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Janet Barr 1500–1566 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jun 1566

Death Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Father: David Cassillis

Mother: Agnes Borthwick

Spouse(s): Gilbert Cassilis, Earl Stewart

Children(s): Janet Swifte, Margaret Ruthven

In 1500, Janet Barr entered the world in Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassillis And Agnes Lady De Borthwick. Janet Barr married Earl James Stewart, Gilbert Wallace Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassilis, and had children including Janet Kennedy Swifte, Margaret Stewart Countess Consort Of Sutherland Lady Of Methven And Ruthven. Janet Barr passed away in 1566 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1500, Janet Barr entered the world in Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, born to David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassillis And Agnes Lady De Borthwick.
  • Janet Barr married Earl James Stewart, Gilbert Wallace Kennedy 2Nd Earl Of Cassilis, and had children including Janet Kennedy Swifte, Margaret Stewart Countess Consort Of Sutherland Lady Of Methven And Ruthven.
  • Janet Barr passed away in 1566 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Cassillis
1462–1513
Birth Location: Dunure Castle, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Agnes Borthwick
1465–1509
Birth Location: Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Gilbert Cassilis
1494–1527
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Earl Stewart
1490–1553
Birth Location: Blackhall Castle, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Children(s)

Janet Swifte
1525–1603
Birth Location: Daljedburgh, Barr (Ayrshire) Scotland
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Margaret Ruthven
1505–1566
Birth Location: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland
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Janet Barr's Ancestors

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Janet Barr
1500–1566
Birth Place: Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassillis
1462–1513
Dunure Castle, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes (Lady De) Borthwick
1465–1509
Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
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Janet Barr's Descendants

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Janet Barr (1500–8 Jun 1566) m. Gilbert (Wallace Kennedy 2nd Earl of) Cassilis (1494–1527) m. Earl (James) Stewart (1490–1553)
  1. 1. Janet (Kennedy) Swifte 1525–1603 m. Richard Swifte 1510–1582
    1. 1. Katherine (Kennedy Swifte) (Dearborn) 1548–1604 m. Thomas Hay 1542–1617
      1. 1. Agnes Hay 1573–1613
        1. 1. Godfrey Dearborn 1603–1686
  2. 2. Margaret (Stewart, Countess Consort of Sutherland; Lady of Methven and) Ruthven 1505–1566

Janet Barr's Timeline

2 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Janet Barr in Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland
1566
8 Jun 1566
Age 66
Death of Janet Barr in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland

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