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Janet Barr 1493–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1493

Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jun 1566

Death Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland

Father: Gilbert Kennedy

Mother: David, Kennedy

Spouse(s): Duncan Kennedy

Children(s): Janet Kennedy

Janet Barr was born in 1493 in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And David 1St Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy. Janet Barr married Duncan Kennedy, and had children including Janet Kennedy. Janet Barr passed away in 1566 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland.

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Biography

  • Janet Barr was born in 1493 in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland, the child of Gilbert Kennedy And David 1St Earl Of Cassilis Kennedy.
  • Janet Barr married Duncan Kennedy, and had children including Janet Kennedy.
  • Janet Barr passed away in 1566 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland.

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Children(s)

Janet Barr's Ancestors

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Janet Barr
1493–1566
Birth Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Kennedy
1623–1699
of Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
David, (1st Earl of Cassilis,) Kennedy
1462–1513
Culzean Castle, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert (Col., Kennedy 4th Earl of Cassillis, 6th Earl of) Kennedy
1541–1576
Cassilis, Maybole (Ayrshire) Scotland
Margaret Lyon
1547–1626
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Cassillis
1515–1558
Margery Fleming
1517–1597
John GF
1514–1592
Lady Glamis
1523–1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Cassillis
1485–1527
Isabel Lady
1489–1553
Patrick (Fleyming)
1490–1570
Lord Glamis
1491–1528
Janet Douglas
1495–1537
Sir Keith
1483–
"Lady" Keith
1488–1527

Janet Barr's Descendants

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Janet Barr (1493–8 Jun 1566) m. Duncan Kennedy (1488–1533)
  1. 1. Janet Kennedy 1521–1593

Janet Barr's Timeline

2 Records

1493
1493
Birth of Janet Barr in Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland
1566
8 Jun 1566
Age 73
Death of Janet Barr in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1493
    Event Place: Maybole, Ayrshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jun 1566
    Event Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland

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