthland (1569–2 Sep 1659)
  1. 1. Col (Gilbert) Kennedy 1588–1615
  2. 2. Sir (John Kennedy, 7th Lord Kennedy, 6th Earl of) Cassillis 1595–1668

Gilbert Kennedy's Timeline

3 Records

1569
1569
Birth of Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy in Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
1601
11 Dec 1601
Age 32
Death of Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy in Pennyglen, Maybole, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
Pennyglen, Maybole, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
1688
9 Sep 1688
Age 119
Gilbert 5th Earl of Cassillis Laird of Drumurchie Kennedy was baptized in , Kirkmichael, Ayr, Scotland
, Kirkmichael, Ayr, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1569
    Event Place: Culzean Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1688
    Event Place: , Kirkmichael, Ayr, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1601
    Event Place: Pennyglen, Maybole, South Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ballantrae, South Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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